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Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits in his Anne Arundel County yard. He and wife Renee can hitch it to a truck and take it with them wherever they go. "It's so cheap — that's what's so cool about this," said Cantori, 52, who envisions a surf-and-turf future, alternating between the house and a sailboat. "We bought the house for $19,000.

A 48-minute rain delay on Tuesday night might have cost the Orioles their late-inning lead, but it did nothing to their grit. Soon after the storms over Camden Yards faded, so did a two-run seventh-inning cushion. But that only set the stage for more late-inning heroics. Catcher Matt Wieters drove in three runs, including an eighth-inning RBI double that proved to be the difference in a 4-3 win over the upstart Kansas City Royals, rewarding those among the announced 12,921 who remained until the final out. “This team grinds it out,” said winning pitcher Tommy Hunter, who threw 1 1/3 perfect relief innings in a tied game.

Buffalo coach Turner Gill has been offered the same job at Kansas, a person familiar with the search told the Associated Press on Saturday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school hadn't announced the move. Gill is 20-30 in four years with the Bulls. There was no indication when a deal with Gill, a former Nebraska quarterback, might be finalized. Gill's best season at Buffalo was 2008 when the Bulls won the MAC championship and went to their first bowl in half a century.

When Jeremy Guthrie came to Baltimore as a member of the Kansas City Royals last August it wasn't his turn to pitch. So he watched four games, signed autographs and soaked in the atmosphere from the visiting side. On Thursday night, the right-hander is scheduled to take the mound at Camden Yards and face the Orioles for the first time in his career after spending five seasons in orange and black. “It's great -- fond memories, great coming back to the fans,” said Guthrie, who was 47-65 with a 4.12 ERA in 161 games with the Orioles from 2007 to 2011.

Filmmaker John Waters' crazy cross-country hitchhiking journey continues, with word Monday that he sped through Kansas with a middle-aged married couple from Illinois. Laura Broviac and Michael McHaney, she a county Democratic Party chief, he a circuit judge, were motoring through Junction City, Kansas, this weekend and according to wjbdradio.com, saw a man near an exit ramp holding a sign. She thought he looked like Waters and after a quick Google search, found that the Baltimore filmmaker was in fact hitchhiking across country.

8 p.m. [ESPN2] The Cardinals moved this game to a Wednesday because the Ryder Cup is being played nearby this weekend. Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman has completed 76 percent of his passes, throwing for five touchdowns, in victories over North Texas and Montana State. Though the Wildcats averaged 57 points in those two wins, Louisville (1-1) ranks fourth in the nation in total defense, allowing 193 yards per game.

Tonight's first game What: NCAA tournament semifinal. Site: Superdome, New Orleans. Time: 6:07. TV: Chs. 13, 9. Line: Kansas by 4 1/2 . The teams Kansas: No. 2 seed, 29-7; won West Regional by beating No. 3 seed Duke, 69-65, in the semifinals and No. 1 seed Arizona, 78-75, in the title game; 32nd NCAA tournament appearance. Marquette: No. 3 seed, 27-5; won Midwest Regional by beating No. 4 seed Pitt, 77-74, and No. 1 seed Kentucky, 83-69, in the title game; 23rd NCAA tournament appearance.

Don Markus, reporter Kansas 71, Kentucky 69: There are some coaches who are destined not to win a national championship. Not saying that John Calipari is the Guy V. Lewis of his generation, but Bill Self coached a less talented Jayhawks  team over Calipari and Derrick Rose-led Memphis to win it all in 2008. It's going to happen again.  Chris Korman, content editor Kentucky 67, Kansas 55: This Wildcats team is no different than most of the teams John Calipari has led to the Final Four.

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Tony Sands smashed NCAA records with 396 yards and 58 carries yesterday and scored four touchdowns as Kansas swamped Missouri, 53-29, for its first winning season in 10 years.2* NCAA Division I single-game rushing bests:-- Tony Sands, Kansas vs. Missouri, Nov. 23, 1991.386 -- Marshall Faulk, San Diego State vs. Pacific, Sept. 14, 1991.377 -- Anthony Thompson, Indiana vs. Wisconsin, Nov. 11, 1989.357 -- Mike Pringle, Fullerton St. vs. New Mexico St., Nov. 4, 1989.NB 357 -- Reuben Mayes, Washington St. vs. Oregon, Oct. 27, 1984.

OK, raise your hand if you picked Kansas and Duke to be playing in the NCAA final. Stuck chewing on your towels, eh, UNLV fans?Never mind. You get a second chance, thanks to "It's Your Call," The Evening Sun's phone survey of topical issues. Today, until the 9 p.m. tipoff, we want to know who you think is going to win between Kansas and Duke.To register your opinion, call SUNDIAL at 783-1800 (or 268-7736 in Anne Arundel County). After you hear the greeting, you'll be asked to punch in a four-digit code on your touch-tone phone.

