Hang Up | The NBA’s Growing Gambling Affair

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh discuss the federal indictments of NBA players and coaches for gambling incidents and how the ubiquity of online betting plays a role.. Then the panel is joined by the host of the Ringer’s F1 podcast, Megan Schuster, to discuss the excitement and drama heading into the final stretch of the Formula 1 season. Finally, they finish with a mid-season NFL check-in. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel discusses the San Francisco Giants hiring a college baseball coach as their new manager, a first in MLB. Gambling and the NBA (2:47): Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier have been indicted F1 (21:56): Can Verstappen eke out another championship? NFL (38:14): Could Daniel Jones really be an MVP (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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0:00.0	It is Monday, October 27th, 2025.
0:10.7	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
0:14.0	Back with you yet again this week.
0:15.7	I'm Alex Kirsner.
0:16.9	I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I also co-host the college football podcast, Split Zone Duo.
0:23.0	What a show we have in store for you this week.
0:25.3	We'll talk about the wide-ranging gambling indictments that the Justice Department reined down last week, including against several figures in the NBA.
0:33.7	We'll have Megan Schuster, host of The Ringer F1 Show on the program to talk about one of the
0:38.1	wilder comeback attempts in the history of motorsport.
0:41.3	That's Max Verstappen, fitting for a fifth world championship in a row, long after that seemed
0:46.7	totally impossible.
0:48.4	We'll also assess the NFL at just about the halfway point of the regular season,
0:52.3	the year of the washed-up quarterback revival.
0:54.9	Many are calling it, in addition to the year of parody. As usual, joining me this week for all
0:59.5	of it is Lindsay Gibbs, the publisher of PowerPlays, a newsletter that covers the key stories
1:03.6	of the moment in women's sports, and the women's sports lead at CBS Sports. Lindsay, tough weekend
1:09.2	for the Carolina Panthers, I saw. Yeah, it was, you know,
1:13.3	you got to humble us a little bit. And I think, boy did the Buffalo Bills ever humble the
1:18.2	Panthers. But I was actually in Charlotte for the game in person. And it was actually a really
1:25.8	fun experience despite the terrible performance.
1:28.5	Going to see live sports, pretty fun.
1:31.6	Well done, Carolina Panthers and owner David Tepper on creating an optimal fan experience.
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