One Last Vamos: Rafa’s Retirement

Hang Up and Listen

Slate Podcasts

News, Sports, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh chat about Rafael Nadal’s legacy as one of the all-time tennis greats. They also discuss the NWSL championship which Lindsay attended, the last days of ESPN’s Around the Horn. This week’s Afterball is from Ben, in which he compares the terms of sports commissioners and Supreme Court justices. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus subscribers, the panel breaks down the new women’s basketball league, Unrivaled. Nadal (3:02): His long and impressive career. NWSL Championship (24:01): Orlando won it all. Sports TV (46:09): Around the Horn ends while Inside the NBA remains. Afterballs (01:01:09): Ben Lindbergh on baseball commissioners vs. Supreme Court justices. (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	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
0:07.0	What's different?
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0:14.0	Best enjoyed with your best buds.
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0:25.6	Please drink responsibly.
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0:28.6	com.
0:29.6	U.K. It is Monday, November 25th, 2004.
0:48.7	Hope you're having a wonderful holiday week.
0:50.8	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, Slate Sports Podcast.
0:53.5	Back with you again, I am
0:54.4	Alex Kirsner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I am the co-host of the college football
0:58.1	podcast's split zone duo. I've got my usual sage panel this week, and we have lots to chew on.
1:03.8	We will discuss the retirement of Rafael Nadal, one of the great athletes in the history,
1:07.8	not just of tennis, but I think the world. We will touch base with the National Women's Soccer League after the Orlando Pride won the
1:14.1	league on Saturday night over the Washington Spirit, won nil in the championship match.
1:18.7	And we will assess a moment in time in sports television as one iconic program of the 21st century
1:24.0	goes away and another one survives in a different form. Why the differences
1:28.4	in their fates, we will talk about it. As usual, joining me this week is Lindsay Gibbs. Lindsay is
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