Hot Takedown

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 49m. Bisher sind 446 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 23 hours 34 minutes

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Hot Takedown - Nadal's Decline, Every NBA Team Ranked, Do Stars Matter?


Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss Rafael Nadal's rocky spring; our ELO rankings of every NBA team ever; and debate the question of whether star players always win championships.


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 May 26, 2015  54m
 
 

Hot Takedown - Clippers' Collapse, Rangers' Squeakers, MLB Embraces Statcast


Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the NBA conference finals; the NHL playoffs and why the Rangers win so many close games; and MLB's use of Statcast.


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 May 19, 2015  55m
 
 

Hot Takedown - Deflategate, We Announce The NBA Draft Fix Winner!


Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the "deflategate" report, and pick a winner in our crowdsourcing project to fix the NBA draft and stop tanking.


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 May 12, 2015  1h13m
 
 

Hot Takedown - Boring Boxing, NBA Round 2, Why The World Needs A New Baseball Stat


Kate Fagan, Neil Paine and Chadwick Matlin discuss Mayweather's win; round two of the NBA playoffs; and the advent of the new baseball stat DRA.


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 May 5, 2015  49m
 
 

Hot Takedown - NFL Draft, Mayweather's Past and Boxing's Future, Athletes Going Broke


Kate Fagan, Neil Paine and Chadwick Matlin discuss the upcoming NFL draft; Floyd Mayweather's violent past; and Pablo Torre joins to follow up on why athletes go broke.


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 April 28, 2015  1h0m
 
 

Hot Takedown - NBA Playoffs By The Numbers; Tanking; Tim Tebow, Take Magnet


Kate Fagan, Chadwick Matlin and special guest Caitlin Kelly of The New Yorker discuss the NBA playoffs, the NBA draft system, and Tim Tebow's baffling return to the NFL.


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 April 21, 2015  49m
 
 

Hot Takedown - Spieth's Dominance; NBA MVP; Nate Silver Talks to a Stats Skeptic


Neil Paine, Kate Fagan and Chadwick Matlin discuss Jordan Spieth's dominant Master's performance; who has the edge for NBA MVP; and Nate Silver talks to a stats skeptic.


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 April 14, 2015  54m
 
 

Hot Takedown - Emergency Pod! UConn's Win, Auriemma vs. Wooden, Will Anyone Catch the Huskies?


A special edition of Hot Takedown with Chadwick Matlin, Kate Fagin, and Allison McCann breaking down the UConn women's third consecutive national championship.


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 April 8, 2015  19m
 
 

Hot Takedown - Duke Does It Again; Opening Day; Hedging Hockey


Neil Paine, Kate Fagan and Chad Matlin discuss Duke's NCAA championship; the Padres big trade; and why hockey teams play to not win.


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 April 7, 2015  1h0m
 
 

Hot Takedown - Emergency Final Four Pod!


Live from Indy, a special podcast with Chadwick Matlin, Nate Silver, and Jody Avirgan breaking down Wisconsin's win over Kentucky, and previewing Monday's NCAA men's final.


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 April 5, 2015  25m