The Everyone Is Going Through Something Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Josh Levin, ESPN’s Joel Anderson, and NPR’s Gene Demby discuss March Madness. They also talk about the sports world’s response to the police killing of Stephon Clark and how Kevin Love and DeMar Derozan started a conversation about mental health. NCAA Tournament (2:00): Josh, Joel, and Gene examine Loyola-Chicago’s Cinderella run to the Final Four, Duke’s ouster in the Elite Eight, and whether any women’s team other than the UConn matters. Stephon Clark (24:00): The hosts assess the sports world’s response the police killing of an unarmed black man in Sacramento, how activism is different in the NBA and NFL, and what it means that Eric Reid hasn’t yet been signed by an NFL team. Mental health in sports (38:00): Will Kevin Love’s Players’ Tribune piece help change the way we talk about athletes and masculinity? Should Royce White get more credit for starting the conversation about sports and mental health? Afterballs (52:30): Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:34.0	Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports Podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the
0:47.0	week of March 26, 2018.
0:50.0	On this week show, we'll discuss NCAA tournament matters, including Loyola Chicago's
0:54.2	Cinderella run to the Final Four, Duke's Ouster in the Elite Eight, and whether any women's
0:59.2	team other than Yukon matters.
1:01.7	We'll also talk about protesters blocking the entrance to the
1:04.2	Sacramento Kings Arena after the police killing of Stephen Clark and what that
1:08.4	protest signifies about the state of activism in sports. And finally we'll look at Kevin Love, DeMarjorzan. of and Fats, this is off this week, joining me in our DC studio is Gene Dembe.
1:25.2	Gene is a correspondent for in Paris Code Switch, a blog and podcast about race and identity.
1:30.0	It's great to have you back.
1:30.9	Thank you for having me, man.
1:32.1	And with us from Palo Alto is Joel Anderson of E-S-PN,
1:35.6	who is at the West Regional in LA
1:38.2	to watch the Michigan Wolverines shoot four for 22 from three
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