MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Former Fort Hill High and University of Maryland great Ty Johnson signed a one-year contract on Monday with the Buffalo Bills The sixth-round pick in 2019, Johnson had re-signed with the New York Jets in March, of course, after playing in all 17 games the previous season, but tore his…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports Stanford, California and SMU are trying to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, with Stanford reportedly willing to join at no cost for the first several years. The ACC has taken multiple votes on the matter over the past week but no progress has been made toward flipping the one…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Based on nothing but the eye test and feel of watching baseball every day since late March, it’s clear the Baltimore Orioles are one of the best teams in the major leagues. Truthfully, they have been since Adley Rutschman arrived as the rookie catcher, as their overall record since is…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Monday night during the MASN broadcast of the Orioles-Padres game, paroled Angelosian prisoner Kevin Brown made a comment along the lines of since the NFL Chargers had left San Diego for Los Angeles the self-proclaimed America’s Finest City (which it may be) had become a Padres town. Given the other…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports For many of us, the true beauty of baseball is that in any game you attend or watch you are likely to see something you’ve never seen happen before no matter how much baseball you’ve watched in your life. Sunday afternoon presented a great opportunity for that for both…
Allegany Communications Sports Yesterday we discussed the annual advent of fall high school sports practices in Maryland and West Virginia and we mentioned a loyal group of folks affectionately known as railbirds, fence-leaners, alumni and fans who are as much a part of summer football practice as summer football practice. The beginning of summer practice…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports Yes, fall high school sports practices in the state of Maryland have begun. My newsman’s instinct told me this on Wednesday when I saw the Fort Hill football team practicing. Hey, I’ve still got it. West Virginia schools have already been practicing. August 1st, is that still right? I…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports For close to 30 years, it’s been said here that the mission statement of any business or operation owned by Peter G. Angelos is, “It doesn’t matter who gets the credit as long as it’s me.” Since October 4, 1993 when the Baltimore Orioles were sold to Angelos’ group for…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports According to Jim Williams, the Pac-12, or the pack of 4, will talk with the ACC about a merger, the ACC legal team feeling the additions of Stanford, California, Oregon State and Washington State could open the door for a better TV deal with ESPN. Hey, if the Big…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Thirteen years ago, the Pac-12 Conference had the richest media deal in college athletics and very nearly became the first 16-school conference made up of a variety of marquee programs. Today it is left with four schools and is on the brink of elimination. No college athletic conference as we’ve…
