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January 28, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 13: Hoop It Up: There are nine NBA games on the tube to pick this week, stretching from Wednesday night to Sunday. Lots of Golden State and some Cavs but no Mavs (sigh). Ufez leads but Howard_T came to play, scoring 37 more points than anybody else. Nice job!
posted by rcade to basketball at 03:43 PM - 5 comments
January 25, 2025
NFL Playoff Pickem: Conference Championships: The NFL decides its Super Bowl 0x3B entrants on Sunday when the upstart Washington Commanders visit the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills carry the hopes of 49 states and try to keep the unstoppable Kansas City Chiefs from their third consecutive AFC title. Make your picks!
posted by rcade to football at 11:08 AM - 11 comments
January 22, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 12: Saturday Quadrupleheader: The NBA Pickem is back after a week lost to illness. Get your flu shot! There are six games to pick this time around -- a TNT doubleheader on Thursday and four games on ESPN and ABC on Saturday. Ufez and I are tied for first in the pickem.
posted by rcade to basketball at 02:17 PM - 6 comments
January 20, 2025
Chicago Bears Hire Ben Johnson: The Chicago Bears are finalizing a deal to make Ben Johnson their next head coach. Johnson, 38, was one of the hottest commodities on the market as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions since 2022. The Lions led the league with 33.2 points per game while the Bears were fifth worst despite having Caleb Williams and offensive stars like Keenan Allen and D'Andre Swift.
posted by rcade to football at 04:42 PM - 2 comments
January 17, 2025
NFL Playoff Pickem Divisional Round: The divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins Saturday afternoon when the Houston Texans visit the Kansas City Chiefs. Pick all four game winners and four props. With some scores yet to be tabulated, Ic23b leads by one over Tommybiden. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to football at 09:32 PM - 14 comments
January 12, 2025
New England Patriots Hire Mike Vrabel: One week after firing Jerod Mayo, the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel to be head coach. Vrabel's a former Patriots linebacker who had four consecutive winning seasons leading the Tennessee Titans. His firing by that franchise is widely regarded as a major blunder.
posted by rcade to football at 03:21 PM - 2 comments
January 11, 2025
Enter the SportsFilter NFL Playoff Pickem: The wild card round of the NFL playoffs begins this afternoon when the Los Angeles Chargers play the Houston Texans. Pick the winner of each game along with some props to establish your prognosticative dominance on a lovingly crafted artisanal-batch bespoke sports blog. Good luck!
posted by rcade to football at 10:05 AM - 15 comments
January 06, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 11: Hoopy New Year: There are NBA doubleheaders on TNT Tuesday and ESPN Wednesday. So many of us laid eggs on Christmas Day you'd think it was Easter. Ufez holds onto first by 10 points. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to basketball at 08:45 PM - 5 comments
CFL Pickem Champion: Ic23b: The winner of the Canadian Football League Pickem was Ic23b despite picking the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who went down to the Toronto Argonauts 41-24. Tommybiden made a late charge and scored 45 in the final week of the contest, falling 21 short. I take the Costanza.
posted by rcade to football at 08:26 PM - 2 comments
January 03, 2025
NFL Pickem: All the Marbles: The final weekend of the NFL regular season has a Saturday doubleheader followed by the remaining 14 games Sunday afternoon. Ic23b has a healthy 49-point lead with week winner NoMich in second. I only scored 85 despite getting 15 of 16 games correct, which is a feat unto itself. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to football at 09:18 AM - 16 comments
January 01, 2025
Sugar Bowl Postponed After Bourbon Street Attack: The Sugar Bowl has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday after a truck attack on Bourbon Street early New Year's Day killed 15 and injured dozens. The game between Notre Dame and Georgia is a College Football Playoffs quarterfinal.
posted by rcade to football at 03:11 PM - 2 comments
December 24, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to football at 02:01 PM - 12 comments
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.
posted by rcade to basketball at 12:50 PM - 9 comments
December 19, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to football at 09:01 AM - 17 comments
December 17, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to basketball at 11:24 AM - 2 comments
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.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:49 AM - 7 comments
December 11, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to football at 03:37 PM - 18 comments
December 10, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:53 AM - 9 comments
December 05, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to football at 09:30 AM - 23 comments
December 03, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to basketball at 08:56 AM - 7 comments
November 29, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to football at 03:27 PM - 7 comments
November 27, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to football at 12:56 PM - 13 comments
November 26, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:00 AM - 6 comments
November 19, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to football at 06:49 PM - 20 comments
November 18, 2024
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.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:09 AM - 7 comments