351 episodes
Hot Takedown FiveThirtyEight, 538, Neil Paine, Geoff Foster, Sara Ziegler
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4.3 • 16 Ratings
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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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Football Is Weird, Part Infinity
In our last Hot Takedown, the team looks at NFL chaos from this week and college basketball chaos to come. Plus: a Rabbit Hole with a curse.
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Analytics, But From The Gut
Hot Takedown discusses the World Series and a new college football playoff format. Plus: a Rabbit Hole that has all of the sports.
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It's Anybody's World Series
Hot Takedown discusses the World Series and the Chiefs' woes. Plus: a RATPOR Rabbit Hole.
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Why Our Model (Still) Hates The Lakers
Hot Takedown discusses our NBA predictions and the MLB playoffs. Plus: a Rabbit Hole all about first (and second) wins.
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Championships, Random-ships
Hot Takedown discusses this last week in the NFL, MLB, WNBA and College Football and previews the NHL. Plus: A Rabbit Hole for losers.
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The Dodgers Need A Reseed
Hot Takedown discusses the MLB playoffs and Cincinnati's CFB playoff chances. Plus: a special guest joins us for a family-themed Rabbit Hole.
Customer Reviews
Great, except
Really liked their coverage of the NBA playoffs. Really like their stat based stories. But unsubbed until summer was over bc personally baseball stats are boring.
Smart, Accessible, Entertaining Sports Podcast
I love this podcast. It hits so many sports and it’s one of the few analysis podcasts that’s not just a bunch of hot takes. That being said, the opinion that they should bring back the glowing hockey puck is just bad. If you can’t see the black puck on white ice on your 4K TV, there is no helping you. People listen to hockey on the radio! You don’t even need to see the puck to enjoy hockey, and it’s really not that hard to follow. 1 Star.