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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 talk to Karen Crouse of the New York Times about Jordan Spieth’s historic collapse on the back nine of the 2016 Masters. They are joined by Chris Ballard of Sports Illustrated to discuss the Golden State Warriors’ one-game-to-go chase for the record for most wins in an NBA season. Finally, they interview Yahoo baseball writer Jeff Passan about his new book, The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
- Karen Crouse of the New York Times on Jordan Spieth’s collapse and Danny Willett’s win at the Masters.
- Crouse on Spieth’s “grace” after blowing a five-stroke lead.
- Follow Karen Crouse on Twitter.
- Spieth’s wasn’t the first, or even the worst, Masters meltdown.
- Sports Illustrated’s Chris Ballard attended the Golden State Warriors record-tying 72nd win on Sunday night.
- Ballard on why the Warriors really want to break the mark set by the Michael Jordan’s 1995–96 Chicago Bulls.
- Ballard on Stephen Curry’s security guard.
- Follow Chris Ballard on Twitter.
- According to FiveThirtyEight, the Warriors posted the second-highest NBA Elo rating ever.
- Are the 1996 Bulls the 1972 Miami Dolphins?
- Warriors coach Steve Kerr has a sense of humor.
- Jeff Passan’s new book is The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports.
- Deadspin and Sports Illustrated published excerpts of The Arm.
- Follow Jeff Passan on Twitter.
- We answer reader questions about the future of the designated hitter, Lance Armstrong competing in other sports, and Sepp Blatter’s accented English.
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca answer a listener question about U.S. Soccer’s new uniforms. Visit slate.com/hangupplus and try Slate Plus free for two weeks.
Podcast production and edit by Zack Dinerstein.
You can email us at hangup@slate.com.
