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- Play calling that would rile Honest Abe December 1, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports In late 1862 during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was so enraged by General George B. McClellan’s inactivity, despite superiority in numbers over the Confederate forces, that he wrote McClellan a letter consisting of a single sentence: “If you don’t want to use the army, I should like to…cheyenne
- Turkey Day Game? No, thanks November 26, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Tomorrow, of course, is Thanksgiving, which used to mean something else around here from 1936 through 1973, as the Allegany and Fort Hill football teams, with the exception of 1944-46, met once a season and that was on Thanksgiving in the annual Turkey Day Game. Since the Maryland Public Secondary…cheyenne
- Who knew? The Ravens are in first place November 24, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Kudos to the Baltimore Ravens. After gagging a couple of winnable games to start the season, after being nearly decimated by injuries, including to the meal ticket, quarterback Lamar Jackson, and after sitting at 1-5 and left for dead, they are now 6-5 and in first place of the incredibly…cheyenne
- Beware the ides of Arrieta, et al? November 20, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Whoa! The Baltimore Orioles came out swinging, making a rare November trade that registers “MAJOR” on the trade meter and triggers the potential for more major trades or acquisitions to come. Having traded 26-year-old starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez to the Los Angeles Angels for 31-year-old slugging outfielder Taylor Ward, likely…cheyenne
- Another typical weekend in College Park November 17, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It wasn’t the best of times and the worst of times for Maryland athletics over the weekend, but it was somewhere in between. Thus, the life of Maryland. So typical. When Maryland brings sunshine, fate brings rain. When Maryland brings laughter, fate brings pain. So typical. So Maryland. Saturday afternoon…cheyenne
- It’s just too easy … and that’s the problem November 14, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The one and only Charles E. Lattimer gave me some stern wisdom when I was a young man that ended up being some of the best advice I ever received. This wisdom came as Coach Lattimer abruptly ended the poker lesson he had agreed to give me during the semester…cheyenne
- Kyle Hamilton again leads Ravens revival November 12, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports When last we left the Baltimore Ravens, they had just been stampeded by the Houston Texans, 44-10, were being booed off their home field and stood at 1-4 on their way to 1-5. That fifth loss would come to the Los Angeles Rams, also at home, but it was…cheyenne
- Terps football: Rinse, lather, repeat November 10, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports It’s the same old song and dance with Maryland and how they go about losing football games – failure to take care of the little things and a propensity for turning little things into big blunders, the most basic of football fundamentals: blown assignments, poor execution, inability to take advantage…cheyenne
- Orioles fans hear him; does Elias? November 7, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The Baltimore Orioles introduced their new manager on Tuesday, Craig Albernaz, who for the past two seasons was bench coach and associate manager for Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt. Albernaz is a former minor league catcher, who has worked his way up in the game as one of the most…cheyenne
- Expectations: Will carry you or crush you November 5, 2025MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports You thought baseball was dead? In the immortal words of Jacob McCandles, “Not hardly.” To conclude what was certainly one of the best World Series most of us have seen, Game 7 on Saturday night – a come-from-behind 5-4 Los Angeles Dodgers victory in 11 innings over the Toronto Blue…cheyenne