Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hang Up and Listen: The Wrestling or Wushu Edition

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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 Around the Rings editor Ed Hula to talk about the International Olympic Committee?s decision to cut wrestling from the summer games, and the sport?s future in the Olympics. Next, they discuss double-amputee Oscar Pistorius? fall from grace and Nike?s role in mythologizing athletes. Lastly, they speak with Drexel University professor Ellen Staurowsky about the Redskins nickname controversy and the stereotyping of American Indians in sports.

Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:

Mike?s monkey spin: The worldwide premier of the trailer for ?The Fix Is In,? starring Stellan?Skarsg?rd, Lena?Headey, Quvenzhan? Wallis, and Robert Duvall.

Podcast production and edit by Mike Vuolo. Our intern is Eric Goldwein.

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=a5498e5fd0707b2702386e715670a5eb

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