MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Sitting in a public house last Sunday not long after church, while watching the Baltimore Ravens gag against sorry Jacksonville, we heard a big cheer and applause from a fellow at the other end of the bar watching another game. Fort Hill High’s Ty Johnson had just scored on a…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It was a mixed bag for the fans here in 2 Hours from Everywhere and for two of the three teams in our 2-Hour Drive Conference (2HDC), #NFLTheTVShow version, that played on Sunday. The Washington Commanders continued to steal the show with another gritty victory, 19-13, over the Atlanta Falcons in…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The bottom line is Maryland football finished the regular season 7-5, a record any Terps supporter would have gladly taken at the beginning of this season, meaning, despite all of our travails along the way, it has been a very good season. It is the first seven-win regular season at…
Turkey Day is best as a home game MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. We have so much to be thankful for. Those of us who are truly blessed have a big day planned with the family today, right? Waiting for that big bird to be served up so it…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports “So, Garrett,” I say to the bartender on Monday, “did you watch the World Cup today?” “Some of it,” Garrett said. “I had it on. Did we end up winning?” “No,” I say. “We tied.” “You mean a draw.” “Okay, a draw,” I say. After Garrett proceeded to unleash an…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports One week after a potential ray of light rose from the play of redshirt-sophomore quarterback Garrett Greene and a glimmer of hope existed with two games remaining after West Virginia’s first Big 12 win over Oklahoma, it was pretty much over before last Saturday’s final home game of the season…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Nobody is looking for a moral victory, but the truth is the Maryland football Terrapins went toe-to-toe with the best college football team in the country not named Georgia on Saturday afternoon before falling to No. 2 Ohio State, 43-30, at Maryland Stadium. If you saw the game you know…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Maryland basketball may be facing a learning curve this season and through some of next until all of the great players first-year head coach Kevin Willard has recruited get there and feel immediately at home. Sans the learning curve, that is the intention of the first-year Maryland coach since those…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Let’s talk some West Virginia University football today and the best of times for beleaguered head coach Neal Brown, and now his most ominous times. The Mountaineers delivered the biggest win in Brown’s four years at WVU, 23-20, over Oklahoma on Saturday, yet one day later the feel-good would vanish…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports All in all, a very good week for the fans here in 2 Hours from Everywhere and the three teams in our 2-Hour Drive Conference (2HDC), #NFLTheTVShow version. The Baltimore Ravens did not play and, thus, did not lose. The Pittsburgh Steelers came off their bye week and brought outside linebacker…
