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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 evaluate NBC’s coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Sports Illustrated’s Scott Price then joins the show to talk about how the Olympics played in Brazil. Finally, freelance writer Luke O’Brien joins to discuss Conor McGregor’s victory over Nate Diaz at UFC 202 and the company’s $4 billion sale.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
- Bloomberg reported that NBC’s primetime Olympics broadcast ratings dropped about 17 percent compared to the 2012 Games.
- The Washington Post on NBC’s decision to tell U.S. distance runner Paul Chelimo that he’d been disqualified live on the air. His silver medal was soon reinstated.
- S.L. Price writes for Sports Illustrated. Follow him on Twitter.
- In Sports Illustrated, Price wrote about how to evaluate the Rio Olympics and what impact they had on the city.
- Price’s SI piece on Katie Ledecky.
- Luke O’Brien is a freelance writer. Follow him on Twitter.
- Read O’Brien’s profile of Conor McGregor in ESPN The Magazine.
- McGregor beat Nate Diaz in UFC 202 on Saturday, avenging his UFC 196 loss.
- Watch McGregor’s post-fight presser.
- McGregor saw one of his teammates knock out opponent Joao Carvalho during a fight in April. Carvalho died after the fight.
- Congress introduced a bill to expand the Muhammad Ali Act’s protections to mixed martial arts.
- The UFC was sold for $4 billion in July.
Hang Up and Listen’s weekly wide giant:
Mike’s wide giant: Three miscellaneous Olympic tales, including one about Usain Bolt throwing a javelin.
Stefan’s wide giant: NBC’s Joe Posnanski wrote about catching 10 Olympic events in one day. Two New York Times reporters did this, too.
Josh’s wide giant: A Sports Illustrated story on UCLA football coach Jim Mora and quarterback Josh Rosen misidentifies its villain.
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Josh, Stefan, and Mike discuss the U.S. men’s basketball team’s Olympic dominance, and how to make the competition more interesting. Visit slate.com/hangupplus and try it free for two weeks.
Podcast production and edit by Mickey Capper.
Our intern is Laura Wagner.
You can email us at hangup@slate.com.
