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135 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Lydia Savramis & Matt Gilmore are talking sports, politics and everything in between. Maryland Native, Matt, will of course, talk Maryland sports in this weekly podcast!
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25 Alive... Bring on 2021
December 31, 2020 01:46 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBHappy New Year! We are celebrating the end of a crazy year with you guessed it... another great episode! We are all live on Podcast Hill and happy to be back on the mics. We kick things off with WFT and all of the craziness that Haskins, and Dan Snyder can dust up in a week. Ravens and Steelers head into their weekly match ups. The MLB hot stove is heating up and the Padres taking advantage. Maryland Terps win Big against Wisconsin and Mike sends his heartfelt congratulations t...
Football, College, and Ledo's
December 24, 2020 18:16 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBThe mics were hot yet again for episode 24! We are keeping our social distance during the holiday season and hope you are too! We touch on the BIG10 and their hypocrisy, and quickly move on to all of the headline making (for all the wrong reasons) Washington Football Team. The Steelers need more than a pregame dance to get them to the playoffs, and for the first time ever the Ravens fans might be routing for them to win. NBA kicked off their 72 game 20-21 season. And Finally we t...
Snow Days
December 17, 2020 18:31 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBIt was a snowy day here in the Queen City, podcast hill a formidable force of nature forced Matt and Mike to do our first remote episode. Much like the post office we are determined that nothing can keep us from delivering you a fresh episode each week. As promised, MLB was top of our list this week, even while we watched it snow outside, we are dreaming of green baseball fields the rapidly approaching date when pitchers and catchers report.. The reduction of minor league teams from 140-...
And then, there was Football
December 10, 2020 18:45 - 45 minutes - 21 MBThis week we jam the airwaves discussing football. We kick off the show with Cumberland's finest Ty Johnson and his amazing week with 104 yards and TD against the Raiders. The Washington Football Club beating the 11-0 Steelers and finally we talk Big 10 and try to pin down there ever changing rules during 2020. We know this year has been tough and we want to let you know that you are not alone, especially during this holiday season. Please if you need help reach out, talk to so...
Life Goals
December 03, 2020 17:34 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBWe were privileged enough to speak with Dr. Ray Kiddy, about the late Tim Rowan. Dr. Kiddy is responsible for the Bishop Walsh dynasty that is Rowan soccer. Tim's love for our community and especially the students at Bishop Walsh. He leaves behind a beautiful legacy and has positively influenced thousands of lives. Donations in Tim Rowan's honor can be made HERE Mike Burke has a wonderful new article about Len Bias READ IT The women's soccer team settled for equal work place con...
All these years later, I’m still Bias
November 30, 2020 17:36In the summer of 1981, I met a shy, gangly youngster with Bambi eyes who loved to draw and, had he not died on June 19, 1986, would have been the greatest basketball player of all time. To this day, the world knows that young man to have been Len Bias, but to those of us who were there even before the legend began to take life, he will forever be remembered as Leonard Bias. And now, over 30 years after it should have occurred in the first place, it has been announced that Hyattsville, Md.’...
Turkey Day 2020
November 26, 2020 20:33 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBWe are officially in the holiday season the turkey is in the oven, Episode 20 is hot of the press and here for your ears and help you walk off the BIG meal. We talk sports and the lack of a decent football game on Thanksgiving day, little bit of Maryland Politics and we pay tribute to two greats in their field Ted Troxell and Deigo Maradona We wish everyone a very and safe Happy Thanksgiving!
He was swell! He was great! He had the whole world on the plate!
November 25, 2020 17:45As soon as I read the lead to his obituary in the Cumberland Times-News, I suspected Ted Troxell had written it himself, because it was concisely and perfectly stated and evoked a genuine sense of pride in some of us who are one in the same and who helped fight the good fight in this business right along by Ted’s side: “Edward ‘Ted’ Troxell, 83,” the lead read, “passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Ted was a proud Cumberland native and a sportswriter by trade.” Perfect. Beautiful. And...
