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In this special emergency episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Josh Levin talks to ESPN’s Golden State Warriors beat writer Ethan Sherwood Strauss about Game 6 of the NBA Finals, in all of its mouthpiece-chucking glory. He’s joined by Cleveland super fan Scott Raab, who discusses what it was like to attend the series-tying game, and the hope and heartache of a life spent as a Cavs fan.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
- Follow Ethan Sherwood Strauss on Twitter and read his work on ESPN.
- Read a transcript of the interview with Ethan Sherwood Strauss.
- Josh and the Hang Up crew talked with Strauss twice during the Warriors’ Western Conference Finals win against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
- The Cleveland Cavaliers forced a Game 7 in the NBA Finals by routing the Golden State Warriors.
- Strauss wrote about Curry’s Game 6 outburst and how he can move forward in Game 7.
- Deadspin broke down the Warriors’ Game 6 collapse.
- Steph Curry got ejected for tossing his mouthpiece, which hit a fan.
- A short history of NBA players (including Steph Curry) tossing their mouth guards.
- In Slate, Josh wrote about Ayesha Curry’s angry, since-deleted tweet alleging the NBA is rigged.
- Also in Slate, Jack Hamilton wrote that LeBron James is even better than we thought he was.
- You can follow Scott Raab on Twitter and check out his book The Whore of Akron.
- Read a transcript of the interview with Scott Raab.
- Josh interviewed Raab before the NBA Finals began.
Podcast production and edit by Efim Shapiro.
Our intern is Laura Wagner.
Update, June 17, 2016: This article has been updated with links to transcripts of the interviews with Ethan Sherwood Strauss and Scott Raab.