Ravens-Steelers: Always something

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

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…

There’s never been one like Mark Manges

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…

Fans want to be the glory; they’re not

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…

Just when you know the O’s are dead …

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,…

Yes, player safety; for the World Cup?

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…

When it rains it pours; ask New York

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports­­ Thankfully for New York sports fans there was one of the most exciting and entertaining U.S. Opens in recent history to keep them awake. Not much else sports-wise, though, has gone well for the City that Never Sleeps, beginning in late March when the Mets’ lights-out closer Edwin Diaz injured…

Two of three: Not bad, but not so good

MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports The Baltimore Ravens opened their season with a 25-9 win over the Houston Texans in front of a loud and boisterous sellout crowd at M&T Bank Stadium. The Orioles were in Boston and in the process of losing their three-game series-finale to the Red Sox (hey, can’t win ‘em…