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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
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posted by flykey at 08:36 PM on February 28
NBA Pickem Week 18: Magic Time
Revised picks:
Rockets by 9 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 4
Spurs by 5
Nuggets by 7
Celtics by 11
posted by Ufez Jones at 03:30 PM on February 28
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
Nikola Jokic looks soft but he can push some Thunders around if the need arises.
posted by beaverboard at 02:45 PM on February 28
NBA Pickem Week 18: Magic Time
Revised picks:
Pistons by 6
Nuggets by 3
posted by rcade at 06:20 PM on February 27
NBA Pickem Week 18: Magic Time
My picks:
Magic by 5
Timberwolves by 9
Pistons by 8 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 7
I still don't get how the mostly healthy Nuggets lost to Golden State's C-Team, but so it goes.
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:07 PM on February 26
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
rcade, the NBA picks aren't coming up in the pick'em thread. When I checked back,they were still there but not registered in the comments.
posted by Howard_T at 02:09 PM on February 26
NBA Pickem Week 18: Magic Time
My picks:
Magic by 6
Timberwolves by 9
Pistons by 11 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 10
Rockets by 8
Warriors by 5
Spurs by 13 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 9
Celtics by 10 (slam dunk)
posted by Howard_T at 02:04 PM on February 26
NBA Pickem Week 18: Magic Time
My picks:
Magic by 6
Timberwolves by 9
Pistons by 11 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 10
Rockets by 8
Warriors by 5
Spurs by 13 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 9
Celtics by 10 (slam dunk)
posted by Howard_T at 02:04 PM on February 26
NBA Pickem Week 18: Magic Time
My picks:
Rockets by 7
Timberwolves by 13 (slam dunk)
posted by rcade at 07:20 AM on February 26
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
@fnaf A place to dig into the sports stories that aren't making headlines, share links that don't quite earn frontpage status, and sketch out plays on the back of your hand.
posted by breedtwang at 11:00 PM on February 24
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
Balance passes and perk tuning polish overall gameplay jacksmith.
posted by embicee at 02:25 AM on February 24
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
Glad to find out you're OK after the recent avalanche tragedy.
You won't find me among the sensitive. Say whatever you want about the Catholics and the Irish.
We started it. The line forms behind us. Including the actors on Broadway doing leg kicks dressed up like nuns.
I wish I could do a "get over it" TED Talk for those who are offended at the falling of a leaf.
Maybe I don't have to. Bill Burr is already out there straightening it out.
Q: What do you call a guy from Cork who thinks he's the same as everyone else?
A: A man with an inferiority complex.
posted by beaverboard at 04:51 PM on February 23
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Both US Olympic hockey teams were invited to attend the State Of The Union speech tomorrow.
Totally predictable grasping for spectacle and basking in the glow of achievement by association.
Women's team has "respectfully declined" due to prior commitments.
Flights back to the US from Italy couldn't land in NY or DC as planned, had to be diverted south to Atlanta or Miami.
Hoping the weather gods make attendance an impossibility. NHL games restart on Weds.
Meanwhile, the US Mint has just issued a commemorative one dollar coin called the Hella Buck.
posted by beaverboard at 03:29 PM on February 23
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
My ancestors came from Ireland 20 years before the blight.
You reminded me of one of my favorite Irish jokes (my apologies to the sensitive):
Q: How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
A: None.
posted by tahoemoj at 03:26 PM on February 23
NBA Pickem Week 17: Two Months to the Playoffs
Revised picks:
Cavaliers by 12
Nuggets by 15 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 7
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:13 PM on February 22
Sheffield Wednesday Earliest Relegation in EFL History
This is my club so I've had a front-row seat to this debacle. For a while it looked like the club might fold after 158 years, which makes League One not so bad really.
posted by rcade at 11:45 AM on February 22
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
What's wrong with Irish stew?
My ancestors came from Ireland 20 years before the blight.
But once you've seen Vijay Singh's dinner menu from a few years ago, the concept of stew isn't up to par.
Stew is by no means a bottom dragger though.
Not when Sandy Lyle, who shares Scottish heritage with rcade, once served haggis.
I think everyone else at the table had a steak or a cheeseburger.
posted by beaverboard at 05:43 PM on February 21
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
RIP Bill Mazeroski. The Pittsburgh Pirates great hit the only game 7 walk off home run in world series history to win the 1960 series vs the Yankees. It's one of those sports events that sticks in my mind long after it happened.
posted by Howard_T at 05:05 PM on February 21
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
What's wrong with Irish stew? Looks yummy
posted by NoMich at 02:01 PM on February 21
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
Early reports on the upcoming Champions Dinner menu at the Masters have host Rory McIlroy serving things like Irish stew.
Mutton, mutton, who's got the mutton.
Guessing a few of the past champions in attendance will be ordering off the club menu.
