Bison

Isaiah Roberts scored 20 points to lead Navy, which shot 52.5 percent (21-for-40), in an 87-63 loss to Bucknell on Wednesday night in the Patriot League quarterfinals. Joe Willman scored 18 points and top-seeded Bucknell shot 62.7 percent from the field. The Bison (23-8), the defending tournament champions, made 32 of 51 shots to hand the eighth-seeded Midshipmen (3-26) their 21st consecutive defeat. Navy's loss extended its losing streak in Patriot tournament games to 12, the longest conference tournament losing streak in Division I. Bucknell never trailed but didn't pull away until it outscored Navy 15-3 in the final five minutes of the first half.

Tara Lonergan and Sydney Henderson each scored 10 points to lead host Mount St.Mary's to a 51-39 win over LIU Brooklyn on Monday night that clinches  a spot in the Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament. After a sluggish start to the first half, the Mount scored five points in the final minute to take a 19-17 lead at the break.  Jessie Kaufman drained a 3-pointer and Henderson scored a basket in the paint to give the Mountaineers (13-14, 9-7 Northeast Conference) their only lead in the opening half.

Red Brick Station 8149 Honeygo Blvd., White Marsh -- 410-931-7827 Hours --11 a.m.-midnight daily Restaurant's estimate --15 minutes Ready in --13 minutes The meat patty was easily twice as thick as the one from Porters, but for some reason a sizable portion of the bun was soggy. The meat on the burger, $10.50, was juicy, but we couldn't get past the mushy bun. It came with a side of crispy fries. Know of a good carryout place? Write to sam.sessa@baltsun.com.

Tom Gravante was understandably concerned about how Mount St. Mary's would play after absorbing a humiliating 23-6 loss to No. 3 Maryland in the season opener for both teams a week ago. Thankfully, the head coach was delighted with what he witnessed during the Mountaineers' 12-11 upset of then-No. 18 Bucknell on Sunday. That victory helped assuage some of the aftertaste lingering from the setback to the Terps. “They responded in practice, they rebounded,” Gravante said Tuesday morning.

Baltimore County Police Detective Ed Spragg showed up to work yesterday a sudden celebrity with a slightly bruised ego and a new nickname: "Buffalo Bill." The 25-year veteran of the Baltimore County force gained overnight fame Tuesday when he was knocked on his keister by an escaped bison, making the front page of newspapers, national television newscasts and even snagging the No. 4 slot on ESPN's nightly Top 10 list of sports highlights. "I never took a shot like that on duty before," said Spragg, 49, who managed to escape his showdown with the 700-pound animal without injury.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- In the 1880s, after the herds of bison that once swarmed over the Western plains had been hunted to the brink of extinction, a few hundred of the animals were found living in the mountains of this national park.The Army stepped up patrols against poachers, and park authorities created a ranch in the park to raise bison. The restoration project was so successful that it became a symbol for the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service, which have an image of a buffalo on their badges.

Morgan State 74, Howard 69 - Marquise Kately scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half and Reggie Holmes added 10 after intermission to lead the visiting Bears to a win over the Bison in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at Burr Gymnasium. The victory was the seventh straight for the first-place Bears (17-10, 11-2). The Bison (7-19, 5-7) dropped their third straight. The game was competitive throughout. Morgan State shot 50 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes to take a 37-30 lead at the half.

I'M NEVER GOING on vacation again. Every time I take time off, something happens that needs to be properly addressed in the Kickoff section, and God forbid Ray Frager try to do it. I'm referring, of course, to the attack of the tennis-playing bison. I was sitting at the breakfast table Wednesday morning and right there on the front page of The Sun was a photo of a small herd of bison - I prefer to call them buffalo, but apparently there is some subtle difference - congregating on a tennis court in Pikesville.

PAWHUSKA, Okla. -- In the most ambitious attempt so far to revive one of America's formerly vast and robust but now moribund ecosystems, 300 bison yesterday galloped headlong onto 5,000 acres of unfenced tallgrass prairie -- there to live free, eat their fill and play a major ecological role, as their ancestors once did.Nervous at first in the presence of nearly 1,000 humans who had come to see them resume their ancient place in nature, nudged along by...

Two baby buffalo went roaming across the southern plains of Anne Arundel County yesterday with dozens of police officers, animal-control officials and wildlife experts in hot pursuit.The 4-month-old, 400-pound bison escaped from their new home on a 36-acre farm in Birdsville shortly after noon Monday and disappeared into the surrounding horse country. Yesterday, they were spotted grazing peacefully at a turf farm more than 12 miles away, but left before they could be captured."They're just babies, and they're scared," said Ricky Owens, who bought the bison Sunday from a breeder in New York.

Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos has compared Bucknell center Mike Muscala to one of his favorite former NBA players for his hometown Boston Celtics. Muscala is not the second coming of Kevin McHale, but against the Greyhounds on Friday night, the 6-11 senior looked the part of a modern-day mid-major replica. Muscala attracted four NBA scouts to Reitz Arena, as well as plenty of attention from Loyola's big men. He seemed unaffected by both, scoring a game-high 28 points to lead the Bison to a surprisingly easy 66-46 victory.

What started out as the final game of a competitive four-year series between the men's basketball teams at Loyola and Bucknell became something more last summer. Friday night's game at Reitz Arena has become a preview, a taste of what the future holds for Jimmy Patsos and the Greyhounds. Shortly after Loyola announced in August that it was moving from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the Patriot League beginning in the fall of 2013, Patsos said he thought about this previously scheduled game against the Bison and how it took on a much different meaning.

The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the … wait, those aren't sheep, they're alpacas. And those rangy bovines look an awful lot like bison. And what about those long-legged turkeys running loose in the barnyard? St. Mary's County, site of Maryland's first capital, has long been economically dependent on agriculture, and until a few decades ago, tobacco was king. One look at the farms scattered about the countryside, though, makes it clear that change has taken place. Living green, eating fresh and appreciating local heritage have resulted in a rise in agritourism in this Southern Maryland county, where visitors can experience on a personal level the trials and triumphs of unconventional approaches to farming.

Morgan State (3-3, 2-1 MEAC) at Howard (4-2, 3-1 MEAC) Time: 1 p.m. Site: Greene Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. Radio: 88.9 FM Series: Morgan State leads 40-24-1 What's at stake: Morgan dropped a homecoming heartbreaker last week, giving up a game winning touchdown with 25.6 seconds left. The 24-20 loss to North Carolina Central was the Bears' first MEAC defeat. Saturday will mark Howard's homecoming, and the Bears would love nothing more than to ruin it. But the Bison are also coming off a loss and will be out to get back on track in front of a excited crowd.

After one year as coordinator of recruiting operations for the Maryland women's basketball program, Stephanie Stevens was named head coach at Gallaudet. Stevens, 25, was an assistant under former Gallaudet coach Kevin Cook in 2010-11, when the Bison were 24-4 and made the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time since 1999. Gallaudet was 8-16 last season under Brendan Stern, who will coach the men in 2012-13.

Almost a year removed from Navy's 12-11 overtime loss to Bucknell, senior defenseman Matt Vernam said the Midshipmen had to do a better job of sliding and filling in the gaps. Apparently, Navy did not take that lesson to heart in Saturday's 14-9 setback to the Bison at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Nine of Bucknell's goals came off assists. Four of those assisted tallies occurred when the offense broke a 4-4 tie in the second quarter to enjoy an 8-4 advantage at halftime.

Towson State spent more than the normal six days preparing for last week's game at Rhode Island."We put a lot of time and effort into our opener," Gordy Combs said of his head coaching debut, a 36-19 defeat. "That was the focus of spring practice and two-a-days since late August. I'm just glad I'm dealing with a resilient group. They shook that game off immediately, and mentally, I think they're doing great."The Tigers are also doing well physically, coming out of the loss with nothing more than the normal bumps and bruises.

James Lee, who suffers from diabetes and heart disease, used to dodge his doctor's orders not to eat red meat. He had always loved a good beefsteak and could not give it up. Then the Howard County man found salvation in the form of a wild, shaggy-haired bison. With his doctor's blessing, Lee became one of a growing number of Americans who eat bison as an alternative to beef. It's a red meat with one-third the fat of beef, less cholesterol and more iron. "It keeps me in very good health," said Lee, 76. Once a week, he grills himself a bison steak, seasoned only with a little vinegar.

Isaiah Roberts scored 20 points to lead Navy, which shot 52.5 percent (21-for-40), in an 87-63 loss to Bucknell on Wednesday night in the Patriot League quarterfinals. Joe Willman scored 18 points and top-seeded Bucknell shot 62.7 percent from the field. The Bison (23-8), the defending tournament champions, made 32 of 51 shots to hand the eighth-seeded Midshipmen (3-26) their 21st consecutive defeat. Navy's loss extended its losing streak in Patriot tournament games to 12, the longest conference tournament losing streak in Division I. Bucknell never trailed but didn't pull away until it outscored Navy 15-3 in the final five minutes of the first half.

Host Bucknell went on a 7-0 run late in the first half that proved to be the difference as the Bison (22-8, 12-2 Patriot League) handed Navy (3-25, 0-14 ) a 64-55 setback in front of an announced 3,894 Saturday. The loss was the Midshipmen's 21st in a row, the longest among Division I men's teams in the nation. Navy trailed just 21-17 on a jumper by James Loupos with 1:42 to play in the opening half, but the Bison scored seven unanswered points, five coming off offensive rebounds, in the final 1:32 of the half to take a 28-17 lead.