Hang Up and Listen

Carl Nassib Comes Out

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss NFL player Carl Nassib’s historic announcement. They also talk about the key players and storylines in the NBA conference finals. Finally, they assess the Week in Sports Idiocy.
 
Nassib (1:55): The significance of an active NFL player coming out.
 
NBA (24:09): What Giannis Antetokounmpo and Trae Young have in common.
 
Week in Sports Idiocy (42:19): The Tour de France and the College World Series were prime idiot-spotting territory.
 
Afterball (56:44): Joel on 17-year-old track star Erriyon Knighton.

Podcast production by Margaret Kelley.

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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.