The NFL lockout has reached the point where the owners will soon have to return money they have had sitting in their banks back to the fans.  My understanding is that if it drags on a couple more days, the Hall of Fame Game in Canton will be the first casualty. Shortly thereafter, preseason games [...]

  ….I think I am pretty tired of all the opinions being plastered over at The Sun about Joe Flacco.  Lamar Woodley, Joe Theisman, Jaworski…I don’t care.  I judge wins, losses and occasionally the quarterback rating.  When I heard some stat-head made a favorable comparison of Flacco and Philip Rivers, I thought that was nice.  [...]

I’m a little emotional tonight.  Not “Cal Ripken 2131″ emotional….but emotional none the less.  I am old enough to remember the days of Maryland Basketball in the late 70’s and 80’s when the big names were King, Branch and Bias.  Manning, Jackson and Veal.  Buck, Gatlin and Coleman. But i didnt attend Maryland until after the [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed…… …Orioles catchers and base coaches have been sporting old school, cartoon bird batting helmets in the field.  The ones with the white front panel.  Is this a trial balloon for a return to the cartoon bird?  Please be.  Though my personal preference is the black hat/orange bill model. …Strike/lockout.  Lockout/strike.  [...]

Nearly 48 hours have passed since the Ravens were ousted from the playoffs.  Three other teams have been summarily bounced.  Of the four teams that failed to advance this weekend, who would you rather be? The Falcons?  Top-seeded Atlanta wasted a 13-3 season.  They wasted home field in the NFC.  They got run out of [...]