SPORTS
By Arda Ocal | May 20, 2013
This year's Extreme Rules pay-per-view event left us with some unanswered questions but also some new beginnings. In the main event (a rare moment in WWE history where all wrestlers in a final match on PPV weren't on a full-time WWE schedule), Brock Lesnar defeated Triple H in a cage match. Lesnar went up 2-1 on "The Game" and is likely poised for another future match in WWE (not against Triple H), perhaps at Summerslam or Wrestlemania 30. Questions coming out of this match are: will Triple H wrestle again?
SPORTS
By Arda Ocal | May 21, 2013
Two major developments unfolded on Monday's episode of WWE RAW. The first was a big one in many ways - Paul Heyman revealed a new client, Michael McGillicutty, now known as Curtis Axel (Curtis after his father "Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig, Axel after his grandfather Larry "The Axe" Hennig). Though many fans complained about it not being a bigger name (RVD was speculated throughout the day), this is a great move and an even greater opportunity for a superstar to not only have instant credibility being aligned with Paul Heyman (arguably the greatest mouthpiece in pro wrestling history)
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly | April 19, 2008
Singer Tommy Vann, who opened what seems like 100 acts at the old Civic Center, lives in Abingdon. He's getting a new CD ready, Captured by the Sound. He's also recording a doo-wop album and another of Christmas music. He is 69. "Everybody thinks I was born in Baltimore, but I was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.," said Vann, whose real name is Thomas Stauch. In the 1960s, while on leave from his Marine Corps barracks in Quantico, Va. (he was already first tenor in a doo-wop group, the Emblems), he went to a party in Parkville.
NEWS
March 21, 2010
The Laurel Historical Society and Laurel Museum celebrates 1910 - when witnesses reported seeing Halley's Comet - at its annual gala, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the Carriage Room at Laurel Park racetrack. Tickets are $85 per person, $75 for members. Event includes dinner, dessert, coffee, dancing and a silent auction. For directions and more information, call 301-725-7975.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Ashley Burrell and By Ashley Burrell,Sun Staff | October 14, 2004
It has been almost eight years since viewers have seen TV hunk Andrew Shue as Billy Campbell on the Fox soap Melrose Place. Shue has shied away from a life of glitz and glamour as an actor for a life where he can be a dedicated father, husband and mom's advocate. Yes, a mom's advocate. Shue and lifelong friend Michael Sanchez co-founded ClubMom, which recognizes mothers with discounts, advice and other rewards. ClubMom offers free membership to mothers, who can get savings and rebates from participating companies.
NEWS
By John E. McIntyre and The Baltimore Sun | September 8, 2012
Today is the last night of the Proms , and I will be at the paragraph factory instead of the Royal Albert Hall watching all the carrying-on. (Whom do I kid? If I were there, I'd be standing in Hyde Park or somewhere with the throng that couldn't get tickets.) One of the highlights of the last night is a rousing performance of "Rule, Britannia. " I have heard broadcasts or recordings of various artists, but my favorite is the 2009 performance by mezzo-sporano Sarah Connolly, dressed in a naval uniform of Nelson's era. It's a performance that is notable also for employment of Dr. Arne's original setting of the text.