Sarah Shachat
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How AFC Teams (And The Mannings) Are Foiling Our Football Logic
Hot Takedown discusses a wild weekend of NFL action and the start of the college basketball season. → Read More
Go With The Analytics … But Say You Went With Your Gut
Hot Takedown discusses a controversial World Series call and the paths to the College Football Playoff. → Read More
It’s A Toss-Up Between The Braves And Astros
Hot Takedown discusses the World Series and the chaotic NFL season. → Read More
Why Our Model (Still) Hates The Lakers
Hot Takedown discusses our NBA predictions and the MLB playoffs. → Read More
Every Sport Is Out Of Control
First, we take a look at the wild weekend across sports: from Alabama losing to Texas A&M and Oklahoma winning without Spencer Rattler, to the magic funhous… → Read More
Chaos Could Still Be In Store For The MLB Playoffs
First, we talk about the wild finish to baseball’s regular season — even though it ended up going pretty much as had been predicted a few months earlier. In pl… → Read More
Does The Debate Over Tom Brady vs. Bill Belichick Already Have A Winner?
Hot Takedown discusses the Tampa Bay quarterback's return to New England and the chaos in college football. → Read More
Actually, Week 1 Does Matter (To Our NFL Playoff Odds)
Hot Takedown discusses the first games of the NFL season and the latest no-hitter in MLB. → Read More
NFL Expectations Reach The Stratosphere
Hot Takedown talks through the start of the football season. → Read More
Everything Is Still Possible For (Most) College Football Teams
First, we talk about the college football season. Everything is still possible at the moment, but the pressure is on some schools much more than others. Nebrask… → Read More
500 Home Runs Is A Lot Of Home Runs
Hot Takedown discusses Miguel Cabrera's 500th home run and the Little League World Series. → Read More
It’s Way Too Early To Judge NFL Rookie Debuts (So Let’s Do It Anyway)
Hot Takedown discusses the NL East and the NFL preseason. → Read More
We (Mostly) Never Doubted Team USA
Hot Takedown looks back at the Tokyo Games and looks ahead to Lionel Messi’s move to Paris Saint-Germain. → Read More
A Bronze For Simone Biles And A Win For Gymnastics
Hot Takedown looks at the MLB trade deadline and how gymnastics may change after these Olympics. → Read More
One Conference To Rule Them All
Hot Takedown discusses the latest college conference realignment and mental visualization in the Olympics. → Read More
New Sports And Old Problems At The Olympics
Hot Takedown discusses the Tokyo Games and the NBA Finals. → Read More
Who Needs Hot Takes With A Finals This Fun?
Hot Takedown weighs in on Bucks vs. Suns and checks in on baseball at its All-Star break. → Read More
How Can The Bucks Win Without Giannis?
Hot Takedown previews the NBA Finals and the controversies ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. → Read More
Baseball’s Sticky Situation
First, we check in with MLB after a weekend of chaos, drama and pants. The league’s directive to enforce rules against “sticky stuff” and illegal grip aids has … → Read More
Nothing Unites Left And Right Like Opposition To The NCAA
Hot Takedown discusses the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in NCAA v. Alston and the NBA conference finals. → Read More