Hang Up: I Guarded LeBron

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 11 p.m.

Josh Levin, Stefan Fatsis, and Vinson Cunningham are joined by Defector\u2019s\xa0Maitreyi\xa0Anantharaman\xa0to discuss the WNBA playoffs. Dion Wright also joins to explain what it was like to guard LeBron James. Finally, they talk about Isiah Thomas\u2019 \u201cNo Crime Day,\u201d the subject of the first episode of Slate\u2019s One Year: 1986 podcast.\n\xa0\nWNBA\xa0(2:48):\xa0Can\xa0Sue Bird\xa0lead the Seattle Storm to a fifth title?\n\xa0\nDion Wright\xa0(23:39):\xa0How\xa0it felt to go viral for going up against one of the greatest of all time.\n\xa0\nNo Crime Day\xa0(42:20):\xa0A conversation about basketball and athlete activism in the 1980s.\n\xa0\nAfterball (1:05:56):\xa0Stefan on the agony and ecstasy of watching Pete Carril\u2019s Princeton teams.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices