NEWS
By Jules Witcover | February 25, 2013
There was a time when the lines between the practices of politics and journalism were clear-cut. Professional politicians did their thing, which was getting elected and getting others elected. Professional journalists did theirs, writing and telling how the politicians did what they did. Seldom did the two meet in public opinion forums Today, political operatives are regular commentators and analysts on radio, television and the Internet, and journalists of all political persuasions run for public office, sometimes getting elected.
ENTERTAINMENT
By David Zurawik and The Baltimore Sun | February 25, 2013
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy MSNBC has long been as bad as Fox News when it comes to ideological bias. But with the hiring of longtime Team Obama loyalists David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs, it's official: MSNBC is worse. The cable channel that flies under the banner of NBC News is now all but a bona fide organ of state propaganda, an information channel that speaks in the same dominant voice as the folks running the government -- and tries to mask what it is up to. I didn't plan on getting all free-press-and-democracy amped up about the hirings until I saw Axelrod with Andrea Mitchell last week in his first appearance on MSNBC.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Sun reporter | April 5, 2011
Dr. John J. Gibbs, a retired Food and Drug Administration research chemist, died of complications of a brain disorder, frontotemporal degeneration, March 27 at St. Catherine's Nursing Center in Emmitsburg. The former Timonium resident was 73. Born in Troy, N.Y., he was the son of Donald C. Gibbs and the former Mary Loretta McBride. He lived on Mount Royal Avenue in Baltimore and earned a chemistry degree at the College of William and Mary, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
SPORTS
By George Diaz | March 30, 2011
Somebody call AAA. Another car from Joe Gibbs Racing has broken down. Except for Kyle Busch, the boys from JGR are sputtering around the track in need of a jump-start. The team has dealt with engine problems in all five Cup races this season. Most recently, engine failures zapped Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin at Fontana. Logano's No. 20 Toyota needed a new engine because of valve leakage after the final practice. Hamlin's engine failed 105 laps into Sunday's race because of valve train issues.
SPORTS
By Jeff Barker and The Baltimore Sun | March 17, 2011
Before his team's second-round game, UNC-Asheville guard Matt Dickey said it is not often that such a small school gets to be "on TV and SportsCenter and stuff. " It initially got better for Dickey on Thursday as his 16th seeded Bulldogs hung with No. 1 Pittsburgh until midway through the second half. But then reality ? in the form of Pitt's larger size and too much Ashton Gibbs ? set in and the Panthers prevailed, 74-51. Pitt (28-5) will now face Butler on Saturday in an NCAA tournament third-round game at Verizon Center.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Sun reporter | December 1, 2010
Dr. James Jaquet Gibbs, a retired Sheppard Pratt psychiatrist who founded its children's and adolescents' program, died of a stroke Sunday at Franklin Square Hospital Center. He was 86 and lived in Oakcrest Village in Parkville. Born and raised in Naperville, Ill., he was a graduate of Naperville High School. During World War II, he was assigned by the Army to take courses at Texas Agriculture and Mining University, Stanford University and Grinnell College. He earned a medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.