March Madness is nearly here! Before the brackets are finalized on Selection Sunday, the Hot Takedown team breaks down what has transpired in this unconventional season of men’s college basketball. Seven different teams have ranked No. 1 by the Associated Press, and some of the contenders might surprise you. Are we in for a chaotic […]
On Saturday night, Alex Ovechkin scored his 700th goal and is well on his way to Wayne Gretzky’s 894-goal record. Gretzky himself admits that the game is tougher now that it was in the 1980s, so if Ovechkin were playing when Gretzky did, would he have already topped his record? The team breaks down the […]
The NBA All-Star weekend featured a slew of rule changes that were met with praise from both analysts and players. The Hot Takedown team enjoyed it as well … but we think the rule changes could go even further. On today’s show, we suggest additional alterations for the weekend’s competitions. On Friday, UEFA banned Manchester […]
After Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash that also killed his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other people, Hot Takedown wanted to take a bit of time to process the accident — for both ourselves and our listeners — before returning for a comprehensive conversation of his legacy. On today’s show, we dive into […]
With a little less than eight minutes left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs found themselves down by 10 points — and ESPN’s win probability model gave the San Francisco 49ers a 95 percent chance of winning the game. So was the fact that the Chiefs […]