Hang Up and Listen, the Tiger in His Tank Edition
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In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the resurgence of Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young, the insanity surrounding Tiger Woods, the New Jersey Nets' 0-17 start, and the latest on concussions and the NFL.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
The crazy ending to the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup.
A Grey Cup highlight reel.
Vince Young leads the Titans on a 99-yard drive to beat the Cardinals.
Stefan's Slate piece from last year on whether Young is cut out for the NFL.
Tony Dungy compares Tim Tebow to Young.
Tiger Woods' official statement about his car accident.
TMZ's exhaustive coverage of the Woods car accident.
TMZ reports that Tiger allegedly told a friend "I need a Kobe special."
The National Enquirer on Tiger's alleged mistress.
Slate's Jack Shafer argues that the Enquirer is a reliable publication.
Woods could soon pass $1 billion in earnings.
The New Jersey Nets fired head coach Lawrence Frank.
The Los Angeles Times' Mark Heisler argues that the Nets aren't as bad as their 0-17 record.A New York court ruling might pave the way for the Nets to move to Brooklyn.
Kurt Warner missed Sunday's game because he had trouble adjusting his eyes after getting a blow to the head.
Hines Ward says he's not sure that Ben Roethlisberger should've missed a game due to a concussion.
Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell says he blacked out; the Redskins say he didn't have a concussion.
The NFL and NFL Players Association could agree on a rule banning players from returning to games after suffering a concussion.
Hang Up and Listen's weekly rouges:
Mike's rouge: The Titans' Chris Johnson is on pace to set the NFL's record for yards from scrimmage.
Stefan's rouge: The exciting conclusion of the 2009 World Scrabble Championships. (Here's the final board for Game 2 of the championship round, and here's the board for the decisive Game 4. You can read a Word Freak outtake about one of the finalists, and here's a story Stefan wrote for the Wall Street Journal about Thai Scrabble players.)
Josh's rouge: Texas Tech coach Mike Leach changing his starting quarterback's name from Taylor Potts to "Nick."
Podcast production and edit by Abdullah Rufus.
Stefan Fatsis is the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, a regular guest on NPR's All Things Considered and a panelist on Slate's sports podcast "Hang Up and Listen." You can e-mail him at sfatsis9@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter.
Josh Levin is Slate's executive editor. You can email him at sportsnut@slate.com, visit his Web site, and follow him on Twitter.
Mike Pesca is a correspondent for National Public Radio who covers mostly sports.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.