Bishop

This time, there will be no nightmares about crossbars hit in overtime, or saves that weren't made. This time, there will be no taskmaster coach goading his team by replaying the lowlights of a historic loss on a locker room television. This time, the pertinent question for Salisbury isn't what went wrong, but something more pleasant to consider: Is this the finest Sea Gulls team ever? Coach Jim Berkman and his Salisbury dynasty made it four NCAA Division III titles in five seasons yesterday before an announced 22,778 at M&T Bank Stadium, where they fell behind early, shrugged off a third-quarter tie and hammered SUNY Cortland, 15-9.

MRS. LILLIAN MCKINNON BISHOP; passed away on June 18, 2007 in Fairbanks, AK. She lived in Baltimore for 40+ years and she moved to Fairbanks, AK to live with family. She is preceded in death by her husband Robert Bishop. She is survived by her children Gearldine Jacobs-Tuck, Duane E. Anderson, and Calvin McKinnon. Services held in Fairbanks, AK.

Bishop Philip Francis "Frank" Murphy, a native son of Cumberland who was an outspoken advocate for the poor, a champion of social justice and among a handful of Roman Catholic bishops to call for women's ordination, died yesterday of cancer at Mercy Medical Center.Bishop Murphy, 66, died shortly before 8 a.m. with his family at his bedside."With the Archdiocese of Baltimore, I mourn the passing of a friend of so many years, a priest whose heart brimmed with compassion, a bishop who gave so much of himself in service to God's people throughout the Archdiocese and most especially to those in Western Maryland," said Cardinal William H. Keeler, archbishop of the Baltimore archdiocese.

Bishop George Papaioannou, spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox diocese comprising the mid-Atlantic states, died early Monday after suffering a stroke at the Bethesda parish he pastored for 27 years.Bishop George, 66, who was elevated to Bishop of New Jersey in June 1998, was addressing a stewardship dinner at St. George Church in Bethesda Sunday night when he complained of dizziness. As he finished his remarks, he told the congregation, "I am a steward of this church, and I will be until the day I die. I love you," before collapsing into a chair.

Bishop P. Francis Murphy has been fighting all his life.He has been in the forefront on social justice issues, an outspoken advocate for the equality of women in the church and is nationally known for his stands on progressive causes, most recently denouncing the NATO bombing in Yugoslavia.At 66, Murphy, the Catholic auxiliary bishop for Western Maryland, finds that he has so much that he still wants to do. But all that is on hold for the moment as he battles cancer.Murphy is convalescing at the Cardinal Shehan Center at Stella Maris in Timonium, where he spends much of his time reading and responding to cards and letters -- some of them poster-sized -- from well-wishers who offer their thoughts and heartfelt prayers.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Mike Bordick remembers it simply."Ridiculous stuff," he says wryly.B. J. Surhoff is typically a little more understated. Describing the hours he and his Orioles teammate spent at the Ripken Sport Acceleration Center in Columbia this winter, the left fielder talks about running backward on an elevated treadmill, occasionally needing a spotter to prevent a wipeout at 20 mph and listening as a TV reporter got sick while attempting the...

Ravens running back Errict Rhett has a lot of respect for Tennessee Titans safeties Blaine Bishop and Marcus Robertson. They get his competitive juices flowing, and his mouth moving.The last time Rhett faced the pair was Oct. 10. The Titans won, 14-11, but Bishop and Robertson lost as Rhett ran over both of them on different occasions, forcing them to leave the game in the second quarter. Both players returned in the third.Now it's time for the rematch Sunday when the Ravens meet the Titans at PSINet Stadium.

When Tom and Deborah Carven began to hear rumors that their dream house in Bishopville sits on an old graveyard, they dismissed them as too outlandish to be true.Then, four years ago, Deborah Carven decided to pick up a shovel and find out the truth. A foot and a half into the ground, she hit something hard. Then, with her hands, she dug up human hip and femur bones and unearthed a casket handle gleaming in the sun.It was the beginning of a long nightmare for the Carvens -- one that would result in sleepless nights, thousands of dollars in legal fees and the criticism of some Worcester County neighbors who see them as villains rather than victims.

Clarence T. Bishop, a former executive with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, was named senior vice president of the Washington-Baltimore Regional 2012 Coalition yesterday.Bishop will be responsible for government and community relations and for bringing Olympic-related sporting events to the region as the area's bid for the 2012 Summer Games proceeds.In his most recent assignment as deputy executive director of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bishop was responsible for overall daily operations of the $45 million independent federal regulatory agency.

St. John's College officials will wait to decide the fate of Maryland's ailing Liberty Tree early next week, after a state-commissioned arborist says whether the 96-foot tulip poplar can be saved.The 400-year-old tree on St. John's front lawn -- the only survivor of the original 13 under which colonists gathered in the 1770s to incite revolt against British rule -- took a beating last week from Hurricane Floyd.In the aftermath of last week's storm, officials of the Annapolis college discovered a 15-foot-long crack down the middle of the tree's trunk and a large branch breaking away toward a nearby dormitory.

