The Pickleball Is Everywhere Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the world track and field championships, Vince McMahon, and the rise of pickleball.
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Episode Notes
Josh Levin and the New Yorker’s Vinson Cunningham are joined by Tim Layden to discuss the record breakers of the world track and field championships; by Abe Riesman to talk about Vince McMahon’s scandal-laden retirement from WWE; and by Sarah Larson for a conversation about her New Yorker feature on pickleball.
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• Follow Vinson Cunningham on Twitter.
• Follow Tim Layden on Twitter.
• Watch record-breaking performances from Sydney McLaughlin, Mondo Duplantis, and Noah Lyles at the world track and field championships.
• Follow Abe Riesman on Twitter and pre-order her biography of Vince McMahon, Ringmaster.
• McMahon retired as CEO and chairman of WWE after the Wall Street Journal reported that he paid more than $12 million in hush money to four women.
• Riesman’s New York magazine story, “She Was WWE’s First Female Referee. She Says Vince McMahon Raped Her.”
• Follow Sarah Larson on Twitter and read her New Yorker story, “Can Pickleball Save America?”
Hang Up and Listen’s weekly Navratil chainsaw:
Josh’s Navratil chainsaw: Is Carl Lewis’ 30-foot long jump a myth or reality?
On this week’s bonus segment, Josh and Vinson discuss a rumored trade proposal that would send the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown to the Nets for Kevin Durant.
Podcast production and edit by Kevin Bendis.
You can email us at hangup@slate.com.
