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In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen, Josh Levin, Mike Pesca, and special guest Tom Scocca discuss NFL tiebreakers, sad-sack franchises, the retirement and unretirement of Florida's Urban Meyer, and the NBA's economic woes.

Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:

The NFL's tiebreaking procedures.
The AFC playoff scenarios explained.
The definition of "strength of victory."
The Chicago Blackhawks have become more successful since their long-time chairman Bill Wirtz died in 2007.
Yahoo's Dan Wetzel on Urban Meyer's indecision.
A long profile of Meyer by Sports Illustrated's S.L. Price.
The New York Times' Pete Thamel on Meyer's decision to take a leave of absence.
CBSSports.com's Ken Berger on the NBA's decline in gate receipts.
Bill Simmons games out the consequences of the league's declining revenues.
The NBA's 2009 attendance figures.
The NHL's Ottawa Senators give away 3,000 free tickets per game.

Hang Up and Listen's weekly club seats:

Mike's club seat: Chris Johnson and Shane Lechler, both in pursuit of NFL records.
Tom's club seat: The 1948 horse-racing book How I Pick Winners by Ken Kling.
Josh's club seat: The sad decline of Bernie Kosar.

Podcast production and edit by Abdullah Rufus.