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By Pat O'Malley | September 4, 1998
Coaching high school football in the 1990s is as different from, say, two decades ago, as the run-and-shoot or power-I are from the T formation.Veteran county coaches agree that modern home life, the many diversions kids have, and softer discipline and red tape policies of a changing education system have contributed to a new generation of coaches and players.Old Mill's rookie coach Mike Marcus, promoted after assisting Pete Regala for 11 years, asked his summer weightlifting group of 45 players how many ate dinner with their parents at least three times a week?
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By Lem Satterfield | August 28, 1998
Wilde Lake High coach Doug DuVall called it "the one fear in coaching that something like this happens."Poly coach John Hammond said, "That really sent shivers," and he decided to have his players observe a moment of silence at yesterday's football practice.They were among many local coaches and players who were shocked by the death of a 13-year-old freshman football player from St. John's College High School Tuesday night at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington.Daniel Bell of Silver Spring collapsed on Aug. 18 on during the second day of football practice.
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By John W. Stewart | December 4, 1997
As Carroll County's five public high schools go through final preparations for their opening games tomorrow night, the season-long action likely will be the most competitive, top to bottom, it has been in recent years.No apparent superstars are around to lead the way -- yet.One indicator is that of last season's 13 All-County players, only two return, both from the second team, and the one common denominator on every roster is varsity inexperience. Two teams, in fact, have no returning starters.
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By Derek Toney | September 23, 1994
A man makes a lot of friends in 30-plus years of coaching -- even if 612 times opponents have been on the losing end of the score.Cardinal Gibbons' Ray Mullis found this out firsthand last night as fellow coaches and players past and present packed Martin's West for a night in his honor. Mullis, the area's winningest coach, was found to have pancreatic cancer in July.But the night was one of celebration."Cancer can be beaten," said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who headed the impressive list of basketball talent who turned out to honor Mullis.
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By Milton Kent | March 31, 1994
North Carolina guard Tonya Sampson has been told she "plays like a guy."Some women's basketball players might take that as an insult, but Sampson wears the phrase as a badge of honor. Her game, going back to her childhood days on the playgrounds of Clinton, N.C., as the only girl to play with her neighborhood "posse," always has been about power, speed and strength."A lot of guys tried to take advantage of me. They would say, 'Oh, we can run over her.' My friends would say, 'You can do that if you want to. You'll get something you don't want,' " said Sampson.
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By Sandra McKee | January 22, 1993
Jimmy Anderson wears a Washington Capitals ring on his right hand. Wearing a team ring isn't unusual for coaches and players who have won championships. But the ring Anderson wears is not the ring of a champion.Anderson's ring came as recognition for being the Capitals' first coach. Jimmy Anderson has the distinction of having coached ** the worst team in modern NHL history, the 1974-75 Capitals."It was a great experience," Anderson recalled from his Agawam, Mass., home ,15l this week. "It was my one NHL head coaching job, and, sure, the record was a disaster, but it wasn't anybody's fault.
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By Sandra McKee | January 22, 1993
Jimmy Anderson wears a Washington Capitals ring on his right hand. Wearing a team ring isn't unusual for coaches and players who have won championships. But the ring Anderson wears is not the ring of a champion.Anderson's ring came as recognition for being the Capitals' first coach. Jimmy Anderson has the distinction of having coached ** the worst team in modern NHL history, the 1974-75 Capitals."It was a great experience," Anderson recalled from his Agawam, Mass., home this week. "It was my one NHL head coaching job, and, sure, the record was a disaster, but it wasn't anybody's fault.
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By Phil Jackman | January 29, 1993
Most people fantasize about throwing the pass, catching the pass, intercepting the pass or knocking down the pass that wins the Super Bowl. Me, I dream about serving a dual role as producer and director of not only this grandest of all one-shot sporting spectacles on TV, but of the pre-game show, too.First off, come 3:30 Sunday afternoon, my studio segments wouldn't originate from one of those generic Formica, potted plant and cardboard sets in an end...
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By Don Markus | March 16, 1993
When Indiana freshman Brian Evans took an ill-advised shot during a recent game against Purdue, everyone inside Bloomington's Assembly Hall and those watching on television knew what was likely to follow. An explosion from Bob Knight.It came during the next timeout. First, the Indiana coach pulled Evans toward the bench, then forcefully guided the player into his seat. Finally, Knight gave Evans an earful of his favorite adjectives.And Knight knew what was coming, too: a question regarding his sideline behavior.
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By Don Markus | October 15, 1992
For as long as anyone can remember, it has been recognized as the first day college basketball teams could practice for their new seasons. For coaches and players, as well as the most die-hard fans, October 15 held special significance. "It's been that way since I was a player," said Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan, who graduated from LaSalle in 1951.But not this year. Today, college gyms throughout the area and the country are filled with the squeaks of sneakers and the thumps of balls, but there are no coaches' whistles piercing through the empty arenas.