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| Gender: | disgruntled goat, MFFL |
| Member since: | February 04, 2002 |
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Ufez Jones has posted 371 links and 3,199 comments to SportsFilter and 27 links and 725 comments to the Locker Room and 1 column.
The Dallas Mavericks are firing GM Nico Harrison.: After a 3-8 start (including going 0-for-the-West) and nine months after shipping Luka Doncic to the Lakers in an under-the-table midnight deal, Nico can go back to selling shoes.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 10:45 AM on November 11, 2025 - 13 comments
The Denver Nuggets have fired head coach Michael Malone with three games left in the regular season: Malone had served as Denver's head coach since 2015 and was the fourth-longest tenured NBA coach, trailing Pop, Kerr, and Spoelstra. The Nuggets are a on a four-game skid and caught up in a Royal Rumble for seeding in the West as the playoffs near.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 04:38 PM on April 08, 2025 - 1 comment
Coming to Broadway this season: KAT!: The Minnesota Timberwolves are trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and a first-round draft pick.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 03:01 PM on September 28, 2024 - 0 comments
Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to Cooperstown.: Beltre and Mauer are first-balloters; Helton makes it in on his sixth try. They will be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyland.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 07:29 PM on January 23, 2024 - 4 comments
Shohei Ohtani signs record deal with the Los Angeles...Dodgers: In the biggest MLB contract so far, the Dodgers and Ohtani have agreed to a 10-year, $700 million deal.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 09:17 PM on December 09, 2023 - 6 comments
My picks:
Lions by 3
Seahawks by 17 (lock)
Bengals by 3
Browns by 6
Commanders by 7
Jets by 4
Buccaneers by 19 (lock)
Jaguars by 6
Ravens by 5
Broncos by 11 (lock)
Bears by 8
Rams by 12 (lock)
Chiefs by 6
Chargers by 5
My winning a week may be the biggest upset of all.
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:29 PM on December 04, 2025
My picks:
Knicks by 4
Thunder by 17 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 03:29 PM on December 02, 2025
Revised picks:
49ers by 4
Jaguars by 10 (lock)
Colts by 18 (lock)
Dolphins by 5
Jets by 7
Buccaneers by 13 (lock)
Rams by 8
Seahawks by 10 (lock)
Bills by 6
Chargers by 12 (lock)
Broncos by 14 (lock)
Patriots by 19 (lock)
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:46 AM on November 30, 2025
My picks:
Lions by 7
Chiefs by 6
Bengals by 4
Eagles by 11
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:33 AM on November 27, 2025
In my mind we mark the occasion by watching old Justin Blackmon highlights and then finding a karaoke spot to do a rousing rendition of (Denton's own) Slobberbone's "Some New Town".
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:44 PM on November 26, 2025
My picks:
Magic by 4
Lakers by 8
Pistons by 11 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 19 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 12 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:54 AM on November 25, 2025
Take it easy and heal up well, NoMich. Glad things sound like they're going smoothly.
posted by Ufez Jones at 01:52 PM on November 23, 2025
Revised picks:
Bears by 3
Patriots by 10
Lions by 17 (lock)
Packers by 6
Seahawks by 18 (lock)
Chiefs by 6
Jets by 3
Raiders by 5
Cardinals by 6
Eagles by 13
Saints by 3
49ers by 8
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:16 PM on November 23, 2025
My picks:
Bills by 10 (lock)
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:21 PM on November 20, 2025
My picks:
Rockets by 4
Knicks by 7
Cavaliers by 12 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 3
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:22 PM on November 19, 2025
You know, they often say that Stillwater is the Las Vegas of Oklahoma...
I'm sure Pete would love a taste of the rural life.
posted by Ufez Jones at 09:47 AM on November 19, 2025
My picks:
Dolphins by 5
Panthers by 3
Bills by 3
Titans by 3
Vikings by 6
Packers by 7
Steelers by 3
Chargers by 10
Seahawks by 3
49ers by 7
Ravens by 3
Broncos by 4
Lions by 3
Cowboys by 10
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:44 AM on November 16, 2025
My picks:
Knicks by 9 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 7
Knicks by 5
Spurs by 13 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:37 AM on November 12, 2025
I have the Amazon streaming package that lets you see the arena instead of commercials and am watching more regular season games than before. I kinda took Luka for granted before the playoffs.
As fun as Luka's on-court play can be, I miss watching him goof around with trick shots during the warm-up lines via the arena view on League Pass just as much. *sigh*
I told myself I was going to quit the team after Nico destroyed it.
But even if they didn't land Cooper Flagg I probably would have kept following them because the disaster was so interesting.
I've been putting off any definition of my Mavs fandom and I still really don't know where it's going to land. I guess that's one advantage of living out of market - you at least get to avoid the whole "go to the game or no" conundrum.
But as much as I enjoyed the Rangers WS win, it also solidified the fact that my personal sports fandom peaked with the 2011 Mavs run and anything else is going to pale in comparison. It was perfect, 10/10, no notes, thank you sports deities for that. And that's okay! It's honestly kind of great! There's a ton of folks, maybe the majority even, who are lifelong diehard fans of a team that never get to experience that feeling, I'm not going to complain that I'll never get to experience it the same way again (publicly, anyways). I'm an "old habits die hard" kind of person and loyal to a fault and keep watching the games, but even if I were to reclaim full MFFLdom, it won't ever be the same. It can't.
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:55 PM on November 11, 2025
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
I hope my excitement will appear once the games actually start but I'm really starting to dread the run up to the Cup.