MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports The Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals meet Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington for the resumption of the so-called Beltway Series, which I’ve never understood since both Baltimore and Washington have their own beltways. I always believed if this series should be called anything other than necessary it should…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Allegany College of Maryland announced this week that the campus baseball field, affectionately known as The Rock, will formally, officially and forever be named Steve Bazarnic Field on Sunday, April 23. And it’s about time. Though, in fairness, I understand Steve Bazarnic is not the easiest person in the world…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports There is at least one thing the University of Maryland and West Virginia University have in common and agree upon — everybody loves Billy Hahn. That is something everyone inside and outside the basketball world agrees upon. Billy Hahn just had that little something extra. He died last Friday at…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Radio Corporation Sports The Dick Sterne Memorial Dapper Dan Sports Banquet is Sunday, April 16, 4 p.m., at the Ali Ghan Shrine Club. That’s correct: The Dapper Dan Club of Allegany County has hosted this event for some 75 years, and this is the first year it will be named for somebody.…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The orange scarf was in place, draped around the neck and shoulders of the Brooks Robinson statue on the square of Washington Boulevard and Russell Street, which means just one thing: It was Opening Day in Baltimore. The square was packed with thousands of fans decked out in their black…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The saddest words in the King’s English have long been “No game today,” particularly when they are used in late October or early November soon after the World Series has been completed. Still, even though this is the just the first week of April, the words are out, at least…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Having taken in the first three games of the Baltimore Orioles season, what stood out the most here, other than Ryan McKenna’s iron glove, were the rules changes that have gone into effect this season. With the pitch clock and the pickoff limits, the games move at a far crisper…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Funny thing, I had been building my Sunday evening around watching the NCAA women’s Division I national championship basketball game, but much to my surprise, the game was played on Sunday afternoon beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern, which would have been 2:30 p.m. in Dallas, the site of this year’s…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The Maryland women’s basketball team concluded one of the strongest seasons in its history and, perhaps, the most impressive season in the career of head coach Brenda Frese Monday night, even though they lost, 86-75, to undefeated, top-seeded and defending national champion South Carolina in the South Region final in…
“I think there are only three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music and baseball. They’re the three most beautifully designed things this culture has ever produced.” — Gerald Early MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports I believe it was John Fogerty who…
