SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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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.

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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.

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Former NFL Punter Chris Kluwe Arrested for Civil Disobedience: Chris Kluwe was outspoken when he was a Minnesota Vikings punter and continued to be Tuesday at a Huntington Beach, California, city council meeting. Kluwe spoke against a local library plaque sneaking in a tribute to MAGA, called the movement "profoundly corrupt" and "explicitly a Nazi movement," then declared he was engaging in "peaceful civil disobedience" right before he walked onto the meeting stage. He's charged with disrupting an assembly.

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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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Daytona 500 Crash Sends Ryan Preece's Car Airborne: William Byron won the Daytona 500 after a last-lap crash took him from ninth to first. Shortly before that a crash sent Ryan Preece airborne at Nascar's biggest race. His car looked like it popped a wheelie then flipped over multiple times. Preece was OK but he said later that when it happened "all I thought about was my daughter."

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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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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 15: Short Week: There are six NBA games to pick during this shortened schedule before the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, but only because we're adding some games on Wednesday that aren't on national TV. Enjoy the Heat and Clippers on your schedule along with the Dallas MASH Unit. Ufez leads the contest by 34. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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Budweiser Wins USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter: People can't get enough of Clydesdales, but the Pfizer ad that finished tenth knocked me out.

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Eagles Crush Chiefs in Super Bowl 0x3B: The Philadelphia Eagles took a 34-0 lead over the Kansas City Chiefs, put in their backups and coasted to a 40-22 victory, ending the Chiefs bid for a threepeat. Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and tush-pushed a third, winning MVP. The Eagles defensive front could have shared that award, sacking Patrick Mahomes six times and pressuring him into two interceptions.

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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Hubie Brown prepares to broadcast final NBA game: Brown and Breen will work ABC's telecast of Sunday's game between Philadelphia and Milwaukee, where Brown got his first NBA opportunity as an assistant coach with the Bucks teams featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson in 1972.

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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NFL Playoff Pickem: Super Bowl: The Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 0x3B Sunday night at or shortly after or quite a while after 6:30 p.m. EST. The Chiefs want to win their third straight Super Bowl. No one outside of Chiefs Nation wants this. Pick the winner, spread and lots of props. Tommybiden leads our pickem by 8 points and Jagsnumberone is competing with me for the Costanza. Enjoy the Big Game, my hungry guys.

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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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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 18: Don't Dream It's Over: There are 10 national TV games this week starting with a Tuesday night doubleheader on TNT. The Boston Celtics, my favorite team forever, play on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Ufez Jones leads the pickem by 11. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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Lakers to acquire Luka Dončić from Mavericks for Anthony Davis, more: The Lakers will receive Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris from the Mavericks, sources said. Dallas will receive Davis, Max Christie and the Lakers' 2029 first-round pick.

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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Vancover Canucks trade J.T. Miller to Rangers, and more: J.T. Miller has been dealt by the Vancouver Canucks to the New York Rangers for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini and a first-round pick. In a second trade Vancouver picks up another Pettersson in a deal with Pittsburgh

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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