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May 05, 2025
SportsFilter NHL Playoff Pickem: 2nd Round: The puck drops on the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern when the Florida Panthers face the Toronto Maple Leafs. Jagsnumberone leads the pickem with 71, getting 6 of 8 series correct and earning 5 pop points on the Oilers scoring 6. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to hockey at 01:59 PM - 6 comments
SportsFilter NBA Playoff Pickem: Conference Semifinals: The second round of the NBA playoffs continues tonight with the Knicks/Celtics and Nuggets/Thunder playing game one of their respective series. The Pacers began the round with an upset win over the Cavaliers last night. Werty leads our pickem with 76 points. Make your picks and don't select Cleveland in 4.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:39 AM - 15 comments
May 02, 2025
Gregg Popovich Hangs Up His Spurs: After 29 years, 1,422 regular season wins and five NBA championships, Gregg Popovich will no longer coach the San Antonio Spurs. He'll move over to being the president of basketball operations. At 76 he was the oldest coach in league history. Mitch Johnson, who already was the interim coach since November, takes over.
posted by rcade to basketball at 01:12 PM - 2 comments
April 30, 2025
SportsFilter Spring Cleaning: Bad bots and WordPress hacking attempts are filling up this server's disk space. I'm banning IP addresses and making some code changes to remedy the situation. If you experience problems, post a comment here. If you ever can't load the site at all, feel free to contact me in email or on my social media accounts.
April 26, 2025
What in the Shedeur Sanders Is Going On Here?: Expected to be picked as the second or third quarterback in the first round, Colorado star Shedeur Sanders remains undrafted after three days in the NFL Draft and it's not certain he'll be picked at all.
posted by rcade to football at 08:56 AM - 6 comments
April 18, 2025
Enter the SportsFilter NHL Playoff Pickem: The NHL playoffs begin Saturday at 6 p.m. Eastern when the St. Louis Blues go to the Winnipeg Jets. Pick the winner of each series, the games it will take and four props. I broke down and restarted YouTube TV for this. Make your selections.
posted by rcade to hockey at 09:44 PM - 8 comments
Enter the SportsFilter NBA Playoff Pickem: The NBA Playoffs begin Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern when the Milwaukee Bucks visit the Indiana Pacers. Tonight's play-in games will decide the opponents the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers will face on Sunday. Pick the winners of all eight series, the games required and four prop bets. The team scoring 130 prop has been retired because no team accomplished it in round one last season. Good luck!
posted by rcade to basketball at 05:36 PM - 8 comments
April 17, 2025
NBA Pickem Champion: rcade: The SportsFilter NBA Pickem champion is, ahem, me. Ufez Jones broke a lock picking the Knicks over the Cavaliers on the final Friday of the season, a 30-point swing that put it out of reach. NoMich wins the week and the Costanza. Fire Nico.
posted by rcade to basketball at 08:23 PM - 3 comments
April 08, 2025
A Losing Streak is About to End: The Yeshiva University baseball team is pitting its 99-game losing streak against Lehman College and its 42-game losing streak this afternoon. The loser will still have a long way to go to break the collegiate record of 228 games, set by Caltech in 2013. Yeshiva's coach, athletic director and players all refused to comment.
posted by rcade to baseball at 01:52 PM - 0 comments
April 06, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 22: All the Marbles: There are nine games to pick in the final five days of the NBA season, beginning with Kings/Pistons Monday night on NBA TV. My lead in the standings has shrunk by 25. Ufez is only nine back. Locking the Magic to beat the Mavericks out of bitterness led to a 15-point swing against me. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to basketball at 06:23 PM - 11 comments
March 31, 2025
Not the Same Bat Time or the Same Bat Channel: The New York Yankees opened the 2025 season by hitting a record 15 home runs in their first three games. Nine were hit by players using a new bat design dubbed the bowling pin or torpedo bat. "This bat is just trying to say: What if we put the mass where the ball is going to hit so that we have an optimized equation of mass and velocity?" said bat whisperer Scott Drake.
posted by rcade to baseball at 08:01 PM - 4 comments
March 26, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 21: Deep Vein Thrombosis Edition: There are six games to pick this week starting with the ESPN doubleheader tonight of Lakers/Pacers and Celtics/Suns. The Celtics turn up two more times later, so Howard_T has an edge on the rest of us. The standings in the pickem have me in first followed by Ufez. NOMICH WON THE WEEK! Make your picks and rolls.
