Matt Haughey's Excellent Hospital Adventure: Matt Haughey, original coder of SportsFilter and a great inspiration to the site, has a post up on his personal blog today about his recent brain tumor diagnosis. The tumor appears treatable with hormones and surgery if needed. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Matt.

posted by rcade to navel gazing at 08:13 PM - 13 comments

The Sidelines are Back: SportsFilter's admins can post to the Sidelines on the front page again, so if there's something site- or community-related you'd like to see us promote, just ax. Also, we're increasing the number of categories for posts, so make your suggestions and feedback here.

posted by rcade to navel gazing at 05:23 PM - 7 comments

Early Predictions for the Upcoming 2009-2010 NHL Season! : The Annual SportsFilter "It's to Early" National Hockey League Predictions. We've missed a few years but what the hey there's nothing like reaching back for Old Traditions and making them live again! Once again we've got a ton to talk about with the upcoming Winter Olympics and a crazy amount of Off Season movements and various other Hockey Happenings. So go ahead ponder and pontificate, give it your best and remember "Hockey is for Everyone". (am I the only one that finds this disturbing?)

posted by skydivedad to navel gazing at 12:17 PM - 13 comments

Sidelines: Little outdated perhaps?

posted by BoKnows to navel gazing at 03:22 AM - 20 comments

The Top-10 Sports Sites: According to Hitwise.com, these are the top-10 by market share. The 4-letter network is the runaway leader here. Of course, we all know that when it comes to quality of discourse, number one is where you are right now.

posted by Howard_T to navel gazing at 02:16 PM - 3 comments

Ask SpoFi: Lesser known sports podcast recommendations?: More inside.

posted by Ufez Jones to navel gazing at 11:51 PM - 4 comments

I'm wanting to puchus a CrossBow: Anyone out there in PC land familur with these weapons? Due to my phyical condition I am able to hunt and carry one. I think i want a pistol grip but no set in stone Thanks in advane, Folkways (j)

posted by Folkways to navel gazing at 08:37 AM - 25 comments

Champions League Final predictions and chat: Tomorrow is the big day, the toughness and refusal to surrender of ManUtd against the beauty and skill of Barca, Ronaldo vs. Messi, Sir Alex vs. rookie headman Guardiola. Who do you want to win? Who do you think will win? The NY Times has a three part roundtable (1, 2, 3) of European soccer journos to help you decide.

posted by billsaysthis to navel gazing at 12:43 PM - 6 comments

The Break of the Curve: Once again the argument is raised, "Does a curve ball really break?" Eric Wilbur in his Boston Sports Blog links to this possible explanation of why the curve seems to break as much as it does. If nothing else, it is fun to play with the settings and see their effect on the illusion. At least the authors admit that there is a physical principal involved, and not just an optical illusion.

posted by Howard_T to navel gazing at 03:46 PM - 3 comments

So the whole time/amount of comments restriction on FPP is out the window?: There was a restriction, right? I'm not imagining this?

posted by jerseygirl to navel gazing at 10:01 AM - 13 comments

Logjam for President's Trophy: Didn't want to make a FPP for this, but I have a question about the NHL's tiebreaker policy. More inside first comment...

posted by MeatSaber to navel gazing at 10:09 PM - 6 comments

This Jug's for You!: Link Dump

posted by BoKnows to navel gazing at 07:50 PM - 9 comments

Formatting: I was having trouble with the width of the comment/posting field today on a 12" powerbook.

The ads are overlapping the comment/post field. I have to maximize the browser window and still can barely see the editing buttons or the grab to resize the text field manually..

posted by terrapin to navel gazing at 11:40 AM - 8 comments

Update on that yearly Sports Filter Social and Moral experement, also known as the CD Swap.:

posted by Folkways to navel gazing at 01:53 AM - 13 comments

rcade newest MLS reporter: Had to share.

posted by terrapin to navel gazing at 09:49 AM - 7 comments

Happy Birthday to Us: Seven years ago today, seven members of MetaFilter pooled our money together and paid Matt Haughey to clone his code to create the first sports-themed community weblog. A day later, Justgary asked the question that we've asked ever since: "Tony Dungy promises to rebuild Indianapolis' defense, and with his defensive resume, who could doubt him?"

posted by rcade to navel gazing at 08:28 PM - 19 comments

Global Village Basketball : JUNE 10, 2009: I received this email today and thought this would be a good place to pass it along.

posted by BoKnows to navel gazing at 01:14 PM - 2 comments

NFL 3D anyone?: Just curious if any Spofite saw the 3D NFL games. What did you think?

posted by boknows to navel gazing at 10:31 PM - 2 comments

Comments are closed for this entry.: Just wondering what's up with most of the locker room topics being closed. I was hoping to find out if gspm was alright. (by posting on the last EPL update)

posted by tselson to navel gazing at 11:52 PM - 26 comments

Arguing Politics During My Vasectomy: So it's last Friday, and I find myself at Planned Parenthood in Jacksonville, lying flat on my back with my pants around my ankles, trying to find my happy place. A urologist begins handling up on my junk, explaining each step in the process with the unabashed enthusiasm of Bill Nye the Science Guy.

posted by NoMich to navel gazing at 11:46 AM - 16 comments

Member Pages Are Back: Member pages are back online on SportsFilter, the first pages to be brought back under the site's real user interface. See Terrapin's page and any member link in this discussion for examples.

posted by rcade to navel gazing at 06:50 PM - 41 comments

New Wii User: Recommend a soccer title?: As stated on the label. For the first time, a store had a Wii in stock so the Mrs. and I brought her home. Never had a game console before so I have no experience with the titles out there and wonder if I should throw down on Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 or FIFA Soccer 2008. Please note that I'm not terribly coordinated or graceful before offering advice.

