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Hang Up and Listen

The Washington NFL Team Is Getting a New Name

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the sudden move to rebrand the Washington NFL team. They also discuss all the athletes opting out of entering the sports world’s various coronavirus bubbles. Finally, Mina Kimes discusses her new role as an analyst for ESPN’s NFL Live. New Washington team name (02:42): What should we think about the franchise’s decision to finally leave its nickname behind? And what should become of the Cleveland Indians?  Players opting out (23:08): Which athletes are going to sit out as games get back underway, and which have no choice but to play. Mina Kimes (41:47): The Hang Up and Listen legend talks about why she loves football’s X’s and O’s. Afterballs (01:02:17): Stefan on George Preston Marshall’s domed stadium plan and Josh on David Duke and Curley Hallman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language, Hide Your Children.

0:05.0

Hi, I'm Josh Levine, slate's National Editor and the author of The Queen.

0:14.8

This is Hangup and Listen for the week of July 6, 2020.

0:19.1

On this week's show, we're going to talk about the renaming of the Washington NFL team, which appears imminent, as well as the potential for the Cleveland Indians to no longer be the Cleveland Indians.

0:29.0

We'll also discuss all the athletes who are opting out of playing as the nation's various sports leagues slowly crank back up.

0:36.4

And we'll be joined by the newest analyst on ESPN's NFL live, the living legend,

0:41.4

Mina Kimes.

0:43.3

This is the point in the show in which I remind you

0:45.5

to listen to Sloburn, season 4, episode 4

0:48.5

of our season on David Duke is out on Wednesday.

0:51.0

This is also the point where I welcome in my neighbor in the not yet

0:54.5

estate of Washington DC. It is Stephen Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak, and a few

1:00.0

seconds of panic. Hello, Stephen. Hi Josh, I'm announcing my candidacy for the Senate when

1:04.2

DC becomes a state right here right now. I'm not going to say you have my vote I

1:08.0

need to hear the different platforms but you know you'll start with a healthy

1:11.6

lead I think so.

1:13.0

With us from Palo Alto, California,

1:15.0

slate staff writer, host of Sloeburn season 3,

1:17.6

the great Joel Anderson.

1:18.8

And Joel, just so you know, when you said the words Aaron Brooks

1:22.4

on last week's show, my elbow started tingling.

1:24.8

You know, it's funny too because they're like three famous Aaron Brookses too, you know, like so there's Aaron Brooks,

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