If you're like me, you like sports, but because their are so many games, you need a schedule. Well, this is just great but when it comes to iCal's calendar format, hardly anyone uses it (Apple's iCal Library page lists all of two sports teams).
So, I decided to code an AppleScript importer, which basically takes a Microsoft Outlook calendar and creates an iCal calendar file from it. Now, the importer was coded to work with what seemed to be an Excel formatted file (.cvs), but when it was downloaded, Safari appended a .txt to its name. Here's the downloadable schedule, in Microsoft Outlook format, that I used to develop the converter: Sixers schedule.
The importer may work with other formats, but I doubt it. Since I don't have Microsoft Outlook, I don't know if other formats are available. If there are, let me know by linking/emailing me the other-format calendar, so I can add proper support for it.
The first step is, of course, to download the application (27KB), unzip it, and store it somewhere. After that, to use the converter, just do this:
Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20051117063835839