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| Gender: | disgruntled goat, MFFL |
| Member since: | February 04, 2002 |
| Last visit: | March 24, 2025 |
Ufez Jones has posted 369 links and 3,116 comments to SportsFilter and 27 links and 725 comments to the Locker Room and 1 column.
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.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 03:01 PM on September 28, 2024 - 0 comments
Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to Cooperstown.: Beltre and Mauer are first-balloters; Helton makes it in on his sixth try. They will be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyland.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 07:29 PM on January 23, 2024 - 4 comments
Shohei Ohtani signs record deal with the Los Angeles...Dodgers: In the biggest MLB contract so far, the Dodgers and Ohtani have agreed to a 10-year, $700 million deal.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 09:17 PM on December 09, 2023 - 6 comments
Sports Illustrated accused of publishing articles written by non-existent, AI-generated authors.: Noting that several "authors" headshots and bios were available for sale from a third-party AI website under descriptions like "neutral white young-adult male with short brown hair and blue eyes" or "joyful asian young-adult female with long brown hair and brown eyes", Maggie Harrison at Futurism investigates suspicious pieces that have been published under the banner of the once-heralded magazine. The Arena Group, who runs SI's current publishing line, says the pieces were published by a third-party contractor named AdVon, who has assured SI that "all of the articles in question were written and edited by humans" and therefore this is all big misunderstanding. SI has admitted no wrongdoing, but has terminated their contract with AdVon.
posted by Ufez Jones to media at 09:41 AM on November 28, 2023 - 4 comments
The NBA Board of Governors approves new Player Participation Policy to combat excessive load management.: The policy, which only pertains to "Star Players" (defined as any player that has made an All NBA Team or All-Star Team in the previous three seasons*) includes measures to ensure that healthy Star Players will play in all nationally televised games and the In-Season Tournament, and will balance rest nights between home and road games in favor of away.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 04:43 PM on September 13, 2023 - 3 comments
For a 24-point win, it didn't really feel sealed until maybe 5:00 or fewer minutes left. Denver kept going on little rallies that kept it just close enough to stay spicy.
It was a great time though. Felt more like a playoff game than your typical 12:00 (Spring Forward) Sunday match-up. The game atmosphere in OKC is pretty great right now (duh), and it was fun to see that they still have a lot of love for Russ.
Jokic is something else to see live though. I haven't been as impressed with someone's size/athletic ability combination since I saw just-past-his-prime Shaq.
It was also really nice to forget my basketball woes for a couple of hours. Worked great until my friend and I walked into a nearby burger spot that was showing the Mavs-Suns game and we arrived just in time to see Dwight Powell and Walker Kessler bang coconuts.
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:34 PM on March 11, 2025
My picks:
Pacers by 4
Thunder by 5
Nuggets by 7
Bucks by 9 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 10 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 7
Cavaliers by 13 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 4
Thunder by 7
Knicks by 9 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 2
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:23 PM on March 11, 2025
My picks:
Knicks by 5
Clippers by 11 (slam dunk)
Cavaliers by 13 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 7
Celtics by 11 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 3
Grizzlies by 14 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 8 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 8
Thunder by 9
Suns by 5
Cavaliers by 8
If all goes according to plan I'll be in the stands at the Thunder vs. Nuggets game on Sunday. Should be a really fun match-up with the bonus of Russ Westbrook playing good, competitive basketball again.
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:37 PM on March 04, 2025
My personal favorite historical Pacer is Haywoode Workman, who flipped his basketball journey as a career bench player into a reffing gig. He also showed up at a Summer basketball camp I attended in like 1991 or 92. Nice dude.
The Pacers are technically the closest team to STL, just beating out Memphis. Unfortunately, that means they get blacked out on League Pass so I don't get to see them play very often. I'd would like to get out there for a game sometime though.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:12 AM on February 28, 2025
I haven't felt like this since I went to Steve Nash's first game back in Dallas after Cuban let him walk off to Phoenix. I didn't like it in 2004 and I don't like it now.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:52 PM on February 25, 2025
My picks:
Cavaliers by 16 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 7
Knicks by 13 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 11 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 9 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 6
Clippers by 4
Warriors by 14 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 5
Thunder by 12 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 9
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:30 PM on February 25, 2025
OT in the Four Nations Final? Yes, please!
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:15 PM on February 20, 2025
My picks:
Celtics by 12 (slam dunk)
Suns by 9
Cavaliers by 5
Rockets by 7
Nuggets by 12 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 4
Mavericks by 5
Cavaliers by 12 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 8
I won't speak for anyone else, but boy did I really appreciate a break from basketball.
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:47 PM on February 20, 2025
My picks:
Warriors by 10 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 4
Heat by 6
Thunder by 14 (slam dunk)
Clippers by 15 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:20 PM on February 12, 2025
After Kendrick's half time show, I had to switch it off.
I left the game on mute but switched to music. Kinda enjoyed watching Mahomes scramble around, tbh.
For those that enjoyed K-Dot's halftime show, this article from Wired is an interesting inside look at the production effort.
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:54 PM on February 10, 2025
My picks:
Eagles by 6 (lock)
Passer: Jalen Hurts
Rusher: Saquon Barkley
Receiver: Travis Kelce
Player with interception: There won't be any
Player with sack: George Karlaftis
Player with first turnover: Jaylen Hurts
Super Bowl MVP: Saquon Barkley
Tiebreaker: A week before her next album drop (I dunno, let's say July 11, 2025)
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:44 PM on February 09, 2025
completely decked out in green and white, wearing a comically oversized cowboy hat, wearing tons of beads, drunk on booze at 9 AM
So, a typical Saturday on Lower Greenville...
waiting for the championship parade to roll down
Oh, nvm. Those don't happen very often.
I honestly don't know what to do with my fandom. My plan is to kick the can down the road and watch the rest of this season play out with detached coolness. It should be objectively fascinating.
But my back will be up against the wall when it come time to renew League Pass next season.
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:17 PM on February 06, 2025
My picks:
Cavaliers by 6
Clippers by 3
Spurs by 6
Thunder by 13 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 29 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 4
Pistons by 4
Suns by 9 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 3
Bucks by 5
I'm so tired.
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:25 PM on February 04, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 20: All Quiet on the NBA Front
My picks:
Pistons by 14 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 9 (slam dunk)
Pacers by 11 (slam dunk)
Kings by 18 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 10 (slam dunk)
Clippers by 8
Nice week, rcade. I don't know what your magic number to clinch is, but another one or two of those and you can call Laura Miller and start planning the parade route.