posted by billsaysthis to navel gazing at 10:56 AM - 26 comments

What the heck is the site I am thinking of?: I noticed a few extra columns in the ESPN MLB standings (DIV? WC? POFF?) and surmised, correctly, that they were showing the probability of a team winning the division, wildcard or making the playoffs in any manner. It is prompting me to ask the SpoFi collective about a site that presented such probabilities graphically.

posted by gspm to navel gazing at 08:23 PM - 2 comments

Ask SpoFi: Pitcher-Catcher Signal Systems in Baseball: Had a few questions that my Google search didn't quite satisfy, and then realized I was asking in the wrong place....the collected baseball wits of SpoFi would know!

posted by smithers to navel gazing at 04:06 PM - 6 comments

Curious Thought about NFL Sundays: Question for the elders of SF. Has the site ever considered posting a thread for live discussion on Sundays during the NFL season?

posted by boredom_08 to navel gazing at 03:15 PM - 8 comments

Why do you support who you do?: Interesting discussion going on in an Ask MetaFilter thread.

posted by terrapin to navel gazing at 04:37 PM - 10 comments

Ask the Admins.:
Dear Admins,
Let's say I want to post a new FPP, but I don't want the post title to link anywhere. Well, if you don't include a URL in the box provided, it forces your post title to be a link anyway; it just links it back to SpoFi. Is there a way around this? I'm sure that people need a post title for their newsfeeds and what not.

Tharx,
NoMich

posted by NoMich to navel gazing at 02:02 PM - 1 comment

SportsFilter is Moving: We're moving this site to new software and a new server this weekend. I will post updates to my Twitter feed and weblog as needed, so check those if the site can't be loaded.

posted by rcade to navel gazing at 04:27 PM - 14 comments

Link dump: kicking it off with something special for yerfatma.

posted by lil_brown_bat to navel gazing at 10:27 AM - 9 comments

Hockey Scores not deserving of SpoFi Front Page: I can't see that this deserves a FPP, but I'm hoping vague hilarity is reason enough for it to survive in here. [More inside]

posted by Mr Bismarck to navel gazing at 12:12 PM - 6 comments

Link dump! : Inspired by this.

posted by lil_brown_bat to navel gazing at 10:23 AM - 32 comments

Am I making sense to anyone??? : I was trying to explain to my husband about a game I watched years ago, I'm guessing in '99 or '00 and involving the Pens. In this game the glass broke toward the end of a period (or maybe it was an injury) and the officials decided to add what time was left of that period to the start of the next period because there was going to be such a long delay that it would be like having two intermissions back to back. I can't find any info about this game whatsoever. I'd like to refresh my memory of the details as well as find out if there's a written rule that addresses such a thing. I'm having such a hard time finding answers that I'm starting to wonder if I'm making this up. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?

posted by captaincavegirl to navel gazing at 12:41 AM - 5 comments

Ask SpoFi.: Anybody know where I can find NHL playoff stats by round?

posted by NoMich to navel gazing at 02:34 PM - 7 comments

I needed to make this link dump, for this video I found that was not enough for a FPP. However, I needed to posted it!: It is not often my palms sweat, but this did the trick!

posted by jojomfd1 to navel gazing at 07:03 PM - 44 comments

Its that time of year again: Time for some hockey hardware. While four teams are battling for the grandest prize in hockey we still have the individual awards to speculate on. More on the inside

posted by HATER 187 to navel gazing at 10:53 PM - 6 comments

KC Area Meet-up: I was going to email all of the SpoFites that I know are in the Kansas City area, but I found that a lot of you don't have email addresses in your profile. Anyhow, Tinman and I have been tossing around the idea of a meet-up, including possibly beer, barbecue, and a Royals game. Of course, all are welcome, even you St. Louis area Mizzou fans. I know brainofdtrain and monkeyhawkare in the area. Also BoKnows is in the St. Louis area, and it's only a four hour drive. My email is in my profile if anyone is interested.

posted by hawkguy to navel gazing at 09:28 AM - 12 comments

So, by "March," you actually meant "April," right? Right? : I finally mailed out my SpoFi Swap CDs Thursday.

posted by The_Black_Hand to navel gazing at 03:01 PM - 28 comments

MetaFilter Social Explorer: pb mentioned the Social Explorer in MetaTalk and thought it might be of interest here. For example, here is a list of people on MetaFilter who list themselves as "also on" Sportsfilter: http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/socialexplorer.mefi?sid=23

posted by terrapin to navel gazing at 04:16 PM - 21 comments

Where the hell is everybody?: Giving up on the site? Eastern Orthodox? Booze 'n pills binge? Nazi orgies? Posting has been incredibly light this past week. We're not losing members are we? Maybe everybody is outside, enjoying the Spring weather, like I should be. Well, I am going to a Carolina Mudcats game this afternoon. The Montgomery Biscuits are in town. The Biscuits...what a great mascot. Hafta to get a t-shirt.

posted by NoMich to navel gazing at 10:15 AM - 53 comments

Ben Saunders's North expedition ends early: "The main bolts which attach the binding of Ben’s boot to the skis have sheered off and the degree of damage is beyond repair. The unprecedented, appalling conditions of the ice, coupled with Ben exerting his absolute maximum effort to achieve the speed record, have clearly impacted this crucial equipment failure. As a result, and coupled with the current ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean, Ben is unable to continue without his skis on this high speed light weight expedition." He does say that he's already preparing for his next expedition which, fingers crossed, will see SpoFi's name up on the ice somewhere on the way to the South Pole.

posted by worldcup2002 to navel gazing at 12:39 PM - 10 comments