Hot Takedown is the weekly sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight. On it, the crew uses numbers to dissect the week in sports, taking down some silly hot takes in the process.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 23 hours 34 minutes
Baseline #4 - Fifteen Minutes In Flushing
A U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Today, Carl Bialik and the WSJ's Tom Perrotta discuss whether anyone can derail a Djokovic-Federer final or a Serena Grand Slam.
Hot Takedown - NFL Preview (Now With More Brady!); A Madden Challenge; U.S Open Update
Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin preview the NFL season, challenge you to win Madden with Walt Hickey as your QB, and take a listen to our U.S. Open mini-podcast.
Baseline #2 - Fifteen Minutes In Flushing
A U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Today, 9/5, Carl Bialik and Louisa Thomas count Serena Williams's comeback and discuss what's next for Rafael Nadal.
Baseline - Fifteen Minutes In Flushing
A U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Today, Carl Bialik and Louisa Thomas visit Novak Djokovic's bakery and worry about Serena Williams's serve.
Hot Takedown - Americans At The U.S. Open; Serena's Endorsements; Fantasy Football Meets Analytics
Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the sorry state of American tennis, Darren Rovell's comments about Serena Williams, and whether analytics can help your fantasy football draft.
Hot Takedown - A Crash Course In Pitching Stats
It's a new edition of stat school! Kate Fagan, Neil "Stat Man" Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look at the evolution of pitching stats through the ages.
Hot Takedown - A Statsy Premier League Preview; The NFL Gets Microchips
Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the state of soccer analytics, preview the new Premier League season, and discuss the player tracking coming to the NFL.
Hot Takedown - We Tell John Starks His Advanced Stats, Streaking Blue Jays
Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin celebrate John Starks' 50th birthday by talking to the Knicks legend about his game, through the lens of advanced stats.
Hot Takedown - Rousey The Outlier, MLB Trades, Track Doping
Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look at Ronda Rousey's fighting dominance, introduce a new metric to measure MLB trades, and the stunning data on doping in track.
Hot Takedown - Measuring Gender, Boston Says No, Soccer Woes
Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the blurring gender lines in sports, why no one wants to host the Olympics, and the U.S. men's soccer loss to Jamaica.