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The AFC North is starting to become a great division for quarterback play. Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton made a name for himself as a rookie last season, and Cleveland quarterback Brandon Weeden was impressive Thursday night, completing 25 of 52 passes for 320 yards and a touchdown. If the Browns had better receivers and players who could hold onto the ball, they might have upset the Ravens. Before the game, the Browns had dropped 11 passes in the first three games and they added at least another three or four Thursday night.  This Weeden kid played well and showed a lot of poise. Combined with Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger and the Ravens' Joe Flacco, there could be some good shootouts coming up.

The bites were coming for anglers on the Susquehanna Flats in a Bass Federation tournament in September 2010. But they weren't from fish. “It was so salty, they were catching crabs up in the flats,” Baltimore angler Donald Haskins said. “A lot of us were downriver fishing for bass, and we would get a bite and we'd have a crab on our line.” The September tournament came toward the end of a three-month drought, which dried up the Chesapeake watershed late that year, and the Susquehanna River was trading a great deal of water and crustaceans with the Chesapeake Bay. Dry spells and unexpected pinches are the last thing competitors, including Haskins, will anticipate in this week's EverStart Series Northern Division tournament.

Last year, the Ravens went into Cincinnati, beat the Bengals and clinched an AFC North title on the season's final weekend. This season, it doesn't appear that they'll have to wait that long. In fact, they may not even have to wait beyond this weekend. A Ravens victory over the struggling Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, coupled by a Bengals loss against the San Diego Chargers, would give the Ravens their second straight AFC North crown. Following their thrilling 16-13 overtime victory over the Chargers yesterday, the Ravens sit at 9-2 for just the second time in team history.

John S. "Bud" Linz, a retired engineer and World War II veteran, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 90. The son of a grocer and a homemaker, John Sebastian Linz was born in Baltimore and raised in Highlandtown. After graduating in 1941 from Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington, he began studies at the Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Linz left Hopkins to enlist in the Army and served with the 99th Infantry Division in Europe. He fought at the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded and earned a Purple Heart.

Maryland and Wake Forest are tied for the lead in the ACC's Atlantic Division. The top contenders: ..............Conference Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Wake Forest 4 1 .800 8 1 .889 Maryland 4 1 .800 7 2 .778 Boston College 3 2 .600 7 2 .778 Remaining schedule: Wake Forest: Today at Florida State; Nov. 18 vs. Virginia Tech; Nov. 25 at Maryland Maryland: Today vs. Miami; Nov. 18 at Boston College; Nov. 25 vs. Wake Forest Boston College: Today vs....

It was incorrectly reported in yesterday's editions of The Sun that the Baltimore Skipjacks will face each member of the Atlantic Division of the American Hockey League four times next season. In fact, the Skipjacks will face each member of the Atlantic Division -- except St. John's -- two times. They will face St. John's four times.The Sun regrets the errors.The AHL announced last weekend that it will have three divisions for the 1991-92 season, with the Baltimore Skipjacks a member of the Southern Division.

Communications Satellite Corp. said yesterday it plans to consolidate two Clarksburg-based divisions to form a new business unit, a move that will eliminate up to 300 jobs.Washington-based Comsat said the reductions will be achieved through a combination of early retirement, attrition and layoffs. Those reductions will come almost exclusively from Comsat's Systems Division and its labs, the two Montgomery County units being consolidated.Bruce Crockett, Comsat Corp. president and chief executive officer, said the company would attempt to keep layoffs to a minimum, but he acknowledged that the number could reach 200 or more.

WASHINGTON COLLEGE * Coach: Terry Corcoran, ninth season, 79-36.* 1990 record: 11-4.* Key returnees: First-team Division III All-Americans DavSlomkowski, the goalie, and Kevin Doyle, defenseman; midfielders Jed Cronin, Nick Carcangelo and Brian Johnson; defenseman Mike Johnson.* Key newcomers: Freshman midfielders Peter Greene, from StPaul's, and Chris Sanchez, from Detroit's Cranbrook.* Comment: The top Division III power in the state once again iWashington College. If it weren't for a school in Geneva, N.Y., Washington College probably would be the best Division III team in the country.

