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NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition

rcade — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:40:15 -0400

There are six national TV games on the NBA slate this week, beginning with a Tuesday NBC doubleheader of Pistons/Knicks and Blazers/Lakers. New York has opened the season with three losses, including one to my undermanned Orlando Magic. NoMich leads the pickem standings. Make your picks.

NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition

rcade — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:06:26 -0400

The NFL returns tonight but I don't remember who is playing. I do remember that the pickem standings are led by NoMich and that all but two of us locked the Rams over the Cardinals. Tahoemoj didn't lock them and Bender picked the Cards, which is brilliance heretofore unimagined. Make your picks.

Play the SportsFilter NBA Pickem

rcade — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:23:26 -0400

The NBA season tips off Tuesday with a tripleheader on NBC, starting with the Boston Celtics visiting the Detroit Pistons at 3 p.m. Eastern. That's followed by LeBron playing for the Philadelphia 76ers at the New York Knicks. Tickets are as low as $1,007, according to VividSeats. Make your picks.

NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition

rcade — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:31:48 -0400

The NFL returns tonight with the Seahawks and Broncos meeting on Prime at Mile High or whatever the stadium is called these days. NoMich takes the lead in the pickem standings with Rumple and Ic23b tied for second four points back. The future Tommyocasiocortez wins the week with 80. Make your picks.

NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition

rcade — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:56:03 -0400

The NFL undertakes its fifth week tonight as the outgunned Buccaneers of Tampa travel to face the Cowboys of Dallas. Ic23b leads by four over Rumple atop the pickem standings but I won the week with 79, which ain't nothing. Make your picks, kids.

NFL Pickem Week 4: How 'Bout Them Raiders Edition

rcade — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:54:25 -0400

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns meet Thursday night on the bookstore to open week 4 of the NFL season. The game I most want to see is the battle of the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon. Ic23b holds on to first in the pickem standings. Make your picks.

NFL Pickem Week 3: Quarterback Infirmary Edition

rcade — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:46:03 -0400

The third week of the NFL season starts with Michael Penix Jr. attempting to revive the Atlanta Falcons against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Ic23b continues to lead the pickem standings. Make your picks and protect your quarterback.

NFL Pickem Week 2: I Drafted A.J. Brown Edition

rcade — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:45:42 -0400

The NFL returns tonight with the Detroit Lions playing the Buffalo Bills in their new stadium. Ic23b leads in the pickem standings. Make your picks.

The Roger, Rafa and Djoker Era is Over

rcade — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:30:54 -0400

For the first time since 2002, the top 10 in men's tennis doesn't have anybody named Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic. Djokovic, 39, fell from 5 to 12 after the U.S. Open. The current ATP Rankings are led by Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz.

Canadian boxer George Chuvalo, who faced Muhammad Ali in his prime, dead at 89

tommybiden — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:08:10 -0400

While Chuvalo failed to become Canada's first heavyweight champion since Tommy Burns in the early 1900s, he earned praise for a gritty performance. Ali famously called him the toughest man he had faced up to that point, but Chuvalo was ambivalent being the first to take the champ 15 rounds. "In a crazy way, that fight is what defines me for a lot of my fellow Canadians but it took a long time before I came to appreciate how good it made me feel," he said.

Barry Melrose, longtime NHL player, coach and ESPN icon, dies at 70 after battle with Parkinson's

BornIcon — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:51:32 -0400

Former NHL player, coach and iconic ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose died on Wednesday, his wife Cindy confirmed to ESPN. He was 70.

D.K. Metcalf Blows the Lid Off Antarctica

rcade — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:59:30 -0400

"I think there is another civilization inside of Earth," said D.K. Metcalf. "Why can’t you just book a trip to Antarctica? ... [W]hy is there a meeting between every world leader of every country in Antarctica, specifically?"

SEC Threatens to Expel LSU

rcade — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:54:21 -0400

A vote by two-thirds of the schools in the SEC could take place Thursday that would kick LSU out of the conference after 93 years. It probably won't come to that but SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is mad enough to speak the words "lack of institutional control," which by coincidence was the motto of SMU in the 1980s. But in Latin: "defectus moderationis institutionalis."

Enter the SportsFilter NFL Pickem

rcade — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:51:54 -0400

Our long-running NFL Pickem is back starting with a Wednesday-night opener of the Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots. That is a weird day to play a football game. Pick the winners and spread, making any and all a stone cold lead pipe lock to heighten the contradictions between victors and vanquished. Good luck!

Clippers Lose 5 First-Round Picks for Cheating Salary Cap

rcade — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:59:58 -0400

The NBA has taken five first-round picks from the Los Angeles Clippers and $30 million, as well as suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, for circumventing the salary cap when signing Kawhi Leonard four years ago. The league found that Leonard was rewarded with over $28 million in side deals orchestrated by the team. Leonard also has to give back $700,000.