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The only Baltimore-area runner to win a state public schools cross country championship this fall, the senior took the Class 3A title with the second-fastest time on the Hereford course Saturday. Running fourth with about 800 meters to go, Bullen nipped Howard's Danny Rau by seven-tenths of a second to finish in 16 minutes, 19.5 seconds. He also won the Anne Arundel County and Class 3A East region titles. A four-year cross country veteran and an All-Metro second-team pick last fall, Bullen hails from a long line of lacrosse players, but he switched to track last spring and was an All-Metro first team choice after winning county titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and finishing second in the state in both events.

Orioles third base coach DeMarlo Hale is interviewing for the Boston Red Sox managerial job today. Hale, 51, has nine years of managerial experience, but none in the majors. And that might hurt his chances, especially considering the favorite is John Farrell, the current Toronto Blue Jays manager and former Red Sox pitching coach. For Farrell to get it, though, the Blue Jays would demand compensation. No such problem with Hale. The Orioles want him to go to Boston. They'd happily pack his bags and buy his ticket to Logan Airport.

Orioles third base coach DeMarlo Hale will interview for the Boston Red Sox managerial job later this week, an industry source confirmed Monday.  Hale joined Buck Showalter's staff last offseason after the Red Sox fired former manager Terry Francona after Boston failed to make the postseason, a fate that was partially sealed because of the Orioles' win over the Red Sox at Camden Yards on the final day of the regular season in 2011. Before arriving in Baltimore, Hale was the Red Sox bench coach for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter was interviewed from the dugout during the TBS broadcast and shared his thoughts on J.J. Hardy being deked by Alex Rodriguez at third base in the third inning of Game 2 of the ALDS on Monday night. Third-base coach DeMarlo Hale was waving Hardy home after a grounder got past Yankees shortsop Derek Jeter, but Hardy stopped when he saw Rodriguez flash his glove at the bag, and he was eventually stranded at third. “DeMarlo [Hale] is one of the finest third base coaches in all of baseball and I've had some really good ones," Showalter told Ernie Johnson, Cal Ripken Jr. and John Smoltz on the broadcast.

Orioles third-base coach DeMarlo Hale has been rumored to be a candidate for the Boston Red Sox managerial job now that Bobby Valentine has been fired. Hale, 51, spent six seasons on former Boston manager Terry Francona's staff, including two years as Francona's bench coach, before joining the Orioles this season. He said he hasn't heard anything from the Red Sox organization regarding the job and one industry source said there hadn't been a formal interview request for Hale yet. Hale said he'd have interest, but it's not something he is considering right now. “I'd have to think about it, no question, but right now my focus is this team, what we've accomplished so far and what is ahead of us,” Hale said.

Purses are up, stakes and turf races are on the rise and more trainers and horses are coming to fill the stalls at the Bowie Training Center and Laurel Park, which opens its fall meet Wednesday. "Everybody is pretty excited," Maryland Jockey Club racing secretary Georganne Hale said. "Everything is looking so positive. The purses are so much bigger [having grown from a daily average of $180,000 last year to $240,000]. Other trainers are putting in applications for stalls. We've added stakes and raised their payoffs.

The city's Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved a six-month extension of naming rights for 1st Mariner Arena . The spending panel awarded the temporary extension to Arena Ventures LLC, which is run byEdwin F. Hale, the former CEO of 1st Mariner Bank. The extension was listed as a "month-to-month" deal that begins June 30 and ends Dec. 31. Arena Ventures has been in charge of advertising at the arena since 2002 and selected 1st Mariner as the arena's title sponsor. The extension allows the city more time to issue a request for proposals for naming and advertising rights, once Arena Venture's contract expires at the end of the month, officials said.

EASTON – Shortly before sunrise, Edwin F. Hale Sr. scatters decoys on the water, preparing for a day of waterfowl hunting on his Talbot County farm. The day dawns cloudy, a good sign because ducks and geese fly low under clouds, Hale says, as he and two hunting buddies settle into a duck blind camouflaged with pine branches along Hunting Creek. At first all is quiet, with no waterfowl to be seen. But Hale, as always, is hopeful. "Then a switch will be turned on and they come in," says Hale, 65, wearing jeans, a camouflage jacket and boots, and carrying duck and geese call horns.

With Ed Hale retiring as First Mariner's CEO and chairman, I only hope that Baltimoreans realize the importance of retaining this man in our area ("First Mariner's Hale steps down," Dec. 24). I've known Ed for several decades and he is a true Baltimorean, a philanthropist, a very good tennis player and a great moral leader. He is a true treasure. James A. Holechek, Baltimore

Edwin F. Hale Sr., the Baltimore trucking magnate and developer, said Friday that he has retired as chief executive and chairman of First Mariner Bancorp — the banking company he built, only to scramble in the housing market collapse and recession to save it from failure. In the end, he hopes his earlier-than-expected exit will help. Hale, who stepped down on Thursday, said he thinks it will be easier for the Baltimore company to raise capital without him at the helm. The 1st Mariner Bank parent struck a deal in April to get a desperately needed $36.4 million cash infusion from a New York firm if it can first drum up $123.6 million more from investors.