MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports So approximately one minute before Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was about to hold his media session at the NFL owners meeting in Phoenix on Monday morning, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is a free agent, but not really (MLB players have a better union) because he is bound…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It’s so wonderful the birds have come back. I spent 10 minutes sitting in the car early last evening, watching an Oriole (an omen) reacquaint himself with the place. It doesn’t matter if we get two feet of snow at this point (well, yeah, it kind of does), it is…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Willis Reed, the Hall of Fame center of the New York Knicks from 1964 through 1974, died on Tuesday at age 80. And though I spent most of my Wonder Years in that time as a fan of the Baltimore Bullets, and not the hated Knicks (until Earl Monroe was…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Shohei Ohtani vs. Mike Trout for all the marbles — the best baseball player in the world vs. the best baseball player in the world to determine the outcome of the World Baseball Classic. Who comes up with this stuff? Every baseball fan in the world, that’s who, and this…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports What I have been able to watch, the World Baseball Classic has been very entertaining, highlighted by two thrilling victories down the stretch by the United States and Japan, who met in last night’s championship game, which, given I’m writing this yesterday afternoon, I don’t know who won. But I…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Maryland’s 73-51 loss to top-ranked and top-seeded Alabama late Saturday night was legit, because Alabama is very legit. But so, too, was Maryland’s 2022-23 season, as will be the seasons to come under head coach Kevin Willard. Saturday’s game would have certainly been a different game had Terps center Julian…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Watched the World Baseball Classic elimination game Wednesday night, which Puerto Rico won, 5-2, over the tournament favorite, the Dominican Republic, and, man, that’s baseball. So many talented players on both teams and so much passion for the game, not only amongst the players, but throughout the stands, as it…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports First of all, I am a big Lamar Jackson fan. I really hope he and the Baltimore Ravens can come to an agreement. But with that said, to paraphrase Ashley Wilkes, “Well, gentlemen, if Baltimore fights, I go with her.” This all could have been avoided so easily, well before…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports One year after missing the NCAA Tournament, the Maryland Terrapins return as the No. 8 seed of the South Region. And who else would they be playing but geographic neighbor West Virginia, which enters the tournament as the No. 9 seed in the South. The teams will meet Thursday in…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Call it what you will – a big gamble, a huge gamble or a game of chicken – and it would all seem to apply, as the Baltimore Ravens stunned much of the #NFLTheTVShow world on Tuesday by applying the nonexclusive franchise tag to Lamar Jackson to keep their quarterback…
