I have some thoughts regarding here, there and yonder.

Every NFL team that needs a quarterback better have a reliable backup, too. Quarterbacks who run are popular. Defenders who want to clobber them are, too.

The only quarterback I’ve ever seen who was more physical than the men trying to tackle him was washed up at 30. His name is Cam Newton.

If a starting pitcher can’t go more than six innings a game, his market value diminishes, or it should.

I love watching Kevin Durant play basketball. And Stephen Curry and Ja Morant and Kawhi Leonard and, of course, LeBron James. I’ve paid more attention to the NBA playoffs than the last 10 years combined. A college team, Furman, is responsible.

Draymond Green is a player who is great for a good team but would be destructive for a bad one. Can you imagine Green playing for the Hornets? He’d be more out of control than he already is.

Too many rules in sport are devised to make the game easier to officiate rather than to make the game better.

Speeded-up baseball? I’m good with it. I’d love it anyway, though.

Basketball is soooo much better in the playoffs. Defense is twice as good. I understand. An 82-game season is taxing. It’s just about making the postseason; then we find out what a team’s got. Take the Lakers … please. They had to win a play-in. Now, if they don’t advance to at least the semifinals, it’s a disaster.

On account of money-saving measures, for the first time in about 20 years, I do not watch the Red Sox on TV, oh, 4-5 nights a week. This has cleared up all kinds of TV time, which has much to do with why I’ve become addicted to the NBA playoffs. Of course, in the off chance that the Sox are competitive, I may have to come up with some bucks.

You, of course, can aid this latter-days bid for personal prosperity by buying one or both of my current novels, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and The Latter Days. If you read them back-to-back, you’ll feel as if you’re reading separate authors.