- 02:56 AM
- 05/09/25
Entry deadlines extended to midnight day of game for latecomers who avoided the scores.
posted by rcade at 02:00 PM on May 05, 2025
Revised picks:
Top rebounder: Nikola Jokic
posted by rcade at 01:38 PM on May 05, 2025
Ha! I knew that in one place and forget it in the other. All that work to spell Antentokounmpo correctly wasted.
posted by rcade at 01:37 PM on May 05, 2025
My picks:
Celtics in 6
Thunder in 6
Cavaliers in 7
Timberwolves in 6
Top point scorer: Jayson Tatum
Top rebounder: Giannis Antentokounmpo
Most points per game: Thunder
Least opponent points per game: Celtics
I'm picking Cleveland but rooting for Indiana. The stats Giannis put up in round one are otherworldly. Sad we won't be getting more of that this postseason.
posted by rcade at 10:50 AM on May 05, 2025
I've extended entry times for each series to midnight instead of game time so that players have a chance to enter late if they haven't seen any scores yet. I'm thinking about taking entry deadlines out and letting the honor system be our guide.
Nobody had the Warriors or Wolves making it to this round. Don't see a 6 vs. 7 matchup too often.
posted by rcade at 10:42 AM on May 05, 2025
I let it get too close to tipoff so the posts will come up today with an entry deadline of game 2 for that series.
posted by rcade at 03:26 PM on May 04, 2025
I don't see how there's a win for Nico in the Lakers' defeat. There would be if the Mavericks went deep into the playoffs this season, but that stopped being a possibility when Kyrie blew up his knee while being played for more minutes than anybody else in the league.
He should be fired already. I've never seen a fan reaction as enraged and sustained as Mavs fans. He literally hides in the tunnel at home games.
posted by rcade at 01:18 PM on May 02, 2025
Eight of the 16 teams in the first round of the NHL playoffs have hit the score-6-goals prop. Goaltenders are going to need to play Tetris after some of these games.
posted by rcade at 01:21 PM on April 29, 2025
This is an even bigger climb than AFC Wimbledon managed. As a Sheffield Wednesday I'm really looking forward to this until they beat us.
posted by rcade at 09:36 AM on April 27, 2025
I'm shocked he's gone undrafted this long. My best guess for the reason is that teams needing a rookie quarterback have coaches insecure about their jobs. Drafting Sanders risks having Deion as the frontrunner to be your successor.
posted by rcade at 10:51 AM on April 26, 2025
Revised picks:
Knicks in 5
posted by rcade at 08:59 AM on April 19, 2025
Revised picks:
Thunder in 5
posted by rcade at 12:05 AM on April 19, 2025
Revised picks:
Top goals: Leon Draisaitl
Top goalie (save %): Connor Hellebuyck
posted by rcade at 09:51 PM on April 18, 2025
My picks:
Jets in 5
Stars in 6
Devils in 7
Maple Leafs in 5
Wild in 6
Capitals in 7
Oilers in 7
Panthers in 7
Team scoring 6 goals: Panthers
Team shutout: Golden Knights
Anyone else having trouble believing the Red Wings have missed the playoffs for nine years?
It's not going to be easy for the Stars to get past the Avalanche. Fire Nico.
posted by rcade at 09:45 PM on April 18, 2025
My picks:
Bucks in 7
Clippers in 6
Knicks in 6
Lakers in 6
Thunder in 4
Celtics in 5
Cavaliers in 4
Rockets in 7
Top point scorer: Luka Doncic
Top rebounder: Jarrett Allen
Most points per game: Cavaliers
Team giving up fewest points: Thunder
I am adopting the Pacers and the Thunder for these playoffs. Fire Nico.
posted by rcade at 05:36 PM on April 18, 2025
Revised picks:
Knicks by 3
Feels like Boston is going to rest a bunch of players tonight.
posted by rcade at 05:40 PM on April 08, 2025
I didn't expect this news. If you get Canada's dander up they will spare no expense to keep what's theirs.
posted by rcade at 10:10 AM on April 07, 2025
I'm watching basketball all day because I'm in a fantasy basketball championship on Yahoo. Is Luke Kornet always this much fun?
posted by rcade at 07:25 PM on April 06, 2025
My picks:
Pistons by 6
Celtics by 7
Warriors by 15 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 20 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 8
Pacers by 3
Grizzlies by 5
Cavaliers by 7
Rockets by 8
Gonna root for Oklahoma City and Indiana in the playoffs. Even if I was rooting for Dallas they won't make it out of the play-in.
posted by rcade at 06:45 PM on April 06, 2025
Can't believe he got kicked out for that.
