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.

Latest Episodes:

Hot Takedown - U.S. Women March On, NBA Draft, Is A-Rod A G.O.A.T.? Jun 23, 2015

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Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the Women's World Cup; what analytics say about the NBA draft; and A-Rod's legacy.

Hot Takedown - Hockey's Modern Dynasty, NBA Finals, And A Baseball Hacking Scandal! Jun 16, 2015

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Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the Blackhawks win; a big data scandal in baseball; and Lebron's dominance.

Hot Takedown - LeBron Goes It Alone, Serena's Dominance, WWC Update And Nate vs. A 12-Year-Old Jun 09, 2015

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Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss whether Lebron can carry the Cavs; Serena Williams's 20th slam; and the start of the Women's World Cup.

Hot Takedown - WWC Bonus: Allison McCann with Julie Foudy, Christen Press, and Kelley O'Hara Jun 04, 2015

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A special episode with two interviews FiveThirtyEight's Allison McCann did recently previewing the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Hot Takedown - Blatter's Out, WWC, NBA Finals, And The Astros' Turnaround Jun 02, 2015

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Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin on Sepp Blatter's resignation on the eve of the Women's World Cup; LeBron's chances in the NBA finals; and how the Astros got good.

Hot Takedown - Nadal's Decline, Every NBA Team Ranked, Do Stars Matter? May 26, 2015

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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.

Hot Takedown - Clippers' Collapse, Nate Silver on Rangers' Squeakers, MLB Embraces Statcast May 19, 2015

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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.

Hot Takedown - Deflategate, We Announce The NBA Draft Fix Winner! May 12, 2015

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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.

Hot Takedown - Boring Boxing, NBA Round 2, Why The World Needs A New Baseball Stat May 05, 2015

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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.

Hot Takedown - NFL Draft, Mayweather's Past and Boxing's Future, Athletes Going Broke Apr 28, 2015

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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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