Hang Up and Listen

The Sports’ Billion-Dollar Bubble Edition

Slate’s sports podcast on Klay Thompson to Dallas, the state of sports media rights, and Texas and Oklahoma officially joining the SEC.

Episode Notes

Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and the Ringer’s Bryan Curtis talk about Klay Thompson’s move to Dallas and whether there will ever be another NBA dynasty. They also check in on the state of sports media TV rights, and they welcome Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC.

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Read Bryan Curtis’ work in the Ringer and listen to him on the Press Box podcast.

Ramona Shelburne and Kendra Andrews on why the Klay Thompson era ended for the Golden State Warriors.

Stephen Curry says the Warriors dynasty won’t ever be replicated.

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the NBA was close to making an 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal with ESPN, NBC, and Amazon.

The NFL is putting games on Netflix this Christmas.

Are Texas and Oklahoma ready for the SEC?

Bryan’s 2011 Grantland piece on the “S-E-C!” chant.

Podcast production and edit by Kevin Bendis.

You can email us at hangup@slate.com.

About the Show

A weekly sports discussion show from Slate. Hang Up and Listen features Slate personalities Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis.

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Hosts

  • Josh Levin is the editorial director of the Slow Burn and One Year podcasts. He is the host of One Year and Season 4 of Slow Burn and co-hosts the sports podcast Hang Up and Listen. He is the author of The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth.

  • Joel Anderson is a staff writer at Slate and the host of Seasons 3, 6, and 8 of Slow Burn. Previously, he worked as a reporter on sports, culture, and politics for ESPN and BuzzFeed News.