Hang Up And Listen

Hang Up and Listen: The Dark Scorigami Edition

Slate’s sports podcast on the Russian doping scandal, MLB offseason moves, and one-of-a-kind NFL final scores.

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In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen Stefan Fatsis and Mike Pesca are joined by David Epstein of ProPublica to discuss the latest on Russian doping: a report providing evidence of a state-run program that involved more than 1,000 athletes in 30 Olympic sports. They also run down news from Major League Baseball winter meetings with Sam Miller of ESPN. Finally, they talk with Jon Bois of SB Nation about Scorigami, the dark art of the final scores of National Football League games.

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Hang Up and Listen’s weekly Two-Point Tupas:

Mike’s Two-Point Tupa: Dick Allen finally won the affection of Philadelphia fans when he sang with his doo-wop group the Ebonistics.

Stefan’s Two-Point Tupa: Phil Rizzuto was terrified of lightning during his broadcasting career.

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Stefan and Mike discuss a report that President-elect Donald Trump is considering former Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine as ambassador to Japan. Visit slate.com/hangupplus and try it free for two weeks.

Podcast production and edit by Mickey Capper.

Our intern is Shane Monaghan.

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