Hang Up and Listen

Sha’Carri Richardson Roars Back

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the American stars at the world track and field championships. They also review the documentary BS High, on the Bishop Sycamore high school football scandal. Finally, journalist Semra Hunter joins Stefan and Josh to discuss the latest in the battle between Luis Rubiales and Spain’s women’s soccer team.
 
Track (5:50): Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles won gold and are shooting for stardom.
 
BS High (25:45): Looking back at an amazing con and the man who perpetrated it.
 
Spain (48:34): A fight over soccer, power, and chauvinism.
 
Afterball (1:08:30): Josh on the FIBA Basketball World Cup, naturalized players, and a contretemps in Cambodia. 
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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.