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By Grahame L. Jones | August 13, 2009
MEXICO CITY - - The dream lasted all of 10 minutes plus a few seconds. It began with Charlie Davies' goal for the United States 8:44 into its World Cup qualifying match against Mexico at Azteca Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. It ended with Israel Castro's goal for Mexico 18:57 into the game that tied the score at 1-1. In between those goals, the American players and coaches - if they had had time to catch their breath - might have contemplated the first U.S. victory in history over Mexico in Mexico.
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August 9, 2009
On August 5, 2009, VERONICA K. SWEENEY; loving wife of the late Dr. John Albert Sweeney; mother of Peitra Donovan, Dereck Donovan and his wife Dawn, Mohammed Khan "Allan Donovan" and his wife Alter Khan; dear sister of Joseph Khan, Stanley Khan, Vibert Khan, Jean Hamilton, and the late Clarise Nunes, Enid Edwards, and Carmin Khan; cherished grandmother of Patrick, Kristen, Brittney, Christopher, Dylan, and Jenaya; and great-grandmother of Aspyn Beck The...
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By Bill Ordine | December 27, 2008
It matters not that their gaits are slowed and frames stooped, the result of ancient wounds and the passing of decades. These former Baltimore Colts - the 1958 Baltimore Colts - are arrested in the collective mind's eye of generations of football fans in the flower of their strength and swiftness and fortitude. And last night, some of them gathered once again as they did nearly 50 years ago at frozen Yankee Stadium, where they won the NFL championship, 23-17, in sudden-death overtime. But instead of preparing to take on the New York Football Giants - as their foes were often called back then - in a struggle none of them could have imagined would come to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played," these old Colts were assembled in the club level at M&T Bank Stadium in a warm spirit of fraternal bonhomie known only to those who have joined together in a great struggle.
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By Christi Parsons | December 14, 2008
WASHINGTON - A Harvard-educated architect is Barack Obama's choice to head his housing agency, one which the president-elect says will play a key role in tackling the mortgage crisis in his administration. Shaun Donovan will bring "fresh thinking" to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Obama said yesterday, pledging that his nominee will abandon "old ideology and outdated ideas" that have stymied some of the agency's past efforts. "We can't keep throwing money at the problem, hoping for a different result," Obama said in his weekly radio address.
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December 7, 2008
Schmidt, of Troop 375, attains rank of Eagle Thomas Schmidt Jr., a member of Boy Scout Troop 375 from Churchville, recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout. His Eagle project was to build a Veterans Memorial Garden, which was dedicated last Veterans Day. The garden is at Camp Wo-Me-To in Jarrettsville and features cement benches, two large cement eagles and a bronze plaque containing a prayer honoring soldiers in a landscaped setting. A flag flying in the garden was donated by the family of a World War II veteran.
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By MIKE PRESTON | November 20, 2008
Ravens rookie Joe Flacco gave Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb a shout-out. Flacco said he was aware a game could end in a tie but said people were making far too much of a deal out of McNabb's not knowing. I agree with Flacco. ( For more, go to baltimoresun.com/ravensinsider)
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By Mike Klingaman | August 13, 2008
Word from Westminster is that this is the toughest Ravens training camp in years. Contact drills are up. Rest time is down. In "Camp Hardball," even the team's golf cart has been overworked, hauling off players hobbled by shoulder, knee and ankle injuries. What do the old Baltimore Colts say about that? Ha! "I remember one training camp when we never got water breaks," said Ordell Braase, an All-Pro defensive end who played for the Colts from 1957 through 1968. "There were no liquids on the field.
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By Joseph V. Amodio | July 10, 2008
When Jeffrey Donovan first auditioned for the role of Michael Westen, a new TV spy, he didn't go for the intense, Kiefer Sutherland-on-24 sort of thing. Donovan's take was more laid-back. Sarcastic. Been there, done that. In an instant, Burn Notice creator Matt Nix knew he'd found his star. The last thing Nix wanted was for his hero to be, well ... "spy-ish." He envisioned something un-Alias, a non-24. "Those shows [depict] a very dramatic world," Nix says. "People run around saying" - he adopts a deep, basso acting voice - " 'You don't understand!
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June 15, 2008
On June 11, 2008, JOHN T. PRYOR of Bel Air, MD. Beloved son of Thomas George Pryor and Alice Marie Burgan DeMonte. Devoted father of Donovan D. Pryor. Loving brother of Daniel F. DeMonte, Michael V. DeMonte, and Lisa M. DeMonte, half-brother of Max Pryor. Stepson of Vincent A. DeMonte. Also survived by grandparents, Patricia A. Burgan and Rose J. DeMonte; great-grandfather, Frank J. Fico; aunts and uncles; and fiancM-CM-)e, Brandy Huddler. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Bel Air, MD on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 8 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bel Air on Monday, from 6-8 p.m. prior to the service.
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By BILL ORDINE | March 19, 2008
It may be of little consolation for Maryland basketball fans who watched the men's team stumble and bumble its way to the finish line and play its way out of the NCAA tournament, but two-time defending national champion Florida was just as sorry down the stretch. The Gators lost eight of their final 11 and received the same consolation prize as the Terps, a berth in the National Invitation Tournament. But Florida coach Billy Donovan had a further message to send to his team, so he banned his players from their locker room and the rest of a swanky practice facility that includes the practice court and the weight room.