Most bad teams, I assume, don’t have player personnel issues to deal with in spring training. The Orioles, however, are much different.  They’ve worked themselves into a quandry of sorts, although it’s not a surprise to any of us who carefully follow the daily happenings of the local nine. A handful of young players are tearing the cover ... Read More »

I can’t believe I’m going to say this but maybe, MAYBE, Ray Lewis had it right all along. During Super Bowl week, Lewis was commenting on his future, his free agency and the issues surrounding his possible return to Baltimore - and he said, “What I’m thinking is nobody’s business.  Where I’m going is nobody’s business. ... Read More »

Welcome to life in the NFL.  Or, as one Ravens associate said to me on Friday, “Welcome to the traveling circus.” On day one of free agency, players scooted around the country like an author on a book signing tour. There was action just about everywhere:  Tampa Bay.  Baltimore.  New York.  Denver.  St. Louis.   Do you know what ... Read More »

Hang in there gang, we’re almost to Friday. That’s when the fireworks REALLY begin. Beginning this Friday, if Ray Lewis really does reach 12:01am without a signed contract in Baltimore, he’ll hit free agency for the first time in his career. I assume, by the time I make it to the air at 6:07 for a Friday morning edition ... Read More »

Game Summary:  Towson scratched their way back into this one this afternoon, trailing by as few as four points with 45 seconds to go in the game, but foul-line misses by Junior Hairston (2) and Rocky Coleman (1) down the stretch hurt the Tigers as Drexel pulled out a 60-53 win at the Towson Center. Coleman ... Read More »

Where will we be this time NEXT year?   The Ravens’ playoff run for the 2008 season hasn’t been over for 48 hours and they are already forging ahead at Owings Mills in preparation for 2009. A suggested theme:  ”Let’s play one more game”. After all, in 2008, the MAXIMUM amount of games a team could have played ... Read More »

In the end, they both got what they wanted. Mark Teixeira wanted to go a franchise that contends and plays exciting baseball well into the Fall in front of packed stadiums. The Orioles didn’t want to spend enough money to get him.  Andy MacPhail said so on Tuesday:  ”That was just too much money to spend on ... Read More »

With only one week remaining in the regular season, the Ravens are on target to return to post-season play for the second time in three seasons.  The only thing standing in their way: a visit from downtrodden Jacksonville this Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium. Get ready to celebrate.  There’s no way the Jags come here and ... Read More »

Boston television station WCVB is reporting tonight that a group of Red Sox front office execs are in Texas meeting with Scott Boras, the representative for free agent Mark Teixeira. You can read the latest update here and see that the Red Sox have evidently put forth an 8-year, $184 million offer for Teixeira. The big question ... Read More »

Soon enough, the O’s are going to have to move from the $5 poker table to the $25 table. The cost of playing poker is going to increase in the next 24 hours and the Mark Teixeira auction is going to get really interesting. Anyone out there notice one team (or not, in this case) who hasn’t ... Read More »