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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 March Madness brackets and who was snubbed in this year’s tournament. Next, they discuss ESPN’s new documentary on the Duke lacrosse case, Fantastic Lies. Finally, they are joined by Ben Rothenberg to discuss Maria Sharapova’s positive drug test.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
- The bracket for this year’s NCAA Tournament was leaked on Twitter.
- Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post was not a fan of the extended NCAA selection show.
- None of the participants in this year’s Bracket Matrix projected that the University of Tulsa would make the tournament.
- Who were this year’s biggest tournament snubs?
- ESPN’s documentary about the Duke lacrosse case, Fantastic Lies.
- Mike covered the Duke lacrosse scandal for On the Media.
- In Slate, Hanna Rosin and Allison Benedikt wrote about the journalistic misdeeds in Rolling Stone’s story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia.
- Christina Cauterucci of Slate states “it’s hard to muster a full 90 minutes of righteous anger on [the accused players’] behalf.”
- Maria Sharapova announced she tested positive for the banned drug meldonium.
- Ben Rothenberg writes for the New York Times that Sharapova isn’t the only athlete who doesn’t read her anti-doping emails.
- Research on meldonium in the U.S is sparse.
- The New York Times’ Christopher Clarey explains how the World Anti-Doping Agency put meldonium on the banned substances list.
- Marin Cilic covered up his failed drug test with a story about a knee injury.
Hang Up and Listen’s weekly Topeka Sizzlers:
Mike’s Topeka Sizzler: Goose Gossage wasn’t a nerd; he just let Kirk Gibson hit a home run off of him.
Stefan’s Topeka Sizzler: The U.S. Open pickleball championships take place in April.
Josh’s Topeka Sizzler: The Ratings Percentage Index, or RPI, is a terrible statistic and should no longer exist.
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the Erin Andrews verdict with Slate’s Christina Cauterucci. Visit slate.com/hangupplus and try it free for two weeks.
Podcast production and edit by Zack Dinerstein.
Our intern is Julia Karron.
You can email us at hangup@slate.com.
