Food Network, Unlikely Road Dogs For Us

by Kevin Burton    My recipe for relaxation on the road has changed, just a bit, in the last couple of years.     Time was, on the road with my wife, I would put a ball game on the hotel TV before the suitcase got unpacked.    Or even opened.    Football, baseball, basketball. I …

Adding Indiana Fever To My Sports Landscape

by Kevin Burton    I need to correct an error today, an egregious error.    Last month I wrote a post about my favorite sports teams in the various college and professional sports leagues (“My Shifting Sports Team Allegiances,” March 27).    Somehow I got all the way through that post without writing a single …

Texas Rangers Redeem Echoes Of The Senators

by Kevin Burton    Futility, barren and bleak as it gets, has been the hallmark of the Texas Rangers.    But Wednesday, with the Yankees and Dodgers on their couches at home, The Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 to finish off a four-games-to-one, World Series win.    World Series win. Texas Rangers?  Yes indeed, …

Hey Sports Nut, Could You Give Up ESPN?

by Kevin Burton     What was previously unthinkable, now I don’t even think about. I’m talking about a ravenous, red-blooded American sports fan giving up ESPN.     I did that, we did that, years ago.    This comes up because it is football season now, or close enough. The pre=season pro games have started. The …

“Grandpa Kev” Just Doesn’t Sound Right

by Kevin Burton    My wife drove like a grandma ever before she was one.    I said this to her in person long before I said it to you in print and I assured her it was no putdown. In fact I mean it as the highest of compliments.    What does a grandma …