Okay, so being from New Jersey, I grew up a Giants fan. Now that I’m moving back, I’m really really excited to be able to see Big Blue live in person again. But keeping tabs on the schedule was always annoying.
So, I was trolling giants.com the other day and came across their “Download the schedule into Outlook” feature. A few clicks later, and I had a .csv file of the schedule. I thought it was a shame, though, that they only had a .csv file to download into Outlook. I mean, who uses Outlook anymore?!
Alas, once I had some free time, I was able to slap together a PHP wrapper for their .csv file to generate an .ics feed that one can subscribe to:
- Launch the iCalendar application of your choice (mine’s iCal)
- Subscribe to a new calendar with http://robmaurizi.com/extra/giants_schedule.php as the URL
- Enjoy your updating 2006 regular season schedule*
* … Their .csv file is just for the regular season. I’m not sure if they’ll update it with playoffs, and there’s also this note on each team’s schedule page about the NFL’s flex-scheduling thing in which case some games might move around later in the season. Not sure if this will be reflected in the .csv. If I had to make a bet, it won’t, but who knows?