Baltimore Colts

Jim Parker flattened opponents, paving way for Colts to win titles

2012-05-08 12:47:00

Lenny Moore can hardly attend an NFL function without some gnarly old linebacker wagging his finger at the 78-year-old Baltimore Colts Hall of Fame running back and telling Moore something he already knows. "Lenny," the old-timer will say, "I had a...

Shula's takes a hike

2012-05-01 06:10:00

The Shula's Steak House in the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel is closed. It actually closed a couple of months ago, quietly. It had operated at the hotel, since 1998, in a licensing agreement with the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based chain presided...

Ravens announce plans for three open practices in response to move out of Westminster

2012-05-04 10:09:00

The Ravens�announced some of their summer training camp plans today, and they include three practices open to fans. After taking the regular summer workouts away from McDaniel College in Westminster, a decision that will prevent most fans from...

Tireless advocate continues battle against Alzheimer's

2012-04-07 11:21:00

The Alzheimer's Association's annual Memory Ball has drawn nine highly competitive dance couples, four well-known judges, including Maryland's first lady, and nearly 700 guests. But the star of the evening will likely be the ball honoree, Sylvia Mackey, a...

Ex-Towson State linebacker Vitt named interim Saints coach

2012-04-12 19:34:00

Joe Vitt went directly from the football field at Towson State to his first job in the NFL as the strength coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1979. A little more than 30 years later, Vitt finds himself in the middle of one of the biggest stories in the...

Marion Snyder Goldstein, nurse

2012-04-15 13:26:34

Marion Snyder Goldstein, a nurse who supervised operating rooms for decades at the now-closed Children's Hospital on Greenspring Avenue, died Tuesday at Stella Maris assisted living in Timonium. The longtime Baldwin resident was 92. The family was not...

Bounty penalties include former Towson coach Joe Vitt

2012-03-21 10:44:00

The bounty scandal involving the New Orleans Saints has ties to Baltimore. Assistant head coach Joe Vitt, who played linebacker at Towson University on the undefeated 1974 team�and coaches that position for the Saints, has been suspended for six games...

Digest: No. 15 Lehigh downs No. 16 Yale, 11-7, in men's lax

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Et cetera No. 15 Lehigh downs No.16 Yale in men's lax The No. 15 Lehigh men's lacrosse team held visiting Yale to its lowest goal total of the season in an 11-7 win Sunday. David DiMaria Dave Dimaria and Adam Johnston (St. Paul's) led the way with three...

Sisto J. Averno Sr., Colt player

2012-03-29 12:19:42

Sisto Joseph Averno Sr., a guard who played on the Baltimore Colts in the 1950s and went on to sell Chevrolets for 57 years, died of complications from Parkinson's disease Monday at Northwest Hospital. He was 86 and lived in Pikesville. Born in Paterson,...

In losing Ravens' camp, Westminster takes hit in pride and profit

2011-12-07 17:38:30

Westminster Mayor Kevin Utz, 54, recalls that when he was a young boy living on Bond Street, he and his brother would ride their bikes several blocks to the Baltimore Colts' training camp at then-Western Maryland College to watch their favorite players up...

35 years later, Towson to host another football playoff game

2011-12-02 16:29:00

The last time Towson hosted a football playoff game, current head coach Rob Ambrose was 6 years old and in first grade at Lewistown Elementary School north of Frederick. Legendary Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas was three years removed from his...

A final visit with Joe Paterno for two old Baltimore Colts

2012-01-22 17:44:00

Lenny Moore and Lydell Mitchell were two of Penn State's greatest players, and not surprisingly, became two of the greatest Baltimore Colts. Two weeks ago they drove to State College, Pa., to pay their respects to Joe Paterno, who died Sunday and who they...

Former Baltimore Colts offensive lineman Jim Parker is No. 9 on The Sun's list of the Top 175 Maryland athletes.

2012-05-08 12:47:00

On December 28, 1958 Baltimore Colts fullback Alan Ameche advances through a big opening provided by teammates to score the winning touchdown in overtime period against the New York Giants during the NFL Championship football game at Yankee Stadium in New York.

2012-04-30 18:08:10

Baltimore Colts Football Team All American Conference 1947 - 1953. The Colts band and crowd march to subway station.

2012-04-30 00:00:00