http://www.times-news.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_318233246.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_318233246.html If this were, say, 1973 or before, we’d be sitting around waiting. On both sides of town. We’d be two weeks removed from the last football game Allegany and Fort Hill had played this season, and nearly two weeks away from the next one they’ll play, which, of course, would be the annual Turkey Day Game. But this isn’t 1973 as time stops for no one and nothing, including an Allegany-Fort Hill football game; so we find ourselves six days shy of the Campers and the Sentinels meeting for the second time this season. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_315083530.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_315083530.html Spent part of Saturday afternoon watching folks file into Greenway Avenue Stadium for the Homecoming Game. Spent another part of the day listening to the Homecoming Game on the four radio stations that broadcast it; then the rest of the afternoon watching folks file out of the stadium to their cars before watching the delayed version of the game on television. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_308001004.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_308001004.html For better or for worse, Greenway Avenue Stadium’s going to be a different edifice when we enter it for next year’s Homecoming Game than it will be Saturday when we enter it for this year’s Homecoming Game. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:02:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_305000309.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_305000309.html Not to dwell on it, but yes, it was a mistake. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_291000448.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_291000448.html The Fort Hill community lost a member of the family on Friday. Many lost a favorite uncle; many more a beloved brother. Fort Hill High School lost a loving son. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_288231712.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_288231712.html Whether or not your personal feelings for Rush Limbaugh are along the same lines as the title of Al Franken’s 1996 book, “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot,” know one thing: Rush Limbaugh is not an idiot. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_286235748.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_286235748.html The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim absolutely own the New York Yankees of the Bronx. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_283233004.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_283233004.html The last any of us heard or saw of the baseball postseason was Oct. 15, 1997 when the Cleveland Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0, in 11 innings at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to win the American League pennant. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_281234831.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_281234831.html Jack Heise, who passed away on Monday at the age of 84, was known as Mr. Maryland, and was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_280001543.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_280001543.html Had the strangest feeling on Sunday while watching the Ravens-Patriots game. Look, I would never say I felt like a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, but I can tell you I experienced quite a bit of empathy for all of their moaning and whining through the years about the Patriots and Tom Brady, because the personal-foul penalties that seemed to be called on the Ravens like clockwork after they had seemingly stopped the Patriots on a third down, really took an edge off of what was an otherwise tremendous NFL game. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_274234518.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_274234518.html Baltimore Orioles manager Dave Trembley finds himself to be one of Charm City’s most talked about fellas, and not because he’s often mistaken for the Priceline Negotiator (he was referred to as the Strikezone Negotiator the other day, but that was shot down once we were reminded you are not permitted to argue balls and strikes). Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_272234614.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_272234614.html These are not pleasant times along the Capital Beltway, as over/unders are being established as to whose head will be the first to be served on a stick: Redskins coach Jim Zorn’s, or Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen’s. Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_269234529.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_269234529.html Years from now, with all due respect to the Northern Huskies, Friday night’s 28-25 victory over Allegany will be remembered as the first Keyser football win in the beautiful new Alumni Stadium at Tornado Alley that opened two Fridays ago when Keyser defeated the Huskies, 34-0. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_258234201.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_258234201.html We’ve discussed it before. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:02:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_256000416.html http://www.times-news.com/mikeburke/local_story_256000416.html Normalcy has seemingly returned now that we’re fully entrenched in another football season, and that’s a good thing you say?