Heisman Trophy

The Sun Remembers: June 16-22

2013-06-16 10:43:00

June 22, 1996: Trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Orioles hit three home runs to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 5-3. Rafael Palmeiro, Bobby Bonilla and Mark Smith connect for the second-place Birds (39-31). June 20, 1974: Moses Malone,...

Ex-Navy coach Hardin selected for College Football HOF

2013-05-07 21:17:00

College football Ex-Navy coach Hardin selected for HOF Former Navy football coach Wayne Hardin will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced Tuesday. Hardin is the 24th person affiliated with the...

Ravens probably won't be a landing spot for Tim Tebow

2013-04-30 13:31:00

The New York Jets' experiment with quarterback Tim Tebow was a colossal failure, an exercise in frustration for the former Heisman Trophy winner who was released Monday. The Ravens, like the majority of their NFL colleagues, are not likely to be a...

Ravens: Matt Elam chosen over Manti Te'o because he was ranked higher

2013-04-25 22:58:00

In drafting Florida junior safety Matt Elam with the�last pick of the first round, the Ravens bypassed Notre Dame middle linebacker Manti Te'o. Although Te'o was the Heisman Trophy runner-up and one of the most high-profile players in the draft, he...

Tim Tebow released by the Jets after one season in New York

2013-04-29 05:44:00

The Jets released quarterback Tim Tebow this morning after one unproductive season in New York. �"We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," said Jets coach Rex Ryan. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. Tim is an...

Harbaugh brothers will meet again in Super Bowl

2013-01-21 05:11:00

The story sounds almost preposterous -- two sons of a lifelong football coach reach the highest level of the profession they inherited from dad and face each other in the biggest game on the planet. But that's exactly what will happen in two weeks when...

Postscript from Stony Brook at Maryland

2013-03-10 17:17:00

As the primary faceoff specialist for top-ranked Maryland, Charlie Raffa has the green light from the coaching staff to take a shot if the opportunity presents itself. But it comes with a caveat. “They tell me that if I have it, I can just go,&...

Humble, composed Manti Te'o faces media scrum, says scandal was 'embarrassing'

2013-02-23 17:12:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- Bombarded by questions about a bizarre scandal involving a fake girlfriend hoax, Notre Dame middle linebacker Manti Te'o hardly even blinked with the eyes of the entire NFL staring at him. Te'o didn't even lose his cool Saturday when he...

Manti Te'o and the looking-down-at-the-screen decade

2013-01-27 04:00:00

You are missing the point. Or at least, you are if you're one of the bazillion people following the Manti Te'o story, dutifully trying to determine whether the Notre Dame football star was the victim or the perpetrator of a bizarre hoax. Granted, the...

Wedded: Tiffany Trask and Jason Harriman

2013-01-24 14:46:00

Wedding date: Dec. 31, 2012 Her story: Tiffany Trask, 26, grew up in Columbia and is a nurse in the Navy. Her mother, Karen, is a financial analyst and her father, Tim, is a building supervisor. His story: Jason Harriman, 30, grew up in Laurel. He...

Towson University student inspires Ravens with his winning attitude

2013-01-29 15:25:00

When the Baltimore Ravens seemed as far from the bright dawn of their 9-2 start as possible, Matthew Jeffers wrote an email early one morning to the team after it had lost three straight games. In a simple three-paragraph note written early on the...

Dennis Dixon talking to the Eagles, agent says

2013-02-05 15:33:00

It has been widely speculated that the Philadelphia Eagles' hire of former Oregon coach Chip Kelly could lead to future employment opportunities for Ravens practice squad quarterback Dennis Dixon. Dixon has been hoping that he could play for Kelly,...

Tebow, traded from the Denver Broncos last week, will be the team's backup quarterback according to Jets head coach Rex Ryan. Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, started 11 games in 2011 for Denver and finished with a 7-4 record as a starter.

2013-06-10 00:00:00

The Bears selected the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner at Colorado in the first round of the 1995 draft. As a rookie, he erupted for more than 1,000 yards. But problems with ball security, injuries and drugs led him to spend just three years with the Bears.

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Heisman Trophy winner Steve Spurrier of Florida, in March 1967

2013-05-31 00:00:00