SPORTS
By Katherine Dunn, The Baltimore Sun | August 13, 2014
Anyone looking through the fence as the season's first football practice was about to get underway Wednesday at Dunbar's East Baltimore field saw a bunch of guys in helmets and shorts and T-shirts tossing footballs, stretching or just talking. Everything appeared the same as any other year and that's exactly what Dunbar athletic director Dana Johnson wanted as preseason practice began for the Poets and all other fall sports team at Maryland public schools. Despite being without coach Lawrence Smith, who is appealing a one-year suspension for his handling of an alleged locker-room hazing incident last fall, the Poets are moving on with business as usual under interim coach Michael Carter, the Poets' defensive coordinator for the past few years.
SPORTS
By Katherine Dunn, The Baltimore Sun | June 24, 2014
Dunbar football coach Lawrence Smith said Tuesday he would not support a boycott of the fall season by Poets players as a means of protesting his one-year suspension. At a meeting Monday night attended by about 40 parents and football players, some players talked about boycotting the season after Smith, who led the Poets to five state titles in his seven years as head coach, was suspended in the aftermath of a Baltimore City Public Schools investigation into an alleged hazing incident last fall in the Dunbar locker room.
SPORTS
By Glenn Graham, The Baltimore Sun | March 17, 2014
COLLEGE PARK -- With four minutes left in Saturday's Class 3A state title game, the City boys basketball team was beating Westlake by two points with its perfect season on the line. Coming out of a timeout, coach Daryl Wade sent out a small lineup, spread the floor and told his group to be patient. Mostly swinging the ball around the perimeter, the Knights' next two possessions ate up a good chunk of the remaining clock before senior guard Kamau Stokes found an easy path to the basket for two more points with 1:41 to play.
SPORTS
By Mike Frainie and For The Baltimore Sun | February 22, 2014
Digital Harbor defended its Baltimore City wrestling championship on Saturday, narrowly defeating host Poly, 197 to 193. The two teams were tied entering the championship round, with each placing four wrestlers in the finals. Digital Harbor's DeAndre Reed, who is undefeated this season, extended his string by beating Kevin Davenport of Poly in a major decision, 18-6. Darius Thorpe of Southwestern was the only repeat champion, defeating Patterson's Daniel Paul in a major decision, 16-3, at 103 pounds.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Ethan Renner and For The Baltimore Sun | February 17, 2014
"Exile. I've managed to isolate the president from everyone, including myself. " -- Frank Underwood Special Prosecutor Dunbar visits with Dr. Larkin, the reverend who served as the Walker's marriage counselor, and threatens him with a subpoena, but the minister refuses to divulge anything that the Walkers discussed with him. In the Oval Office, President Walker meets with Frank. Frank comments on the punching bag that he gave Walker as a gift. The president mentions that Floyd Mayweather had recently been in for a visit, and explained that the key to his success was his calculated ability to counter.
NEWS
By Erica L. Green and Alexander Pyles, The Baltimore Sun | February 10, 2014
Baltimore school officials are investigating hazing allegations involving the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School football program, and parents are protesting the possibility that the school's celebrated coach might be removed. School officials declined to give details about the allegations or the investigation's status, saying the inquiry is continuing. "As the CEO, my job is to come to the aid of children," interim schools CEO Tisha Edwards said in an interview. "If a child is hurt, disrespected, harmed in any form or fashion, it's my job to find out. " Edwards declined to elaborate.