SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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CFL Pickem Week 18: No Room For Football: There's only one CFL game to pick this weekend, Saturday's game between Saskatchewan and Edmonton. Ic23b leads by 41 over Tommybiden. Make your picks, er, pick.

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NFL Pickem Week 5: Davante on the Block: The Bucs and Falcons meet on Amazon Prime tonight to open the fifth week of an injurious NFL season. If you don't mind good things happening to Aaron Rodgers, he might be getting his favorite receiver in a trade soon. Rumple is back in first place in the pickem. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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MLB hit king Pete Rose dead at 83: Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's hit king who was later banned from baseball entirely, died on Monday afternoon, the Cincinnati Reds announced.

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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Let’s Go Oakland!: A's leave Oakland a winner. They also leave plenty of tears and 57 years of memories. Scott Van Pelt reacts to Oakland Athletics departure: ‘The worst of what sports can be.'

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Coming to Broadway this season: KAT!: The Minnesota Timberwolves are trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and a first-round draft pick.

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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CFL Pickem Week 17: Friday Night Football: Week 17 of the Ligue Canadienne de Football has the 5-9 Elks and Tiger-Cats fighting to stay in the playoff picture in Friday night games against the Blue Bombers and Lions. Our pickem had Tommybiden scoring 58 while everybody else scored 5 or less. Ic23b is in first by 31. Fais tes choix!

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NFL Pickem Week 4: Washington Has a Quarterback: The NFL's Thursday night game on Amazon Prime has the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants both looking to put their longtime rival in a 1-3 hole. Meanwhile the Washington Commanders are feeling good with rookie Jayden Daniels at QB. Our pickem has NoMich and Bender tied for first as new leaders with Rumple one back. Make your picks.

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Pirates Cut Player Four At-Bats Before $200,000 Bonus: The Pittsburgh Pirates, true to their miserly commitment to mediocrity, released first baseman Rowdy Tellez after he made 421 plate appearances this season. If he'd gotten four more, the team had to pay him a $200,000 performance bonus. The Pirates have had six straight losing seasons and only three playoff appearances the last 30 years.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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CFL Pickem Week 16: The Curse of Barney: There are CFL doubleheaders tonight and Saturday night as the playoffs inch closer. Barney the Dinosaur was not a good luck charm in the pickem, where every player scored 0 points. Probably should have referenced The Big Comfy Couch instead. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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The loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player: Conor Niland was once Ireland’s No 1 player, and tried for years to climb the global ranks. But life at the bottom of the top can be brutal.

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NFL Pickem Week 3: Run the Ball Nick Edition: The NFL returns Thursday night on Prime when the Rodgers-is-back New York Jets host the Belichick-is-gone New England Patriots. There were lots of upsets last week in our pickem but GridIron_Gambit scored 52 to climb into first place. Their strategy: Being stingy on locks with only three -- hitting on the Jets and Chargers. Make your picks and don't pass up the opportunity to hand off.

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Rogers to become majority owner of MLSE after buying Bell's stake for $4.7B: Rogers Communications has bought Bell out of its stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the Toronto Maple Leafs, Argonauts, TFC, Raptors, and Marlies, for $4.7 billion. Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE Inc.), which owns 37.5 per cent of MLSE, said in a media release Wednesday that the deal is expected to close in mid-2025.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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Packers Center Leaves It All on the Field: Green Bay Packers backup quarterback Malik Willis changed a pass play to a quarterback sneak in Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts even though it was third down and 10. He only gained three yards. "I asked Malik why he didn't throw the ball on that third down, and he told me Josh threw up on the ball," coach Matt LaFleur said. "I was like, 'That’s the first time I ever heard that!'" Center Josh Myers blamed the electrolyte drinks they give players.

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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Another Tua Tagovailoa Concussion Puts Career in Jeopardy: Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a serious concussion on a fourth-down run in Thursday night's loss to the Buffalo Bills, exhibiting "fencing response" in his arms after the hit from tackler Damar Hamlin. Because of his past concussion problems there's a lot of talk in the media about whether he will (or should) retire even though he's only 26.

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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CFL Pickem Week 15: Everyone is Special Edition: The pro football league that still has kickoffs is back Friday night when the 6-6 Toronto Argonauts visit the 7-6 B.C. Lions. Pete Rozell's dream of parity transcends borders. The last results in the pickem were grim for everybody but Tommybiden, who scored 26. Make your picks and have a super-dee-duper day.

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NFL Pickem Week 2: Aaron Says Relax Edition: The NFL returns tonight with the Buffalo Bills meeting the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on Amazon Prime -- the first of six matchups this week between 1-0 teams. The pickem leader out of the gates is Rumple with 89, followed by three others five back. Make your picks and remember that the NFL season is a "nice, slow Bolero."

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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