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 …
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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 …
So Long McCaffrey, Thanks For Nothing
by Kevin Burton For the briefest of moments, I thought, “Breece Hall.” I had just been blessed with the first pick in my sixth and last fantasy football draft for 2024. The Yahoo draft mechanism at first flashed “8th” for my draft order, then inexplicably changed to “1st.” Never seen that happen …
She Did The Mocking, I Did The Drafting
by Kevin Burton In business, you have to give a report to the CEO from time to time, so she knows what’s going on. It’s called being accountable. And this is serious business. So it was Thursday that the CEO of the Burtons’ fantasy football company paid a visit to the Mock …
Words We Got From Characters In Books
by Kevin Burton I don’t regret having read the backs of so many baseball cards so much as a youth, but I do wish I had mixed in a few more of the better works of literature. Today we get some of what I missed out on, from a list compiled by Merriam-Webster …
How Many Fantasy Teams Are Too Many?
by Kevin Burton If having one fantasy football team is great fun (which it is), wouldn’t having more than one team be even more fun? That is the question I asked last year, in my second year as a fantasy manager. I answered it in the affirmative. Yes indeed, great big ridiculous fun! …
Cats’ Fantasy Football Team Is Not Half Bad
by Kevin Burton People won’t understand, they won’t even try. People will laugh. Let them. A promise is a promise. My girls look to me and I try not to let them down. They seek my attention, and since they are cats, they are not exceptionally good at verbalizing this. If they …
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NFL Football In June Is Just A Fantasy
by Kevin Burton I’m not laughing at you, I’m laughing with you. Have you ever told that lie? Also, what happens when your so-called “seasonal obsession” shows up out of season? Can a true obsession ever be limited to one season? Spoiler alert, I do not have definitive answers to these questions. …
NFL Week: A Fantasy Win, A Bengals Win
by Kevin Burton It’s Sunday and the now-hated Cleveland Browns are about to increase their lead over Kansas City. They call a running play and there is a bit of a scrum near the goal line. My three-word thought: “get in there!” Why would I do a thing like that, root for …
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