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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh preview the NHL playoffs. Can the Maple Leafs or Jets finally break a Canadian Cup curse? The panel also give their NFL draft predictions, and discuss Paige Bueckers joining the Dallas Wings and Unrivaled. For Afterballs, Ben does a deep dive into how last-minute timeouts have (and have not) led to MLB pitcher injuries, and what became of the long-forgotten pitcher Dick Windbigler. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel discusses longtime College GameDay broadcast Lee Corso’s retirement. NHL Playoffs (2:00): Can Canada finally do it? NFL Draft (19:31): Where will Shadeur Sanders land? Paige Bueckers (36:30): The UConn star is ready for the pros. Afterballs (57:38): Remember Dick Windbigler (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's the cinematic event of the year.
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0:29.3	T's and Cs apply.
0:36.1	It is Monday, April 21st, 2025. Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
0:42.8	Back with you once again. I'm Alex Kirsner. I'm a contributing writer here at Slate. And I also co-hosts split zone duo, a national college football podcast. Fun show on tap this week. We will get you briefed on the Stanley Cup
0:54.4	playoffs just underway this weekend. We will talk about a QB Baron, probably anyway, NFL draft,
1:01.4	and we'll discuss a huge move and a huge non-move in the WNBA. As usual, joining me this week
1:07.8	is Lindsay Gibbs, the publisher of PowerPlays, a newsletter that covers the biggest stories of the day in women's sports, including the ones that we will get to
1:15.1	in just a little bit. Lindsay, how goes? Doing fabulous, Alex. Thank you. Of course, we have Ben
1:22.0	Lindberg with us. Ben is a senior editor for The Ringer. He co-hosts Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast, of which you
1:28.9	got a special project small snippet in the After Balls just last week. Ben, how was the weekend?
1:34.3	Yeah, on Saturday, I published the last episode of that project, the documentary that I teased on
1:39.2	last week's Afterball. Only a woman, Ella Black, lost and found. Go check it out. And then for the
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