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Colleges Oakland Mills forward Long will join Patsos at Siena Oakland Mills senior Lavon Long committed to Siena during an official visit Thursday. The 6-foot-6 forward signed with Loyola in November, but received a release from his letter of intent after Jimmy Patsos took the Siena job earlier this month. Long, a second-team Baltimore Sun All-Metro selection, joins St. Frances guard Maurice White in the Saints' 2013 recruiting class. - Matt Bracken More men's basketball: Forest Park senior Wayne Hill has signed with CCBC-Catonsville, according to Foresters coach Greate White . Hill, a 6-foot-4 point guard, averaged 15 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as a senior.

ATLANTA -- It is remarkable how often the legend survives the legendary figure. And so it is with Rosa Parks. The mythology describes the woman who died Oct. 24 at 92 as a "humble seamstress." The textbooks pay homage to a "simple woman" with tired feet whose refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white man half a century ago sparked a movement. The eulogies cast her as the "mother of the civil rights movement," as if it were an unplanned parenthood. But the obituaries also suggest another side to her story.

In a game marred by 63 penalty minutes -- 42 of which were against the home team -- the Baltimore Bombers suffered their first-ever loss Sunday afternoon, 20-9 to the Boston Rockhoppers at Du Burns Arena. The Rockhoppers (3-1) scored nine straight goals to break open a tied game at the half and take sole possession of first place in the North American Lacrosse League, dropping the Bombers to 2-1. Bombers coach Hunter Francis was displeased with his team's effort. “Before the game I felt we were focused and calm.

STANDING IN Baltimore Circuit Judge John M. Glynn's courtroom Thursday, Assistant Attorney General Glenn Marrow paused a second after the question was put to him. "Do you think Central Booking would be less crowded if police stopped arresting people on jive humbles?" "I can't comment on that," Marrow said. "All I can say is that my client is working toward a solution on this." Marrow's client was the state Department of Public Safety, which runs the Central Booking facility. The "this" was the problem of suspects spending 48 to 72 hours in Central Booking before seeing a court commissioner.

On Saturday, the Naval Academy opens its 1994 football season against San Diego State at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.On the same field, on Jan. 31, 1988, Doug Williams, the Midshipmen's new running backs coach, enjoyed one of pro football's most memorable performances in leading Washington to a 42-10 victory over Denver in Super Bowl XXII.Williams threw five touchdown passes, four in the second quarter, shattering Super Bowl records and also erasing generations of stereotypes about a black quarterback's ability to lead an NFL team to a title.

SUMMER HEAT and crabs are only just coming on; but oyster season has begun, if only literarily.First to arrive in the mail this week was "The Eastern Oyster," a new, definitive work on our bay's famed mollusk, which actually ranges from Brazil to Canada, the book says.Not for the casual, this 4 1/2 -pound volume from the Maryland Sea Grant Program devotes chapters to the likes of "Adductor and Mantle Musculature."But it has excellent, readable sections on oyster disease and the history of attempts to establish Crassostrea virginica in far-flung places.

My buddy, Will B. Humble, and I were trying to invent new ways to praise Cal Ripken Jr., which isn't easy since writers and broadcasters everywhere seem determined to outdo each other heaping superlatives on the baseball star.Ripken, of course, is the shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles who is expected tomorrow to set the major league record for consecutive games played. The Streak (and the word must be capitalized) now stands at 2,129 consecutive games before tonight's contest. The record was set by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees.

"Suppose they sold the city to the Baltimore Orioles," said my friend, Will B. Humble.Lock, stock and barrel?"Lock, stock and barrel," said Humble. "The city would become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Club Inc."Never happen."Don't be too sure," said Humble ominously. "Don't be too sure."We had been talking about what appears to be a slow auctioning off of city assets, mostly to the state.For instance, Maryland has taken over the former Baltimore City Jail and the Community College of Baltimore.

They may be humble and practical or elevated by imagination to works of art.Lamps, that is.These inspired lamps by Massachusetts artist Janna Ugone are practical but by no means humble. With their flirtatious finials and jewel-studded aluminum or copper stems, they seem destined to become collector's items. Only a few are shown here but they're available in a staggering variety of patterns and colors because Ms. Ugone welcomes commissions.The mostly ceramic (and sometimes paper) shades are earthy and impeccably proportioned.