posted by rcade to basketball at 01:57 PM - 7 comments
March 18, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 20: All Quiet on the NBA Front: The only national NBA games are an ESPN doubleheader Wednesday night of Pistons/Heat and Nuggets/Lakers, so the NBA TV slate for the following two nights is available in the pickem. I win the week and hold on to first. Make your picks and join our NCAA brackets.
posted by rcade to basketball at 01:23 PM - 5 comments
March 17, 2025
March Madness is Here: Join our women's bracket and men's bracket and feel free to share the links. No password required.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:46 AM - 2 comments
March 11, 2025
NBA Pickem: Wall to Wall Basketball: There are 11 national NBA games this week, stretching from Bucks/Pacers tonight on TNT to a rare Monday night doubleheader on ESPN. I've jumped into first place in the pickem, hitting all six dunks with one exact pick and two close ones. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to basketball at 01:10 PM - 4 comments
March 04, 2025
Kyrie Irving Suffers Torn ACL in Knee: If you were curious how Mavericks GM Nico Harrison's "win-now window" for an NBA championship is going since the trade of Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis has played less than one full game before being injured and Kyrie Irving just suffered a torn ACL in his knee, which likely means being gone for a year. The video of Irving shooting two free throws after the injury is epic.
posted by rcade to basketball at 04:15 PM - 3 comments
NBA Pickem Week 17: Can't Stop the Cavs, Can Stop the Mavs: There are 12 national games on the NBA calendar this week, stretching from a Tuesday night doubleheader on TNT to a Sunday tripleheader on ABC and ESPN. Howard_T wins the week with only one missed pick on the Lakers/Nuggets game everyone thought would be a Denver win. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:03 AM - 7 comments
February 25, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 17: This is Painful for Me: The schedule is packed this week with 11 NBA games on our televisions, beginning tonight with Cavs/Magic early and (sigh) Mavs/Lakers late. Howard_T wins the week. Ufez leads. I picked Warriors over Mavs by 30 and got close enough for extra points. Yet I still feel dead inside. Make your selections.
posted by rcade to basketball at 01:23 PM - 8 comments
February 20, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 16: Can't Stop the Nuggets: There are nine NBA games on the national tube this week starting with a TNT doubleheader tonight of Celtics/Sixers and Suns/Spurs. In two nights the red-hot Nuggets host the Lakers. Pickem scores last week were grim for two fans of the same team, but Ufez still leads. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to basketball at 02:26 PM - 6 comments
Victor Wembanyama Out for Season Over DVT in Shoulder: San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will miss the rest of the season after a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was detected in his right shoulder. The reigning rookie of the year was an all-star this season putting up big numbers: 24.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a league-leading 3.8 blocks.
posted by rcade to basketball at 12:59 PM - 1 comment
Former NFL Punter Chris Kluwe Arrested for Civil Disobedience: Chris Kluwe was outspoken when he was a Minnesota Vikings punter and continued to be Tuesday at a Huntington Beach, California, city council meeting. Kluwe spoke against a local library plaque sneaking in a tribute to MAGA, called the movement "profoundly corrupt" and "explicitly a Nazi movement," then declared he was engaging in "peaceful civil disobedience" right before he walked onto the meeting stage. He's charged with disrupting an assembly.
posted by rcade to football at 12:01 PM - 2 comments
February 17, 2025
Daytona 500 Crash Sends Ryan Preece's Car Airborne: William Byron won the Daytona 500 after a last-lap crash took him from ninth to first. Shortly before that a crash sent Ryan Preece airborne at Nascar's biggest race. His car looked like it popped a wheelie then flipped over multiple times. Preece was OK but he said later that when it happened "all I thought about was my daughter."
posted by rcade to auto racing at 11:45 AM - 4 comments
February 12, 2025
NBA Pickem Week 15: Short Week: There are six NBA games to pick during this shortened schedule before the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, but only because we're adding some games on Wednesday that aren't on national TV. Enjoy the Heat and Clippers on your schedule along with the Dallas MASH Unit. Ufez leads the contest by 34. Make your picks.
posted by rcade to basketball at 09:39 AM - 7 comments
February 10, 2025
Budweiser Wins USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter: People can't get enough of Clydesdales, but the Pfizer ad that finished tenth knocked me out.
posted by rcade to football at 11:44 AM - 0 comments
Eagles Crush Chiefs in Super Bowl 0x3B: The Philadelphia Eagles took a 34-0 lead over the Kansas City Chiefs, put in their backups and coasted to a 40-22 victory, ending the Chiefs bid for a threepeat. Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and tush-pushed a third, winning MVP. The Eagles defensive front could have shared that award, sacking Patrick Mahomes six times and pressuring him into two interceptions.
posted by rcade to football at 09:27 AM - 7 comments