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Hang Up and Listen: The Pistol With a Ponytail Edition

Slate's sports podcast on the Lakers' flameout, sports and war, and Jonathan Hock's Off the Rez.

By Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca Posted Monday, May 9, 2011, at 5:32 PM ET

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In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the Los Angeles Lakers' playoff flameout against the Dallas Mavericks and the concept of toughness in the NBA. They also talk about Rashard Mendenhall, Chris Douglas-Roberts, sports, war, and patriotism, and later they're joined by filmmaker Jonathan Hock to talk about his latest documentary, Off the Rez.

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

The Mavericks beat the Lakers by 36 points to sweep the defending champs out of the playoffs.
Andrew Bynum's flagrant foul at the end of Sunday's Mavs-Lakers game.
In March, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle called his team soft. Chris Webber did the same in April.
Chris Bosh says he was nervous before Game 3 of the Celtics-Heat series.
Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski celebrates Rajon Rondo's return from a gruesome elbow injury.
LeBron James had an elbow injury during last year's playoffs.
Chris Douglas-Roberts' tweets about Osama Bin Laden.
Rashard Mendenhall's tweets about Bin Laden. (Here's Mendenhall's apology.)
Dave Zirin on "sports, bin Laden, and the new normal."
The Hock Films page for Off the Rez.

Hock's nine-minute segment on Shoni Schimmel from 2010.
Schimmel's high-school highlight reel.
A 2008 ESPN.com story on Schimmel.
Schimmel scored 33 points to lead Louisville past Xavier in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Hang Up and Listen's weekly peyotes:

Mike's peyote: The story behind the Nashville Predators' name and mascot.
Stefan's peyote: Rick Reilly's horrible commencement speech at the University of Colorado's journalism school.
Josh's peyote: The rivalry between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

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Stefan Fatsis is the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, a regular guest on NPR's All Things Considered and a panelist on Slate's sports podcast "Hang Up and Listen." You can e-mail him at and follow him on Twitter. Josh Levin is Slate's executive editor. You can e-mail him at , visit his Web site, and follow him on Twitter. Mike Pesca is a correspondent for National Public Radio who covers mostly sports.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.
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