Fire Signals from the Outpost
November 19, 2020 18:33 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBWestern Maryland is on fire with a record number of new COVID-19 cases, Wile we like being #1 in athletics this is not a record we would like to keep. Once again the leadership in Annapolis has failed again to take charge with aide to the outpost, and just recently offered free testing reveling how awful our numbers really are. Not to worry we talk about sports in the episode too, OSU and MD, The game that did not happen much like our lost episode 18... Kim Ng becoming the first female GM...
Chuck Eirich always went in through the front door, and thank goodness for that …
November 11, 2020 18:04By Mike Burke I knew Chuck Eirich. He saw to that. Not that I was anybody special -- just a kid who loved to play baseball who didn’t know what the hell he was doing on the ballfield. Of course, to Chuck, perhaps that was sort of special, because in his view it was completely unacceptable. I was even on the other team, but Chuck Eirich, you see, was a fixer, no matter what team you played for. In that regard, a lot of us knew Chuck Eirich. He saw to it. So many of us … on the opposing...
The gangs all here
November 05, 2020 16:08 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBWhile this week is filled with uncertainty we are here to provide you with a little bit of comfort... we are thrilled at the turnout to Vote this year even if you had to wait in long lines, cast your ballot by mail, or drop them in an official ballot box. One thing we know for sure that this country is far more divided and we all need to work together to remember we have more similarities than differences and kindness should be our guiding principal. We have the gang all back together... ...
There is no game today...
October 29, 2020 21:41 - 46 minutes - 21.5 MBBaseball has crowned a new champ, and we have several months until pitchers and catchers report for spring training(feb.16)... still that little glimmer makes the painful reality that baseball is over a little easier to swallow. Something that is not so easy to understand is BIG10 and their decision to start playing. This mostly politically charged decision has lead to the the inevitable COVID-19 outbreak this week of Wisconsin's football team and cancellation of their game against Nebra...
Baseball is forever, even as it rests
October 29, 2020 21:36The dirty truth of it for those of us who don’t love baseball, but who need baseball, even after a season shortened by pandemic (particularly after a season shortened by pandemic), is we will never be ready for baseball to be over. Because, for those of us who are blessed with the gift of baseball love, baseball never ends. For us, and for lucky people like us, baseball is forever. Why are we never ready for it to be over, even after all three of our local teams have muddled through losing...
Baseball is forever, even as it rests
October 29, 2020 21:36The dirty truth of it for those of us who don’t love baseball, but who need baseball, even after a season shortened by pandemic (particularly after a season shortened by pandemic), is we will never be ready for baseball to be over. Because, for those of us who are blessed with the gift of baseball love, baseball never ends. For us, and for lucky people like us, baseball is forever. Why are we never ready for it to be over, even after all three of our local teams have muddled through losing...
A new curse?
October 23, 2020 04:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBWith the World Series kicking off this week, we begrudgingly congratulate Matt on his correct prediction, with the Dodgers and Tampa. With Mookie Betts playing at his best, the Red Sox might have started another curse 100 years after trading the Big Bambino. Another Curse... the Big-10 returning this weekend with Maryland taking on a tough season, kicking it off with a game Northwestern. As always we are all predicting the worst with wins, keeping the team healthy, etc... We are all hopin...
Lucky #13!
October 15, 2020 20:12 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBIt is hard to believe that we have hit 13 episodes, we are very lucky that you continue to listen to us rant and rave about our take on sports local and national. This episode is no exception, we discuss NBA finals, MLB playoffs, and the NFL season. It is with great sadness that each week we seem to do another in memorium to another sports great that has been recruited by the man upstairs. For more insight be sure to check out @mikeburkeMDT's latest columnhttps://directory.libsyn.com/episode...
It was the best of times, it was … everything
October 15, 2020 19:06The dominant teams of Major League Baseball in the 1970s, in order, were the Baltimore Orioles, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Oakland Athletics (they were the Swingin’ A’s then), the Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees. Joe Morgan was the difference maker on the great Big Red Machine world-championship teams of 1975-76, just as Frank Robinson had become the difference maker in Baltimore (1970 world champs) and Reggie Jackson would become in New York (’77-78 world champs), having already be...
