Ravens-Steelers always worth the watch

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It is difficult to say how many truly must-see divisional rivalry games remain these days the way so many of them such as Cowboys-Redskins and Bears-Packers carried the defining years of the National Football League before it became a weekly television series known as #NFLTheTVShow. One of the remaining rivalries,…

What a long, strange trip it’s been

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Fort Hill’s 16-14 win over Mountain Ridge Saturday night in Annapolis made the Sentinels the Maryland 1A state football champion for the second year in a row and for the seventh time since 2013. That’s nine state football championships in all for the school, a remarkable feat in itself, particularly…

ACC-Big Ten: curtain falls; and it’s okay

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports You know, it’s been since 2014 when the University of Maryland left the Atlantic Coast Conference to keep its arse out of potential Chairman Yow-induced bankruptcy by becoming a member of the Big Ten Conference — eight going on nine years, though in some instances it seems like more. Don’t…

WVU makes the right call – for now

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Wren Baker is the new athletic director of West Virginia University and the reason he is coming to Morgantown to begin with will also be in place for at least another year, as WVU announced on Wednesday that embattled head football coach Neal Brown will return for the 2023 season.…

Good intentions of bad people

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…

For Maryland football, a very good year

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

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…

World Cup: This I know – I don’t know

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…

Dreary days, times before the dawn?

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…