The XFL is Back

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the opening weekend of the new XFL. They also discuss the Houston Rockets’ small-ball experiment and review ESPN’s new Michael Vick documentary. XFL (01:57): Is the latest iteration of Vince McMahon’s NFL competitor built to last? Rockets (22:48): Is playing super-duper small a smart idea, a desperate ploy, or a smart idea that’s also a desperate ploy? Vick (37:11): Assessing the quarterback’s contrition 13 years after he pleaded guilty to a dogfighting charge. Afterball (58:02): Stefan on one of Bobby Knight’s most memorable meltdowns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language. Slate National Editor and the Author of the Queen.
0:12.6	This is Hang Up and Listen for the week of February 10, 2020.
0:16.5	On this week's show, we're going to talk about the debut weekend
0:19.5	for the new XFL.
0:21.0	Winners were.
0:22.4	The Houston Ruffinck's D.C. defenders, New York
0:24.7	Guardians, and your St. Louis Battle Hawks with the age
0:28.5	capitalized. We'll also discuss the Houston Rockets latest effort to revolutionize the NBA, a move to Extreme
0:36.2	Small Ball. Finally, we'll review the latest entry in E-SPN's 30-for-30 series, a two-part documentary on Michael Vic.
0:45.0	Joining me in our Washington DC studio, the author of the books, Word Freak,
0:50.0	in a few seconds of Panic and the bard of the original XFL.
0:55.0	Stephen Fats, hey Stephen.
0:56.8	I like that new title, Josh.
0:58.4	We'll get into that momentarily, your XFL writing career.
1:02.6	With us from Los Angeles today,
1:05.4	it's Slate Staff Writer and the host of Sloburn season 3.
1:10.1	Joel Anderson, hey Joel.
1:11.4	Good morning, or afternoon.
1:12.9	Well, I guess it's the morning where you all are.
1:14.5	So good morning.
1:15.3	Thank you, and you've got more slow burn tour dates this week,
1:20.3	LA on Tuesday, the 11th in San Francisco on Thursday, the 13th.
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