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| Member since: | January 23, 2002 |
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| Name: | Rogers Cadenhead |
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| Location: | Florida |
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rcade has posted 3,809 links and 14,505 comments to SportsFilter and 87 links and 689 comments to the Locker Room and 8 columns.
NFL Pickem Week 2: I Drafted A.J. Brown Edition: 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.
posted by rcade to football at 02:45 PM on September 17, 2026 - 15 comments
The Roger, Rafa and Djoker Era is Over: 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.
posted by rcade to tennis at 09:30 AM on September 14, 2026 - 0 comments
D.K. Metcalf Blows the Lid Off Antarctica: "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?"
posted by rcade to football at 09:59 AM on September 09, 2026 - 3 comments
SEC Threatens to Expel LSU: 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."
posted by rcade to football at 05:54 PM on September 08, 2026 - 3 comments
Enter the SportsFilter NFL Pickem: 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!
posted by rcade to football at 09:51 AM on September 08, 2026 - 12 comments
My picks for week 3:
Packers by 7 (lock)
I'm testing the ability to pick future weeks ahead of time.
posted by rcade at 02:58 PM on September 17, 2026
My picks:
Lions by 3
posted by rcade at 02:45 PM on September 17, 2026
I am rooting for Neal Brown and the Mean Green not Eric Morris and the Annoying Orange.
Cool to see Mestemaker and Hawkins knock off a big dog though.
posted by rcade at 12:11 PM on September 14, 2026
Barry Melrose was Mr. Hockey to me during the 1990s and 2000s before ESPN lost the sport. As big a voice in the NHL as Al Michaels in the NFL. I was going to say as big as John Madden but that's going too far.
For some reason I haven't watched studio segments as much since ESPN regained the sport. I watch the games but skip the rest.
posted by rcade at 12:55 PM on September 12, 2026
Revised picks:
Seahawks by 3
Jaguars by 10 (lock)
Chargers by 14 (lock)
The Colts are going to win at home against a Ravens team with a new coach. I think Baltimore will be a slow starter.
posted by rcade at 04:06 PM on September 09, 2026
My picks:
Seahawks by 7
Rams by 3
Bears by 3
Bengals by 7
Lions by 10 (lock)
Bills by 3
Colts by 3
Jaguars by 14 (lock)
Steelers by 3
Titans by 3
Chargers by 17 (lock)
Raiders by 7
Packers by 3
Eagles by 3
Cowboys by 3
Broncos by 3
Welcome back, NFL! I am counting the days until the Jaguars/Cowboys Super Bowl predicted by Pete Prisco of CBS.
posted by rcade at 10:04 AM on September 08, 2026
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Use this link to make your picks.
posted by rcade at 10:03 AM on September 08, 2026
All of the "did time expire?" controversies make me wish football games ended with one untimed down after the clock hit 0.
This is a bad time to suggest it because Michigan just got one anyway. But replays about the clock at a game's end always bog things down.
posted by rcade at 05:29 PM on September 07, 2026
I've been wondering if there's a free-agent signing strategy that could mitigate the catastrophic loss of five first-round picks. Ballmer isn't going to want to let the Clippers endure a 10-year run of futility.
posted by rcade at 10:05 AM on September 04, 2026
As a Stars fan I hate to see it. Unless it prevents a lot of future signings.
posted by rcade at 03:13 PM on September 01, 2026
The overall sale can still happen. What's in dispute is whether Jeanie's siblings are breaking an agreement by selling the combined Buss stake without her approval. She can't stay as team governor until 2030 if their stake falls below 15 percent.
What I don't know is what she gains. Four years as governor doesn't seem like a prize worth the fight.
posted by rcade at 01:10 PM on August 21, 2026
Infantino and everybody else with their fingerprints on this at FIFA needs to go.
The unanswered call to Trump to save his ass is just more proof that soccer needs to rid itself of these crooks.
posted by rcade at 06:11 PM on August 03, 2026
Would anyone mind if I set a maximum width of pages on here instead of letting them use the entire screen width. I do it on my personal blog. Ever since I got a five-year-old iMac in a University of Florida surplus auction and put Windows on it, my screen's insanely wide.
posted by rcade at 06:08 PM on August 03, 2026
I think Romo's broadcast career will survive this but he's a reckless idiot for getting behind the wheel after drinking.
Fantasy guru and longtime defense attorney Drew Davenport offered his analysis. His conclusion: "The case is like a law school exam. There are good arguments on both sides. If he's got no history it'll be pled down to something minor and will end up as nbd."
posted by rcade at 10:26 AM on August 02, 2026
NFL Pickem Week 2: I Drafted A.J. Brown Edition
Revised picks:
Panthers by 3
Ravens by 7 (lock)
Bears by 14 (lock)
Texans by 3
Patriots by 3
Packers by 3
Buccaneers by 14
Eagles by 10 (lock)
Jaguars by 3
Chargers by 7
Seahawks by 10 (lock)
Cowboys by 3
49ers by 14 (lock)
Chiefs by 7
Rams by 7
I want to lock a Jags win over the Broncos but won't go that far. I hope the Cowboys aren't the team we saw on Sunday night.