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Ufez Jones has posted 372 links and 3,292 comments to SportsFilter and 27 links and 725 comments to the Locker Room and 1 column.
The New York Knicks sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers and are headed to the Finals for the first time since 1999: The 37-point win is New York's 11th in a row and they now get to sit back and watch the Spurs and Thunder's chessboxing match with the rest of us.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 10:43 PM on May 25, 2026 - 9 comments
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
My picks for week 1:
Pistons by 4
Knicks by 7
Spurs by 3
Timberwolves by 4
Warriors by 5
76ers by 6
Thunder by 5
Celtics by 6
Head's up rcade: That last game (Nuggets @ Thunder on the 23rd) should be Houston @ San Antonio. They're playing that game at UT's Moody Center in Austin.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:23 PM on October 20, 2026
Revised picks for week 6:
Falcons by 4
Browns by 4
Colts by 6
Patriots by 8
Saints by 4
Eagles by 4
Steelers by 4
Rams by 14 (lock)
Chiefs by 9 (lock)
Bills by 6
Cowboys by 4
49ers by 15 (lock)
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:49 AM on October 18, 2026
My picks for week 6:
Seahawks by 9
Jaguars by 6
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:12 PM on October 15, 2026
Revised picks for week 5:
Jaguars by 4
Bengals by 9
Patriots by 3
Vikings by 6
Browns by 5
Colts by 3
Texans by 5
Commanders by 7
Broncos by 8
Lions by 10 (lock)
Bears by 7
Seahawks by 6
Falcons by 5
Rams by 4
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:36 AM on October 11, 2026
If it were a regular Sunday match-up I don't know that you're going to find a tastier week to pick Dallas in a Survivor League.
But, woof, the Thursday games are about as volatile as they come.
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:23 PM on October 08, 2026
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 17
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:19 PM on October 08, 2026
Blake Hinson would really like to join the Utah Jazz.
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:52 PM on October 05, 2026
My picks for week 4:
Browns by 4
Commanders by 7
Ravens by 10 (lock)
Bills by 10
Bears by 6 (lock)
Bengals by 3
Cowboys by 8
Giants by 4
Rams by 4 (lock)
Buccaneers by 5
Vikings by 11 (lock)
Chiefs by 4
Seahawks by 17 (lock)
49ers by 4
Lions by 9
Saints by 8 (lock)
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:45 AM on October 01, 2026
Revised picks for week 3:
Bills by 18
Panthers by 4 (lock)
Lions by 8
Colts by 4
Patriots by 7
Chiefs by 17 (lock)
Giants by 6
Bengals by 9
Seahawks by 10 (lock)
49ers by 9
Buccaneers by 5
Cowboys by 4
Saints by 6
Rams by 7
Eagles by 4
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:11 PM on September 27, 2026
My picks for week 3:
Packers by 16 (lock)
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:59 PM on September 24, 2026
Revised picks for week 2:
Panthers by 4
Ravens by 7
Bears by 10 (lock)
Texans by 3
Patriots by 8
Packers by 7
Buccaneers by 8 (lock)
Eagles by 6
Broncos by 7
Chargers by 3
Seahawks by 10 (lock)
Cowboys by 6
49ers by 13 (lock)
Chiefs by 6
Rams by 10 (lock)
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:03 AM on September 20, 2026
My picks for week 2:
Bills by 6
posted by Ufez Jones at 03:31 PM on September 17, 2026
Revised picks:
Bears by 4
Bengals by 3
Lions by 10 (lock)
Bills by 5
Colts by 4
Jaguars by 10 (lock)
Steelers by 6
Titans by 4
Chargers by 8 (lock)
Raiders by 7
Packers by 6
Eagles by 8
Cowboys by 4
Broncos by 9
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:26 AM on September 13, 2026
That was the most excited text I've gotten from my dad in...ever, probably.
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:17 PM on September 12, 2026
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 6
Saints by 3
49ers by 8
Bengals by 3
Panthers by 11 (lock)
Texans by 4
Vikings by 8 (lock)
Jets by 6
Browns by 7
Broncos by 5
Packers by 6
Raiders by 6
Seahawks by 5
Cowboys by 9