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Welcome to the New Server

Rogers Cadenhead — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:51:55 -0400

SportsFilter has relaunched on a new Linux server with MySQL/PHP software driving the site. All weblog posts and comments have been moved over, going all the way back to the first post on Jan. 24, 2002.

Favre Saga Ends with Trade to Jets

Rogers Cadenhead — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:21:57 -0400

Brett Favre's month-long effort to get back to the Green Bay Packers ended with his trade late last night to the New York Jets.

"Whatcho talkin' 'bout, ump?!"

grum@work — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:19:46 -0400

Kudos to the team for taking a potentially dull publicity stunt and ratcheting it up a couple of notches on the entertainment meter.

Reflections on a break-through Tour

apoch — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:14:34 -0400

John Wilcockson of VeloNews reflects on the success of the clean teams in this years Tour de France and shifts in cycling culture that have occured since the Festina Scandal in 1998.

McCarthy: marketing deal good for Favre

knowsalittle — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:15:28 -0400

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy says a potential marketing contract for Brett Favre could benefit the star quarterback and the team. More importantly, it also could resolve their standoff over Favre's retirement.

Bowman Ditches Detroit for Blackhawks

garfield — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:16:49 -0400

Didn't see this coming.

ESPN's Top Ten All Time Golf Shots

JJ — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:42:53 -0400

[part 2] [part 3]

FootballFilter 2.0

terrapin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:32:06 -0400

The people behind FootballFilter have re-thought the concept and came up with an aggregator format (similar to popurls.com) which "categorizes new[s] sources into things such as tabloids, broadsheets, magazines, broadcasters, international, [and] blogs." According to the developers, the idea behind the new FootballFilter is to "centralise all the best football sources into one place to save time and make the most of your time on the internet." [via MetaFilter Projects]

The MLB Trade Deadline is Looming.

NoMich — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:05:12 -0400

We've already seen a couple of big trades. Will Manny be next? A few blogs to keep you knee-deep in trade rumors and talk: MLB Trade Deadline Blog, ESPN Trade Deadline Blog Lastly, for your perusal: Deadline Disasters

Beeping ball helps blind play baseball.

NoMich — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:01:06 -0400

Just as keen eyesight is important in baseball, acute hearing is critical in beepball. At one point, the noise of a plane flying overhead briefly halted Saturday's tournament. Yes, beepball, or "beep baseball" if you would rather call it that.

Athletes Jawing About Performance-Enhancing Mouthguard

Rogers Cadenhead — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:11:31 -0400

Pure Power Edge is one of the more unusual strength boosters to be offered to pro athletes -- a $1,700 custom mouthguard. "The key to the PPE lies in neuromuscular dentistry and the belief that jaw alignment can have a major effect on the rest of the body," reports today's Florida Times-Union, "... by finding the ideal jaw position and locking it in place with a fitted mouthguard, strength is released to the rest of the body because the brain can focus more on core muscles."

Cotto-Margarito: It Was That Good

BornIcon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:20:56 -0400

Yes, it was that good. Going into the welterweight showdown between WBA champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Antonio Margarito boxing fans were salivating over a match up that guaranteed fireworks.

It's not every day you pick up 15,000 games in the standings.

rumple — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:07:39 -0400

But last fall a man hardly anyone's heard of went from the losingest team of all time to the winningest team of all time....

NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets

knowsalittle — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:26:33 -0400

HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The 28-year-old Artest is as well known for his volatile personality as his basketball skills.

Johnson survives tire debacle at Indianapolis

knowsalittle — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:39:10 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)Jimmie Johnson grabbed his second win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by surviving horrendous tire troubles that made Sundays race a caution-marred debacle. A durability issue with the tires Goodyear brought to the Brickyard forced NASCAR to slow the race with competition cautions designed to make teams change their tires.