CFL Pickem Week 14: The Other Saturday Football: Canadian football returns Friday night with B.C./Ottawa followed by a Saturday tripleheader. Four teams are 6-5 or 5-6 so it might be a good time to stack up some wins (pickem standings). Good luck, CFL! My first-hand knowledge of how teams are playing is about to drop precipitously.

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Play SportsFilter's NFL Pickem: There's just one day left before the start of the National Football League's 106th season, when the Micah Parson-less Dallas Cowboys go on the road to face the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Our pickem contest has also returned. I don't know about you, but I am in fact ready for some football.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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Cowboys Trade Micah Parsons to Packers: The Dallas Cowboys have traded Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers for two first-round draft picks. Green Bay has already signed him to a four-year, $188 million deal ($136 million guaranteed) that makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

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CFL Pickem Week 13: Happy Labour Day: The CFL has a special Labour Day schedule of games on Sunday and Monday, starting with Winnipeg at Saskatchewan on Sunday. All three games are on CBS Sports in the U.S. and TSN in Canada. Our pickem is a five-point race led by Ic23b over myself (standings). Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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Cadillac Joins F1: Cadillac, the first new team to join Formula 1 racing in 10 years, has chosen Sergio "Checo" Perez and Valtteri Bottas as drivers for its inaugural season. Both of them bring over a decade of experience on the circuit. Bottas also brings one of global sport's best mullets.

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THE ROAD TO COOPERSTOWN PODCAST: Excellent interview style podcast featuring MLB hall of famers.

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CFL Pickem Week 11: The Week of Blown Locks: The CFL Pickem resumes tonight with the Friday night tilt between two two-win teams: Toronto and Edmonton. Nobody scored a point last week because we all blew up so many locks (standings). Ouch!

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Knicks Owner Bans Thousands of Lawyers: James Dolan, the owner of Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks, maintains an "attorney exclusion list" from his venues that uses facial recognition to keep thousands of them out of events. All attorneys at a firm that sues MSG get the banhammer. "We always are getting notice letters," said the personal injury litigator John Morgan of Morgan & Morgan. "I get letters. My wife gets letters. My kids get letters." He responded by setting up SueMSG.com looking for new cases.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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Enter SportsFilter's Fantasy Premier League: The Premier League returns Friday when Liverpool faces Bournemouth at 3 p.m. Eastern. We have a long-running league on the official EPL site. Choose a team within a budget that can include all players (no snake draft). Make roster moves throughout the season. Play tokens to boost a gameweek.

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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Ottawa Senators, NCC complete sale agreement for 11 acres at LeBreton Flats.: Cyril Leeder (Senators C.E.O.): “There are still many more hurdles to clear, and we look forward to working with the NCC and other stakeholders to achieve our shared vision of creating an event centre at LeBreton Flats that can be enjoyed by our Ottawa-Gatineau community.”

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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CFL Pickem Week 10: Tiger-Cats on a Roll: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats bring their six-game winning streak to Thursday night's home game against the B. C. Lions. The rest of the four-game slate looks competitive aside from 5-3 Montreal playing 1-6 Edmonton Friday night. Ic23b leads the pickem by 6 after a week in which Tommybiden unlocked the secrets of the CFL universe, scoring 46. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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NFL Sells NFL Network, RedZone to ESPN for 10% Equity: The NFL Network and RedZone Channel, two of the largest entities in sports not owned by ESPN, are becoming the property of the Beast of Bristol. ESPN is giving the NFL a 10 percent stake in itself for the deal. ESPN is also acquiring Scott Hanson, his octobox and the witching hour.

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