SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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NHL 4 Nations Face-Off: Instead of having an All-Star Game this season, the NHL and NHLPA are staging the 4 Nations Face-Off, which will run from Feb. 12 through Feb. 20. This is a round-robin tournament that will feature four national teams -- Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States -- with NHL players from those nations filling the rosters.

Schedule + where to watch in the USA and Canada.

Odds for you gambling degenerates out there.

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 13: Hoop It Up: There are nine NBA games on the tube to pick this week, stretching from Wednesday night to Sunday. Lots of Golden State and some Cavs but no Mavs (sigh). Ufez leads but Howard_T came to play, scoring 37 more points than anybody else. Nice job!

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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NFL Playoff Pickem: Conference Championships: The NFL decides its Super Bowl 0x3B entrants on Sunday when the upstart Washington Commanders visit the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills carry the hopes of 49 states and try to keep the unstoppable Kansas City Chiefs from their third consecutive AFC title. Make your picks!

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Avalanche trades Mikko Rantanen to Carolina Hurricanes as part of blockbuster three-team deal: The man they call “Moose” has left the Rocky Mountains for Tobacco Road. The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen, one of the top goal scorers in team history and a key member of the 2022 Stanley Cup title team, Friday night to the Carolina Hurricanes in one of the most seismic transactions since the franchise moved to Denver. Colorado received Martin Necas, Jack Drury, a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft and a fourth-round selection in 2026 from the Hurricanes as part of a three-team deal announced late Friday night. Former league MVP Taylor Hall also went from the Chicago Blackhawks to the Hurricanes as part of the blockbuster.

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 12: Saturday Quadrupleheader: The NBA Pickem is back after a week lost to illness. Get your flu shot! There are six games to pick this time around -- a TNT doubleheader on Thursday and four games on ESPN and ABC on Saturday. Ufez and I are tied for first in the pickem.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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Chicago Bears Hire Ben Johnson: The Chicago Bears are finalizing a deal to make Ben Johnson their next head coach. Johnson, 38, was one of the hottest commodities on the market as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions since 2022. The Lions led the league with 33.2 points per game while the Bears were fifth worst despite having Caleb Williams and offensive stars like Keenan Allen and D'Andre Swift.

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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NFL Playoff Pickem Divisional Round: The divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins Saturday afternoon when the Houston Texans visit the Kansas City Chiefs. Pick all four game winners and four props. With some scores yet to be tabulated, Ic23b leads by one over Tommybiden. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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Beloved Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker has died: Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts will, sadly, never sound the same. Bob Uecker, the voice of the team on the airwaves for 54 years, a Baseball Hall of Famer and local, statewide and national icon, died Thursday, the Brewers announced. He was 90 years old

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Buffalo Sabres make history in bizarre win over Carolina Hurricanes: The Buffalo Sabres will take wins any way they can get them. You won't find anyone in the Sabres room complaining about the, ummm, unique finish in their 4-2 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday.

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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New England Patriots Hire Mike Vrabel: One week after firing Jerod Mayo, the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel to be head coach. Vrabel's a former Patriots linebacker who had four consecutive winning seasons leading the Tennessee Titans. His firing by that franchise is widely regarded as a major blunder.

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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Enter the SportsFilter NFL Playoff Pickem: The wild card round of the NFL playoffs begins this afternoon when the Los Angeles Chargers play the Houston Texans. Pick the winner of each game along with some props to establish your prognosticative dominance on a lovingly crafted artisanal-batch bespoke sports blog. Good luck!

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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Skip Bayless, Fox Sports executive named in lawsuit alleging sexual, workplace harassment: "Bayless then grabbed her hands, began kissing them, and offered her $1.5 million to have sex."

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 11: Hoopy New Year: There are NBA doubleheaders on TNT Tuesday and ESPN Wednesday. So many of us laid eggs on Christmas Day you'd think it was Easter. Ufez holds onto first by 10 points. Make your picks.

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CFL Pickem Champion: Ic23b: The winner of the Canadian Football League Pickem was Ic23b despite picking the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who went down to the Toronto Argonauts 41-24. Tommybiden made a late charge and scored 45 in the final week of the contest, falling 21 short. I take the Costanza.

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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NFL Pickem: All the Marbles: The final weekend of the NFL regular season has a Saturday doubleheader followed by the remaining 14 games Sunday afternoon. Ic23b has a healthy 49-point lead with week winner NoMich in second. I only scored 85 despite getting 15 of 16 games correct, which is a feat unto itself. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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Sugar Bowl Postponed After Bourbon Street Attack: The Sugar Bowl has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday after a truck attack on Bourbon Street early New Year's Day killed 15 and injured dozens. The game between Notre Dame and Georgia is a College Football Playoffs quarterfinal.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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