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Gus Triandos: Baltimore's first sports hero
The year was 1959. I was 12 and shy to a fault. But an almost close encounter with my baseball hero, Gus Triandos, would change my life forever. Big Gus exploded onto the Baltimore baseball landscape, and into the lives of countless youngsters like me,...
Tags: Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Sports, Hoyt Wilhelm
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Notebook: Terps' Carlson and Amato, UNC's Emala earn ACC honors
North Carolina senior midfielder Davey Emala (Gilman) and Maryland sophomore attackman Jay Carlson (St. Paul's) were named Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse Co-Offensive Players of the Week, as announced Tuesday by the conference, while Terps...
Tags: Chesapeake Bayhawks, Virginia Cavaliers, Ivy League, Major League Lacrosse, North Carolina Tar Heels
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Yankees honor former Pheasant
The New York Yankees held a moment of silence during their home opener Monday for “Bullet” Bob Turley, the 1958 Cy Young Award winner and World Series MVP. Turley, a former Aberdeen Pheasant, died of cancer Saturday in hospice care in...Tags: Game, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Sports, Baseball
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On opening day, remembering Earl
April, in these parts, is irresistibly transformative. Vibrant life and color rise up and relentlessly overwhelm a drab winter's landscape, inspiring notions in the human heart of renewal and redemption. And with it comes another baseball season and all...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Martin Luther King Jr., Earl Weaver, Sports, Baseball
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Bob Turley, former Orioles pitcher, dies
Bob Turley, a hard-throwing right-hander who won the Orioles’ first home game, died of liver cancer early Saturday morning, according to his son Terry Turley. He was 82. Turley pitched one season for the Orioles in 1954, their first in Baltimore,...
Tags: New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Boston Red Sox, Liver Cancer
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Digest: Maryland rules on claiming horses toughened
Horse racing Rules on claiming horses toughened The Maryland Racing Commission toughened its rules on claiming horses at its monthly meeting Wednesday, addressing an issue that some believe might have contributed to an early-year spike in racetrack...Tags: Punishment, Washington Redskins, University of California, Irvine, Lacrosse, Ken Niumatalolo
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Susan Heisler, grocery store merchandiser
Susan Heisler, a retired grocery store merchandiser and recreational pool player, died of lung cancer March 3 at the Chesapeake Hospice's Mandrin Center in Harwood. The Glen Burnie resident was 55.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Bush Street, she was the...Tags: Organic Foods, Glen Burnie, Washington, DC, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Hotel design team rooted in Maryland
The jeans are too gray, Toby Schermerhorn is on the phone saying. They need to be bluer, she tells the person handling the jeans. Prints of this collage — dozens of overlapping blue jean-clad bottoms — are going to grace guest room bathrooms...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Frederick County (Maryland), Architecture, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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An opportunity to break free of Ticketmaster
I thought Ticketmaster was the most hated company in America, but it turns out to have had some competition for that title in recent years. It lost last year to AT&T, Bank of America, Walmart and Electronic Arts, the maker of digital games. The...
Tags: Walmart, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Ticketmaster, Jackson Browne, Peter G. Angelos
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Aaron Margolis, attorney
Aaron Margolis, an attorney active in Zionist organizations, died of complications of a pituitary adenoma Feb. 10 at the North Oaks Retirement Community. The former Northwest Baltimore resident was 87.
Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Minnie and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, Israel, University of Baltimore, Lawyers
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Ali unable to attend Ripken Foundation event as he recovers from surgery
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...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Breast Cancer, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Under Armour Inc.
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William C. Brubaker, founding Colts band member
William Charles Brubaker, a retired aeronautical engineer who was a founding trombone player in the Baltimore Colts Marching Band, died Feb. 12 at Sinai Hospital of complications from injuries he suffered near his Lutherville home. Family members said...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Engineering, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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