Guy climbs to 40 percent and he’s suddenly Aretha Franklin
October 12, 2020 20:41By Mike Burke Q: What do Bill Russell, Sam Jones, Tommy Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Satch Sanders, John Havlicek, Jim Loscutoff, Frank Ramsey, Robert Horry, Bob Cousy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Slater Martin, Larry Siegfried, Don Nelson, Michael Cooper, Magic Johnson, Dennis Rodman, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher and Tim Duncan have in common? A: They won more NBA championships during their playing careers than LeBron Jam...
The Great Leo Mazzone
October 09, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutes - 21.5 MBWe have our first remote guest and boy did we swing for the fences. Leo Mazzone is joining us for a fantastic podcast discussing this crazy 60 game baseball season. How some changes are good, strategy is still king and throwing the heat does not a great pitcher make. Another local starting his professional career Ty Johnson has moved to the Jets after being released from the Lions. To say we all had fun on this episode us an understatement. Leo will be back hopefully for a great World ...
Finals, Baseball Bonanzas, & Fall of the Titans
October 02, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBWe cover some ground this week discussing #NFLthetvshow, the Titans contracting COVID-19 and postponing the Steelers game indefinitely, it will be interesting to see how the NFL handles a situation that will surely be arising again. The Ravens laid a nice little egg on Monday night and then we will all be watching the Ravens and the Washington to see how that will all shake out. NBA is currently playing the Finals between the scrappy Miami Heat and the Iconic Lakers. Matt and Mike say the ...
The 10 greatest baseball movies (and more) ever …
October 02, 2020 00:42It’s an exciting time because it’s the baseball postseason and with the expanded playoffs in place for this season only (wink, wink), comes the best thing ever about baseball in October – afternoon baseball games. Yet even expanded postseasons with glorious autumn afternoon games last only a month, so you’re going to soon need your baseball fix for a long time to come (and who knows just how long given the mess we’ve created for ourselves?) beginning in November, for as Jimmy Dugan tells Dot...
That was so Raven …
September 29, 2020 17:22There hasn’t been this big of an egg laid in Baltimore since … the last time the Ravens played a nationally anticipated game on national TV and they soiled the bed in their January playoff humiliation to the Tennessee Titans. Monday night’s 34-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, in a contest that was billed as a match-up between the NFL’s top two teams, fell a team short of realizing that lofty billing, as the defending Super Bowl champs beat the Ravens far worse than the score might indica...
The Greats....
September 25, 2020 04:00 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this weeks episode, we hit double digits and discuss two great people who left us this past week. RBG was a woman who was all about leveling the playing field and ensuring that equal rights were at the forefront of her trailblazing law career. An avid O's fan RBG made it possible for women have the same opportunities to play sports, buy a car, a house and have credit independent of a man. Gayle Sayers another giant in his field, is best summed up in Mike Burkes second article of the we...
I can see it so very clearly; I can see it over and over in my mind …
September 24, 2020 19:23The death of Gale Sayers brought back a flood of memories from the days of our knowing what we saw during and after an NFL game was genuine and real; not contrived or part of some elaborate production. Or at least that’s what we led ourselves to believe. It was the Wonder Years for many of us, those years of 1965 through 1971 when Gale Sayers was carrying the football for the Chicago Bears the way nobody had carried it before or has since, and doing so as the fulltime halfback, punt return...
And not one complaint from an Orioles announcer
September 22, 2020 18:36By Mke Burke Anybody who says they saw any of this coming as it pertains to the 2020 Major League baseball season needs to just get off the bus right here, because nobody in the world could have foreseen any of what we’ve seen since the never-before-seen 60-game regular season opened at the end of July. Nobody knew what to expect and the season of unknowns has not disappointed in that regard, as teams have been shut down for extended periods of time due to COVID-19 outbreaks (hard to bel...
Sport & Politics
September 18, 2020 04:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBWe kick off this weeks episode talking about the surprise reversal of Big 10 football in a few weeks. There will be eight games in the regular season. We have to say we did not see this comings since football will be the only Big 10 sport to have a season. Switching to the NFL, they have finally decided to embrace social justice issues in a bid to still be relevant and lets face it, help their bottom line. Our local teams all won their first game back, with the Ravens creating Mo's Rows ...
