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Hang Up and Listen

The As Excited As Pat Sajak Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin discuss the NBA finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors and the crazy story of anonymous Twitter accounts linked to Philadelphia 76ers GM Bryan Colangelo. Hockey writer Greg Wyshynski of ESPN joins the show to discuss the Stanley Cup finals between the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights. NBA Finals (3:10): Stefan and Josh talk to Ethan Strauss of The Athletic about the first two games of the NBA finals. Bryan Colangelo (34:27): Stefan, Josh, and Ethan discuss the fallout from the discovery of Twitter burner accounts that revealed details about inner workings of the Philadelphia 76ers. NHL Finals (54:08): Stefan and Josh talk to ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski about the Stanley Cup finals between the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.

0:03.0

Pepsi Max knows the music isn't just a soundtrack.

0:06.0

It's a pulse, and every city has its own.

0:09.0

That's why they teamed up with Spotify to measure the musical taste of cities across the UK and create a

0:14.9

playlist that matches their pulse perfectly. From Glasgow's dance scene to the Rat Game

0:20.1

in Birmingham. Search for Pepsi Max's profile on Spotify to hear the music your nearest city

0:25.6

loves. Brought to you by Pepsi Max. Dusty for more.

0:31.2

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:35.0

Hi, this is Josh Levine and this is Slate's Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 4th 2018.

0:46.0

On this week show, Ethan Sherwood Strauss of the Athletic will be here to discuss what might have been in the NBA finals because what's actually

0:54.0

happening in the series where the Warriors are now up 2-0 over the calves is way

0:58.7

less interesting. We'll also discuss the allegation that Philadelphia 70 Sixers general manager Brian

1:04.9

Colangelo or someone close to him has been operating a series of anonymous Twitter

1:09.2

accounts that have insulted Sixers players, revealed confidential information,

1:14.6

and are just generally extremely weird.

1:17.7

Finally, E.S. Pians Greg Wachensky will join us to Gab about the Stanley Cup final,

1:22.3

where as we record on Monday morning, the

1:24.6

Washington capitals have a two-one lead over the Vegas Golden Knights.

1:29.1

Joining me here in our studio in Washington, D.C. is the author of the book's Word Freak in a few seconds of panic.

1:35.0

A man who is not rocking the red.

1:38.1

It is Washington Capitol's Hater.

1:40.3

Stephen Fatsus.

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