NEWS
By Michael Hill and Michael Hill,Sun reporter | May 13, 2007
The fiscal sky is supposed to be falling on the state of Maryland. But to John Willis, it's a case of been there, done that, with no serious damage to the sky or the ground. The former secretary of state in the Parris N. Glendening administration says that the current fiscal crisis -- the so-called structural deficit that might require a special session of the General Assembly -- is nothing more than one of the many financial bumps on the road that the state always faces. "For the last 40 years, all Maryland governors have done what they had to do," says Willis, a historian of Maryland politics who teaches at the University of Baltimore.
NEWS
May 2, 2007
As a growing minority population spreads throughout the state, Maryland is trying to reconcile its racial past as it also confronts the present. In March, the General Assembly passed a resolution apologizing for the state's legacy of slave ownership. Yet in the past several months, Charles County has had to deal with racist graffiti and other hate crimes.
SPORTS
By Kate Crandall and Kate Crandall,SUN STAFF | May 28, 2005
The purpose of today's seventh annual BikeJam is to celebrate cycling, but those competing are looking forward to more than the festivities. Held in Patterson Park, BikeJam's Kelly Cup race acts as Stage 1 in the biggest week in U.S. Cycling. For male professional cyclists, the Jam leads into next week's Wachovia Series races in Trenton, N.J., and Lancaster, Pa., which culminate in the pinnacle of the racing season, the Wachovia USPRO Championship on June 5. Ben Brooks, an Australian who rides for Jelly Belly-PoolGel, is using the Kelly Cup as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming road races.
FEATURES
By J. Wynn Rousuck and J. Wynn Rousuck,SUN THEATER CRITIC | October 28, 2004
Long-winded is a term that could justifiably be applied to George Bernard Shaw -- but not at Theatre Hopkins. That's because director Suzanne Pratt has put together an anthology of Shaw shorts, or as she's calling them, Shaw: Four Starters. The program consists of prologues and/or first acts of four Shaw plays, from the familiar (Arms and the Man) to the semi-obscure (Too True to Be Good). There's a degree of timeliness to Pratt's selections -- war, leadership and health care (even the efficacy of flu shots)
SPORTS
By Bonnie DeSimone and Bonnie DeSimone,CHICAGO TRIBUNE | July 4, 2004
LIEGE, Belgium - The first few miles of the Tour de France were dicey enough, requiring tight turns on narrow city streets. Then came wind gusts strong enough to alter a rider's trajectory, plus the occasional sprinkle to make the road surface slick. It was a day for gamblers who know what they're doing, and one of the great risk-takers in sports played a better hand than almost anyone. Lance Armstrong opened his bid for a record sixth Tour de France victory with a second-place finish in yesterday's 3.8-mile prologue, two seconds behind Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara.
SPORTS
By Bonnie DeSimone and Bonnie DeSimone,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | July 6, 2003
PARIS - The urban course called for tight cornering and a fully-revved engine throughout: a track cyclist's skills, applied to cobblestones and asphalt. And so it was that on the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous road cycling race, a converted track rider carried off the first bouquet. Australian Bradley McGee powered through the four-mile Tour de France prologue time trial yesterday in 7 minutes, 26.16 seconds, just 0.08 of a second ahead of his friend David Millar of Great Britain.