The Cut It Out Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the Undefeated’s Jesse Washington to talk about the latest allegations against Antonio Brown and the story of a high school wrestler who was instructed to cut off his dreadlocks. The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh also assesses the disappointing Cubs and Red Sox and the surprising Twins. Antonio Brown (01:17): What we should make of the latest twists in the Brown saga, and what the Patriots should be forced to reckon with after signing Brown and then releasing him. Andrew Johnson (21:15): The high schooler went viral after a referee told him to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match. Here’s the story behind that story. Cubs, Red Sox, and Twins (36:05): What went wrong for the Cubs and Red Sox and how can they fix their problems? And what went right for the Twins? Afterballs (58:20): Stefan on powder-puff football and Josh on the Cubs on WGN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.2	Hello, I'm Josh Levine,
0:09.6	slates national editor and the author of The Queen.
0:12.0	This is Slates Sports Podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 23rd, 2019.
0:18.0	On this week's show, The Undefeaters Jesse Washington will join us to talk about Antonio Brown, the accusations of sexual assault,
0:24.8	the Patriots decision to cut him, and Brown's declaration that he's quitting the NFL.
0:29.5	Jesse Washington will also talk with us about his story on Andrew Johnson, a high school wrestler who
0:34.0	is instructed to cut off his dreadlocks or forfeit his match. Finally, the ringers
0:39.0	Ben Lindbergh will be here to assess the Cubs and Red Sox, the long-suffering franchises that haven't
0:44.5	been suffering all that much lately, but have been suffering this season.
0:48.0	Joining me in Slates Washington DC Studio, Stephen Fatsus, author of the books, Word Freak, and a few seconds of panic.
0:55.4	I feel like there's a first time, long time, first suffering, long suffering thing somewhere
1:00.2	I buried in there, Stephen.
1:01.2	Yeah, I have no sympathy for either of those franchises, though.
1:04.8	Your sympathies, as always, are with the long, painfully suffering New York Games.
1:09.7	That's right.
1:10.7	It's been a while.
1:11.2	It has.
1:11.9	Go bombers. Yeah, they won the division. It has. Go bombers. Yay. They won the division.
1:14.0	Mm-hmm.
1:15.0	Hi, this is Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slate's Legal Podcast, Amicus. If you're listening to this show show you might be interested in amicus's live show
1:25.8	that we're hosting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May the 14th.
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