Hang Up and Listen

It’s Carlos Alcaraz’s Time

Josh Levin is joined by Joel Anderson and Ben Mathis-Lilley to talk about Northwestern firing football coach Pat Fitzgerald in the midst of a hazing scandal. Sports Illustrated’s Jon Wertheim then comes on to discuss Carlos Alcaraz’s win over Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. Finally, Josh and Stefan Fatsis speak with the Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins about her piece on Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.
 
Northwestern (5:44): Why Fitzgerald got axed.
 
Wimbledon (28:30): Is this a changing of the guard in men’s tennis?
 
Evert and Navratilova (51:03): How cancer diagnoses brought the rivals and friends closer together.
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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.