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Sophomore point guard Terrell Stoglin wasn't in the starting lineup against UNC-Wilmington, with freshman Nick Faust (City) taking his place. But after the Terps failed to score on their first three possessions -- two turnovers and a bad shot by Faust -- Stoglin was off the bench and in the game with a little over 17 minutes left. There was no reason given by an athletic department spokesman for what appeared to be Stoglin's benching. He and new coach Mark Turgeon certainly have distinctly different ideas about how the point guard position is supposed to be played, with Stoglin thinking its called the points guard and Turgeon, a former point guard himself under Larry Brown at Kansas, looking for someone who thinks pass first.

In the midst of a streak of 16 hitless at-bats, which included nine strikeouts, third baseman Mark Reynolds found himself on the bench Tuesday, the night after a scheduled off day for the club. "I just want him to take a breather mentally and let him focus on some things he wants to get better at," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter . Reynolds, who is hitting .125 with 22 strikeouts in 48 at-bats this season, was replaced in the lineup and at third base by rookie Ryan Flaherty . Showalter said getting some playing time for Flaherty, who has one start and has played in four games, also had something to do with the lineup decision.

In the midst of a streak of 16 hitless at-bats, which included nine strikeouts, third baseman Mark Reynolds found himself on the bench Tuesday, the night after a scheduled off day for the club. "I just want him to take a breather mentally and let him focus on some things he wants to get better at," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter . Reynolds, who is hitting .125 with 22 strikeouts in 48 at-bats this season, was replaced in the lineup and at third base by rookie Ryan Flaherty . Showalter said getting some playing time for Flaherty, who has one start and has played in four games, also had something to do with the lineup decision.

Maryland cornerback Cameron Chism started 32 straight games from 2009 until being benched near the end of last season. He is one of just three players in school history -- Curome Cox and Bob Haley are the others -- with two interception returns for touchdowns (Miami and Clemson games of 2011) in the same season. Like the Terps as a whole, Chism, a criminology and criminal science major from Washington D.C., didn't  have the sort of 2011 season he aspired to. But he finished his career having played in 44 games -- 34 under former coach Ralph Friedgen and 10 under Randy Edsall -- and had seven interceptions.

The names of four candidates for a Howard County Circuit Court judgeship, two of them attorneys in the county prosecutor's office and two who hear juvenile and other matters for the court, have been forwarded to Gov. Martin O'Malley by a committee that vets applicants for the bench. Judge Diane O. Leasure, who has been a Circuit Court judge since 1995, is leaving this week, though she is expected to return to hear cases in retirement. The governor must select a judge from the list given to him by the Judicial Nominating Commission.

Maryland center Alex Len came off the bench Wednesday after being a starter in the previous eight games. Len was nursing a sore ankle. Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said Friday that the 7-footer may not start against Virginia Tech on Saturday, even though the ankle seems healed. "We brought him off the bench (against Duke). I'm pretty sure I'm going to do that again tomorrow and just see if that helps him relax," Turgeon said. As you can tell, that's not set in stone. Len picked up two quick fouls against the Blue Devils and his playing time was limited.

If the bye week proves beneficial for the strained ligaments in the toe on Ben Grubbs' right foot, the expectation is that Grubbs will resume his role as the starting left guard when the Houston Texans visit the Ravens on Oct. 16. That would seem to leave Andre Gurode, the five-time Pro Bowl center who has made two consecutive starts at left guard in Grubbs' absence, out of the mix for the front five. But coach John Harbaugh sounded determined to find a role for Gurode even after Grubbs' return.

The visiting Los Angeles Sparks lost, 79-76, to the Connecticut Sun despite a team-high 19 points off the bench from guard Kristi Toliver (Maryland). Tina Charles had 22 points and 23 rebounds for the Sun, who got 17 from Renee Montgomery and 16 each from Asjha Jones and Kara Lawson. The game was tied with a little over two minutes remaining, but Montgomery hit a driving layup with 35.8 seconds left and made two free throws with time running down to seal the game. Toliver shot 7-for-17 from the field, including 4-for-7 on 3-point attempts.

On February 24, 2005, WILLIAM P. SR.;devoted husband of 50 years to Mary T. Bench; loving father of William P. Bench Jr., Jane Bench, Debra Kunaniec, and Donna Heying; father-in-law of Richard Heying; grandfather of Christopher, Jessie, and Patrick Heying; also survived by three brothers and a sister. Service and interment private. A Memorial Service will be scheduled for a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials in his name to Seasons Hospice, Palliative Care of Maryland, 7008 Security Boulevard, Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21244 or The American Cancer Society.

Just when you thought you had their lineup memorized, the Orioles unveiled a new look last night.Injuries, timing and matchups played a role in Orioles manager Johnny Oates' decision to call on a rarely used part of this year's team -- the bench.Oates, who has said since spring training that he would rely pretty much on the same nine players from day to day, virtually cleared the bench last night. Lonnie Smith, Jack Voight and Tim Hulett got their second starts of the season at designated hitter, left field and second base, respectively.

