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Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by ESPN’s Kevin Pelton to discuss the fourth straight Cavs-Warriors NBA Finals. NPR’s Gene Demby also joins to talk about the NFL’s anthem policy, and Deadspin’s Laura Wagner comes on for a conversation about her piece “So Who Is Barstool’s PFT Commenter?” Warriors and Cavaliers (2:16): Kevin Pelton explains whether the Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics should’ve stopped shooting 3-pointers, how to predict playoff outcomes when teams don’t try their hardest during the regular season, and what to watch out for in the latest Warriors-Cavs championship series. NFL’s new anthem policy (21:46): Gene Demby talks with Stefan and Josh about the motivation behind the NFL’s new stand-or-else national anthem policy and how the league’s players will respond. PFT Commenter and Barstool Sports (41:32): Deadspin’s Laura Wagner assesses why media outlets haven’t revealed Eric Sollenberger’s identity and how his PFT Commenter character helps make Barstool Sports palatable. Afterballs (60:01): Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	The following podcast contains explicit language. Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of May 28, 2018.
0:55.1	On this week's show, E-SpN's Kevin Pelton will be here to chat with us about how the calves and
0:59.7	the warriors made the NBA finals for the fourth year in a row and how the Celtics and
1:04.2	rockets missed out. I'm guessing it was because they missed 8,000 three-pointers.
1:08.6	Gene Dembie of NPR's Code Switch will also join us to discuss the NFL's new National Anthem policy,
1:15.2	which reads like it was dictated by Donald Trump.
1:18.2	And Deadspins Laura will chat with us about her decision to name Barstool Sports's
1:21.9	PFT Commenter,
1:23.2	give a name Eric Salenberger.
1:25.9	Joining me here in our studio in Washington, D.C. is Stephen Fatsis,
1:29.8	author of the book Word Freak, which was featured on C-SPAN 2's book TV on July 17, 2001.
1:37.0	Welcome, Stephan.
1:38.0	Hi Josh.
1:39.0	That was filmed at a Barnes and Noble in New York City.
1:43.0	There was a Q&A.
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