Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton When Puka Nacua of the Rams burst onto the scene last year as a rookie sensation, I was asleep at the wheel, as a fantasy football manager. I didn’t bid for him on waivers even once. Don’t know why. This year the world was hip to the wide receiver, …
Continue reading “Daniels And Nacua, Thanks For The Memories”
by Kevin Burton My mother doesn’t know anything about fantasy football, but she knows a lot about perseverance. Both truths were evident Monday night. I was watching Monday Night Football when she called, and she was still on the line with me when the game ended. To set the scene: …
by Kevin Burton My wife Jeannette got the news late: the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl champions! She got the news late because she left the game in the second quarter and headed to bed. Her work starts very early and so bedtime comes early too, Super Bowl or not. She …
Continue reading “Sweet Dreams And Super Bowl Victory For KC”
by Kevin Burton Two takeaways from Sunday’s Chiefs-Bengals AFC Championship game, one a smirking aside, the other more lasting. To set up the first one, I remember when the late great John Madden had just left his brilliant career as Oakland Raiders coach and just begun what would prove to be a brilliant …
Continue reading “Note To Bengals And Self: Don’t Lose Stupid”
My father used to say that NFL games were fixed. Then and now I scoff at that, but sometimes I wonder. Like Sunday, when Buffalo was so passive and so awful in a blowout 27-10 loss to Cincinnati. Maybe this is just me needing to adjust my expectations for teams as they coalesce …
by Kevin Burton My two favorite college football teams, Ohio State and Kansas State, have had very good seasons and are set up for prominent bowl games. That’s the good news. The bad news is they are both cruising for a bruising perhaps, facing SEC powers Georgia and Alabama respectively. Best …
by Kevin Burton This was all set. I had this story written in my head by the second quarter. Maybe Kansas City did too? By now you know my Bengals shocked Kansas City 27-24 in overtime to win the AFC Championship game and go to the Super Bowl. That means my team is …
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