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March 11, 2025

NBA Pickem: Wall to Wall Basketball: There are 11 national NBA games this week, stretching from Bucks/Pacers tonight on TNT to a rare Monday night doubleheader on ESPN. I've jumped into first place in the pickem, hitting all six dunks with one exact pick and two close ones. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 01:10 PM - 4 comments

March 04, 2025

Kyrie Irving Suffers Torn ACL in Knee: If you were curious how Mavericks GM Nico Harrison's "win-now window" for an NBA championship is going since the trade of Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis has played less than one full game before being injured and Kyrie Irving just suffered a torn ACL in his knee, which likely means being gone for a year. The video of Irving shooting two free throws after the injury is epic.

posted by rcade to basketball at 04:15 PM - 3 comments

NBA Pickem Week 17: Can't Stop the Cavs, Can Stop the Mavs: There are 12 national games on the NBA calendar this week, stretching from a Tuesday night doubleheader on TNT to a Sunday tripleheader on ABC and ESPN. Howard_T wins the week with only one missed pick on the Lakers/Nuggets game everyone thought would be a Denver win. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 10:03 AM - 7 comments

February 25, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 17: This is Painful for Me: The schedule is packed this week with 11 NBA games on our televisions, beginning tonight with Cavs/Magic early and (sigh) Mavs/Lakers late. Howard_T wins the week. Ufez leads. I picked Warriors over Mavs by 30 and got close enough for extra points. Yet I still feel dead inside. Make your selections.

posted by rcade to basketball at 01:23 PM - 8 comments

February 20, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 16: Can't Stop the Nuggets: There are nine NBA games on the national tube this week starting with a TNT doubleheader tonight of Celtics/Sixers and Suns/Spurs. In two nights the red-hot Nuggets host the Lakers. Pickem scores last week were grim for two fans of the same team, but Ufez still leads. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 02:26 PM - 6 comments

Victor Wembanyama Out for Season Over DVT in Shoulder: San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will miss the rest of the season after a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was detected in his right shoulder. The reigning rookie of the year was an all-star this season putting up big numbers: 24.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a league-leading 3.8 blocks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 12:59 PM - 1 comment

Former NFL Punter Chris Kluwe Arrested for Civil Disobedience: Chris Kluwe was outspoken when he was a Minnesota Vikings punter and continued to be Tuesday at a Huntington Beach, California, city council meeting. Kluwe spoke against a local library plaque sneaking in a tribute to MAGA, called the movement "profoundly corrupt" and "explicitly a Nazi movement," then declared he was engaging in "peaceful civil disobedience" right before he walked onto the meeting stage. He's charged with disrupting an assembly.

posted by rcade to football at 12:01 PM - 2 comments

February 17, 2025

Daytona 500 Crash Sends Ryan Preece's Car Airborne: William Byron won the Daytona 500 after a last-lap crash took him from ninth to first. Shortly before that a crash sent Ryan Preece airborne at Nascar's biggest race. His car looked like it popped a wheelie then flipped over multiple times. Preece was OK but he said later that when it happened "all I thought about was my daughter."

posted by rcade to auto racing at 11:45 AM - 4 comments

February 12, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 15: Short Week: There are six NBA games to pick during this shortened schedule before the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, but only because we're adding some games on Wednesday that aren't on national TV. Enjoy the Heat and Clippers on your schedule along with the Dallas MASH Unit. Ufez leads the contest by 34. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 09:39 AM - 7 comments

February 10, 2025

Budweiser Wins USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter: People can't get enough of Clydesdales, but the Pfizer ad that finished tenth knocked me out.

posted by rcade to football at 11:44 AM - 0 comments

Eagles Crush Chiefs in Super Bowl 0x3B: The Philadelphia Eagles took a 34-0 lead over the Kansas City Chiefs, put in their backups and coasted to a 40-22 victory, ending the Chiefs bid for a threepeat. Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and tush-pushed a third, winning MVP. The Eagles defensive front could have shared that award, sacking Patrick Mahomes six times and pressuring him into two interceptions.

posted by rcade to football at 09:27 AM - 7 comments

February 08, 2025

NFL Playoff Pickem: Super Bowl: The Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 0x3B Sunday night at or shortly after or quite a while after 6:30 p.m. EST. The Chiefs want to win their third straight Super Bowl. No one outside of Chiefs Nation wants this. Pick the winner, spread and lots of props. Tommybiden leads our pickem by 8 points and Jagsnumberone is competing with me for the Costanza. Enjoy the Big Game, my hungry guys.

