MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports The word “legend” is overused, and most of those who throw it around don’t seem to know what it actually means. The first and most basic definition of “legend” by Merriam-Webster is, “an old story that is widely believed but cannot be proved to be true” The great Leonard…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The Friday night DUI arrest in Pittsburgh that pretty much sealed the resignation and eventual retirement of Bob Huggins as West Virginia University men’s basketball coach is the sad end of a sorry episode. One of the game’s greatest coaches engaged in a variety of acts which stained his university,…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports So I pull into the Sheetz on Virginia Avenue the other day, the side entrance (or whatever entrance it is), and I see there are several people in line to the registers. What immediately catches my eye, though, is a gentleman’s blue ball cap with the white horseshoe on…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports For no particular reason other than I just do, I have always thought of Troy McKenzie, better known to most as Motley, or Mot, when I hear the song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” So it seemed fitting that on Monday morning when I learned of Motley’s passing…
Shocked, SHOCKED, to find gambling? MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports When last we met, we spoke of the PGA Tour and how it sold its soul and the game of golf to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Lovely people on both sides there … But speaking of tax-exempt, non-profit organizations, #NFLTheTVShowAndSportsBook is suddenly back…
PGA puts Saudis in the win column MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports I may not know much about golf, but I know a double-cross when I see one. Please. Spare me from ever again preaching about the integrity of golf, golf morality and code or how it teaches honesty, values and accountability. Not that it…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports Today is the last day of school around here, so here’s to Alice Cooper, right? Today is a day that will always ring true, for it is the last day of school and the first day of the rest of our lives. Or so it seemed until Labor Day.…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Baltimore Orioles debuted their City Connect uniforms, which are intended to pay tribute to the city’s many diverse neighborhoods. Based on the purpose of City Connect, I liked them, and even though the Orioles wore them just twice (Friday and Saturday), there are those…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports It was a big Memorial Day weekend for University of Maryland baseball, as the Terps blanked Iowa, 4-0, on Sunday to win the Big Ten Tournament championship to bookend with its regular-season title, and then on Monday were announced as a No. 2 seed in the Winston-Salem Regional of…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports These are exciting times for the Washington Commanders – new owner on the way, Super Bowl champion offensive coordinator in place and, best of all, the previous owner will soon be … the previous owner. Did we mention the Washington Commanders will soon have a new owner? We did,…
