Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, Jumping The Shark

by Kevin Burton    America, do we hate the Chiefs yet?     On second thought, let me extend the question to the rest of the world, since the NFL plays games in London, Mexico City and Frankfurt, Germany. World, have we had enough?    It seems as usual I am behind the times, late to …

SI: North Carolina’s NIT Decision Was Lame

by Kevin Burton    North Carolina head basketball coach Hubert Davis, hurting after his team coughed up a 16-point lead and the NCAA tournament final to Kansas last April, nevertheless had gracious words for his players.    “I can’t be more proud of the group that I just coached this year,” Davis said in a …

Win Some, Lose Some, Split The Rest

by Kevin Burton    Memories aren’t what they used to be, but I’m good with it.    For some reason one of the headlines on a story in Sports Illustrated has stayed with me down through the years. I used it above: “Win Some, Lose Some, Split The Rest.”    My memory said that headline …

A Victory For Family, Canada, The Expos

by Kevin Burton    Game one of the sibling rivalry baseball series went to yours truly last week.  It was the moves I didn’t make that saved me.    Life is like that sometimes.    I mentioned earlier on Page 7 that my brother Steve and I are playing a best-of-five baseball series using a …

Taking The Helm Of Expos Baseball

by Kevin Burton     Growing up, if you had a sibling, you had a sibling rivalry.     There are a lot of variables here, closeness of ages, gender, talents, interests.  But even if it was just competition for the attention/approval of mom and dad, chances are you had a little something simmering at all times, …