Hang Up and Listen

The NFL’s Quarterback Shuffle Edition

Slate’s sports podcast on March Madness, QBs changing teams, and the greatest Scrabble play of all time.

Episode Notes

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the top storylines going into March Madness. They also assess the NFL’s big quarterback moves. Finally, they discuss the greatest Scrabble play of all time and the fascinating Kiwi who made it.

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• Brown lost to Yale in an Ivy League heart-breaker.

Bid thieves were rampant in the lead-up to the men’s tournament.

• The Iowa women have a tough road to the Final Four.

• The Chicago Bears appear to have misread the market for quarterback Justin Fields.

• The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t have to pay much to get Russell Wilson.

Kirk Cousins has made a lot of money in his NFL career.

• Stefan’s piece in Defector: “From TED to PERNOCTATED, Scrabble’s Best Player Knows No Limits

Hang Up and Listen’s weekly John Poulakidas:

Joel’s John Poulakidas: the Mississippi Valley State men’s basketball team’s lone victory and the student announcers who called it.

On this week’s bonus segment, Joel, Stefan, and Josh discuss Nick Saban’s complaint that college athletes only care about money.

Podcast production and edit by Kevin Bendis.

You can email us at hangup@slate.com.

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A weekly sports discussion show from Slate. Hang Up and Listen features Slate personalities Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis.

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