Hang Up | Mamdani and the Knicks

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🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh are joined by Knicks superfan and X-Ray Vision host Jason Concepcion for a discussion on Zohran Mamdani’s Knicks fandom and the team’s presence in the mayoral race. The panel turns to yet another major betting scandal – this time in Major League Baseball. Later, journalist Nathan Fenno joins to explain the wave of high-profile burglaries targeting professional athletes. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel talks about Project B and the future for women’s basketball around the world. Brunson for Mayor (4:27): The Knicks and New York politics Guardians players indicted for gambling (23:27): Baseball stars face charges for prop bets. Sports burglaries (45:52): The rash of robberies targeting pro athletes (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Get more Hang Up and Listen with Slate Plus! Join for weekly bonus episodes of Hang Up and Listen and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Hang Up and Listen show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or visit slate.com/hangupplus for access wherever you listen. You can email us at [email protected]. Podcast production and editing by Kevin Bendis, with production assistance from Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.4	It is Monday, November 10, 2025.
0:52.6	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate. Back with you again this week. I'm Alex Kirchner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I also co-host the college football show, Split Zone Duo. This week, we have a big show for you. We'll talk about an organization that became one of the more controversial and desirable players in the New York
1:11.0	mayor's election. That's right, the New York Knickerbockers. We'll discuss an unsettling new
1:16.6	indictment against two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, now surely former pitchers, I should probably
1:21.2	say, who are the main characters in yet another sports betting scandal. And we'll dive deeper
1:26.4	into a terrifying trend in sports,
1:28.7	home invasions and burglaries at athletes' homes, particularly at times when their teams are playing
1:34.6	games. As usual, joining me this week to talk about all of it is Lindsay Gibbs, the women's sports
1:39.6	lead at CBS Sports and the publisher of PowerPlays, a newsletter covering the key stories of the moment in women's sports.
1:46.7	Lindsay, how is your weekend?
1:48.6	Well, it was very good, NFL aside.
1:52.2	I do have to say, I'm feeling pretty good that last week on the,
1:55.7	I think it was the bonus show when we talked about the National Women's Soccer League playoffs,
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