Hot Takedown

By FiveThirtyEight, 538, Neil Paine, Geoff Foster, Sara ZieglerSports

Hot Takedown episodes

April 20, 2021 A Super League Super Fight
Hot Takedown looks at how a Super League would change European soccer and the state of the NBA MVP race.
53 min
April 13, 2021 Can We Keep Our Early Baseball Takes Cool?
Hot Takedown looks at the start of the baseball season and previews the WNBA draft.
52 min
April 06, 2021 An End To The Madness
Hot Takedown surveys the NCAA Tournament results and previews The Masters. Plus special guest Harry Enten brings an MLB Rabbit Hole.
52 min
March 30, 2021 All Hype Is Good Hype
Hot Takedown looks at the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight and previews the baseball season.
52 min
March 23, 2021 The NCAA Is Bad At Capitalism
Hot Takedown looks at the NCAA's mistakes in this year's women's tournament and big upsets in the first two rounds of the men's tournament.
52 min
March 16, 2021 Let's Pick Our Brackets
Hot Takedown looks at both NCAA tournament brackets and picks our Men and Women's Final Four.
52 min
March 09, 2021 A Year Of Pandemic Sports
Hot Takedown looks back at how sports adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus: a 16/16 Rabbit Hole.
51 min
March 02, 2021 Why's Everyone Writing Off The Jazz?
Hot Takedown discusses where Tiger Woods' legacy goes from here and the surprising (regular season) success of the Utah Jazz.
50 min
February 23, 2021 Osaka's Rise Doesn't Mean Serena Is Done
Hot Takedown talks through the results of the Australian Open and previews March Madness. Yes, it is almost March.
51 min
February 16, 2021 Grading The NHL's Start On And Off The Ice
Hot Takedown looks at the start of the NHL season and the current state of sports video games. Plus: an MLB free agency Rabbit Hole.
51 min

About Hot Takedown

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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.