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Of Elon Musk and crooked fishermen

I wanted to look at some light-hearted or humorous story to start off this week’s Armchair Quarterback, and after scanning a list of AP stories, I thought I found it: Elon Musk will, after all, spend his agreed-upon price of $44 billion to buy Twitter. Geez, I don’t know if I’d pay ...

Pressure’s off for making any good picks in NFL games

Wow, you wouldn’t believe how easy it is to pick NFL games when you know you don’t have a clue. I don’t have a clue after a wondrous 6-10 picking week. You say that the planet Melmac will be playing the Australian club team Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya (I looked the name up, it’s ...

Defense counts just as much as offense in NFL, college football

DEFENSE! DEFENSE! Oops, sorry, I’m just trying to burn into my brain the one facet of the game that the Monday morning quarterbacks on TV seem to either forget or just try to avoid when talking about the strength of teams at the pro or collegiate level. Maybe this is why I have a ...