When your rival has your number

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The Baltimore Ravens so have the Pittsburgh Steelers in their head (not to mention the Kansas City Chiefs). Why else would a group of veterans who have rarely beaten the Steelers as Ravens themselves tell first-year Ravens players, “You’re not a Raven until you beat the Steelers?” When it was…

A tree not growing in College Park

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Money doesn’t grow on trees. It grows on empty seats at SECU Stadium when they’re not empty, which makes the latest “Locksley must go!” outrage from Maryland football fans worth taking with a grain of salt. Don’t misunderstand, those who are occupying the seats each Saturday in SECU, and those…

Bad moon has risen … Where did you say?

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The West Virginia Secondary Schools Athletic Commission, better known as the WVSSAC or, even better, the SSAC, has become a mini-series. And among the so many immortal words of the late great Spencer, West Virginia native, Charles E. Lattimer, “It’s a (goshdarn) mystery.” Through over 35 years as a sportswriter…