Hang Up and Listen

Linsanity Redux

Joel Anderson and Stefan Fatsis are joined by Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley to review a crazy weekend in college football. ESPN’s Pablo Torre talks with Joel, Stefan, and Vinson Cunningham of The New Yorker about the new documentary 38 at the Garden on Jeremy Lin’s short but brilliant run with the New York Knicks a decade ago. Finally, Joel, Stefan, and Vinson discuss another new documentary, The Redeem Team, about the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team.

College Football (5:25): Alabama vs Tennessee and CFB's explosive offenses.

Linnsanity revisited (28:32): 38 at The Garden. Is Jeremy Lin still underrated?

Redeem Team (49:28): Lebron, Kobe, Wade's quest for gold.

Afterballs (1:09:01): Joel examines which high basketball stars lived up to the hype.
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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.