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

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

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Apr 14, 2015

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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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Apr 14, 2015

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

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