The NBA Finals, Finally

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the NBA Finals matchup between the Heat and the Lakers. They also discuss why they’re watching college football and life inside the NHL bubble. Finally, they’re joined by Father Edwin Leahy to discuss the documentary series Benedict Men. NBA (02:11): How did the Heat rebuild after LeBron left? And do they have a chance against LeBron now? College football and the NHL (16:22): Why we can’t shake an immoral sport, and what we’ve learned about the pro hockey postseason. Benedict Men (33:44): Why does a critic of big-time high school basketball preside over one of the nation’s top basketball programs? Afterball (47:54): Stefan on Brian’s Song, which has not aged well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.0	Hi, I'm Josh Levine,
0:10.0	Slates National Editor, and this is Hangup and Listen for the week of September 28, 2020.
0:16.6	On this week's show, we'll talk about the NBA finals matchup between the LA Lakers and
0:20.5	the Miami Heat.
0:21.5	We'll also discuss the sad for LSU fans. Opening
0:25.0	weekend of college football, plus we'll get into life inside the National
0:29.2	Hockey League bubble. Finally, we'll talk with a critic of big-time high school basketball who presides over one of the nation's top basketball programs.
0:37.0	He's father Edwin Leahy of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey.
0:42.0	It's featured in the new documentary series Benedict men.
0:45.0	I'm the author of the Queen, the host of Sloburn season 4. I'm in Washington, D.C.
0:49.5	Also in D.C., author of the book's Word Freak on a few seconds of panic,
0:54.4	the pride of the pelicans, Stephen Fatsus,
0:57.9	Congrats on your personal best and Scrabble.
1:00.3	Thank you.
1:01.0	Thank you for noticing, 653 points in one game. It was a good game.
1:05.0	Usually the personal best is from one game. You can't add.
1:10.0	It's like my best bench press is my two top bench presses added together.
1:15.0	I mean I did not note in my tweet that you read and saw that that my daughter had a 688 point game last week which is insane.
1:26.3	Didn't want to take any focus away from yourself.
1:28.5	No.
1:29.5	Giving some shine to your daughter.
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