Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby to deliver University of Baltimore commencement address

2013-03-14 12:02:00

The University of Baltimore announced Thursday that entertainer Bill Cosby would deliver the school's commencement address. Cosby will speak at the May 21 graduation ceremony. He'll also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. The...

5 questions for Frank Savage

2013-03-03 00:00:00

A businessman and competitive sailor, Frank Savage has benefited from following seas and been battered on rocky shoals. Born in North Carolina and raised by a single mother in segregated Washington, Savage rose to prominence in the world of...

After 37 years of mixed success, Towson Center hosts final games

2013-03-01 16:51:00

Towson plays its final basketball games Saturday at the Towson Center, its home for 37 years. And then? Lights out. Court adjourned. Next year, the Tigers graduate to the Tiger Arena, a glitzy $72 million, 5,200-seat venue being built adjacent to the...

'Today' show weatherman and feature anchor Al Roker visits Baltimore for book signing

2013-01-16 15:52:00

For all of his wit, charm and success, a little bit of the boy who once was nicknamed "Fat Albert' still clings to "Today" show weatherman and feature anchor Al Roker. It's there in the excess 140 pounds that once draped Roker's frame. It's in his...

June Star singer at peace with alt-country band's long career

2012-12-05 06:24:00

After seven albums and nearly 15 years of leading the Baltimore alt-country act June Star, lead singer and songwriter Andrew Grimm finally sounds at ease about his band's place in the city's scene. The six-piece has a small but loyal following, and can...

Digest: Ex-Terp Merriman to hold annual coat drive at Florida State game

2012-11-14 21:33:00

Colleges Ex-Terp Merriman to hold annual coat drive Saturday Shawne Merriman, a former Maryland standout who now plays linebacker for the Buffalo Bills, will hold his annual coat drive Saturday before the Maryland-Florida State game at noon at Byrd...

St. Frances baseball coach Brian Boles won't return

2012-11-14 16:05:00

During an offseason workout Wednesday, St. Frances baseball coach Brian Boles told his players he will not be returning as head coach next season. Boles will be replaced by Carey Cheek, a former player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and a three-...

Baltimore Catholic school to name community center after Bill and Camille Cosby

2012-03-30 16:51:33

A historic Baltimore Catholic school will name its community center in honor of Bill and Camille Cosby, the biggest donors in the school's 184-year history and fierce champions of education, the school announced Friday. St. Frances Academy, which...

Cosby stumps for Rolley in Baltimore

2011-09-07 19:01:00

Comedian Bill Cosby joked with seniors, marched through Mondawmin Mall and dropped by Northeast Baltimore homes Wednesday to stump for mayoral candidate Otis Rolley. "So how many of you know anything about this young man?" Cosby asked a crowd of about...

'All-American Muslim' -- a lost opportunity at understanding

2012-03-11 06:00:00

A few words on what American Muslims need. We were discussing this, an olive-skinned Muslim man and I, at a banquet last year, when he said a wistful, poignant thing that has stayed with me ever since. "We thought we were white," he said. Not "white" in...

Decade duel! 1980s vs. 1990s: Oh, it's on

2011-07-13 05:42:00

Like, gag us with a spoon. For its 30th anniversary, Artscape is going all 1980s on us. So we figured that now’s the time to determine once and for all which was the better 10-year period: the ’80s or ’90s. Let the battle begin! FASHION...

Baltimore school honors the Cosbys

2012-04-20 16:49:20

When St. Frances Academy needed another $2 million to build its community center in East Baltimore, one nun turned to her "good friends and two of the very finest persons I know" — the Cosbys. Sister Mary Alice Chineworth, an Oblate Sister of...

Bill Cosby

2013-03-14 11:49:00

Why you know her: Fans of the Bill Cosby spinoff show will remember her as Lena James on "A Different World," but she's also known for the voice of Gloria on "Madagascar," Niobe on "The Matrix Revolution" and her TV show "Hawthorne" Why we love her: She's married to rapper/actor Will Smith but has

2013-02-04 16:34:11

Comedian and actor Bill Cosby manages to come to town on the heels of big news. His last visit was after news of his death (Cosby has been on the celebrity death hoax list a couple of times).

2012-11-29 12:22:00