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Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the New Yorker’s Louisa Thomas to talk about the women’s and men’s U.S. Open finals. Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley also joins to discuss Antonio Brown’s move to the Patriots and the secrets of the Clemson football program’s success. U.S. Open (01:43): Why does Serena Williams keep losing major finals and how good is Bianca Andreescu? How did Daniil Medvedev come back against Rafael Nadal and how did Nadal hold on to win? Antonio Brown (21:15): Did Brown orchestrate his move to New England, and who’s the most to blame for his breakup with the Raiders? Clemson (41:46): Is the cohesion of Clemson’s title-winning football program impressive, creepy, or both? Afterballs (59:06): Stefan on ambulances on the field at high school football games and Josh on “Faintin’ Frank” Varrichione. 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, slates national editor and the author of The Queen.
0:11.8	This is Slates of Sports Podcast paying up and listen for the author of The Queen. This is Slates Sports Podcast paying up and
0:14.1	listen for the week of September 9th of 2019. On this week show the New Yorkers
0:18.5	Louisa Thomas will join us to talk about Bianca Andrescu's big win over Serena Williams at the U.S. Open
0:24.4	and Raphael Nidal's remarkable five set victory over Danielle Medvedev.
0:28.7	Our colleague Ben Mathis Lily will also be here to assess Antonio Brown's transcendent if short-lived career with the Oakland Raiders
0:36.2	and his escape to the New England Patriots. We'll also discuss the Clemson Tigers college football
0:41.1	dynasty and the perhaps over-the-top maybe creepy techniques
0:45.0	its coaches and staffers have used to build and maintain it.
0:49.1	Joining me in Slates Washington DC studio is Stephen Fancis. He's the author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic.
0:56.2	Stephen, I'm upset with you.
0:58.8	Why?
1:00.8	You know, you know why.
1:01.8	Because at the end of the Greece-US game in the Basketball World Cup,
1:07.0	your countrymen, the lesser on Tettucumpo, fantasy, flagrantly maliciously fouled my countryman, Harris and Barnes.
1:16.8	And no apology from you, from any of the Greece players.
1:20.9	We apologize to no one for nothing.
1:25.2	No one for nothing.
1:26.2	I like it.
1:27.2	That's the Greece, the national motto.
1:28.8	Yes.
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