Some may be pining for the Scheffler sliders or Bubba Watson's confetti cake.
posted by beaverboard at 01:45 PM on February 21
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
Results are in for US vs Canada, and USA outlasted Canada in OT after tying the game with an empty net goal. What a heck of a game it was. Of course I was happy to see the US get the gold, but my real rooting interest was for the US goalkeeper, Airen Frankel is a graduate of my alma mater, Northeastern University in Boston. I also had a rooting interest for Switzerland vs Sweden. Alina Mueller, Switzerland's best player, is also a Northeastern grad, and she is a former and present teammate of Aerin Frankel at NU and currently on the Boston Fleet, Women's Professional Hockey League. Great to see her on the podium for the bronze.
So I really think that the biggest winner for the Olympics is womens ice hockey. The sport has evolved over the past couple of decades into a fast, entertaining, and exciting sport. The heavy hitting and general nastiness of the men's game is not there, although there was some pretty good contact out there today. What the game has is speed, individual skill, and solid team play. It's fun to watch.
posted by Howard_T at 07:17 PM on February 19
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
Maximum suspense Olympics hockey -
Canada and USA men's games yesterday
USA-Canada women's game today
Best to just stay in a comfortable chair wearing a blood pressure cuff and pump it up every now and then
posted by beaverboard at 05:27 PM on February 19
NBA Pickem Week 17: Two Months to the Playoffs
My picks:
Pistons by 5
Celtics by 12 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 9 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 7
Knicks by 10
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:19 PM on February 19
NBA Pickem Week 17: Two Months to the Playoffs
My picks:
Knicks by 6
Celtics by 8
Timberwolves by 8
Lakers by 12 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 11
Thunder by 12
Nuggets by 13
Celtics by 7
Reunion night at San Francisco tonight. Porzingis and Horford get to say hello to their former teammates. Then on Sunday comes one more chapter in what might be the greatest rivalry in basketball. Celtics vs Lakers? It's always a war.
posted by Howard_T at 01:05 PM on February 19
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS (BlueSky)
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:10 PM on February 18
NBA Pickem Week 17: Two Months to the Playoffs
My picks:
Pistons by 5
Celtics by 10 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 8 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 6
Rockets by 9
Thunder by 17 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 6
Lakers by 3
It has been harder to stay interested in the Mavs now that I've reached the acceptance stage. I am watching a lot of Orlando Magic basketball and planning to attend a game.
posted by rcade at 02:21 PM on February 18
Stink, stank, stunk: Oshawa Generals admit ‘shower before game’ email was an ‘overstep’ in apology to fans
I had a boss once who sent a department email about a coworker not washing his hands after going to the bathroom. It went to everyone but that person.
posted by rcade at 06:12 PM on February 17
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
The Olympics has run out of inventory on two items:
- Free condoms
- $50.00 T-shirts commemorating the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin
posted by beaverboard at 01:19 PM on February 14
Stink, stank, stunk: Oshawa Generals admit ‘shower before game’ email was an ‘overstep’ in apology to fans
The way this winter has gone up in the Northeast, you could take five showers with tropical body wash and conditioner and then get all sweated up just digging your car out to get to the rink.
If people in a hockey facility smell bad, imagine what it's like at a basketball game with more heat in the building and no Zamboni smoking up the place between periods.
posted by beaverboard at 05:01 PM on February 13
Stink, stank, stunk: Oshawa Generals admit ‘shower before game’ email was an ‘overstep’ in apology to fans
Honestly, I'm OK with this email. I don't want to sit next to someone that smells like ass. Especially since the team is playing like ass right now and has a record of 12-36.
posted by NoMich at 08:49 AM on February 13
NBA Pickem Week 16: All Star Edition
My picks:
Knicks by 6
Spurs by 9
Thunder by 14 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 11
posted by Howard_T at 02:38 PM on February 11
NBA Pickem Week 16: All Star Edition
My picks:
76ers by 6
Spurs by 8 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 10 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 6
posted by NoMich at 10:57 AM on February 11
NBA Pickem Week 16: All Star Edition
My picks:
76ers by 6
Spurs by 11 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 6
Lakers by 10
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:36 AM on February 11
NBA Pickem Week 16: All Star Edition
My picks:
Knicks by 8
Spurs by 13 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 8 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 3
The Bucks looked pretty scrappy against Orlando last night but it won't be enough to beat the Thunder.
posted by rcade at 04:40 PM on February 10
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
When you said that Duke-UNC game was another classic, you weren't kidding.
It featured both a buzzer beater and a geezer beater.
posted by beaverboard at 08:37 PM on February 09
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
HA! I hope they can store that level of saltiness for the next freezing rain here in the Triangle.
posted by NoMich at 03:18 PM on February 09
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Current NCAA men's tournament projections have NC State and UConn in the South bracket.
Will Wade and Dan Hurley inhabiting the same slice of Earth - talk about diverting attention away from the Epstein files.