O’s keeping heads above water

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Considering the injuries that have swarmed them and considering they had losing months in July and August, the Baltimore Orioles are in pretty good shape today when you look at the American League standings. With 21 games to go in the regular season, the Birds open play tonight against Tampa…

Nick Markakis: Oriole forever

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Barry Bonds and the Pittsburgh Pirates weren’t the only ones to stage a homecoming reunion over the weekend, as Nick Markakis, too, returned to his original big-league home to join Terry Crowley and the late Dick Bowie as the Class of 2024 of the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame Saturday…

Once a Pirate, always a Pirate – now

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Everybody hates Barry Bonds, right? Don’t tell that to anybody in Pittsburgh anymore, unless you’re looking for a busted lip, because on Saturday the prodigal son was welcomed back with open arms to his original home as a major-league baseball player, as Bonds and his former manager and longtime friend…

Hail to the QB; for old times’ sake

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The Washington Commanders, formerly known as the Washington Redskins as well as the Washington Football Team (my personal favorite) have a long history of quarterbacks. The organization was long known for its quarterbacks, great quarterbacks, from 1937 through 1993 – Sammy Baugh, one of the greatest football players who ever…

Time still begins on August 15th

MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Yes, fall sports practice in the state of Maryland began yesterday, August 14th, while West Virginia high schools have been hard at work for over a week. For those of us who grew up during the Dark Ages, though, today is the day that remains the red-letter day, because, regardless…