A brief update. We have moved the server over to a bigger, better machine, and hopefully the slowdowns and time outs that sporcle.com has experienced the last few days will be a thing of the past.
We apologize to those that were affected by the short down time.
Well, the 2007 NBA Playoffs finished last night, with the amazingly exciting San Antonio Spurs beating the Cleveland LeBrons in 4 straight games. Maybe the Cavaliers GM will go out and get some other basketball players to surround King James. There’s nothing quite so much fun as watching 4 guys stand around and wait for LeBron to make something happen. It’s almost as much fun as watching him pass it to them, only to have them do something crazy and screw it up.
Check out this brilliant maneuver from Varejao (otherwise known as Sideshow Bob) from game 3:
Over at the sporcle.com NBA Playoff predictions, only 7% of users picked the Spurs to win it all. Congratulations to Alec Bradbury, who not only correctly picked the Spurs to win it all, but also correctly picked the Warriors to beat the Mavericks in the first round. Having only missed 5 playoff matchups, he beat out 80+ other prognosticators to become the sporcle.com 2007 NBA playoff winner. Better luck next year for the 42% of us who thought Dirk Nowitzki might bring his magic to the playoffs.
Your team not make the playoffs this year? Maybe the draft will get them the next Tim Duncan. Or maybe they’ll draft the next Michael Olowokandi. Ya just never know, but head over to the 2007 NBA Draft picking page, and make your predictions. Lots of mock draft sites try to predict what will happen. Now it’s your chance.
Well, the NBA draft is about 3 weeks away, which will give you plenty of time to make your predictions for the draft order for this year’s class, and then change it 20 times before Portland’s first pick on June 28th. Go make your picks now.
When picking, be wary of mock drafts you see out on the internet, as one can never quite comprehend the actions of an NBA GM when they’re on the clock. You’d think with all the time they have to prepare, scout, plan, they wouldn’t make such consistently boneheaded choices. Remember, Atlanta and Philadelphia have picks in the top 20, so, expect something crazy there. Check out Docsports for the 10 potential 2007 draft busts. Yes Noah, we’re looking at you.
Good luck to all.
The NBA season has finished, and between now and Saturday afternoon (April 21, 2007), you can come and make your NBA Playoff predictions. Will the Mavericks complete their dominant season with a NBA Championship, or will one of those other teams from the East win it all? You make the call, then invite your friends to show them you’re right.
Also, you can see what the prevailing opinion of all sporcle users is on the NBA playoff page.
As always, if you any comments or suggestions, please either post them here or use the feedback page.
The NHL playoffs have begun. If you look at each person’s picks on the group page, you’ll notice their pick, as well as the current status of that series. When the series is over, each winning/losing team will be highlighted green or red based on whether the pick was right or wrong. Also working on doing a ‘temporary score’ for each round, which will update the scores as if the series leader had won. That way you can see who’s doing best based on the current series status.
As usual, if you have any suggestions or comments, please either comment here or use the feedback page.
The NHL Playoffs are set, the conference rankings are as follows:
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Eastern Conference 1 Buffalo Sabres 2 New Jersey Devils 3 Atlanta Thrashers 4 Ottawa Senators 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 6 New York Rangers 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 8 New York Islanders |
Western Conference 1 Detroit Red Wings 2 Anaheim Ducks 3 Vancouver Canucks 4 Nashville Predators 5 San Jose Sharks 6 Dallas Stars 7 Minnesota Wild 8 Calgary Flames |
The playoffs start on wednesday, so between now and then, you can come to sporcle.com to make your predictions for the race for the Stanley Cup. You can then invite all your hockey loving friends and smack talk your way to the top.
We’ve added a new ‘Pundit’s Group‘ for the MLB picks, so you can easily compare yourself against the typists and chatters around the TV, print and web. You’ll find a link to the pundit group on the Group page. Also, if you are a registered user of sporcle.com, you’ll be able to add smack talk to the pundit group, to discuss and/or skewer the picks of all those people you read and see on TV.
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Sports Illustrated: Here’s a rundown of the picks of some of their columnists. Seems to be a lot more Yankees love over at SI than there is at ESPN.
CBS Sportsline: A very pretty team icon based prediction table from the baseball folk over at CBS Sportline.
Well, Opening Day 2007 is finally here. Isn’t it a little odd that opening day in baseball only has one game? I guess the idea is to create a pomp and circumstance situation for the one game, and I realize it’s meant to be a special matchup, but has baseball really started if only 2 teams are playing? I personally believe baseball doesn’t start until tomorrow when we really get to see the tar hit the pine.
As for sporcle.com, we’ve decided to extend the time for people to make their 2007 MLB predictions out a week. We figure not much happens the first week, and with 162 games and all, it’s unlikely that there will much to learn in the first games that you didn’t already know from cactus and grapefruit ball. So, full points can still be gotten by picking until next sunday, April 8th. Feel free to make changes, and make sure you invite any of your baseball friends you can’t wait to prove wrong (or right?).
As always, comment either here or at the feedback form.
Well, the day is finally here. Sporcle is now open for making picks. We are just in beta, so the only sport season at this point that you can pick for is the Major League Baseball 2007 season. There isn’t too much yet, just simple picking, group management, and a group message board. We’ll be adding some more social networking features and sports seasons soon, so check back! The NBA and NHL playoff seasons are right around the corner, and you can be sure we’ll have those picks for you.
Go make your picks now. We would love to hear your comments…either here or at the feedback page.
All the pieces are falling into place, and the launch date is just a few days away. We’ll announce the launch here, when it happens. Stay tuned.
