Cal Ripken sitting in the stands behind home plate, eating peanuts on Orioles opening day: that’s a site that I took in that said “baseball” to me. The start of another Major League Baseball season is like New Years Day for those of us who love the game. I’m not going to get all poetic […]

There’s nothing like being on site for a historic sports happening and celebration. UMBC’s victory over Hartford in the America East Conference title game was a memorable occasion for the outpouring of joy on the court at the RAC at the completion of a resounding Retrievers victory. The explosion of excitement when the student body […]

Kudos to the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation for another memorable banquet. The 30th Annual event will go down as one of the best ever thanks to the players who were honored and the stories of inspiration they shared (in addition to the excellent organization and presentation provided by the Ed Block staff).
O.J. Brigance was […]

Some observations after “bird watching” at O’s spring training in Ft. Lauderdale for 9 days:
New centerfielder Adam Jones has the look of a star in the making. Hope that’s not a curse on the kid, but he’s a smooth athlete with a strong, fluid swing and appears graceful in the outfield. Also impressive about Jones […]

Say what you want about Brian Billick, but notice how the man can still stir emotions even two months after he was fired as Ravens head coach. We had Billick in studio for a three hour radio show, then I sat with him for a TV interview that aired that same night. He shared his […]

I consider myself an even-tempered person, but one sure element to get my blood boiling is the unruly sports parent. I recently read one of those awful “little league parents gone wild” stories. This one took place at a girls fifth grade basketball game in Oregon. A 34-year old coach was ejected by a 17-year […]

Someone once shared with me their observation that runners don’t look happy. When you see a jogger out for a long training run along the side of a road, they tend to have a pained, tortured look- appearing miserable, like they may be wishing they were doing anything but running. As a runner myself, that […]

I appreciate the passionate fan, but I have issue with the mean-spirited, unreasonable zealot. In this case, I speak of the rabid fringe of Oriole Nation that was so quick to blame Peter Angelos for the delays in the Erik Bedard trade to Seattle. Angelos has a history of involving himself in the work of […]

You’ve read my warnings about curbing your enthusiasm when it comes to crushing coaches (and managers). Let me offer some interesting tidbits.
New York Post- December 4, 2006: “The Giants need a new face, and they need a new voice. If they ever listened to (coach Tom) Coughlin at all, they have stopped even pretending that […]

Orioles manager Dave Trembley joined us in-studio for my radio show and got right to his point about the need for truth coming from him and the organization. The 2008 team is not a contending team and should make no pretense about it. The O’s are in a serious re-build that could take any number […]