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Podcast: Deflategate, And We Pick An NBA Draft-Fix Winner!

Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (May 13, 2015), we look at the fallout from the NFL’s investigation into the deflation of balls during last year’s AFC Championship […]

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Podcast: Deflategate, And We Pick An NBA Draft-Fix Winner!

Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (May 13, 2015), we look at the fallout from the NFL’s investigation into the deflation of balls during last year’s AFC Championship […]

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FiveThirtyEight Dissects The Deflategate Report

This afternoon the NFL released the results of an investigation into whether or not the New England Patriots intentionally deflated footballs below league standards. The report was so sensational that we had to gather some of our best sports minds to talk about it. Here’s an edited transcript of our Slack conversation. cwick (Chadwick Matlin, […]

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FiveThirtyEight Dissects The Deflategate Report

This afternoon the NFL released the results of an investigation into whether or not the New England Patriots intentionally deflated footballs below league standards. The report was so sensational that we had to gather some of our best sports minds to talk about it. Here’s an edited transcript of our Slack conversation. cwick (Chadwick Matlin, […]

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Your Guide To Deflate-gate/Ballghazi-Related Statistical Analyses

The controversy surrounding “Ballghazi” or “Deflate-gate” (depending on your politics, I guess) has only intensified. Press conferences were given. Locker room attendants’ bathroom visits were analyzed. The Columbia University physics department was called in. And, in a series of posts that made the media rounds late last week, the Patriots’ ability to avoid fumbling was […]

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