Hang Up and Listen

Michigan’s Spygate

Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, are joined by Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley to talk about allegations that the Michigan football team is running a sign-stealing operation. They also discuss flag football becoming an Olympic sport. Finally, ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski comes on for a conversation about the National Hockey League’s ban on rainbow-colored Pride Tape.
 
Michigan (1:54): Are the Wolverines cheating? And what does a guy named Connor Stalions have to do with it?
 
Flag football (23:12): Will NFL players take the field at the 2028 Games?
 
Pride Tape (41:54): The Arizona Coyotes’ Travis Dermott defied the ban. What happens now?
 
Afterball (01:05:41): Stefan on the first woman kicker in college football who’s also a rated tournament Scrabble player.
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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.