CFL Pick 'Em, Division Finals Edition: Big playoff games lead to big playoff points. If you're not named Edmonton or Hamilton, pick yourself up off the mat and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 06:41 PM - 9 comments

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

CFL Pick 'Em, Division Semi-Finals Edition: Missed out on the 2009 regular season pick 'em? Unhappy with your rank in the final standings? Simply bored on a Friday afternoon? Have no fear: the Playoff Pick 'Em is here! Playoff action kicks off this Sunday, so locate your heart and grit and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 10:49 AM - 18 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Final Standings: It takes until the final week of the season, but we have a winner. It takes some Grade 10 math, but we also have a Costanza winner.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 10:18 AM - 8 comments

MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, Final Standings: Lots of good picks and just enough bonus action to make things interesting. C'mon in and find out what side of the revenue sharing pool you're on.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 11:36 PM - 9 comments

Should SportsFilter Think of the Children?: Kerrycindy, a new SportsFilter user with an 11-year-old son who reads the site, is upset that profanity appears here. Although we discourage some profanity and delete most profanity that's personally abusive from one member to another, we've never had a rule here to keep it as clean as a PG-13 movie. Our archives will show lots of examples of George Carlin's seven dirty words. Should we reconsider this policy and clean our act up?

posted by rcade to editorial policy at 11:38 AM - 36 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 19: Tight week for points, but an even tighter race at the top. Heading into the final week of the 2009 Pick 'Em, we have a tie for first. Even if you've done the math and eliminated yourself, play for pride and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 10:40 PM - 18 comments

Hooking Delicious and Twitter to the Huddle: I'm thinking about connecting Delicious and Twitter to the huddle, so that SportsFilter users can contribute sports links and comments on those sites and have them automatically end up here. I know there are Twitter users who might use a #spofi hashtag. Anyone here actively posting sports-related bookmarks on Delicious?

posted by rcade to feature requests at 02:36 PM - 13 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 18: With two weeks to go, we have a lead change in our battle for the pick 'em crown. Get your jabs in and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 11:45 PM - 20 comments

EPL Fantasy 09-10: Week 10 standings, in which I sneak back into 1st

posted by billsaysthis to fantasy at 11:51 AM - 6 comments

MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, World Series Edition: An underdog-free year means lots of points for everyone, withe the possible exception of the L.A. faithful. But now it's time to fly east into the rain and snow of November, and wonder whether baseball actually got around to writing up a rule which would prevent last year's Game 5 fiasco. Crack open your rulebooks and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 01:40 AM - 22 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 17: Threes rule the day, so if you picked any spreads between two and four, crack open a can of '67 and wince your way to the top. Do what you gotta do and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 10:11 PM - 17 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 16: Three weeks to go and everyone has something to play for. Everyone, of course, except the Argos, and pretty much anyone with fewer than 50 points in our standings. Even if you're one of the unfortunate ones, suck it up and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 10:04 AM - 18 comments

MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, LCS Edition: One sweep short of a clean house, and we're onto that pennential part of the post-season. So squint like Phil Cuzzi and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 12:54 AM - 23 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 15: It's Thanksgiving, and our standings are stuffed with as many surprises as this turkey is with bad metaphors. Ignore the cranberry stains and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 01:25 AM - 20 comments

MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, LDS Edition: I'm still writing up the standings table from the One-Game Playoff Edition, but given our tight turnaround, y'all should go ahead and get your picks in.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 11:09 PM - 27 comments

MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, One-Game Playoff Edition: Get a jump on your postseason prognostication with a portentous playoff puzzle. The Tigers and Twins have seen fit to offer an extra three points to sacrifice on the altar of the SpoFi pick 'em gods. Pause your TiVo, pull out your stat sheets, and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 06:41 PM - 25 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 14: Huge points this week seriously shake things up. Find a bandwagon, jump on it, and then make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 05:31 PM - 18 comments

Pushing an Agenda on SportsFilter: "I don't like to come to SPORTSFILTER, to defend my religious or political views. It's not fun. We share a common thread here and it's sports." Longtime member Tselson has a beef with the high school baptism link.

posted by rcade to editorial policy at 09:18 AM - 50 comments

Puckathon Draft Day Complete! Fun Time Pontifications Here: It's was an intense Draft Day for the Spofie Puckathon V. Draft is now complete and the League seems wide open. Who managed to put together the winning squad. Opinions and miscellaneous rants welcomed! Rank the Squads gang. Thank's everyone!