It’s just all part of the show …
September 17, 2020 00:29 - 1 second - 3.12 MB image/jpgIt’s just all part of the show … By Mike Burke “Why do they keep showing this?” That was the most overheard question at the beginning of each #NFLTheTVShow presentation last Sunday afternoon during the reconvening of our weekly – okay, daily -- Tavern Mensa session. It was finally football season again, such as it may or may not end up being, and all the lads in attendance carried an extra giddy-up to their step. This was, after all, our first full-fledged meeting since #NFLTheTVShow...
NFL "the" TV Show
September 11, 2020 04:26 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBThe US Open is fantastic as always with a wins for Serena and her well on her way to a final game to vie for her 24th major win. Djokovic has been DQ'd after a serious gaff when hitting a line judge in the neck. We however are excited to see what new talent emerges on the Mens side now that the #1 seed is out. 25 years ago Cal Ripkin Jr. celebrated his fantastic milestone of 2131 the most games played by any player in the MLB and still has not been broken. Mike discusses what it was like ...
Big Ace is Cool
September 04, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThis week, we cover the US open, the latest with the Washington Football Club, and the loss of the great and history making John Thompson. US open looks and sounds a lot different this year without the wonderful NYC crowd that rallies behind the players for two weeks in the late summer evenings. NFL: Taking charge of the Daniel Snyder investigation and retained the heavy hitter Beth Wilkinson to conduct the investigation. Finally, John Thompson the first black coach to win an NCAA c...
Sports are a reward for a functioning society
August 28, 2020 05:52 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBThis weeks episode we talk about the fact that we are far from a functioning society that deserves sport. Washington Football has 25 more sexual misconduct allegations in a great piece in the Washington Post As teams move toward boycotts of games in hopes that it will enhance the simple right of respecting of black lives. We are asking that you make your voice heard this November and VOTE! If you know of someone who might struggle to make it to the polls help in anyway that is safe. ...
The Wing T
August 21, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes - 24 MBThis week we remember the great Jim Refosco and the brilliance of his coaching and the famous Wing T. We then pivot to the newly named head coach of Fort Hill Football Zach Alkire, and finally we discuss the glory of the NBA and the folly of the O's. All that and more with Mike Burke and Matt Gilmore. Heads up: Remember those who are less fortunate in your local community and if you can make a donation to your local food banks or community pantries.
Sport and Tech
August 07, 2020 04:00 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBIt is becoming clear that without the use of technology we would not be enjoying professional sports during the time of COVID. The NBA and NHL have embraced the widespread use and so far it is working. The cancellation of all fall sports in the area is putting safety first but students will be understandably are disappointed, but time marches on and we have some insight into the new football head coach of Fort Hill High School with eight candidates in the running. We are introducing a...
Curveballs & COVID-19
July 31, 2020 14:31 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBThe MLB did not make it a week without issues, NFL is allowing players to opt out, fall college sports is some leagues are cancelled. Can the NBA succeed with it's bubble?? Listen for our take on the action! It is hard to talk about sports without mentioning the hardships of being in the throughs of a pandemic, but we are doing our best to still break down games, teams, and our outlook remains positive. The best example of positivity was in Mo Gabba, a birdland hall of fame inductee ...
Having a Ball...
July 24, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBWe cover a lot of ground in this weeks episode. We kick things off with the retirement of Todd Appel. After 12 years Todd leaves with the most wins in Allegany County football history and is added to the great legacy of coaches in our area. We pivot to the Washington Football team and the "dumpster fire" they have created for themselves and delve a little deeper into the history of the culture of the team. Finally, at long last Opening Day is here!! We discuss the beauty of good ...
Sports in a Pandemic
July 17, 2020 14:34 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBWhat will high school, collegiate, and professional sports look like in the age of COVID-19? Mike Burke and Matt Gilmore are digging into that topic on their very first podcast. In this episode we introduce ourselves and give you are credentials to let you know, we are well worth your time! Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeBurkeMDT. Follow Matt on Twitter @@JMGGMPG