Hang Up and Listen

The Best College Football Feud Ever

Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by Jack Hamilton to discuss the NBA playoffs and Patrick Beverley’s chaotic media appearances; by Alex Kirshner to talk about the war of words between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher; and by the Washington Post’s Molly Hensley-Clancy to assess U.S. Soccer’s landmark equal pay deal.
 
NBA (2:07): Will the conference finals get any better? And is Patrick Beverley telling the truth or spinning his own narrative?
 
Saban-Fisher (27:30): Where did this fight come from, and what’s it really about?
 
U.S. Soccer (48:53): The anatomy of a historic collective bargaining agreement.
 
Afterball (1:07:32): Stefan on the death of Roger Angell at age 101.
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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.