The CBS Sports Network does some drum beating for March Madness Monday night with " The Miracles : The 1988 Kansas Jayhawks," a documentary about how an underdog team won the national championship that year. Known as Danny and the Miracles, because of star Danny Manning, Kansas upset the Oklahoma Sooners for the championship. There are a couple of local angles worth noting in the film that marks the 25th anniversary of that championship. One of the producers is Tamiko Bullock, a graduate of Morgan State University.

Collin Klein may play quarterback for Kansas State, but on Friday he attended Johnny U. In town to receive the 2012 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Klein spent part of the day viewing Unitas' memorabilia at the Sports Legends Museum, kibitzing with John Unitas Jr. and several old Colts, and visiting the scupture of the late Hall of Fame quarterback outside M&T Bank Stadium, where he reverently touched the toe of the 13-foot statue. "This is amazing. He [Unitas] was so special," said Klein, the 26 t h recipient of the award and a rare unanimous choice of the six-member selection committee.

Kansas State University's Collin Klein has been named recipient of t he 2012 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.  The award is presented annually to a top college football quarterback who best combines on-the-field and academic achievement.  Candidates for the award must be completing their college eligibility or be a fourth-year junior, on schedule to graduate with his class. “Collin is not just a tremendous athlete and leader on the field, but an MVP off the field as well, who repeatedly has been recognized for his numerous contributions to the community and to the spirit of sportsmanship,” said John C. Unitas, Jr., President of The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, which along with Transamerica presents the award.

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend -- the mother of his 3-month old daughter -- multiple times Saturday morning, drove about five miles from their home to the team's practice facility near Arrowhead Stadium and killed himself in front of Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli, Kansas City police say. Belcher, 25, and his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, 22, had been arguing when Belcher shot her just...

There was enough to be concerned about and so much to correct, but the Ravens left the cramped visiting team's locker room at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday feeling great about themselves and where they sit in the AFC North. Over the previous three hours, they did more than enough to lose a football game to the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first half, they couldn't stop the run and were pushed around at times at the line of scrimmage. Their offense couldn't sustain a drive early and then struggled to finish one late.

The Ravens found their starting strong safety for the foreseeable future when they signed Bernard Pollard as an unrestricted free agent after the lockout ended in July 2011. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound Pollard ranks third on the defense in pass breakups with four and is tied with defensive tackle Haloti Ngata for third in solo tackles with 16. On Sunday, Pollard and the Ravens face the Kansas City Chiefs, who selected him in the second round of the draft in 2006. Is this your first time back to Kansas City since leaving after the 2008 season?

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Roy Williams of Kansas was named Associated Press college basketball Coach of the Year today, the first Big Eight coach to ever win the award.Williams led the Jayhawks to the championship game last season, but lost three starters from that team. Still, Kansas (27-5) managed to win the Big Eight title for the second straight season and was the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, losing to Texas-El Paso in the second round. The Jayhawks were ranked second in the final poll of the season, Williams' fourth at Kansas.

Maryland basketball fans might have received some good news Friday night - and it had nothing to do with the Harrison twins. Bill Self signed a longtime extension at Kansas on Friday, meaning that second-year coach Mark Turgeon is not going anywhere anytime soon. I've always contended since the day Turgeon was hired to succeed Gary Williams in May 2011 that the only place I could see the former Kansas point guard and assistant coach going was back to Lawrence. Not that Self was rumored to be going anywhere, but just as Roy Williams surprised Jayhawks fans by returning to his North Carolina roots, I could see Self going home to Oklahoma State, his alma mater.

The Kansas City Chiefs have pledged to work on protecting the football. The Ravens are hoping that the Chiefs will wait another week before finding the solution. Kansas City has committed a NFL-worst 15 turnovers, including a league-worst eight fumbles. The team's inability to avoid turnovers was highlighted in last Sunday's 37-20 loss to the San Diego Chargers, who took advantage of three Matt Cassel interceptions, two Jamaal Charles fumbles and a Shaun Draughn fumble. But several Ravens players said they are expecting a different Chiefs team to take the field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday than the one that has been so turnover-prone recently.

As the member of a family with deep roots in sports - including a few cousins who tried out for the NFL - Ashley Sims was familiar with witnessing feats of athleticism. But his eyes were opened when, as a 22-year-old junior defensive end at Maryland, he returned to his mother's home in Rochester, N.Y., and saw his 11-year-old brother - whom Sims estimated stood at 5 feet 4 inches and weighed 220 pounds - doing backflips. "Right then and there, I knew he was an athlete," Sims recalled.