Can't believe that hat is necessary.
posted by rcade at 11:56 AM on March 28, 2025
I turned off the ads that display atop the page you requested when you click a link (Google calls them "vignettes"). Let me know if you still see them.
posted by rcade at 05:57 PM on March 26, 2025
My picks:
Pacers by 13 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 13 (slam dunk)
Magic by 13 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 13 (slam dunk)
Grizzlies by 3
Rockets by 3
Can't wait for the Celtics-Mavericks rematch in the Finals.
posted by rcade at 02:00 PM on March 26, 2025
That's a ginormous amount of money. I wonder how many years it will take for that to seem like a great deal financially.
posted by rcade at 05:48 PM on March 22, 2025
How have I never owned a George Foreman Grill? I owned the Bacon Wave and several Chia Pets.
posted by rcade at 05:43 PM on March 22, 2025
My picks:
Pistons by 7
Nuggets by 7
Pacers by 15 (slam dunk)
Kings by 10 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 15 (slam dunk)
Clippers by 9
posted by rcade at 01:29 PM on March 18, 2025
If all goes according to plan I'll be in the stands at the Thunder vs. Nuggets game on Sunday.
Didn't expect a blowout in that one.
posted by rcade at 01:18 PM on March 11, 2025
My picks:
Pacers by 7
Celtics by 3
Timberwolves by 8
Bucks by 10 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 13 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 7 (slam dunk)
Cavaliers by 14 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 8
Thunder by 10 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 4
Nuggets by 8
posted by rcade at 01:17 PM on March 11, 2025
I was at that game in 1999. It was the first Jags game I'd ever attended. Half the crowd was Dolphins fans, even among the locals because many had followed them for decades. At the tailgate we booed bus after bus of their fans driving past.
I haven't seen a pro team come up bigger in a big game in person. The rout sent both Johnson and Marino into retirement.
Johnson was alright as a TV guy but I would've liked to see him give coaching some more time. The Dolphins made the playoffs in his final three years and went 11-5 the first two years after he left.
posted by rcade at 08:06 PM on March 04, 2025
Before wishing for that I need to know if there's another rickety pal of Nico's in his thirties on the trading block in the offseason.
posted by rcade at 08:02 PM on March 04, 2025
My picks:
Knicks by 6
Suns by 4
Cavaliers by 20 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 8 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 17 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 8
Grizzlies by 10 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 8 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 7
Thunder by 8
Suns by 14 (slam dunk)
Cavaliers by 5
I find and lose the correct pronunciation of Antentokuonmpo often.
posted by rcade at 10:18 AM on March 04, 2025
posted by rcade at 10:03 AM on March 04, 2025
Nico's going to get fired someday, and it might be within his "win-now window."
The problem driving me away is the Adelsons. Can't see much hope in the future with them in charge.
posted by rcade at 09:15 AM on February 28, 2025
I'm trying on the Indiana Pacers as my new team. As I watched them play Toronto, I tried to think of every former Pacer I could.
It didn't go well. I only got as far as Reggie Miller, Rik Smits and maybe Rick Carlisle.
posted by rcade at 08:33 AM on February 28, 2025
Maybe Nico Harrison wanted Anthony Davis for his fierce fashion sense, not his basketball skills. Luka cuts his own hair with clippers while being driven to games on bumpy roads.
posted by rcade at 03:56 PM on February 27, 2025
My picks:
Cavaliers by 12 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 13 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 14 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 15 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 6
Celtics by 2
Lakers by 7
Warriors by 10 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 5
Thunder by 18 (slam dunk)
Suns by 8
posted by rcade at 02:28 PM on February 25, 2025
My picks:
Celtics by 12 (slam dunk)
Suns by 10 (slam dunk)
Cavaliers by 7 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 7 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 5
Celtics by 14 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 30 (slam dunk)
Cavaliers by 5
Thunder by 16 (slam dunk)
Why aren't my favorite team the Indiana Pacers getting any games?
posted by rcade at 02:34 PM on February 20, 2025
If you listen to too much SiriusXM Fantasy Sports you start joining best ball drafts for the next NFL season in February.
Can't decide between Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews in the eighth round.
posted by rcade at 10:56 AM on February 20, 2025
The Mavericks got Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic because they believed in European players when a lot of team execs were holding on to lazy old prejudices.
The Mavericks traded Luka because they hired a GM who still has those prejudices.
Nico Harrison's next job is going to be at Famous Footwear. If he approaches you ask for another salesperson to assist you.
posted by rcade at 04:59 PM on February 18, 2025
I watched it live on TV. There was a pause after the crash in which Preece didn't lower the net on his driver's side window. It was likely less than a minute but felt way longer.
