Hot Takedown - Hockey's Modern Dynasty, NBA Finals, And A Baseball Hacking Scandal!
Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the Blackhawks win; a big data scandal in baseball; and Lebron's dominance.
Jun 16, 2015•50 min
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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Episodes
Hot Takedown - LeBron Goes It Alone, Serena's Dominance, WWC Update And Nate vs. A 12-Year-Old
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.
Jun 09, 2015•54 min
Hot Takedown - WWC Bonus: Allison McCann with Julie Foudy, Christen Press, and Kelley O'Hara
A special episode with two interviews FiveThirtyEight's Allison McCann did recently previewing the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Jun 04, 2015•32 min
Hot Takedown - Blatter's Out, WWC, NBA Finals, And The Astros' Turnaround
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.
Jun 02, 2015•1 hr 4 min
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.
May 26, 2015•55 min
Hot Takedown - Clippers' Collapse, Nate Silver on 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.
May 19, 2015•56 min
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.
May 12, 2015•1 hr 14 min
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.
May 05, 2015•50 min
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.
Apr 28, 2015•1 hr
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.
Apr 21, 2015•49 min
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.
Apr 14, 2015•54 min
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.
Apr 08, 2015•19 min
Hot Takedown - Duke Does It Again; Opening Day; Hedging Hockey
Neil Paine, Kate Fagan and Chadwick Matlin discuss Duke's NCAA championship; the Padres big trade; and why hockey teams play to not win.
Apr 07, 2015•1 hr
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.
Apr 05, 2015•25 min
Hot Takedown - Finally, Four; The Cubs Sit Their Spring Star; Fixing the PAT
Chadwick Matlin, Kate Fagan and Neil Paine discuss the men's and women's brackets; the Cubs decision to keep Kris Bryant in the minors; and possible changes to the point after.
Mar 31, 2015•56 min
Hot Takedown - Vintage Michigan State, Fixing the Women's Tournament, Trade Durant?
This week on Hot Takedown: Tom Izzo does it again, why the women's tournament isn't getting traction, and will the Thunder preemptively trade Kevin Durant?
Mar 24, 2015•1 hr
Hot Takedown - Bracketology, Chip Kelly, and Chris Borland
Hot Takedown is a new sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight w/ Chadwick Matlin, Kate Fagan, and Neil Paine. This week: advice for your bracket; NFL free agency by the numbers; more.
Mar 17, 2015•54 min
Hot Takedown - Episode Zero
Hot Takedown is a new sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight with Chad Matlin, Neil Paine and Kate Fagan. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss our first episode on 3/17!
Mar 13, 2015•7 min
Hot Takedown - Episode Zero
Hot Takedown is a new sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight with Chad Matlin, Neil Paine, and Kate Fagin. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss our first episode 3/17!
Mar 13, 2015•7 min
Hot Takedown - Episode Zero
Hot Takedown is a new sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight with Chad Matlin, Neil Paine, and Kate Fagin. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss our first episode 3/17!
Mar 13, 2015•7 min
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