Joel Anderson and Josh Levin are joined by Howard Megdal of the Next to discuss the tumultuous beginning to Caitlin Clark’s rookie season. Historian and author Larry Lester also joins to explain how records from the Negro Leagues finally got incorporated into the major-league record book. Finally, Joel speaks with Arena Football League player Tamatoa Silva about how it felt to watch an entire league come crashing down around him.
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Read Howard Megdal on the Next and listen to him on the Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast.
Indiana Fever coach Christie Sides said that Chennedy Carter’s foul on Caitlin Clark was “unacceptable.”
Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese took a cheap shot last month.
Larry Lester is a co-founder of Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and a member of Major
League Baseball’s Negro Leagues Statistical Review Committee.
Last week, Major League Baseball announced that Negro Leagues statistics were now a part of the official major-league record.
The findings from the Negro Leagues Statistical Review Committee.
Josh Gibson is now the all-time major-league leader in single-season and career batting average.
Pieces about the Negro Leagues stats update from Tyler Kepner, Ken Rosenthal, Clinton Yates, and Kevin Blackistone.
Joel’s Emotional Investment column on the decline of the Arena Football League featured an interview with Tamatoa Silva.
Hang Up and Listen’s weekly Deontay Wilder:
Josh’s Deontay Wilder: Dejounte Murray and the greatest NBA quote of all time.
Podcast production and edit by Kevin Bendis.
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