Hang Up and Listen

Will the NFL Move to a 17-Game Season?

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the push for a 17-game NFL season and John Beilein’s short, tumultuous tenure with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Joseph Bien-Kahn also joins to discuss ultrarunner Jim Walmsley’s quest to qualify for the Olympic marathon.
NFL (01:42): The pros and cons of a longer professional football season.
Beilein (17:31): He was a great college basketball coach. How did it go so wrong in the NBA?
Ultramarathon (33:30): Can the world’s best super-long-distance runner hang with the best for 26.2 miles?
Afterballs (51:26): Stefan on Little Leagues and major-league nicknames and Josh on segregation at the Sugar Bowl.
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A weekly sports discussion from Slate. Hang Up and Listen features Slate sports editor Josh Levin, writer Stefan Fatsis (author of A Few Seconds of Panic), Slate writer and Slow Burn host Joel Anderson, and a selection of interesting guests from around the sports world.