SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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NFL Pickem Week 15: Old Man Rivers: The NFL returns tonight with the Atlanta Falcons going to the struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers, whose loss to New Orleans made me one of two survivors left in a 166-entry $1,400 pool. Jagsnumberone holds on to first in the pickem standings and Rumple wins the week with 76. Make your picks and send good thoughts to quarterback grandpa.

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Wayne Gretzky statue in Brantford vandalized with MAGA hat, plaque: Vandals criticized the Great One's connection to U.S. President Donald Trump while praising father Walter Gretzky

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 8: NBA Cup Runneth Over: There are six national NBA games this week but we only know the first four. Tonight the first NBA Cup quarterfinals on Amazon Prime pit the Heat against the Magic at 6 p.m. Eastern followed by the Knicks at Raptors at 8:30 p.m. Tomorrow the quarterfinals continue with the Suns at Thunder on Prime at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and Spurs at Lakers at 10 p.m. The winners will play in the Cup semifinals on Saturday. I'm leading the pickem standings with week-winner Howard_T in second. Make your picks.

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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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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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NFL Pickem Week 14: The Eagles Have Landed: The NFL returns tonight with the Dallas Cowboys visiting the Detroit Lions seven days after their Thanksgiving Day games. The Philadelphia Eagles will attempt to arrest their descent on Monday night in a road trip to face the Los Angeles Chargers at Sofi Stadium. Jagsnumberone leads the pickem standings and Ufez wins an upset-filled week with 90. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 7: NBA on NBC: Tonight's doubleheader on NBC is the only national games for the week. The New York Knicks visit the Boston Celtics at 8 p.m. Eastern and the Oklahoma City Thunder go to the Golden State Warriors three hours later. I am now leading the pickem standings thanks to a near dunk on those Luka-stealing Lakers. Make your picks.

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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McIlroy Races to Odd Conclusion About IndyCar and NASCAR: While casting doubt on the idea that the PGA and LIV will ever unify as one tour because of the latter's "irrational" spending, Rory McIlroy lamented other divisive fractures in sports and said, "You look at boxing for example, or you look at what's happened in motor racing in the United States with Indy and NASCAR and everything else, I think for golf in general it would be better if there was unification." IndyCar and NASCAR?

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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NFL Pickem Week 13: Trippin' on Tryptophan: The NFL's Thanksgiving tripleheader features Packers at Lions, Chiefs at Cowboys and Bengals at Ravens. There's also a Black Friday game of Bears at Eagles, completing the "Lions, Tigers and Bears, oh, my!" trifecta. Jagsnumberone holds on to first in the pickem standings with 830 points, 25 ahead of me. Tommybiden won the week with 90, hitting 8 of 9 locks. Happy Thanksgiving one and all.

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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 6: Turkey Eve Tripleheader: There are five national NBA games this week -- a doubleheader of Magic/Sixers and Clippers/Lakers on NBC Tuesday and a tripleheader on ESPN Wednesday of Pistons/Celtics, Wolves/Thunder and Rockets/Warriors. Scooby now leads the pickem standings by 4 after winning the week with 26 points. Make your picks and pass the rolls.

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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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NFL Pickem Week 12: War of Attrition: The NFL returns tonight with the Buffalo Bills visiting the Houston Texans on the bookstore site. The league has no more pedestrian football to inflict on Europe but four teams are on bye. Jagsnumberone leads the pickem standings by 20 over Bender. Tron7 wins the week with 101 and climbs to fourth place. Make your picks and think of the endangered quarterback.

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Greg Norman Thinks a Lot of Greg Norman: Now that he's gone from LIV, the Saudi-funded upstart golf league's failure to attract TV ratings and losses exceeding $600 million have not dampened Greg Norman's admiration of himself. “The voice of the critic is far louder than the voice of the advocate,” he said. “And I use that as my pillar of strength.”

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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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NBA Pickem Week 5: Don't Call Me Angel Reese: There are four games to pick this week, starting tonight on ESPN with Houston going to Cleveland at 7 p.m. Eastern. Howard_T leads the pickem standings by one point over NoMich. Make your picks.

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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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CFL Pickem: Grey Cup Sunday: The Saskatchewan Roughriders face the Montreal Alouettes tonight at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg for the Grey Cup. The game airs in the U.S. on CBS Sports Network and in Canada on TSN/RDS/CTV. Make your picks, final Canadian football diehards.

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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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