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By Edward Lee | November 11, 2012
When the Oakland Raiders used the seventh overall pick in the 2009 draft to select Darrius Heyward-Bey, the McDonogh graduate and Maryland product was the first wide receiver taken off the board. That honor raised the bar for Heyward-Bey, who is trying to assert himself as the Raiders' top wideout. NFL Network analyst and former kick returner Bucky Brooks thinks there is still room and time for Heyward-Bey to develop into that role. Here is what Brooks had to say about Heyward-Bey.
SPORTS
By Edward Lee, The Baltimore Sun | November 10, 2012
Darrius Heyward-Bey likes a challenge. Or perhaps more appropriately, he enjoys being challenged. From adolescence to McDonogh to Maryland, Heyward-Bey has encountered doubts and at each turn, he has overcome those obstacles. Now a starting wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders, who will visit M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday to meet the Ravens, Heyward-Bey can look back at those challenges and credit them for aiding his development. "It's just my personality. I've always been that way," he said Wednesday night after a Raiders practice.
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By Edward Lee | November 9, 2012
As a wide receiver, Darrius Heyward-Bey is expected to go to the middle of the field, catch passes, and brace for the impact that comes when a defensive back or linebacker crashes into him. But the sight of the Silver Spring native and McDonogh graduate absorbing a blow from Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety Ryan Mundy in the fourth quarter of the Oakland Raiders' 34-31 win still caused many to grimace. The top of Mundy's helmet appeared to strike Heyward-Bey in the facemask, and the former University of Maryland product had to be carted off the field.
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Sports Digest | June 2, 2012
NFL Heyward-Bey pleads not guilty in DUI case An attorney for Oakland Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf Thursday to drunken-driving charges stemming from an arrest on the Bay Bridge, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday. Heyward-Bey, 25, who played at Maryland, was not required to appear in San Francisco Superior Court to enter his plea to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol content above the legal limit of 0.08 percent, the newspaper reported.
NEWS
By Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun | February 22, 2011
Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Douglas A. Hicks-Bey, the chief executive of a faith-based mentoring program, who was accused last month of raping a 15-year-old girl. "The decision by the State Attorney's Office in this case was based on a careful and thorough review of the evidence," Mark R. Cheshire, a spokesman for Baltimore's chief prosecutor, wrote in an e-mail message. Hicks-Bey, 48, who runs B-Moor Youth Services, was charged with seven counts — second-degree rape, child abuse, second-degree assault, perverted practice and second-, third- and fourth-degree sex offenses — in connection with incidents that police said took place over a 10-day period in his home in the 4000 block of Edgewood Road in Northwest Baltimore.
NEWS
By Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun | January 14, 2011
The chief executive of a faith-based mentoring program was released on bail Friday after being charged with raping a 15-year-old girl who is a client of the organization, Baltimore police said. Douglas A. Hicks-Bey, 48, who runs B-Moor Youth Services, was charged with rape, child abuse, assault, perverted practice and other sex offenses in connection with incidents that police said took place in his home in the 4000 block of Edgewood Road in Northwest Baltimore. Hicks-Bey was released on $175,000 bail, with instructions to appear in Baltimore District Court for a preliminary hearing Feb. 8. Court documents indicate that the incidents with the girl took place between Jan. 1 and Tuesday.