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These Are The Last Three Teams That Have A Chance To Beat UConn

Only four teams remain standing in the women’s NCAA Tournament, and, as has been the case all season, one stands quite a bit taller than the rest. The UConn women won all 32 regular-season games by an average margin of 40.3 points per game and then somehow improved on that during the NCAA Tournament — […]

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Steph Curry Is On Pace To Hit 102 Home Runs

In an instant classic over the weekend, Stephen Curry hit a dozen 3-pointers, including the game-winner from 32 feet, while helping lead his Golden State Warriors to a 121-118 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Those 12 3-pointers gave him 288 for the season, breaking his own record of 286 set last season. Oh, […]

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Steph Curry Is On Pace To Hit 102 Home Runs

In an instant classic over the weekend, Stephen Curry hit a dozen 3-pointers, including the game-winner from 32 feet, while helping lead his Golden State Warriors to a 121-118 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Those 12 3-pointers gave him 288 for the season, breaking his own record of 286 set last season. Oh, […]

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These Are The Last Three Teams That Have A Chance To Beat UConn

Only four teams remain standing in the women’s NCAA Tournament, and, as has been the case all season, one stands quite a bit taller than the rest. The UConn women won all 32 regular-season games by an average margin of 40.3 points per game and then somehow improved on that during the NCAA Tournament — […]

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Hot Takedown’s 2016 MLB Preview

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (March 29, 2016), we try and understand Syracuse’s miraculous run to the Final Four in both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, Ben Lindbergh joins the crew as we preview the 2016 baseball season and wonder whether this just might […]

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