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- A week gone bad to worse for WVU March 19, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports One and done. Darian DeVries is going from one program, West Virginia, that got hosed by the NCAA to another program, Indiana, that got hosed by the NCAA as well. Real bad week for West Virginia basketball. What are the odds you would have told a West Virginia fan just…cheyenne
- Because John Feinstein insisted on it March 17, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports From the time I can remember, the Washington Post and the New York Times were in our Cumberland, Maryland home. Every Sunday morning after church our mother would pick them up at Keech’s Pharmacy. Then when my brother and I were old enough to drive, it became our responsibility to…cheyenne
- Ides of March, or Maryland Madness? March 14, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Historically, this hasn’t been the kindest of times for Maryland basketball, as the Terps open play today, 6:30 p.m., as the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against No. 7 Illinois. Maryland has won just three of these conference tournaments in its 102-year basketball history, four if…cheyenne
- Elbow histories created, then repeat themselves March 12, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The New York Yankees will be without their ace Gerrit Cole for the entire 2025 season, as the righthander was scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery yesterday in Los Angeles. It marked the second consecutive spring with an injury issue for Cole, who was sidelined last March by right elbow…cheyenne
- The ACIT itch lives on March 10, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports This is the second year of no Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament, which in itself still seems surreal. Yet despite understanding the reality of it, for the last three weeks, some of us have found ourselves instinctively following the script from the previous half century – checking the social media feeds…cheyenne
- Alco, sportswriters had a friend in Donnie Gibson March 6, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports On a late Tuesday or Friday night, or whatever the night might be, when we were on deadline in the Cumberland Times-News sports department trying to get our stories filed, it initially seemed that Donnie Gibson was always calling us at the worst possible time, when, in reality, he was…cheyenne
- More to MASN split than meets the eye March 5, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports On Monday, Major League Baseball announced the resolution of “all issues related” to the long-running dispute between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals concerning their television rights. This season will be the final one for Nationals games to be broadcast on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), freeing the team…cheyenne
- Terps, WVU take care of business, who knows? March 3, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The bright lights were on Wednesday night and Maryland squinted like a frightened bat in front of a home sellout crowd and a national television audience. Then on Saturday afternoon, the Terps called gutcheck and averted catastrophe with an ugly win in a half-empty gym they hadn’t won in in…cheyenne
- Forget the blue, WVU is gold, Jerry (West)! February 27, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports According to every NCAA Tournament analytic and every shred of information from a certified (?) bracketologist that could be found in a couple hours of searching, West Virginia currently has a 74% chance of making the Madness with an at-large bid, and is currently projected by those who do such…cheyenne
- Don’t let the door hit you on your worldwide … February 26, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports ESPN and Major League Baseball drew a line in the sand, and both proceeded to cross it. After MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred warned that baseball would walk away if ESPN opted out of its $550 million annual deal to air baseball, ESPN proceeded to do just that, opting out of…cheyenne