Recent Posts by rcade

June 03, 2025

NHL Playoff Pickem: Stanley Cup Final: The puck drops on Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final when the Florida Panthers visit the Edmonton Oilers tomorrow at 8 p.m. Eastern. Pick the winner, number of games and several props. Jagsnumberone has a commanding lead in our pickem over three players with 99 or 98.

posted by rcade to hockey at 07:59 PM - 6 comments

Enter SportsFilter's CFL Pickem: Football returns to Canada on Thursday when the Ottawa Redblacks visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Pick the winners of each game, the spread and whether to lock each game to double your points. Make your picks, hosers!

posted by rcade to football at 01:35 PM - 6 comments

May 20, 2025

NBA Playoff Pickem: Conference Finals: A delightfully improbable quartet of teams are playing in the conference finals of the NBA, beginning tonight when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Oklahoma City Thunder and continuing tomorrow night when the Indiana Pacers travel to the New York Knicks. Howard_T has jumped into first ahead of NoMich and Werty. Make your knicks.

posted by rcade to basketball at 03:54 PM - 8 comments

NHL Playoff Pickem: Conference Finals: The next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs begins tonight when the Florida Panthers play the Carolina Hurricanes and continue tomorrow when the Edmonton Oilers face the Dallas Stars. Jagsnumberone holds onto first, 10 over NoMich. Make your picks.

posted by rcade to hockey at 02:10 PM - 9 comments

May 12, 2025

Dallas Mavericks Get No. 1 Pick Despite 1.8% Odds: The Dallas Mavericks, who previously had never moved up in an NBA Draft Lottery, won the first overall pick Monday night. They had 1.8% odds in the eleventh position going in. Christmas came eary to conspiracy-minded fans who believed the Mavs would get the top pick after making the insane trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

posted by rcade to basketball at 08:05 PM - 12 comments

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 - 16 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 - 3 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.

posted by rcade to general at 10:27 AM - 2 comments

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