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Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis discuss the NBA playoffs with Slate’s Nick Greene. The Irish Times’ Ken Early joins to talk about Arsene Wenger’s departure as Arsenal’s manager, and the MMQB’s Tim Rohan explores the history of the mock draft. NBA playoffs (2:00): The hosts are joined by Nick Greene to assess the first round, which has featured standout play from the Philadelphia 76ers, a shocking sweep by the New Orleans Pelicans, and LeBron James’ efforts to drag a subpar supporting cast past the Indiana Pacers. Arsene Wenger (21:25): Ken Early explains why the legendary Arsenal manager’s tenure went south and what his legacy will be in the Premier League. Mock drafts (40:30): Where did mock drafts come from and how have they eaten the world? Tim Rohan, who did an oral history of the mock draft for Sports Illustrated’s MMQB, comes on the show to explain. Afterballs (53:25): Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:34.0	Hi, this is
0:35.0	Josh Levine and this is Slates Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the
0:45.7	week of April 23rd, 2018. On this week's show, Slates Nick Green will join us to
0:51.6	discuss the Sixers, the pelicans, and the other most intriguing
0:55.7	storylines of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
0:58.8	Ken Early of the Irish Times will also be here to talk about Arsenal manager Arson Venger's departure after
1:04.8	22 years as the manager of one of the world's most famous soccer clubs and with
1:09.8	the real NFL draft mere days away.
1:12.6	Tim Rohan of Sports Illustrated will be here to discuss the history of the Mock Draft.
1:18.1	On the clock with me here at the slate office in Washington, D.C.
1:21.7	mere blocks away from the building where Mary and Barry got shot in
1:24.8	1977. You should look it up. It's an interesting story. It's Stephen Fatsis, a man whose
1:30.9	Google auto complete entries read as follows.
1:33.7	Stephen Fats's Scrabble,
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