For sheer chaos, which would you rather attend, a White House staff meeting or a major-league owners' meeting?The White House rated the edge, until the owners rolled out their new expanded playoff format, then retreated faster than you can say, "gays in the military."Maybe you missed Plan A, a typical owners' creation, which is to say, a total disaster.For one ridiculous day, it appeared the first-place team in each division would play the second-place team in a best-of-five series starting in 1994.

HobartCoach: B.J. O'Hara1990 record: 15-1Outlook: Hobart, under first-year coach O'Hara, won the NCAA Division III championship for the 11th consecutive season. "We'll find out how good we are early," he said. "We play Virginia, Washington College, Ohio Wesleyan, Cortland State and Syracuse in our first six games." Returning at attack are Bill Miller (39 goals, 39 assists), the Division III Player of the Year last season, and Jeff Tambroni (38 goals, 31 assists), Most Valuable Player in the 1990 championship game.

Who is the face of American liberalism? Who is the face of American conservatism? In Washington politics and on social media these days, the king and queen of "base" politics are two freshman U.S senators — Texas' Ted Cruz for conservatives and Massachusetts' Elizabeth Warren for liberals. The fast rise of these two politicians, both less than one year into their respective terms, is directly tied to the nation's harsh liberal-conservative divide. Studies show political polarization in Congress is now the highest since Reconstruction.

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Monday's announcement that Johns Hopkins would join the Big Ten in 2015 can be viewed as a new beginning for the program. It also signals an end to its traditional status as an independent. Next season will be the Blue Jays' 131st and final campaign as an independent. During that time, they captured 44 national championships and nine NCAA titles and appeared in 41 of 43 NCAA tournaments. The program's run of success as an independent was not taken lightly by coach Dave Pietramala.

Championship Most Outstanding Player Jeff White made 13 saves to lead the third-ranked Le Moyne men's lacrosse team to the NCAA Division II national championship with an 11-10 victory over top-ranked Mercyhurst on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The Dolphins won their last 10 games of the season to claim the program's fourth national championship and their second in two appearances at Lincoln Financial Field (2006). Le Moyne finishes the season with a record of 18-2, which ties the 2006 squad for the most victories by a Division II national champion.

In the span of about 20 minutes, the Stevenson men's lacrosse team went from easy winner to chagrined loser to eventual victor. The No. 4 Mustangs gave up a three-goal halftime advantage, trailed by three after the third quarter, and opened the fourth frame with a five-goal run to outlast No. 3 Rochester Institute of Technology, 16-14, in an NCAA tournament final at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday. An announced attendance of 22,511 witnessed Stevenson extend a single-season record in wins to 22 - the team's 11th in a row - in 24 contests and bring the university its first national championship in any sport.

PHILADELPHIA - Living dangerously seems to appeal to the Syracuse men's lacrosse team. Junior attackman Derek Maltz scored after collecting a rebound with 19.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter to lead the top-seeded Orange to a 9-8 win against fourth-seeded Denver in the Division I semifinal Saturday evening. Syracuse, which needed a goal from redshirt freshman attackman Dylan Donahue with 13 seconds left to nip Yale, 7-6, in last Saturday's quarterfinal, advanced to the championship final in front of an announced crowd 28,444 at Lincoln Financial Field.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association convention ended yesterday on the friendliest note imaginable.Delegates from Division I-A schools presented Division III colleagues with a legislative gift.Division III returned the courtesy, supporting a rules change that Division I-A wanted badly.It was a case study in the back-scratching and arm-twisting that drives NCAA convention business. More important to the divisions involved, it worked.Division III hasn't had a bigger victory.

For the first time since Hobart defeated SUNY-Cortland in Division III's first NCAA tournament in 1980, the championship final will involve a pair of participants making their first appearance in the title game when No. 4 Stevenson and No. 3 Rochester Institute of Technology clash Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The Mustangs (21-2) and the Tigers (19-2) have played in their fair share of pressure-packed games, and their presence in Sunday's championship is a testament to their perseverance and character.

Et cetera Army's Buckley is Senior CLASS Award winner Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year Brendan Buckley of Army has been selected as the Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse. Loyola long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff and Maryland long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt were among the 10 finalists. The honor, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I men's lacrosse coaches, national lacrosse media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior athlete in Division I. To be eligible, an athlete must have notable achievements in four areas - classroom, community, character and competition.