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

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

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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.

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May 19, 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 - 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! by Hot Takedown
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What's The Point Teaser - Guest: Neil deGrasse Tyson: FiveThirtyEight has a new podcast! Here's part of the first episode of What's The Point -- small interviews about big data. Like what you hear? Find the full episode on iTunes by Hot Takedown
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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. by Hot Takedown
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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! by Hot Takedown
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Hot Takedown - Clippers' Collapse, Nate Silver on Rangers' Squeakers, MLB Embraces Statcast: Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the NBA conference finals; Nate Silver talks about the NHL playoffs and why the Rangers win so many close games; and MLB's use of Statcast. by Hot Takedown
56 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
74 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
60 min listen
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? by Hot Takedown
60 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
55 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
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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. by Hot Takedown
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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. by Hot Takedown
56 min listen
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 Fagan, and Allison McCann breaking down the UConn women's third consecutive national championship. by Hot Takedown
19 min listen
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! by Hot Takedown
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Hot Takedown - Unstoppable Greinke, The Greatest Basketball Season Ever, And Baseball Brain Data: Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss Zack Greinke's scoreless inning streak, Elena Delle Donne's amazing basketball season, and brain data for baseball. by Hot Takedown
57 min listen
Hot Takedown - A Crash Course In Pitching Stats: It's a new edition of stat school! Kate Fagan, Neil "Stat Man" Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look at the evolution of pitching stats through the ages. by Hot Takedown
40 min listen
Hot Takedown - The Greatest Dynasty Of All, NBA Free Agency, and All Star Baseball: Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss whether U.S. women's national soccer team is a dynasty, review NBA free agency and turn to the MLB All Star game. by Hot Takedown
58 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
25 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
54 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
64 min listen
Hot Takedown - Rousey The Outlier, MLB Trades, Track Doping: Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look at Ronda Rousey's fighting dominance, introduce a new metric to measure MLB trades, and the stunning data on doping in track. by Hot Takedown
42 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
54 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
50 min listen
Hot Takedown - A Special Stat-School Edition: Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss three ways to measure batting: batting average, OPS (on-base plus slugging), wRC+ (Weighted Runs Created). by Hot Takedown
51 min listen
Hot Takedown - Pats' Cheating; Djoker The GoAT; Cespedes MVP?: Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look for clues in the Patriots' home and road record, discuss Djokovic's U.S. Open win, and assess the Cespedes case for MVP. by Hot Takedown
46 min listen
Hot Takedown - U.S. Women March On, NBA Draft, Is A-Rod A G.O.A.T.?: 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. by Hot Takedown
55 min listen
Hot Takedown - Measuring Gender, Boston Says No, Soccer Woes: Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the blurring gender lines in sports, why no one wants to host the Olympics, and the U.S. men's soccer loss to Jamaica. by Hot Takedown
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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. by Hot Takedown
32 min listen
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. by Hot Takedown
50 min listen
Hot Takedown - Perfect Panthers, Wonderful Warriors, Little Leicester: Chadwick Matlin, Neil Paine and Allison McCann discuss the perfect Panthers, whether the Warriors can be the best NBA team of all time, and Leicester leading the EPL. by Hot Takedown
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