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.

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NBA Pickem Week 11: Merry Hoopmas: There are five NBA games on the tube Christmas Day: Spurs/Knicks, Wolves/Mavs, Sixers/Celtics, Lakers/Warriors and Nuggets/Suns. Ufez Jones has taken the lead in the pickem with a 36-point week. Forgetting to pick two games was a bad strategy for me, in hindsight. Happy holidays to you and yours.

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NFL Pickem Week 16: Penix Time: The NFL returns Thursday night with a Chargers/Broncos matchup. Scores were crazy high in the pickem last weekend. Ic23b scored 129 to pass Rumple for first place. Tommybiden won the week with 158. Make your picks and get ready -- Festivus is near.

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NBA Cup Looking Up in Year Two: Ahead of the finals tonight, the NBA Cup is doing pretty well with players and coaches in its second year. The league hopes it will grown to become "a true second championship," said NBA strategist and analytics exec Evan Wasch.

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NBA Pickem Week 16: : The NBA Pickem is highlighted this week by Tuesday's NBA Cup Final on ABC between the Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder. The game's played in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena and OKC is favored by 4.5. I'm holding on to the contest lead by 21, but Ufez got 10 more points locking Houston over Golden State.

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NFL Pickem Week 15: Ask Me About My Fantasy Team: The 15th week of the NFL season kicks off Thursday night when the resurgent San Francisco 49ers meet the resurgent Los Angeles Rams. Rumple holds onto first in our pickem by 25 points. Ufez wins the week with 104. Four of us thought the Chargers would upset the Chiefs, who've looked beatable all season while losing just once. Make your picks.

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NBA Pickem Week 8: NBA Cup Runneth Over: The quarterfinals and semifinals of the second NBA Cup are this week's national games. Tonight its Magic/Bucks and Mavs/Thunder on TNT. Tomorrow night it's Hawks/Knicks on ESPN and Warriors/Rockets on TNT. The winners play Saturday. Make your picks.

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NFL Pickem Week 14: Deliver Me from Pick-Sixes: We've reached week 14 of the NFL season and there's a surprisingly good game tonight on Amazon Prime as the 9-3 Green Bay Packers visit the 11-1 Detroit Lions. Rumple's lead in the pickem has shrunk to 24 with week-winner Ic23b scoring 121. Sadly Jameis Winston is not on a national game this weekend.

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NBA Pickem Week 7: Three Thousand Threes: Just four games on the national NBA calendar this week, beginning tonight with Magic/Knicks and Warriors/Nuggets on TNT. I won the week with 30 to pass Ufez for first place. Thank you, Phoenix Suns. Make your picks.

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Chicago Bears Fire Coach Matt Eberflus After Turkey Day Debacle: Matt Eberflus is out as Chicago Bears head coach after a colossal blunder late in the game's loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. The Bears were nearing field goal range for a tying kick but after quarterback Caleb Williams was sacked with 32 seconds left, they only ran one more play -- a long incompletion to Rome Odunze as time expired. Eberflus takes with him a 14-32 record, six-game losing streak and the timeout he kept in his pocket yesterday.

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NFL Pickem Week 13: Turkey Bowl Time: Thanksgiving Day brings us the Bears/Lions, Giants/Cowboys and Dolphins/Packers to start the thirteenth week of the NFL season. Rumple holds on to first place in the pickem by 36 points. NoMich wins the week with 68. Nobody thought Dallas could beat Washington. Make your picks and pass the gravy.

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NBA Pickem Week 6: Six Games No Turkeys: There are six national NBA games before and after Thanksgiving, starting tonight with a Bucks/Heat and Lakers/Suns doubleheader on TNT. Ufez holds onto first place in the pickem, where we all thought the Thunder would beat the Spurs and paid the price. Make your picks and enjoy the holiday.

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NFL Pickem Week 12: Jerryworld is Falling Apart: The Pittsburgh Steelers visit the Cleveland Browns to open week 12 of the NFL season on Thursday night. The Dallas Cowboys are going on the road three days later against the Washington Commanders, which is a good thing after parts of the roof fell before the game last Sunday night. Rumple keeps first place with Ic23b 22 back. The score of the week belongs to NoMich. Make your picks.

