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| Name: | Rogers Cadenhead |
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| Location: | Florida |
| Social Media Account: | https://twitter.com/rcade |
| Member since: | January 23, 2002 |
| Last visit: | May 28, 2023 |
| Status: | editor |
rcade has posted 3,429 links and 13,766 comments to SportsFilter and 87 links and 689 comments to the Locker Room and 8 columns.
Everton, Leicester City and Leeds Fighting to Stay Up: The Premier League season ends on Sunday with three clubs scrambling to avoid being the two that will be relegated: Everton, Leicester City and Leeds. At 33 points, Everton survives with a win over Bournemouth or a draw if Leicester City and Leeds don't win. At 31, Leicester needs a win over West Ham and an Everton loss or draw and Leeds needs a win over Tottenham, an Everton loss, and a Leicester loss or draw. If Leeds beats Tottenham by 3 goals, an Everton draw also keeps them up.
posted by rcade to soccer at 03:48 PM on May 27, 2023 - 1 comment
Luton Town is a Better Story Than Wrexham: Nine years ago Luton Town was in the sixth tier of English football. If they beat Coventry City on Saturday, they'll be in the Premier League. "We've come a long way from a training ground with dog walkers cutting across our pitches and getting changed in portable cabins," said midfielder Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, who has been with the club all the way up from the National League to League 2 to League 1 to the Championship.
posted by rcade to soccer at 02:22 PM on May 26, 2023 - 8 comments
Texas Rangers Bats Are Booming: The Texas Rangers are leading the majors with 6.4 runs a game and second in team OPS at 118. One of the surprising sources of that massive production is a player they acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals for "cash considerations" three years ago: 30-year-old Cuban outfielder Adolis Garcia. "He has the bat speed and muscle to pulverize the league’s nastiest pitches, as he proved last week when he became the first hitter to go deep off Atlanta Braves flamethrower Spencer Strider twice in one game," writes Yahoo Sports sabermetrician Zach Crizer.
posted by rcade to baseball at 09:45 AM on May 25, 2023 - 0 comments
When is Olivia Pichardo Switching to Softball? Never: Olivia Pichardo is the first female to play Division I baseball, making the Brown University team as a walk-on. Her freshman season was rocky, with one at-bat as a pinch hitter, but she is undeterred. "I wasn't telling myself the odds. I was just telling myself that I was going to make the team," Pichardo said.
posted by rcade to baseball at 02:59 PM on May 24, 2023 - 0 comments
Carmelo Anthony Retires from Basketball: Carmelo Anthony has announced his retirement from the NBA, which he leaves after 19 seasons as a 10-time All Star and the ninth-highest scorer of all time with 28,289 points. He also won a national championship at Syracuse, but never an NBA title, an achievement that would have been the capstone of a Hall of Fame career.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:03 PM on May 23, 2023 - 2 comments
Is it a bad sign when your team's top priority in the offseason refuses to talk about his plans?
posted by rcade at 06:39 PM on May 25, 2023
A recent comparison between Luka Doncic and Carmelo Anthony rattled me. It suggested that Luka is another phenom hitting a plateau because early success makes him less motivated to work on his game.
posted by rcade at 11:15 AM on May 25, 2023
That Benn hit was a disgrace and it left the Stars in complete disarray. Now he's out two more games. Has anyone ever burned their C as badly as this in the NHL playoffs?
posted by rcade at 09:21 AM on May 25, 2023
The A's have fired broadcaster Glen Kuiper and a source told AP that it was based in part on "information uncovered in the internal review."
posted by rcade at 07:04 PM on May 22, 2023
I discovered the NFL in the mid-1970s and never got to appreciate Jim Brown as a player, just as an activist and actor who was universally acknowledged to be cool as hell.
Looking at those old clips of him running, it seems like some of the tacklers developed doubt in themselves as they approached, just like Robin Ventura halfway to the mound to confront Nolan Ryan.
posted by rcade at 01:39 PM on May 22, 2023
Pretty amazing rise for a punter, a position that doesn't normally lend itself to any broadcasting careers. I don't watch or listen to his show. Does he ever talk punting?
posted by rcade at 09:10 AM on May 19, 2023
I wasn't watching college football on Black Friday but I'm not that enthused about an annual NFL game on that date.
If a team is getting it every year, it should be a team like the Patriots, Steelers or Packers that has sustained excellence over decades.
posted by rcade at 10:48 AM on May 17, 2023
Reporter: Hey, Rory McIlroy, tell us where golf will be in three years.
Rory: I don't have a crystal ball.
Second reporter: So we should stop expecting any more great quotes from you about those rat bastards at LIV?
Rory: Yeah.
posted by rcade at 12:23 PM on May 16, 2023
My picks:
Hurricanes in 7
Stars in 6
Top goals: Joe Pavelski
Top goalie (save %): Fredrik Andersen
Team scoring 6 goals: Stars
Shutout: Hurricanes
I am looking forward to the insanity of the Vegas pregame. Go Stars!
posted by rcade at 10:50 AM on May 16, 2023
The top goal scorer prop is now top two, not three. I've also added a note that the best SV% winner must have at least 25 saves.
The Dallas Stars were 17 seconds away from a shutout last night that would've given me 5 points. But they won the series, so I guess that's something.
posted by rcade at 10:45 AM on May 16, 2023
My picks:
Nuggets in 6
Celtics in 6
Top point scorer: Jayson Tatum
Top rebounder: Nikola Jokic
Top scoring team: Nuggets
Top defending team: Celtics
The prospect of another Celtics-Lakers clash in the Finals is appealing, but I want to see Jokic lift the Larry.
posted by rcade at 09:53 AM on May 15, 2023
No team scored 130 last round. For this round the fourth prop is to pick the team that will give up the fewest points per game.
Multiple players had Devin Booker as one of the top three scorers and Nikola Jokic as a top three rebounder. Ufez was the only one to have the Nuggets as top scoring team.
In this round you have to get the top two in the scorer and rebounder props, not three.
posted by rcade at 09:48 AM on May 15, 2023
The Cardinals visit the Red Sox tonight on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.
posted by rcade at 01:03 PM on May 14, 2023
Sit back, relax and enjoy this monumental 211 shot badminton rally
Even the crowd reactions are fast. The roar for each slam was cool.