As Jane Bishop prepares her Harwood farm for Halloween, she scatters pumpkins - as many as 16 tons' worth - to set the mood for hayrides and school bus tours. But this year, supplies were so bad that she could only purchase 10 tons and the price was noticeably higher. "I hope nobody is planning to come here on the 31st and get a pumpkin, because they might not find much," said Bishop, owner of Dick and Jane's Farm. A cold and rainy spring, combined with cloudy skies that kept the pumpkin-pollinating bees in their hives and a dry August, has resulted in a pumpkin crop that is decidedly smaller this year.

FREDERICK EIKERENKOETTER II, 74 Televangelist known as 'Reverend Ike' The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide as Reverend Ike, died Tuesday. Mr. Eikerenkoetter died in Los Angeles, family spokesman Bishop E. Bernard Jordan told The New York Times. Bishop Jordan said Reverend Ike suffered a stroke in 2007 and never fully recovered. At his United Church Science of Living Institute in New York, Reverend Ike preached the power of what he called "positive self-image psychology" to his 5,000 parishioners.

Opera AACC paired Gian Carlo Menotti's rarely performed cantata The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi with his familiar Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors for three recent performances. On a Saturday afternoon, the audience was predominately schoolchildren. They seemed enchanted by Amahl and not frightened by The Bishop, indicating that this performance could appeal to everyone from young novice to casual listener to musical cognoscenti. Amahl and the Night Visitors - written expressly for television and originally broadcast by NBC on Christmas Eve 1951 - is the story of a poor, crippled shepherd boy and his destitute mother who are visited by the Magi following the star of Bethlehem.

On September 5, 2008, Sandra Lee Bishop of Edgewood, MD. Beloved wife of David Joseph Bishop Jr. Devoted mother of Adam J. Gilland and Austin D. Bishop and the late Amanda K. Gilland and Abby L. Gilland. Loving sister of Debra L. Dickson and Cheryl A. Fifer-Hann and the late Roland G. Fifer. Also survived by nieces Robin M. Goodman, Eryn N. Novak, Courtney Barsotti, and Sarah Barsotti and nephews Scott F. Hann, Ryann N. Hann and Paul W. Hann. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Monday September 8, 2008 at 8 PM. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Monday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Those who desire may contribute to National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016.

I managed to get through the biker extravaganza Hell Ride, a narcissistic piece of soft-core porn and macho camp, by mashing it together in my mind with the equally woeful, family-friendly biker comedy W ild Hogs. After all, both are full of hellions gone to seed. Directed and written by (and starring) Larry Bishop, Hell Ride begs for laughs with its variations on "the 3Bs: Beer, Bike and Booty" and grungy dives named after Dante's Inferno or Valhalla. I found it funny only when I realized that Bishop's dour Pistolero, Michael Madsen's supposedly slick "The Gent" and Vinnie Jones' unrepentantly scummy Billy Wings are the fellows John Travolta, Tim Allen and Martin Lawrence would have been in their baddest dreams.

Bishop W. Francis Malooly has spent four decades ministering to Roman Catholics in and around his native Baltimore. Now he is moving 70 miles north to take on his biggest job: leading the Diocese of Wilmington, Del. Malooly, 64, was introduced to his new community at a news conference at a Wilmington church yesterday after his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI. Malooly will succeed Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli, who is retiring at the age of 75, as required...

When the Rev. Canon Eugene T. Sutton was elected the 14th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, the first person he called was his 94-year-old grandmother, a devout Baptist who lives in a Washington nursing home. "Her prayers for me have made all the difference in the world," Sutton said. But more than that, he knew she could appreciate the twists of history that led to his election. Sutton, who will be consecrated tomorrow as the state's first African-American bishop, is the great-great-grandson of slaves.

ASUNCION, Paraguay -- A former Roman Catholic Church bishop won a historic victory yesterday in this impoverished country's presidential election, ending the 61-year reign of the world's longest ruling party. With 83 percent of polling stations reporting, Fernando Lugo received 40.7 percent of 1.57 million ballots cast. Running a distant second was former Education Minister Blanca Ovelar, the candidate of the long-ruling Colorado Party, who got 30.8 percent. Former general and ex-Colorado Lino Oviedo garnered 22 percent.

Maryland Episcopalians elected the Rev. Canon Eugene Taylor Sutton, canon pastor of the National Cathedral in Washington and an advocate of environmental causes, as the diocese's 14th bishop yesterday on a single ballot. Sutton, 54, the first African-American elected to lead the diocese in its 227-year history, also works as director of the Cathedral Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage. If the majority of bishops and standing committees of the national Episcopal Church consent, he will replace Bishop Robert Wilkes Ihloff, who retired in April.

Some days, you know it's just not meant to be, and that's how Digital Harbor's girls basketball team felt yesterday. The Rams ran neck-and-neck with Pocomoke all through their Class 1A state semifinal until, with 10 seconds left, Pocomoke's Ashley Bishop heaved an 18-foot shot off her hip that caught the net, giving the Warriors a 41-39 victory at UMBC's RAC Arena. "The irony was we missed a lot of our outside shots," Digital Harbor coach Patrick McDonald said, "and so for that to be the one to clinch it for them, that was serendipitous, to say the least."