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 […]