Novak Djokovic Did What?

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the Washington Post’s Ben Golliver to talk about the NBA playoffs. Tennis player Noah Rubin also joins to discuss Novak Djokovic’s disqualification and life in the U.S. Open bubble. And finally, Dom Cosentino of theScore comes on for a conversation about the start of the NFL season. NBA playoffs (01:52): What’s gone wrong for the Bucks? Are the Clippers still title favorites? Should the Rockets build a statue of P.J. Tucker? U.S. Open (22:38): Did Djokovic deserve to get tossed out? What’s going on behind the scenes in pro tennis during the pandemic? NFL (47:56): What will the league’s social justice protests look like, and what will the Patriots and Bucs do on the field? Afterball (01:05:10): Stefan on Stefanos Tsitsipas tweeting his feelings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains naughty language.
0:03.4	Hi, I'm Josh Levine,
0:11.4	Slates National Editor.
0:13.0	This is Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 8th, 2020.
0:17.2	On this week's show, we'll be joined from Inside the NBA Bubble by the Washington Post
0:21.5	Ben Goliver, who'll talk with us about the cratering of the top-seated Milwaukee Bucks and other happenings from the pro basketball playoffs.
0:30.0	Tennis player Noah Rubin will also be here to talk about life in the U.S. Open bubble and
0:34.7	top seed Novak Jokovich's disqualification from the tournament after he hit a Lions person
0:39.6	with a ball.
0:40.6	Finally, we'll speak with Dom Castentino of the score, but what to expect from the NFL this season,
0:46.2	and yes, the NFL is starting this week.
0:49.3	On Thursday, actually, I am the author of The Queen, the host of Slobburn season 4. I'm in Washington, D.C.
0:55.2	Joel Anderson, our friend and colleague is off this week, but with me from his home office in
1:00.3	DC as well. Stephen Fatsus, He's the author of the book's Word Freak
1:04.3	and a few seconds of panic. Hello, Stephen.
1:06.4	Hey Josh.
1:07.2	So we're going to talk about this in our bonus segment,
1:09.9	first playplus members coming up, but we were just talking off the air
1:14.3	that this might have been the busiest sports week ever.
1:20.1	I mean, at least since we've been doing the show.
1:22.0	We're actually trying to think of what sports are not happening now and could not think of any.
1:25.6	No, and it's the combination of things that should have been happening now that are happening even though we expected them not to be happening and then the things that we're not supposed to be happening now because they should have been happening earlier in the year that are happening now.
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