Hang Up: How Sports Became Grievance Games

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin talk to Slate contributing writer Alex Kirshner about Bryson DeChambeau’s win—and Rory McIlroy’s heartbreaking loss—at the U.S. Open. Then, Washington Post columnist Jerry Brewer joins Stefan and Joel Anderson to analyze the NBA Finals and discuss his series “Grievance Games.” U.S. Open (2:56): What went wrong for Rory McIlroy. NBA Finals (22:19): Checking in on the Celtics and Mavericks. Grievance Games (39:17): How sports have “buckled under the pressures of grievance and division.” Afterball (56:29): Stefan on the 20th anniversary of Greece’s remarkable 2004 European soccer championship. (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	The following podcast includes explicit language, not restricted to words beginning with
0:05.1	F, S,is, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 17, 2024.
0:28.4	On this week's show, Slate Contributor Alex Kirschner will drop by to talk about Bryson Deschambo winning or is it Rory
0:35.1	McElroy losing the US Open of Golf.
0:38.5	Then we'll be joined by Washington Post Sports columnist Jerry Brewer who will break down the NBA finals and also discuss sports columnist of sports as a national unifier has buckled under the pressures of grievance and division.
0:55.6	I'm in Washington DC. I'm the author of the book's Word Freak A Few Second of Panic and Wild and Outside.
1:01.8	Also in Washington, it's Josh Levine,
1:04.1	the author of the Queen and the host of an upcoming
1:06.4	Slowburn series for Slate on the rise of Fox News.
1:10.5	He's making a one segment cameo this week to talk about the golf, big golf guy.
1:16.0	What's your favorite golf club, Josh? The Niblick or the Mashey?
1:20.0	Thanks for having me, Stephan. Great to be here.
1:22.8	I don't need to answer that question.
1:25.6	Moving along then.
1:27.4	Wow.
1:29.4	Joe Missoula.
1:30.6	Joe Missoula.
1:31.6	Yeah, spacing. It's all about the spacing
1:33.8	and you know, I'm not gonna, you know,
1:35.9	the most important thing is my Jewishness,
1:39.1	am I doing this right?
1:40.3	Yeah, yeah. Joel Anderson. Yeah.
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