Hang Up: March Madness Is Upon Us

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the top storylines from the men’s NCAA tournament, and they’re joined by the Athletic’s Chantel Jennings for a conversation about the women’s tournament. Finally, they talk about the Cleveland Browns’ trade for Deshaun Watson. NCAA men (3:07): TCU’s heartbreaking loss, Cinderella Saint Peter’s, and more. NCAA women (24:34): Why are there more upsets all of a sudden? And has the NCAA really made its tourneys more equitable? Deshaun Watson (48:23): What should we make of the robust market for a quarterback who’s been accused of sexual misconduct? Afterball (1:05:24): Josh on Wordle variants for sports fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.8	Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of March 21st,
0:54.2	2022. On this week's show, we're going to talk about the great and terrible scenes
0:59.2	from the opening weekend of the men's NCAA tournament, including the rise of Cinderella
1:03.6	St. Peter's and the defeats suffered by America's team, Joel Anderson University.
1:10.0	The athletics, Chantal Jennings will also be here to assess the opening rounds of the women's
1:14.4	tournament, and whether the NCAA has actually made March madness equitable.
1:19.9	And finally, we'll discuss the Cleveland Browns decision to trade for Dishon Watson.
1:24.6	Inside him to a mega-bucks extension, despite 22 active sexual misconduct suits against the
1:31.0	quarterback. I'm in Washington, D.C., and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast
1:35.5	one year. Also in D.C., as Stefan Fatsis, he's the author of Word Freak, a few seconds of panic,
1:41.8	and wild and outside. Hello, Stefan. Hi, Josh.
1:46.0	Can we tell the listeners where you're going this week?
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