Alex was unable to make this episode of Hot Takes Only, so we called in some other big guns from HTN to help with this week's episode! Isaac Carmichael, Matthew Watson and Coty Van de Byl join Ben to discuss some football and hockey picks for this weekend's action! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

After a technical glitch did not allow for an episode to be released last week, Ben and Alex are back with a fantastic edition of Hot Takes Only this week! The boys like the board this week with some confident plays on both college and pro ball, including the Wazzu vs Utah match-up, the Jaguars vs Broncos meeting and the Dolphins vs Chargers showdown! Enjoy this weekend and remember, football is family!

Ben and Alex are back with more picks from the gridiron! Featured selections on this week's episode include a play on the Thursday Night Football over/under, the point spread in the Bills-Giants and a couple of games from the college battlefield.

For college football fans, there's also a discussion to look forward to about Chip Kelly's UCLA failure and Willie Taggart's inexplicable ability to continue to play down to his opponents! Enjoy another great weekend of football!

After a successful NCAA Week 1 where Hot Takes Only enjoyed a 6-3 weekend, Alex has you covered with NFL Week 1 and NCAA Week 2 betting tips, while Ben focuses on season futures for the NFL talking about all things team win totals. After a long off-season, we've finally made it. Enjoy the NFL football this weekend! 

After a successful Week 0, Alex and Ben are back with their Week 1 College Football picks! Enjoy the football this weekend!

We're back from our summer hiatus and we're ready for a great Fall of sports! This episode begins our strategic shift of HTO to focus on sports betting discussions. Ben and Alex kick off this new focus by talking about Miami vs Florida on college football's opening day, as well as college football team win total futures.

Cian Wright of Game, Set, Slice has made the trip over to Canada and joins Ben and Mac in studio for an update on the first week of Wimbledon! The lads talk about some of their favourite story lines from Week 1 including Coco Gauff, Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic and the failure of the Next-Gen.

Ben and Mac then dive into the pandemonium that is NBA free agency, including their thoughts on Kawhi leaving for the Clippers, PG13 joining Kawhi and what Raptors fans should be feeling now and in the future.

Ben and Mac are back with a full recap of Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Topics of conversation include Nick Nurse's timeout usage, Kawhi Leonard's struggle getting to the hoop, the booing of KD by Raptors fans (including a passionate rant directed at DeMarcus Cousins) and Kevon Looney's importance in Game 6.

The episode finishes off with a discussion from the Women's World Cup and the celebrations of the American team after goals in a 13-0 win.

We're trying a new format on the podcast this week! Thanks to a suggestion from listener Dave Caputo, we're going quick-fire on the hot takes! Mac Turchan and Isaac Carmichael join Ben to "buy-or-sell" six hot takes from a wide-variety of sports!

At the end of the episode, Isaac shares some exciting news about the future of Hot Takes Network, as he and Matthew Watson are starting a baseball-specific podcast, "The Hot Corner: Presented by Hot Takes Network"! Cristian Dragan and Reuben Wahab are also launching a soccer-specific podcast!

Let us know if you prefer this format of the podcast and make sure to check out "The Hot Corner"!

After a week off, Mac and Ben are back with an action packed episode filled with basketball and golf talk. The lads recap a disappointing Game 1 of the Raptors vs Bucks and what to expect from the remainder of the series. They then circle back to the greatest shot and moment in in Toronto Raptors history from Kawhi Leonard, before heading over to the Western Conference to update the series at the end of Game 2. To finish off the episode, the guys respond to a write-in question, addressing Brooks Koepka's comments about golf and the PGA Tour prior to this week's PGA Championship.

We have a big announcement on next week's episode about the future of HTN, so make sure you tune in!