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 […]

So much for the “setback” of Jason Garrett turning down the Ravens. Following the NFL injury theme of “next man up,” the Ravens spend no time dwelling on rejection and turn to Jim Harbaugh who’s hired as the new head coach. Harbaugh’s not only happy to have the job, he basically told the Ravens to […]

Jason Garrett would rather be an assistant coach in Dallas than head coach of the Ravens. He turned down the Ravens offer for their top job in what amounts to a slap in the face to Baltimore, at least that’s how some are taking it.
I have to call “time out” on the criticism of Garrett. […]

If a 5-and-11 record and the painful firing of a longtime coach weren’t enough humble pie for the Ravens, they seem to have been served another slice in their quest to replace Brian Billick. Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti says his team has the talent to be a Super Bowl contender and that their job vacancy […]

It’s a fitting finish to a bad year for Baltimore sports. The Ravens fire Brian Billick on New Year’s Eve: out with the old, in with the new, right?
The Billick dismissal seems a perfect capper to a 2007 year that also included the firing of Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo in that team’s 10th straight losing […]

There are a number of powerful images I’ll take with me from covering the Ravens 2007 season. You might be most interested in the things I was privy to “behind the scenes.” I’ll keep the identities anonymous, but some of the images don’t need names for you to get a glimpse into what life can […]

The Ravens eighth straight defeat of the 2007 (adding to the team record for most consecutive losses) has taken the fan base to the breaking point. What makes the eighth straight loss worse than the previous seven is that the last one came at the hands of the previously winless Miami Dolphins who were 0-and-13 […]