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“The draft itself hasn’t quite become an event on par with the Super Bowl, but it’s growing. What was once administrative on-boarding at its most mundane has turned into NFL Coachella — though I doubt the desert music festival would ever be so bold as to schedule its biggest act on the first night.”
— NFL draft like a spectacular county fair for the football-obsessed
“For one generation, Matthau was Oscar Madison. For another, he was Morris Buttermaker. For yet another, he was a Grumpy Old Man. One thing was always the same. That face.”
— Instant Replay: Hopscotch