Dame Game

Maryland and Notre Dame have agreed to meet in football at FedEx Field in 2011 in what Maryland's athletic director calls "a statement game." It will be just the second football game between the schools. The Terps, then ranked No. 21, lost 22-0 to the Fighting Irish at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., to open the 2002 season -- Ralph Friedgen's second as coach in College Park. Maryland will not have to sacrifice a home game even though FedEx Field -- the Landover home of the Washington Redskins -- is only about 12 miles from campus.

Charles Adam Klein Sr., the owner of a family heating, plumbing and air-conditioning business that employed all eight of his children, died Thursday of heart failure and diabetes at Baltimore County General Hospital. He was 67.A Mass of Christian burial for Mr. Klein will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, 9531 Liberty Road in Randallstown.Born in Baltimore and raised in Pikesville, Mr. Klein graduated from Franklin Senior High School in Reisterstown before serving in the Army Air Force during World War II.For 35 years, he worked for his father's contracting business before setting out on his own in 1975 with Charles A. Klein & Sons Inc. of Sykesville.

ANNAPOLIS // Navy's football team will face three bowl participants and six teams from BCS conferences in 2006. The Mids return 18 starters off last year's squad that went 8-4, won the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy for a third-straight year and defeated Colorado State, 51-30, to win the Poinsettia Bowl. Navy plays Notre Dame at M&T Bank Stadium on Oct. 28, Conference USA champion Tulsa (Sept. 23) and Insight Bowl participant Rutgers (Oct. 14) to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy will open up the 2006 campaign with back-to-back home games against East Carolina (Sept.

Organizers are scrambling to reschedule after yesterday's postponement of the annual girls basketball game between rivals Mercy and the Institute of Notre Dame.The game, scheduled for last night at the Towson Center, was called at around 4 p.m. when Baltimore County implemented Phase I of the Snow Emergency Plan."Needless to say we're very disappointed," said Mercy coach Mary Ella Marion. "But for the safety of the kids and all the fans this was the only thing we could do."The annual matchup is more than just a basketball game.

1 Follow the money: The Senior Players Championship stages its pro-am today starting at 7:20 a.m. at Baltimore Country Club - in which the amateurs often are richer than the pros. 2 Ice, ice, baby: ESPN debuts its mullet-free hockey analyst during SportsCenter tonight at 6 and 11 - former NHL tough guy Matthew Barnaby (at left). 3 Racy movie: Versus brings you Days of Thunder (9 p.m.), starring Tom Cruise, the second-funniest NASCAR movie ever behind Talladega Nights. 4 Rah-rah, y'all: At 1 p.m. today on CMT, you could notice Making the Team, about the Cowboys cheerleaders, and also how CMT doesn't seem to play music videos anymore.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Brian Bacso scored a career-high six goals and added two assists as Loyola defeated Notre Dame, 14-7, at Krause Stadium yesterday. The Greyhounds (1-0) ended Notre Dame's 10-game home winning streak.The Fighting Irish (0-1) outshot the Greyhounds, 46-26, including 19-5 in the second quarter, but Loyola's freshman goalkeeper, Jim Brown, stopped 15 shots in his collegiate debut.After Notre Dame tied the game at 2, Bacso scored three straight goals in the final three minutes of the first quarter to give the Greyhounds a 5-2 lead.

COLLEGE PARK -- On several occasions this spring, Rob Chomo's pre-game preparations included a spiel directed at his Maryland attack mates, freshmen Andrew Whipple and Matt Hahn."

Towson State says Loyola did Tigers no favors in upsetOne person who was not happy to see Loyola upset Syracuse, 14-13, in overtime on Saturday was Towson State lacrosse coach Carl Runk.No. 8 Towson (2-0) will meet the fourth-ranked Orangemen (1-2) on Saturday at the Carrier Dome. The Tigers are the first of six straight home games for Syracuse, which has a 73-5 record at The Dome since it opened in 1980."Dave Cottle [Loyola coach] didn't do me any favors," said Runk. "He teased them. This will be like the Christians going into the Coliseum."

The fortunes of the Navy football team diverged in a loss to Rutgers in the second week of last season. Season-ending injuries to linebacker Clint Sovie and safety Jeff Deliz against the Scarlet Knights contributed to a defense that was one of the worst in the country. The Midshipmen finished toward the bottom of the Football Bowl Subdivision in several categories, including last in pass-defense efficiency. With new Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo and senior quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada trying to keep the offense as potent as it was under Paul Johnson - the Mids led the nation in rushing for the third straight season and scored a school-record 511 points - the return of Sovie and Deliz could allow the Midshipmen to be as competitive in 2008 as they were when they finished 8-5 a year ago. "We've obviously got to get better on defense," Niumatalolo, the former offensive coordinator who was promoted when Johnson left for Georgia Tech, said as practice opened in Annapolis yesterday.