Calvin Johnson

WASHINGTON - Calvin Johnson got an e-mail from a partner in his lobbying firm yesterday suggesting that they buy season tickets for the city's new baseball team. The message included a prospective schedule so Johnson could reserve some games for client outings. But, Mr. Johnson, the capital doesn't actually have a team right now. No matter, the baseball fan insists, it's coming. Johnson, well practiced in counting votes on Capitol Hill, has studied his baseball politics and feels so confident that the city will finally get a franchise that he's already planning what he'll do when it does.

Ravens cornerback Cary Williams said he had faith that the “Calvin Johnson” rule would bail him out. Despite the initial ruling of a 9-yard touchdown grab by Cincinnati Bengals tight end Jermaine Gresham, Williams said he felt fairly certain that the touchdown would be overturned after Gresham lost possession of the football after Williams tackled him. “He did a good job of catching it,” Williams said. “It was what it was, but I knew that from the Detroit play, they couldn't give it to him because he didn't have control going all the way to the ground.

William Calvin Johnson, a chemist at the old Army Chemical Center in Aberdeen for nearly 40 years and a former instructor at the Dunbar Evening School in Baltimore, died Saturday of natural causes at Union Memorial Hospital.Mr. Johnson, 79, of Ashburton in West Baltimore, was a research analyst who studied the composition of complex chemical compounds at the Harford County facility now known as Aberdeen Proving Ground.Mr. Johnson worked at the facility from 1951 to 1988, and was one of the government's first black chemists.

The impact of Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones was obvious every time that one of the speedy outside wide receivers ran past flat-footed defenders and under a long, arching throw from Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco. Smith, now entering his third season, has quickly become one of the NFL's premier deep threats. And Jones, who got behind defenses for huge touchdowns twice in the postseason, also has speed to be reckoned with. Part of their hidden impact -- besides forcing safeties to back away from the line of scrimmage to protect against the big play -- came in the penalties they drew downfield when they weren't catching Flacco's deep balls.

A one-alarm fire Wednesday night caused property damage estimated at $40,000 to the Mount Washington Food Market in the 1600 block of Kelly Ave.Capt. Calvin Johnson, city Fire Department spokesman, said the fire started in an electrical outlet behind an ice cream cooler on the first floor of the two-story brick building.The fire was confined to the first floor.No one was injured in the fire, which was reported at 10:22 p.m.

1 Injuries hit wide receivers. Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton have been durable throughout their careers, but both have dealt with significant injuries in the past year. This already criticized group doesn't have the depth to deal with any losses. 2 Steve Hauschka struggles in his first year as kicker. No one is under the fans' microscope more than Hauschka, who has the unenviable task of replacing Matt Stover. But the real pressure will come when he attempts his first potentially game-winning kick in the fourth quarter.

On June 1, 2005, ADDIE E.; beloved wife of the late Edward M. Johnson; devoted mother of Linda M. Chinnia. Also survived by four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren; one brother Calvin Johnson, Sr.; one sister, Ethel Garrett; one son in-law Kevin Chinnia, Sr, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road, Sunday after 1 P.M. to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at Mt. Calvary A.M.E.

A two-alarm fire yesterday caused $150,000 worth of damage to a Cherry Hill plating company and left one firefighter slightly injured, fire officials said.The blaze broke out at 1:19 a.m. in a first-floor room of the Almag Plating Corp. in the 1800 block of Cherry Hill Road, said Capt. Calvin Johnson. The fire quickly spread to the two-story building's second floor before being extinguished at 3:11 a.m.In all, 88 firefighters and 29 firetrucks were used to battle the blaze, Captain Johnson said.

1. Calvin Johnson goes off. The Lions wide receiver has scored a touchdown in three straight games and has produced 100 receiving yards twice during that span. Big receivers have caused the Ravens trouble all season. 2. Penalties have impact on game . The Ravens committed a season-worst 12 penalties (including five pass-interference ones) at Green Bay on Monday. The last time the Ravens played Detroit was 2005, when they had 21 penalties (one shy of the NFL record)