MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports This time it was sealed with a fortuitous doink shot off the right upright that dropped over the crossbar with no time left for a 37-yard field goal by Zane Gonzalez, giving the Washington Commanders a 23-20 road victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And with it, the Commanders take…
Story received from writer Todd Helmick THE ORIGIN OF INELIGIBILITY If you live in Cumberland and are not in the loop of high school football happenings you are one of few. This community has always loved its high school football. Whether a sports fan or not, this fall opened the door for something…
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MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports A lot of us here are Baltimore Ravens fans; but all of us here are Ty Johnson fans, and it is a beautiful thing. Where were you on Sunday when Ty Johnson made The Catch? And if you go anywhere on social media you’ll understand it to be the current-moment…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Nearly two months ago, the headline here read, “When your rival has your number.” Somebody tell the Pittsburgh Steelers to check their speed dial. They’ve lost the Baltimore Ravens’ number. Since beating the Ravens, 18-16, despite not scoring a touchdown on November 17, the Steelers went 2-6 and lost four…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports As of Thursday evening, the Baltimore Ravens were a 9.5 to 10-point favorite over the Pittsburgh Steelers for Saturday night’s wildcard playoff game, which many of us find to be ridiculous. Yes, it’s understood that those big, beautiful buildings in Las Vegas did not rise from stupidity. It is also…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports When the new sheriff came to town, namely the ownership group of Josh Harris, Washington Commanders fans expected improvement if for no other reason than no ownership group could be worse than what the franchise had been saddled with for the previous 24 years. There is one thing Daniel Snyder…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports With the close of the regular season and with the latest NFL Sweeps Season, otherwise known as the postseason, upon us, a lot of things are up in the air after we watched most of the meaningless games the cable company made available to us on the final Sunday of…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Happy New Year! The holidays are but a memory for another year, the dead of winter has begun to reach out and is scheduled to really start slapping us around this weekend. So do yourself a favor: Get to the market early, load up on the toilet paper, bread and…