Babe Ruth

Digest: Terps drop series finale to N.C. State in baseball

2013-03-31 21:24:00

Colleges Terps drop series finale to N.C. State in baseball Maryland surrendered seven runs in the first two innings and lost to host North Carolina State, 9-4, in the series finale Sunday. The Terps (15-12, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) were...

The Sun Remembers: March 31-April 6

2013-03-31 11:06:00

April 4, 2006: Maryland wins its first NCAA women's basketball championship, 78-75 over Duke. Down by 13 points in the second half, the Terps (34-4) rally as freshman Kristi Toliver hits a 3-point basket with six seconds left in regulation to send the...

Q&A with Kevin Nash, former WWE star wrestling in Hagerstown on Friday

2013-03-28 04:35:00

Kevin Nash is wrestling at the Big Time Wrestling show at the Maryland Theater in Hagerstown on Friday night. We were able to talk to him about what he's been doing since last being on WWE television, and as well as his memories of Wrestlemania over the...

Digest: Iowa beats UVa., earns NIT berth vs. Terps

2013-03-27 22:29:00

Men's college basketball Iowa beats UVa., earns NIT berth vs. Terps Roy Devyn Marble scored 24 points as Iowa ended Virginia's 19-game home winning streak in the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament, 75-64, on Wednesday night. Adam...

Popes and home runs

2013-03-15 05:00:00

Baltimore is a rather Catholic town; if you ever lived here you know that. I was born and raised an Irish Catholic in Baltimore; if you frequent this blog you may have known that. Baseball is the ultimate sport for bizarre connections to history. No...

The Sun remembers: March 3-March 9

2013-03-03 12:51:00

March 4, 2006: The Maryland women's basketball team ends a 14-game losing streak to Duke by defeating the Blue Devils, 78-70, in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The teams will meet again in the NCAA final with Maryland (34-4)...

Digest: Walkwithapurpose favored in Laurel Park feature

2013-03-02 00:45:00

Laurel Park Walkwithapurpose seeks fifth win in a row Multiple-stakes winner Walkwithapurpose has been installed as the even-money favorite to win today's feature at Laurel Park, the one-mile, $150,000 Caesar's Wish Stakes for 3-year-old fillies....

Ali unable to attend Ripken Foundation event as he recovers from surgery

2013-02-22 16:38:00

Under Armour founder Kevin Plank tried to think of his perfect dinner party. There'd have to be a Beatle, he said, along with Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth and Mother Teresa. But the No. 1 guest, he said, would be Muhammad Ali. Plank and Ali were among...

Digest: State foosball tournament set for this weekend in Jessup

2013-02-12 22:56:00

Foosball State tournament scheduled for Friday through Sunday The Maryland State Foosball Championships will be held at the Holiday Inn Columbia in Jessup from Friday through Sunday. More than 150 players are expected to vie for the $12,000 prize....

Wednesday morning Orioles observations on Valencia, Canzler and the Babe's birthday

2013-02-06 04:30:00

In case you missed it last night, Orioles utility man Danny Valencia was linked to a now-defunct South Florida clinic, Biogenesis, that allegedly provided performance-enhancing drugs to Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, among others. In a report that came...

Digest: Blast defender Lookingland honored as Player of Week

2013-02-05 21:52:00

Major Indoor Soccer League Blast defender Lookingland honored as Player of Week The Major Indoor Soccer League announced that Blast defender Mike Lookingland (Loyola High) has been named the league's Player of the Week. Lookingland had three goals,...

The Sun remembers: Feb. 3-Feb. 9

2013-02-03 13:51:00

Feb. 9, 2006: Sixth-ranked Maryland upsets No. 1 North Carolina, 98-95, in women's basketball. Sophomore scores 25 for the visiting Terps (22-2), and freshman Marissa Coleman adds 23. Feb. 6, 1972: Playing without star center Wes Unseld (ankle injury),...

It may between football and baseball seasons. But some 600 area sports fans still had somewhere to go to not only see some of their heroes but mingle with them, as the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation threw its annual Babe's Birthday Bash.

2013-02-08 00:00:00

The Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1919. For the next 85 years, the resulting Curse of the Bambino would prevent the Red Sox from winning the World Series.

2013-01-14 12:55:00

Bob Steele with Babe Ruth at Hartford's Bulkeley Stadium.

2013-01-04 10:50:46