Edward O. "Ned" Thomas, a retired District Court and Circuit Court judge for Worcester County who was a Baltimore native, died of congestive heart failure March 20 at his home at Buckingham's Choice in Adamstown. He was 94. Raised on Englewood Road in Roland Park, he was the son of Oscar B. Thomas and Josephine Reindollar. His father was an owner of the Thomas & Thompson Co. drugstores, and as a boy, Judge Thomas worked summers at the business. He attended Roland Park Country and Roland Park Elementary schools and was a 1936 graduate of City College, where he was class valedictorian.

In the aftermath of scoring the game-winning goal in Navy's 12-11 upset of then-No. 12 Colgate, sophomore attackman Sam Jones rejoiced in a showing that included three goals and two assists. The Severna Park native and graduate also admitted that he had been mired in a slump, telling the school's website, “I've been in a slump the last few games and the fact that my teammates trusted me means the world.” Coach Rick Sowell took note of Jones' struggles, but insisted that the coaches did not consider benching Jones, who tied sophomore attackman Tucker Hull for the team lead in goals (23)

On a day when Towson desperately needed someone to step up, coach Shawn Nadelen didn't hesitate to reach down into the bowels of his depth chart. With both of the Tigers' top face-off specialists struggling against Mount St. Mary's, Nadelen turned to third-stringer Ian Mills, who hadn't appeared in either of Towson's first three games. The junior came up huge down the stretch, winning four of five face-offs in the fourth quarter, as the host Tigers rallied to score the game's final three goals in a 10-8 win. "We talked [Friday]

Aquille Carr admits he was pressing when he came off the bench to enter Thursday night's Class 3A North Region semifinal at City. But, luckily for Patterson, the junior point guard fared much better in the second half. Carr took command and scored 17 of his game-high 23 points after the break as the No. 5 Clippers defeated No. 9 City, 67-59. Patterson (18-7) will play at No. 1 Milford Mill in Saturday's regional final after the Millers defeated Woodlawn, 59-41, Thursday night.

The season-long tug-of-war between Maryland coach Mark Turgeon and leading scorer Terrell Stoglin continues. If the reporters on press row got bored with Saturday's Duke game, they could gaze across at the Maryland bench and watch Stoglin fretting. Here is what I saw when I looked over: Stoglin slumped on the bench, his body language radiating displeasure. Granted, this was just one glance and I don't know what he was doing during the rest of his pine time. He played 17 minutes in the first half, 13 minutes in the second.

Judge Francis Miller Arnold, who had a first career as an employee relations director and later became a lawyer and then a judge of the District Court and the Circuit Court, died Wednesday of esophageal cancer at his Westminster home. He was 83. "Judge Arnold was a wonderful human being and a superb jurist. He was the kind of judge that any judge would want to emulate," said Howard County Circuit Judge Lenore R. Gelfman. "I'm so sad. It's a great personal loss for me. We were like a father and daughter.

I HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD SON WHO is on a travel baseball team. We went out of town for a tournament and the coach brought an additional boy who was not on the team and the boy took my son's spot in the field while my child sat on the bench for the whole game. This has devastated my son. We stayed for the whole tournament and he did not quit -- although he would have liked to. Is this a common practice with travel ball? If the coach did not feel my son was good enough, why would he encourage us to go out of town and then humiliate my son?

It never happened to the likes of Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett and Franco Harris.But Emmitt Smith, who is generally rated in their league among the best running backs of all time, was benched Sunday, in his seventh season at age 27, by Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer.After gaining 18 yards in 11 carries in the 20-6 loss to the New York Giants, Smith came to the sidelines after losing a shoe. He was never put back in.Switzer, who compared it to changing pitchers in baseball, said: "It doesn't make any difference who you are or what you've been.

Maryland center Alex Len came off the bench Wednesday after being a starter in the previous eight games. Len was nursing a sore ankle. Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said Friday that the 7-footer may not start against Virginia Tech on Saturday, even though the ankle seems healed. "We brought him off the bench (against Duke). I'm pretty sure I'm going to do that again tomorrow and just see if that helps him relax," Turgeon said. As you can tell, that's not set in stone. Len picked up two quick fouls against the Blue Devils and his playing time was limited.

Maryland men's basketball assistant coach Dalonte Hill will be back on the bench Saturday after a forced, two-game absence following his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence. Hill has been involved in scouting this week as the Terps prepare for Virginia Tech, coach Mark Turgeon said today. Hill was not permitted to be with the Terps for their games against Temple last Saturday and Duke on Wednesday night. According to the police report, Hill was stopped at the intersection of southbound Route 295 and Route 32 around 1:55 a.,m.