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The Fastest Men In The World Are Still Chasing Usain Bolt

Men’s Olympic sprints traffic heavily in machismo and self-assurance, so an incredulous victor is a rarity on the track. Rarer still is the bewildered champion who hails from a country with no record of producing an event finalist. But there was Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs on Sunday night, telling reporters, “I think I need four […]

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Usain Bolt Is Great — But How Can We Know If He’s The Greatest?

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (Aug. 16, 2016), FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver joins us to talk about his Olympics viewing schedule and what would happen if the medal […]

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Usain Bolt Is Great — But How Can We Know If He’s The Greatest?

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (Aug. 16, 2016), FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver joins us to talk about his Olympics viewing schedule and what would happen if the medal […]

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Why It’s So Hard For NFL Players To Get Rid Of The Franchise Tag

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (July 12, 2016), we welcome ESPN The Magazine’s Mina Kimes as a guest host. We look at Von Miller’s battle with the Denver Broncos over his franchise tag, and Mina explains why the tag is a problem for players in […]

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