by Kevin Burton I was distraught, or as we say in the biz, tilted. Spoiler alert: Colby Parkinson saved me. And so, in the aftermath the end of the fantasy football season, I am contented, with three championships to show for my efforts (out of eight leagues), having played “Celebration” by Kool …
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A Very Thin Slice Of Fantasy Victory Cake
by Kevin Burton One, point, zero, four. That’s all. Late Monday I got a sixth team (out of eight) into the fantasy football playoffs by a margin of 1.04 fantasy points. But I didn’t win a game by that margin, I won a season, or at least made the playoffs, by that …
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Fantasy Playoffs: Happiness Is A Warm Kicker
by Kevin Burton The beginning of week 14 of fantasy football saw me in a (rare) good mood. I love it when a plan works out! Most of the fantasy world pays scant attention to kickers. In fact, some leagues have eliminated kickers from their scoring. This must be a macho thing. Kickers …
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Rise Of The Road Dogs, A Perseverance Tale
by Kevin Burton I was so sure it was going to happen, I had the headline written: “Bad Dogs! Cellar Dwelling Fantasy Team.” That was two weeks ago. My K&J Road Dogs, in 9th place at 2-4, were playing the last place team, which was 1-5. If The Dogs lost, the teams would …
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Fantasy Despair And The Voice Of Reason
by Kevin Burton So despondent was I last week, that I jumped off a ledge. How fortunate for me, it was only a virtual ledge. And to be more specific, it was a fantasy ledge. I drafted eight fantasy football teams this year – two more than ever before – and only …
Quibbles And Bits: Cats, Beatles, Fantasy
by Kevin Burton Our younger cat Lakin is a great leaper, has a good set of lungs and is eager to communicate. And she’s wild about exercise. I should be so wild about exercise. You share your living space with two cats, you find out a few things. Like on a …
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Glory In My Accidental Hockey Championship
by Kevin Burton I am …the KING…of fantasy hockey. This was confirmed Saturday, though I never had a doubt. Genius? Well I’m not going there. Some will say yes, others no. But this is something many will want to emulate, for sure. I’m not trying to make other players feel bad, or …
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This Super Bowl Was Truly A Super Bore
by Kevin Burton How fitting that my story about Super Bowl LIX (59) begins with a tale of excessive sleeping. On the Saturday before Super Sunday I was supposed to go to a local butcher shop and get some ribs that would serve as the centerpiece of a super feast. Incredibly, I slept …
Chiefs Haters, Have Some Wings, Get A Life
by Kevin Burton Here’s my super-cordial, Super Sunday invitation, going out to all you Chiefs hates out there. You are invited to take all that refs-and-Chiefs bellyaching, and put it in a place where the sun doesn’t shine, namely the Louisiana Super Dome, venue for tonight’s Super Bowl LIX (59)! You thought …
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Quibbles And Bits: Outlaw Z, Forgiveness
by Kevin Burton Come and get it kids, quibble and bits, short takes, follow-ups from recent posts, bits of news….. A day or two after I wrote about the letter Z and its two pronunciations (zed and zee), Meriam-Webster made “zeitgeist” its word of the day. The dictionary says zeitgeist is “the …
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