Apprentice

After Ryan Fogelsonger earned his first victory in May, he returned to the winner's circle wearing a radiant smile. The slender jockey wore that same smile after his first stakes victory, first graded-stakes win and first Maryland Million stakes triumph. Even after a recent mount acted up in the starting gate and was scratched, Fogelsonger smiled and joked with bettors as he made the long walk back to the jockey's room. And what did he do after riding his very first race - despite losing by 34 lengths?

Salisbury opened its Atlantic Central Football Conference schedule with a 48-17 rout of the Apprentice School yesterday at Apprentice Field in Newport News, Va. Salisbury (4-1, 1-0 ACFC), ranked No. 17 in the D3football.com poll, broke open a tight game early in the fourth quarter with two touchdowns in 14 seconds. The Sea Gulls capped a four-play, 45-yard drive when Randal Smedley (eight carries, 60 yards) scored his second touchdown of the game from 5 yards out with 13:30 left in the game.

A former medical resident said his hospital evicted him from married students' housing for living with a same-sex partner. A former apprentice for a manufacturing company said his performance ratings dipped after he challenged a male supervisor to stop sexually harassing him. The gay men's testimonials, delivered last night from the podium of a college lecture hall, launched a renewed effort by Gov. Parris N. Glendening on behalf of not-yet-drafted legislation...

Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, the aerial skier, was among the American Olympians being considered for next season's Apprentice. However, Peterson had a bit of a dustup in Turin. The question, then, is whether allegedly punching someone out - and perhaps being drunk when you do it - makes you more or less qualified for The Apprentice. And does it depend on whether Omarosa is coming back? ray.frager@baltsun.com Read Ray Frager's blog at baltimoresun.com/mediumwell

A company of Dancing Omarosas? The Singing Kwames? A George and Carolyn duet? These horrifying prospects and more could become a reality if The Apprentice: The Musical hits Broadway. According to industry trade publications, producer Mark Burnett is working on songs and describes the project as "a love story," suggesting that nobody has learned anything from the lessons of From Justin to Kelly. Chatting with reporters about the third season of The Apprentice, which made its premiere Thursday on NBC, Donald Trump faced questions about seeing his reality show tread the boards.

LAUREL -- Apprentice Bill Mahorney Jr. rode his first Laurel Race Course winner yesterday, guiding Mt. Airy Dynasty ($20.20) to victory for trainer Leslie Glazier in the third race.Maryland has a reputation for being the best place in racing for a good apprentice to campaign. Mahorney, 21, had ridden a couple of horses the day before.Jockey agent Bobby Suggs is booking mounts for Mahorney, as he does for Mark Johnston, the star jockey in Maryland until his apprenticeship ended. Johnston is the nation's leader in races won and has a good chance to win the national apprentice title, although he is not doing so well now.Kent Desormeaux was the latest to win the national apprentice championship, then go on to stardom.

Reality TV took a bit of a break for the holidays, but the schedule is heating up again. Tomorrow night at 9:30, the sixth season of The Apprentice kicks off on NBC. You probably already knew that, because the past couple of weeks have been rife with reports of Donald Trump's bizarre feud with Rosie O'Donnell, and those reports all seem to mention the show. This season, the contestants will be in Los Angeles instead of New York, but they'll still be competing in creative, business-based challenges to become Trump's (supposed)

Jockey Jeremy Rose rode five winners on yesterday's Laurel Park card, giving him an 80-75 lead over Ramon Dominguez with three days remaining in the winter meet. Dominguez was the leading jockey at all four meets last year in Maryland on his way to the national riding title. "It's all about being on good horses and putting them in the right spot," said Rose, who has 35 victories this month. Yesterday, Rose scored twice for trainers Jerry Robb and Charles Hadry and once for Dale Capuano.

Coast Guard Fireman Apprentice Eric D. Leese, son of Allison L. Leese of Westminster, recently graduated from recruit training and was promoted to his present rank.During training at Coast Guard Recruit Training Center, Cape May, N.J., students were taught military subjects designed to prepare them for further academic and on-the-job training in one of 26 Coast Guard occupational fields.Apprentice Leese is a 1990 graduate of Westminster High School.PoliceWestminster: A Baltimore resident reported Wednesday that someone removed the tags from her car while it was parked on Wimert Avenue.

A young girl kneels on the floor as she shaves soap into a bucket of hot water in her traditional 19th-century servant garments - a white head scarf, a pink bell-sleeved shirt over a white ruffled shirt and a long linen skirt. The kitchen smells of burning wood from the open hearth and sunrays highlight the dust on antique chairs, a large wooden table, pots and a rack used to roast pigeons. "Did you bring the letter?" the girl asks onlookers. "My mother said she would send me a letter."