MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports We come not to bury Maryland football, nor to praise it. The good, the bad and the so-so a team does in the biggest spotlight lives after it and shows up later in the season when bowl invitations are on the line. The Terps squandered a stellar performance by their…
Forget the future, O’s can have the now MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Seven years ago last Wednesday, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion belted a walk-off three-run homer off the most unlikely 11th-inning reliever, Ubaldo Jimenez, to give the Blue Jays a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Wild-Card game.…
Ravens-Steelers: Always something MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The one and only Jerry Glanville once said that NFL stands for Not for Long, and no matter how you cut it, no matter who is involved, nothing stands for very long anymore, particularly in this day’s version of #NFLTheTVShow. It’s no longer a matter of years…
Baseball is every day; baseball is forever MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Yesterday was the final day of the baseball season. The playoffs begin this week, and for the better part of the next month they’ll provide us with far different theater. Yet though there is a thick sense of excitement surrounding the Baltimore Orioles…
“Everyone thinks Brooks Robinson is the greatest.” — Tom Hanks character, Sleepless in Seattle MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It’s as sad as I knew it would be and I have cried as much as I knew I would. And I am not alone. I am a 64-year-old man, the last living member of my…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Coming off their crisp win over the Bengals in Cincinnati, it appeared the Baltimore Ravens were finally ready to take flight. Instead, as has been the recent history of this team when it approaches a corner everybody feels it is ready to turn, the Ravens couldn’t stay out of their…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It’s still difficult to comprehend that Mark Manges has died. I understand we all die. But Mark Manges? I’m aware of all he was battling. I certainly can’t imagine it, but I was aware of it. The thought just didn’t enter my mind, though my heart and prayers were always…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports At no time have I watched three straight Colorado University football games as I have now done, including when our friend Steve Trimble was on the coaching staff. Truth is, Colorado football games have rarely been as available in the East as they are now, and we all understand…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Late Friday night, a lot of Baltimore Orioles fans, particularly trolls on social media, were ready to open a vein … and to take somebody with them. I felt like I was watching AMC on a Sunday night before the WGA strike. Bleh! Late Sunday afternoon, those same Orioles fans,…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports Apparently, New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson was hit in the head by a thrown water bottle as he left the field Monday night after replacing the injured Aaron Rodgers and helping the Jets beat the Buffalo Bills in overtime, which prompted his mother to take to social media…