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NBA Pickem Week 5: Cavaliers Go for 16-0: The NBA has six national games this week, starting on Tuesday night when the 15-0 Cleveland Cavaliers face the defending champion Boston Celtics. The Cavs are tied for second all time with wins to open a season. Ufez Jones takes first in the pickem after hitting close locks on the Knicks over the Sixers and the Thunder over the Pelicans. Make your picks.

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CFL Pickem Week 24: Grey Cup: The Toronto Argonauts meet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday night in the Grey Cup, the championship of the Canadian Football League. The game airs on CBS Sports in the U.S. and CTV/TSN/RDS in Canada at 6 p.m. Eastern. Pick the winner, the spread and several props.

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NFL Pickem Week 11: Is This Detroit's Year?: The SportsFilter NFL Pickem returns after an unplanned week off. On Thursday night Washington and Philadelphia meet as the only NFC East teams worth a damn. Rumple holds on to first after scoring 90 in week 9. Tron7 wins the week with 102. Make your picks.

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NBA Pickem Week 4: Let There Be Cup: The in-season tournament now known as the Emirates NBA Cup begins today. There are six national TV games starting tonight on TNT with Knickerbockers/Sixers and Mavs/Warriors. I lead the pickem with 102. Howard_T wins the week with 28. Make your picks.

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CFL Pickem Week 23: Finals: There are four teams left vying for the Grey Cup and they play on Saturday. In the early game the Toronto Argonauts head to the Montreal Alouettes, and in the late the Saskatchewan Roughriders visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Both games are streaming in the U.S. on CFL+. Make your picks.

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NBA Pickem Week 3: The Warriors Are Good Again?: The NBA doesn't schedule games on Election Day, so this is a slow week with just four national TV games beginning tonight when the surprising 6-1 Warriors visit the 7-1 Celtics. Ufez Jones has taken the lead in the pickem after not locking the Celtics over the Pacers. Make your selections.

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Saints Fire Head Coach Dennis Allen: Dennis Allen has been fired as the New Orleans Saints head coach after three seasons. The Saints started hot but have lost seven games in a row, bringing Allen's overall record to 18-25. This was the second time Allen went into a season with Derek Carr as his starter that ended in a mid-season firing. He coached Carr's rookie season a decade ago with the Oakland Raiders and was fired after four games.

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CFL Pickem Week 22: Semi-Finals: The semifinals of the Canadian Football League playoffs take place today. The Ottawa Redblacks face the Toronto Argonauts at 3 p.m. Eastern, followed by the B.C. Lions at the Saskatchewan Roughriders at 6:30 p.m. All of these teams have beaten each other once this season. Make your picks.

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NFL Pickem Week 9: B-E-T-S Bets Bets Bets: Aaron Rodgers and the 2-6 New York Jets are favored to beat the 6-2 Houston Texans tonight on Thursday Night Football. Who is making that bet? Not Rumple, probably, who is leading the pickem for a second week in a row. Werty is in second 12 back. NoMich wins the week with 100. Make your picks.

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NBA Pickem Week 2: Paolo in the Zone: There's a TNT doubleheader tonight of Mavs/Wolves and Pelicans/Warriors to start the NBA national broadcast week. Former rookie of the year Paolo Banchero of the Magic dropped 50 on the Pacers Monday and has a game on ESPN tomorrow. I'm in first in the pickem after scoring 66 and hitting five locks. Fortune favors the bold.

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CFL Pickem Week 25: Farewell Regular Season: There are Friday and Saturday doubleheaders to end the CFL regular season. The first game is at 7 p.m. Eastern tonight when Hamilton visits Ottawa. Ic23b has a sizeable lead in the pickem but it continues all the way through the Grey Cup. Make your picks.

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NFL Pickem Week 8: The Running Back is Back: The 5-1 Minnesota Vikings play the 2-4 Los Angeles Rams tonight at SoFi Stadium to start week 8 of the NFL season. Rumple climbs into first place after winning the week with 99 points, hitting five locks on the Bills, Bengals, Colts, Commanders and Steelers while missing only one game. Make your picks.

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