Hang Up and Listen

The How Fast Is DK Metcalf? Edition

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the upcoming NBA play-in tournament. They also discuss the latest brouhaha over violence in the National Hockey League and they assess NFL wide receiver DK Metcalf’s performance against pro sprinters.
 
NBA (2:49): Why LeBron James hates the play-in games and most everyone else loves them.
 
NHL (21:21): Does hockey have a cultural problem or a Tom Wilson problem?
 
DK Metcalf (43:03): He didn’t come close to winning. He still proved something.
 
Afterball (61:37): Josh on Armando Galarraga’s almost-perfect game, 10 years later.

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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.