The TaekCast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast

Mike Labelle (@MikeLabelle) joins Davis for a discussion on E-Sports, FIFA and weekend league, random number generation and luck, the future of content creation and consumption, life as an E-Sports players, and more. Check out Mike on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/mikelabelle Please leave a rating and review! A (mostly) Sports Podcast

Saifedean Ammous joins the podcast to discuss his book The Bitcoin Standard, the future of cryptocurrency, the Austrian School of economics, high time preference and why today's music is so awful. A (mostly) Sports Podcast.

Pro Football Focus' very own Mike Renner stops by to talk with Davis about his experience on ABC's popular reality show, The Bachelorette. They also discuss the Pro Football Focus grading system, some of Mike's experiences with players who monitor their PFF grades as well as some of the mistakes that coaches make their defensive schemes. A (mostly) Sports Podcast.

Jason Sobel (@JasonsobelTAN) from the Action Network joins Davis to talk about the US Open, Mike Davis, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy and the Future of Golf. A (mostly) Sports Podcast

Davis is joined by JJ Zachariason from Numberfire, Living the Stream and the LateRoundPodcast to talk about his books (The Late Round QB), the issues that people have correctly conceiving of value, content overload in fantasy football and sports in general, amongst other topics. A (mostly) Sports Podcast.

Brandon McCarthy of the Atlanta Braves stop by to have a discussion with Davis about the analytics evolution from inside baseball, fantasy football in MLB clubhouses, Mo Salah and Phoniex Rising FC.

Davis is joined by Sean Newsham from the Action Network (@psufans2) to break down Groups A-H from a betting and DFS perspective for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The guys go team by team and discuss the roster, potential outcomes for the tournaments and bets that seem like sharp odds.

Davis Mattek is joined by Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) to discuss the release of the 2018 version of Reception Perception (available for purchase here: https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/fantasy-football-draft-kit/?udk=mharmon25 . They discuss the process and thought behind RP, why some fantasy football content is #bad, what makes football players actually good, book recommendations, our collective inability to log off and more.

Grant Wahl from Sports Ilustrated joins the podcast to talk about his new book (purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Modern-Soccer-Worlds-Twenty-First-Century-ebook/dp/B074S68C9H ) to talk about Christian Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund, Analytics Impact on soccer, the future of the MLS, the World Cup and more.

Davis is joined by Drew Dinkmeyer from Daily Roto to discuss late-stage capitalism, tribalism in Western society and sports, game theory as it applies to the solvability of professional basketball, baseball and football, what the Boston Celtics should do with Kyrie Irving, Aldous Huxley and a host of other (uppity) topics.

Davis is joined by Evan Silva (@evansilva) from Rotoworld/NBC Sports to continue the analytics conversation started in Episode 2 with Josh. Topics discussed included algorithmic playcalling, nepotism and the fallacy of the yet-to-be-realized Draft Pick. Link to The Game Plan: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Plan-Approach-Decision-National/dp/1475233353

Davis is joined by Evan Silva (@evansilva) from Rotoworld/NBC Sports to continue the analytics conversation started in Episode 2 with Josh. Topics discussed included algorithmic playcalling, nepotism and the fallacy of the yet-to-be-realized Draft Pick. Link to The Game Plan: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Plan-Approach-Decision-National/dp/1475233353

Davis is joined by Josh Hermsmeyer (@friscojosh) from 4for4.com and airyards.com to discuss the evolution of NFL analytics, how fucking boring baseball is, Bitcoin, the gold standard and Baker Mayfield.

Davis is joined by Josh Hermsmeyer (@friscojosh) from 4for4.com and airyards.com to discuss the evolution of NFL analytics, how fucking boring baseball is, Bitcoin, the gold standard and Baker Mayfield.

Davis Mattek is joined by Michael Leone to take sports betting legalization, crypocurrency, golf wagering, the Buffalo Bills and several things in between.