It's an engineering marvel that these drivers walk away from crashes like that. I wonder how much it contributes to the level of risk drivers are willing to take.
posted by rcade at 01:49 PM on February 17, 2025
My picks:
Celtics by 14 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 10 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 10
Heat by 13 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 16 (slam dunk)
Clippers by 20 (slam dunk)
Was only going to pick the Rockets by 8, but all my other spreads were double digit.
posted by rcade at 09:45 AM on February 12, 2025
The game was bad but I did enjoy being reminded of how good Jalen Hurts is. I've been thinking of him as a game manager whose skills are overrated because of tush-push touchdowns. But he's crazy fast in the open field and some of those passes were every bit the equal of the guy on the other sideline.
posted by rcade at 02:11 PM on February 10, 2025
Dominant win for the Eagles. All season long people talked up the Lions as the superteam to beat the Chiefs, but Philadelphia was just as young and loaded with talent. As a born and raised Cowboys fan I'm about to go into a shame spiral because I rooted so hard for Philly.
posted by rcade at 10:03 AM on February 10, 2025
My picks:
Eagles by 7 (lock)
Passer: Patrick Mahomes
Rusher: Saquon Barkley
Receiver: A.J. Brown
Player with interception: Quinyon Mitchell
Player with sack: Jordan Davis
Player with first turnover: Patrick Mahomes
Super Bowl MVP: Saquon Barkley
Tiebreaker: 08/21/2025
I think the Eagles are the better team and that will finally be enough to stop the Chiefs from doing just enough to win, the way they have all season.
But what I'm really invested in is finding out whether Travis and Taylor began dating on 08/21/2023 because I think he will propose exactly two years later. Teen Vogue was cagey about the date. They call themselves journalists?
posted by rcade at 09:44 PM on February 08, 2025
Revised picks:
Suns by 13 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 8
Bucks by 7
posted by rcade at 07:36 PM on February 07, 2025
Wait a minute. Nobody told me they would win something! That changes everything.
posted by rcade at 04:48 PM on February 06, 2025
Some Mavs fans, particularly those running big social media accounts, are starting to say "it's time to move on."
No, thanks. I've been a fan since day one but I can't support a team that gifted their 25-year-old home-grown all-world superstar to the Lakers in the most lopsided trade in NBA history. I am done done done. Can't see myself rooting for a team with these owners while Luka continues to Luka in L.A. It's too much.
posted by rcade at 12:51 PM on February 06, 2025
Revised picks:
Thunder by 18 (slam dunk)
posted by rcade at 09:09 PM on February 05, 2025
Maybe the Mavs are better this year, assuming AD stays healthy, but the trade is a disaster for Dallas long-term. Luka's approaching his prime and AD is about to be on the decline. The Mavs had an all-world talent about to sign a five-year supermax.
The lack of draft picks in the deal is another reason the trade was catastrophically bad for Dallas. When the Nets traded Kevin Durant they got three players and five first-round picks: 2023, 2025, 2027, 2028, 2029.
posted by rcade at 04:19 PM on February 04, 2025
My picks:
Cavaliers by 8 (slam dunk)
Clippers by 13 (slam dunk)
It's hard to pick against my favorite team forever the Celtics.
posted by rcade at 08:54 PM on February 03, 2025
I couldn't buy Luka gear now. Too much of a bummer.
posted by rcade at 01:40 PM on February 03, 2025
I'm trying to think of another example of a team losing a superstar like this, in a trade the team wanted, as opposed to free agency or a trade the star demanded.
Luka is a global star not yet in his prime who may end up one of the best NBA players of all time. The Mavericks said goodbye to all that for a 31-year-old star with injury concerns and one first round pick. They didn't even talk to multiple teams to get full value or tell their own coach or players this was being considered.
I can see a lot of fans giving up over this. It's too much to abide.
posted by rcade at 09:06 AM on February 03, 2025
I'm having trouble believing this is a Mark Cuban decision. The Adelsons own the team and Cuban once said, "If I had to choose between my wife and keeping Luka on the Mavs, catch me at my lawyers office preparing for a divorce."
posted by rcade at 03:53 PM on February 02, 2025
This trade is insane. Wasn't Doug Flutie traded to the Toronto Argonauts once because the CFL wanted it for the benefit of the league?
posted by rcade at 01:45 PM on February 02, 2025
The Current Standings link is NOT behaving correctly
Fixed.
posted by rcade at 09:26 AM on January 29, 2025
SportsFilter NHL Playoff Pickem: 2nd Round
My picks:
Maple Leafs in 6
Hurricanes in 7
Golden Knights in 6
Stars in 6
Top goals: Roope Hintz
Top goalie (save %): Frederik Andersen
Team scoring 6 goals: Stars
Team shutout: Maple Leafs
That was an incredible pair of game 7s over the weekend. The NHL is greatness.