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2012-05-20 20:52:43

MONDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || AFL || Philadelphia@Spokane (T) || TCN7 || || NASCAR || Truck Series: N.C. Edu. Lottery 200 (T) || SPEED12:30 || || MLB || Orioles@Washington (T) || MASN9 a.m. || || Atlanta@Cincinnati || ESPN7 ||...

Hampden: Here's your chance to learn about the cultural significance of Madonna

2012-05-20 11:24:00

Do you like Madonna? No, no, not the religious one, the pop icon one. If so, be sure to check out Atomic Books, 3620 Falls Road, on Friday, May 25 as Laura Barcella, the editor of "Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop," hosts readings from...

The Top 175: Ray Lewis

2012-05-12 11:32:00

Ray Lewis is the oldest Raven — he turns 37 on Tuesday — but as one of The Baltimore Sun's top 10 all-time Maryland athletes, he's just a kid. Eight of his peers are Hall of Famers in their respective sports. Seven were stars before Lewis...

Former Terps point guard Steve Blake helps Lakers survive first round

2012-05-13 14:46:00

There’s not been a lot to cheer about for Maryland basketball fans the past couple of years -- most notably two seasons without a postseason invitation and Terrell Stoglin’s misguided decision-making off the court that recently ended the...

How big a problem is flopping in the NBA?

2012-05-14 20:52:42

All part of the game Barry Stavro Los Angeles Times Flopping gets attention because it's a play near the ball. But look carefully at a star's shirt after they've driven into the lane — it's always pulled out of their jersey. Elbow hooking, moving...

Wes Unseld measured up, turned Bullets around

2012-05-07 15:04:00

Forty-four years later, what sticks in Wes Unseld's mind is a reception he got on his arrival in Baltimore as the Bullets' top pick in the 1968 NBA draft. Welcoming, it was not. "I was watching TV in my room at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, and this...

If Heat don't win title, is Spoelstra fired?

2012-05-08 20:43:18

Too good to let go K.C. Johnson Chicago Tribune Erik Spoelstra is as linked to Pat Riley as winning. So, yes, even if the Heat go 0-for-2 with the Big Three, Spoelstra will be back as coach. The better question is: Who would Riley get to replace...

More from the Mark Turgeon interview

2012-05-10 05:40:00

All season, it seemed, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon and leading scorer Terrell Stoglin had to work at getting to a place where each was comfortable. Turgeon wanted the 6-foot guard to become a better teammate – to trust the other Terps more,...

Terrell Stoglin suspended by Terps, will leave team and enter NBA draft

2012-04-30 17:05:00

When he was in elementary school, Maryland guard Terrell Stoglin — already talented — created a scrapbook about his basketball skills. “No one can stop him,” Stoglin wrote. No one, it seems, but himself. On Monday, Maryland...

Was suspension for Rondo appropriate?

2012-05-01 20:49:45

Enough is enough Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune I can live with the one-game clip. But if I were dean of discipline, Rajon Rondo also would have to agree to some conditions. Start with publicly apologizing to official Marc Davis. Acknowledge that...

Basketball: Baltimore Catholic League adds nine to Hall of Fame

2012-05-02 18:19:00

Baltimore Catholic League commissioner Jack Degele said he's seen the five former players — Leon Dickerson (Cardinal Gibbons), Darryle Edwards (Calvert Hall), Darnell Harris (St. Frances Academy), Phil Lane (St. Maria Goretti) and Robbie O'Conor...

Former Terp Adrian Bowie taking the long road to keep pro dreams alive

2012-04-28 12:16:00

Ten minutes before the start of practice at the Annapolis Area Christian School on Thursday night, Adrian Bowie was slouched over in a chair, waiting patiently in the lobby adjacent to the Kilby Athletic Center's main basketball court. He'd tossed the...

Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade (L) works his way around Indiana Pacers guard Leandro Barbosa during the first quarter of Game 4 of their NBA Eastern Conference second round basketball playoff series in Indianapolis

2012-05-20 00:00:00

Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) drives the basketball on Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger during the first quarter of Game 4 of their NBA Eastern Conference second round basketball playoff series in Indianapolis

2012-05-20 00:00:00

NBA: Playoffs-San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers

2012-05-19 00:00:00