American @No. 5 Maryland Wednesday, 4p.m. The fifth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team went scoreless over the final seven minutes against Saint Joseph's, and that drought combined with a flurry of missed shots and turnovers conspired to send the Terps to their first loss, 50-49, on Saturday at Hagan Arena. Maryland (2-1) had a chance to win at the buzzer, but with a half-second remaining, senior forward Tianna Hawkins' jumper from just inside the 3-point line hit the rim and fell off, triggering a wild celebration at midcourt for the Hawks' first victory over a ranked opponent since 2007.

Why did columnist Thomas F. Schaller leave out the privileged John F. Kennedy as one of the presidents since World War lI who worked successfully on behalf of working-class Americans ("The virtues of a president with humble origins," Oct. 31)? Was it because Kennedy's example does not advance Mr. Schaller's liberal ideology ? It continues to fascinate me that the left - not to mention President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden - continues to take credit for what Seal Team 6 pulled off, but obfuscates the facts surrounding the murder of a U.S. ambassador by al-Qaida or similar terrorist group in Libya.

Why did Thomas Schaller leave out John F. Kennedy as one of the rich and politically privileged presidents in his recent column on President Obama's humble origins ("The virtues of a president with humble origins," Oct. 31)? First, we know nothing about Mr. Obama's early life. Who paid for his education and financed his early political career? Second, most of our early presidents were well off and served out of a sense of duty as statesmen, not as professional politicians whose only job is to be re-elected.

Since World War II, Americans have tended to elect middle class presidents. With the exception of the two Bushes - the first of whom lost his second election, the second of whom "lost" his first - both parties succeeded by nominating candidates from modest backgrounds: Republicans Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan were hardly products of affluence, nor were Democrats Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. Mitt Romney was born to both political and economic privilege.

This is simply a letter of thanks to the individuals in the Laurel community who are helping me grow the Mance Foundation. In particular, I am especially grateful to Chief McLaughlin and every person in the Laurel City Police Department for their valuable input and community engagement in helping the organization carry out its first Tour de Laurel bike ride and 5k walk fundraisers. I cannot say thank you enough to them for volunteering their time to help keep the participants safe during these fundraisers.

Jack Cornell has gone from being undrafted to manning the right tackle position on the Ravens' first offense. The rookie has been rotating with second-round pick Kelechi Osemele at that spot. Those days may be numbered if Bryant McKinnie passes the conditioning test and returns to left tackle, which would shift Michael Oher back to right tackle. But for now, Cornell is living a dream. “It's definitely pretty awesome,” he said of lining up with Oher, center Matt Birk and guards Marshal Yanda and Bobbie Williams.

Will B. Humble walked into the bar, looking mighty unhappy."How was your weekend, good buddy?" I asked."Terrible!" exclaimed Humble. "My girlfriend spent the whole weekend reading that new Terry McMillan novel, 'Waiting to Exhale.'""Uh, oh.""Every few pages she'd shout something like, 'That's right!,' or 'You tell 'em, honey!' and then turn and shake her fist at me.""Uh, oh.""Yesterday, she left the distinct impression that I may never see her again," moaned Humble."What'd she say?""Well, I asked her about going to a movie today and she said, 'Don't hold your breath.

"You know what?" said my buddy, Will B. Humble. "The day is fast coming when I'll be afraid to check a book out of the library.""What in the world are you talking about, Humble?" I asked."Here," said Humble mournfully, handing me the afternoon paper. "Take a look at this."The paper was full of the same old stories about the Great Depression of 1991-- all about how federal officials and state officials, city officials and captains of private industry, were all compelled by the economy to lay off employees and cut services.

Major League Lacrosse Bayhawks humble Rattlers on road, 13-7 The Chesapeake Bayhawks handed the Rochester Rattlers their first loss at home this season, winning, 13-7, Saturday night. The Bayhawks (8-2) never trailed and improved their record to a Major League Lacrosse-best 8-2, while the Rattlers, who are battling the Long Island Lizards for the final playoff spot, fell to 5-5. Bayhawks midfielder Michael Kimmel (Johns Hopkins) had a goal and four assists, and attackman Danny Glading added two goals and two assists.