I had the misfortune of covering the National Football League draft a half-dozen times, minimum, in my 31 years at The Sun. Probably more like 10, 12 times. For some of these drafts, I was the Rams beat writer. For most of them, we had two teams in town. In theory, I was really, really […]

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Not that I’m losing touch with the National Football League, or anything, but until about 30 seconds ago I thought both Jake Long and Chris Long were sons of Howie Long, the former Raiders tackle — and NFL Hall of Famer as well as TV analyst. Then, because I used to be a professional journalist, […]

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Who da man? I da man, that’s who! I brought the advanced level of “Minesweeper” to its knees just now. A total beatdown. And it took me only 160 attempts. Take that, you … mines! Consider yourself completely and utterly swept. Break out the brooms! I didn’t quite do a victory dance when I finally […]

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