posted by rcade to football at 09:36 PM - 14 comments

February 03, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 18: Don't Dream It's Over: There are 10 national TV games this week starting with a Tuesday night doubleheader on TNT. The Boston Celtics, my favorite team forever, play on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Ufez Jones leads the pickem by 11. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 08:52 PM - 8 comments

January 28, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 13: Hoop It Up: There are nine NBA games on the tube to pick this week, stretching from Wednesday night to Sunday. Lots of Golden State and some Cavs but no Mavs (sigh). Ufez leads but Howard_T came to play, scoring 37 more points than anybody else. Nice job!

posted by rcade to basketball at 03:43 PM - 8 comments

January 25, 2025

NFL Playoff Pickem: Conference Championships: The NFL decides its Super Bowl 0x3B entrants on Sunday when the upstart Washington Commanders visit the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills carry the hopes of 49 states and try to keep the unstoppable Kansas City Chiefs from their third consecutive AFC title. Make your picks!

posted by rcade to football at 11:08 AM - 11 comments

January 22, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 12: Saturday Quadrupleheader: The NBA Pickem is back after a week lost to illness. Get your flu shot! There are six games to pick this time around -- a TNT doubleheader on Thursday and four games on ESPN and ABC on Saturday. Ufez and I are tied for first in the pickem.

posted by rcade to basketball at 02:17 PM - 6 comments

January 20, 2025

Chicago Bears Hire Ben Johnson: The Chicago Bears are finalizing a deal to make Ben Johnson their next head coach. Johnson, 38, was one of the hottest commodities on the market as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions since 2022. The Lions led the league with 33.2 points per game while the Bears were fifth worst despite having Caleb Williams and offensive stars like Keenan Allen and D'Andre Swift.

posted by rcade to football at 04:42 PM - 3 comments

January 17, 2025

NFL Playoff Pickem Divisional Round: The divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins Saturday afternoon when the Houston Texans visit the Kansas City Chiefs. Pick all four game winners and four props. With some scores yet to be tabulated, Ic23b leads by one over Tommybiden. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to football at 09:32 PM - 14 comments

January 12, 2025

New England Patriots Hire Mike Vrabel: One week after firing Jerod Mayo, the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel to be head coach. Vrabel's a former Patriots linebacker who had four consecutive winning seasons leading the Tennessee Titans. His firing by that franchise is widely regarded as a major blunder.

posted by rcade to football at 03:21 PM - 2 comments

January 11, 2025

Enter the SportsFilter NFL Playoff Pickem: The wild card round of the NFL playoffs begins this afternoon when the Los Angeles Chargers play the Houston Texans. Pick the winner of each game along with some props to establish your prognosticative dominance on a lovingly crafted artisanal-batch bespoke sports blog. Good luck!

posted by rcade to football at 10:05 AM - 15 comments

January 06, 2025

NBA Pickem Week 11: Hoopy New Year: There are NBA doubleheaders on TNT Tuesday and ESPN Wednesday. So many of us laid eggs on Christmas Day you'd think it was Easter. Ufez holds onto first by 10 points. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 08:45 PM - 5 comments

CFL Pickem Champion: Ic23b: The winner of the Canadian Football League Pickem was Ic23b despite picking the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who went down to the Toronto Argonauts 41-24. Tommybiden made a late charge and scored 45 in the final week of the contest, falling 21 short. I take the Costanza.

posted by rcade to football at 08:26 PM - 2 comments

January 03, 2025

NFL Pickem: All the Marbles: The final weekend of the NFL regular season has a Saturday doubleheader followed by the remaining 14 games Sunday afternoon. Ic23b has a healthy 49-point lead with week winner NoMich in second. I only scored 85 despite getting 15 of 16 games correct, which is a feat unto itself. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to football at 09:18 AM - 16 comments

January 01, 2025

Sugar Bowl Postponed After Bourbon Street Attack: The Sugar Bowl has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday after a truck attack on Bourbon Street early New Year's Day killed 15 and injured dozens. The game between Notre Dame and Georgia is a College Football Playoffs quarterfinal.

posted by rcade to football at 03:11 PM - 2 comments

December 24, 2024

NFL Pickem Week 17: Happy Footmas: There's NFL football all over the place the next seven days, starting with two games on Netflix Christmas Day: Chiefs/Steelers and Ravens/Texans. Eight of the 16 games this week have a timeslot to themselves. Ic23b is holding onto first 16 ahead of Rumple. NoMich wins the week with 108. Make your picks, ye merry gentlemen.

posted by rcade to football at 02:01 PM - 12 comments