posted by skydivedad to fantasy at 11:01 AM - 18 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 13: Big points this week break up our logjam. Which side of the river are you on? The only way to find out is to make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 12:08 PM - 22 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 12: Five Pick 'Em players are tied for second. Are you one of them? Find out as you make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 02:13 PM - 23 comments

EPL Fantasy 09-10: In which I sneak into the lead (for now).

posted by billsaysthis to fantasy at 12:44 PM - 22 comments

On Kim Clijsters, Marriage and Childbirth: The asswhip I'm getting on the front page gives me a good opportunity to make a point. There are a lot more people with strong opinions on front-page links than there are people who post front-page links.

posted by rcade to editorial policy at 04:58 PM - 22 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

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 11: A big shake-up at the top of our standings as the league returns to a four-game week. Shake up your dice and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 09:45 PM - 24 comments

Most Amazing Fantasy Hockey Opportunity Ever! SpoFi Puckathon V: Do to popular demand the Most Challenging of all Fantasy Hockey Leagues, SpoFi Puckathon is being reborn. This is a take no prisoners, it's all about winning Yahoo Rotisserie Scoring Format. No Gimmicks just straight up face the challenge of defeating SportsFilters Finest Fantasy Sport Players in the Sports Toughest format Roto Hockey! 20 Teams battle for the title. Winners Fly's the SpoFi Puckathon V Championship 2009 Banner!

No Rain Checks Accepted
Details Inside

posted by skydivedad to fantasy at 01:07 AM - 43 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

Comments with Profanity: There's no blanket rule against profanity on SportsFilter, but we've moderated the site to avoid becoming a community where people routinely use phrases like "piece of shit racist anti-fan fuckbag motherfuckers." Though you may be able to wield such a phrase with style, humor and panache, experience shows that most people who follow your lead will just be abusive dolts.

posted by rcade to editorial policy at 08:43 AM - 20 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 10: The bye weeks come to a merciful end. Sure, the games were OK, but nobody scored any points! We're back up to four games this week, so get out your multiplication tables and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 02:16 PM - 23 comments

Banhammer Requested: Sell you wares elsewhere. I blame owlhouse for this.

posted by yerfatma to bugs at 10:41 AM - 29 comments

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 9: The spreadsheet returns north (er, east?) of the border as your host returns from the wild. Apparently they didn't hold up the season for me, so you'd better get in here and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 03:08 PM - 23 comments

Down on the ground and spread 'em!: You have the right to play a pro football pickem. You have the right to join the SpoFi Gamblers. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?

posted by MrFrisby to fantasy at 03:20 PM - 18 comments

Sidelines: Little outdated perhaps?

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

If if looks like a sport, smells like a sport....: This past week we had this little gem of post degrade into the whole "is it or isn't a sport" conversation. I freely admit I was a part of it as were one of the sites admins. I was just wondering if we could get a ruling whether or not pro wrestling/sports entertainment post we welcomed.

posted by HATER 187 to editorial policy at 01:36 AM - 10 comments

Ashes 2009 Pointscore Final: Find out who wins inside!

posted by owlhouse to fantasy at 02:10 AM - 6 comments

Should SportsFilter Have a Daily Catch-All Link?: The Drudge Retort has a daily Nooner post that's an open thread for any discussion that doesn't belong in any of the existing stories. It has been a useful and popular feature. Should SportsFilter have something similar?

posted by rcade to editorial policy at 01:49 PM - 18 comments

Strap it on! Get some! Take a trip to the Hurt Locker! H2H Fantasy Football Awaits!: The 2009 SpoFi Head-to-Head Fantasy Football League beckons to you. Allow it to caress you with the silky cruelty that only fantasy football can generate. Wallow in it, love it, sign the hell up!

posted by The_Black_Hand to fantasy at 07:09 PM - 14 comments

EPL Fantasy 09-10: Week 1 Update. Curious. There were no draws in week 1.

posted by gspm to fantasy at 04:35 PM - 13 comments

CFL Pick 'em Week 8: A lot of points were scored and not just by the winning teams.

posted by apoch to fantasy at 03:08 PM - 26 comments