Let’s face it. Watching a game between the Nationals vs Orioles is like watching the Washington Generals vs the Baltimore Bullets. Blidfold your kids if you take them to this game. It’s just bad baseball….. Granted- the Nationals have won 3 straight to improve on their major-league worst 31-68 record. Put both teams together- and ... Read More »

Don’t be scared of the turtle any longer. UMD has decided to look for a new marketing slogan. I had a chance to meet up with the genius behind the “Fear the Turtle” slogan– Drew Elburn of Reisterstown, MD. It was during the weekend of the BB&T Classic back in 1998 to see Steve “Franchise” Francis ... Read More »

After taking a looooooooong hiatus- I decided to get back in the saddle (Hopefully the horse won’t mind having a 240 lb man on it’s back……) and throw a thought or 2 out about the death of Steve McNair. The death of Steve McNair is a tragedy. I don’t think there was any doubt that he ... Read More »

Who ever thought that the Women’s Basketball team would be taking over at College Park? I guess that’s what happens when the team wins 142 games in the last 6 yrs while dropping only 34. In addition- Head Coach Brenda Frese took a program in shambles– out recruited everyone– and became the 5th youngest coach ... Read More »

Okay. So all of us know that the Orioles have has a losing record for 10 years now. The joke is on us. Everyone knows that the best seats in the house at Camden Yards this year will be in the bleachers- cause there will be a lot of ball hit in the left field stand ... Read More »

I remember this game like it was yesterday. It was the first of my 11 NCAA Tournaments that I have worked over the past decade. I was the tv stats guy working with Gus Johnson and former Indiana Hoosier Quinn Buckner. UCLA- the defending National Champions- had last names of McCoy, Bailey, O’Bannon, and Dollar ... Read More »

“The slipper still fits”- one of Gus’s greatest lines when Gonzaga contiined it’s remarkable journey thru the tournament a few years ago. It stiil sticks today. Johnson has called more upsets than anyone in the history of the NCAA Tournament. In 1996- his first year of working the NCAA Tournament- he called the magical upset ... Read More »

Unless they somehow get to the NCAA Tournament…that is! A black cloud is hanging over the Maryland Men’s Basketball Team. The Terps have lost a few hearbreakers over the last few weeks- and when they needed to beat a team that was 4-11 in the ACC (Virginia) to secure an NCAA bid- the hotel they stayed at ... Read More »

After watching yet another Duke- UNC game last night (feel like I watch one every day) I noticed one thing: the officiating this year in Men’s Basketball is gawd aweful. Everyone on the court in last night’s Duke- UNC game should have fouled out. I don’t know where head official Teddy Valentine and his crew were last night- but they ... Read More »

I’m reading these blogs on this website and nobody is giving any details as to what happened in the game last night. Let’s see some facts.  Wanna know how to lose a game after being up by 20 with 11 minutes to go?  Well here’s how you do it: Team        summary:   FG 3FG FT   1st Half:    16-30  1-5  4-9    53.3%  20.0%  44.4%    2nd Half:    12-32  1-10  8-12    37.5%  10.0%  66.7% Check out the stats in the ... Read More »