Bison

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.

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.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Forget that Howard University had handed Coppin State its first conference loss of the season back a month ago. With the seventh-seeded Bison walking four freshman starters on the Leon County Civic Center court here for the opening tip of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, it became obvious early they didn't have much of a chance."

As thunder rumbled in the distance and gray clouds formed over Trey Lewis' small farm in northern Baltimore County yesterday, he led two visitors to a field enclosed by an electric fence. On the other side sat a baby bison, not more than 40 pounds, with fluffy reddish-brown hair. Several adult bison roamed around it. Upon hearing footsteps, the beasts glanced over and then galloped into a forest, where they stayed until the visitors made their way back up a hill and into Lewis' store. "Sometimes if you get too close to them, they'll start pawing the ground, stomping their feet," Lewis said.

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.

WASHINGTON -- Howard had three players score in double figures on the way to a 65-47 win over Maryland last night at Burr Gymnasium.Courtney Kirk led the Bison (1-2) with 15 points off the bench, while Yetta Enobakhare and Chanell Washington each chipped in 14. The Terps' Branka Boganovic led all scorers with 21 points and 17 rebounds.Boganovic's 17 points in the first half, on 8-of-9 shooting, helped Maryland (0-3) to a 30-29 lead at halftime. But Howard used a 19-2 run midway through the second half to take a 57-44 lead with 2: 52 left to play.

Navy capitalized on the wildness of freshman Bucknell starter Kevin McDowell and the shoddy support of his infield to rout the Bison, 11-3, in the opening game of the best-of-three, Patriot League baseball tournament at Max Bishop Stadium yesterday.Despite an hour-and-45-minute rain delay in the second inning, unbeaten Navy sophomore Shane Groover went the distance to earn his seventh victory. He limited Bucknell to seven hits and struck out nine.After spotting the Bison a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Midshipmen (24-15)

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Chances lost and opportunities squandered. That was the theme of Towson State's 44-7 loss to Bucknell yesterday.With the score tied at 7 midway through the second quarter, the Tigers twice got the ball inside the Bucknell 40-yard line. Both times they came up empty, and Bucknell went on to score 37 unanswered points, turning a close game into a rout.Towson's first chance came after Brad Friedman ran a Bucknell punt back 51 yards to set up the Tigers at the Bison 26. Four plays later, George Perdikakis' 42-yard field-goal try was blocked.

WASHINGTON -- During his post-game interview, Towson quarterback Joe Lee flashed his widest smile when the subject of the offensive line came up.He knew it was that group that allowed him to rack up 431 passing yards and four touchdowns in the Tigers' 49-33 win over Howard yesterday in front of 1,835 at Greene Stadium.And it was that group that allowed Lee to be sacked only once and hardly hit at all."That was the big key," said Justin Mattera, who finished with five receptions for 104 yards and one touchdown.

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Bucknell basketball coach Pat Flannery preaches that old-time religion of stout defense and pass-and-move offense. But it's his disciples, the feisty Bison, who have performed miracles with three wins over Top 20 teams in the past year, including a stunner over No. 12 Kansas in the opening round of last year's NCAA tournament. With a victory already this season over then-No. 17 Syracuse, Bucknell (9-3) opens its Patriot League season today at Navy (6-6). "I always felt that if you were going to be a good road team, [defense]