Hang Up | Hot Dogs and Tommy Johns

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Three days from Opening Day, hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh share their roses, thorns, and buds for the upcoming MLB season. The panel also talks about the lows and highs of March Madness and finally, they remember the legendary boxer and businessman George Foreman. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel discusses President Trump's love of sports and his recent conversation with Putin over hockey. Opening Day (3:04): Who will be the winners, losers, and most yawn-inducing? March Madness (32:26): The basketball tournament has so far had very few upsets George Foreman (45:38): We remember the grill, but sometimes forget his 76-5 boxing career record. (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Want more Hang Up and Listen? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page, or visit slate.com/hangupplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is Monday, March 24th, 2025.
0:09.8	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
0:13.2	Back with you, yet again.
0:14.7	I'm Alex Kirchner.
0:15.5	I'm a contributing writer here at Slate.
0:17.8	I also co-host Split Zone Duo, a national college football podcast. We have much to go
0:22.9	over this week. It's about to be opening day in Major League Baseball. We'll talk about what we're
0:27.2	excited about, what we are unexcited about, and what is a lingering point of curiosity as the season
0:33.0	begins. The NCAA basketball tournaments are in full swing, heading towards the regional rounds of both the
0:38.8	men's and women's tournaments. I'll note that as we record this, there are a few more women's
0:42.2	games in the round of 32 of that tournament, but you get the idea we're moving forward. Where have
0:46.4	the good games been? It's a question lots of people are asking, or we're asking, until my alma mater,
0:51.2	the University of Maryland provided one last night in the men's tournament. We will cover the legacy of the late George Foreman, one of the great athletes to ever walk this earth,
0:58.9	and also an icon in the art of pivoting from athletics to business success.
1:03.2	As usual, joining me this week is Lindsay Gibbs, the publisher of PowerPlays,
1:06.7	a newsletter that covers the biggest stories of the moment in women's sports.
1:10.9	Lindsay, did you have a George Foreman grill in your kitchen growing up?
1:13.8	Oh, absolutely.
1:16.3	I loved the George Foreman Grill, especially, like, in my 20s as I started going on diet after diet.
1:22.8	Like, the George Foreman Grill was a staple.
1:25.1	I loved it.
1:25.9	Ben Lindberg, you are senior editor at The Ringer,
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