The Let’s Retire at Halftime Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin discuss Vontae Davis’ mid-game retirement and Le’Veon Bell’s holdout, Outside Magazine’s Alex Hutchinson talks about Eliud Kipchoge’s new marathon world record, and Aaron Gordon assesses The Athletic as a business and editorial venture. Vontae Davis and Le’Veon Bell (1:25): Davis’ sudden exit from the league and Bell’s refusal to suit up without getting a long-term contract show the limits of player solidarity in the NFL. Eliud Kipchoge (21:27): The 33-year-old Kenyan has won 10 of the 11 marathons he’s entered. Alex Hutchinson explains what makes him so great and how he destroyed the world record. The Athletic (39:31): Will the new media outlet save sports journalism or destroy it? Aaron Gordon’s non-hot take: The answer is somewhere in between. Afterballs(59:47): Stefan on live retweets of high school football carnage and Josh on the pleasures of airplane mode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	Hi, this is
0:38.0	Josh Levine and this is Slate's Sports Podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 17, 2018.
0:50.0	On this week's show, we'll discuss Vante Davis's pretty much unprecedented mid-game retirement,
0:57.0	Laveon Bell's ongoing holdout and the limits of player solidarity in the NFL.
1:04.8	Alex Hutchinson of Outside magazine will also join us.
1:08.4	To talk about how Kenya's Elliot Kipchogi managed to destroy the world record in the marathon and Aaron Gordon will be here to assess
1:16.5	the athletics effort to become a world-dominating audience-pleasing sports media behemoth.
1:24.8	Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stephen Fatsis,
1:29.2	author of the book's Word Freak in a few seconds of panic.
1:33.1	Hello, Stephan.
1:34.0	Hey Josh, I like how you said hang up and listen
1:36.4	in the intro.
1:37.0	That was a new twist.
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