Who Gets Christmas: The NFL or NBA?

Hang Up and Listen

Slate Podcasts

News, Sports, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs close out 2024 Hang Up and Listen-style. They dig into the War for Christmas being waged between the NFL and NBA. Then they look at Alex Ovechkin’s attempts to break Wayne Gretzky’s 894 goals record. Next they discuss the rise of the alt-cast and what that means for broadcasting games. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the hosts share the underrated sports stories of 2024 as well as what everyone should be watching in 2025. War for Christmas(2:45): Who gets claim to the day: the NFL or the NBA? Alex Ovechkin (21:33): Can he beat the hockey GOAT’s goals record? It suddenly looks like a matter of time, but the story isn’t breaking into mainstream coverage much. Alternative Broadcasts (38:37): Do we really want a Toy Story football overlay? (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Want more Hang Up and Listen? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page, or visit slate.com/hangupplus to get access wherever you listen. Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond’s yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond’s YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	Thank you. not available in all states. It is Monday, December 30th, 2020.
0:34.1	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, Slate's Sports Podcast.
0:36.9	Back with you again.
0:39.0	I'm Alex Kirshner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I am the co-host of the college football podcast, Split Zone Duo.
0:44.3	We have a fun year-ending show for you today. We will talk about the burgeoning war for Christmas
0:50.1	being waged between two sports leagues, the NFL and the NBA, we will check in with
0:54.6	Alex Ovechkin's effort to break what some have considered one of the ultimate unbreakable
0:59.0	records in team sports, Wayne Gretzky's 894 goalmark in the NHL, and we will weigh in on the rise
1:05.6	of the alt-cast, once a broadcasting tool reserve for special occasions, but now seemingly
1:10.2	just part of the tapestry
1:11.9	of how networks present all kinds of games. As usual, joining me this week is Lindsay Gibbs,
1:17.3	the founder and the publisher of PowerPlays, a newsletter that covers the biggest stories of the moment in women's sports.
1:23.5	Lindsay, how are you? I am doing great. I am pumped.
1:28.6	Let's end this year's strong, friends.
1:30.4	You know, if you're not doing great in these couple of days between holidays where hopefully
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