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Zero-for-22. 11 minutes, 45 seconds.An out-and-out eternity for Franklin coach Jill Myers.In a game where the Indians needed to play one of their better offensive games, it was the relentless defensive pressure of host Randallstown that stole the show.The Rams held Franklin without a field goal until well into the second quarter, building a 20-3 lead by midway through the period and going on to a 61-40 win last night in a Baltimore County 3A-4A League game."We needed to come out as fast as possible, and that's what we did," said Randallstown first-year coach Chris Hodge.

John Robinson, who had been rumored to be on his way out as coach of the Los Angeles Rams during their worst season since 1982, will return to the team next year, it was announced yesterday.Rams owner Georgia Frontiere said that Robinson, in his eighth year as coach, will "continue as head coach of the Rams next year and into the future."Robinson, the winningest coach in the team's history since succeeding the late Ray Malavasi after the Rams went 2-7 during the strike-interrupted 1982 season, is in the fourth year of a five-year contract.

In less than a year -- Sept. 3, 1995 -- the NFL will open the season with the Baltimore Rams playing to a full house at Camden Yards.Fact or fiction?According to Rams president John Shaw, not even he knows where the team will be a year from now. "Do I believe the Rams are going to move?" Shaw said, repeating a question. "It's absolutely not a foregone conclusion, but it's a distinct possibility."By the end of the month, Shaw will have met again in Los Angeles with Peter Angelos, majority owner of the Orioles and the leader in the clubhouse in the Rams battle.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Los Angeles Rams quarterback Chris Miller was released from a New Orleans hospital yesterday after at CT scan revealed no serious damage from a concussion he suffered in the first quarter of a 37-34 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES -- With St. Louis and Baltimore knocking hard at the Los Angeles Rams' door, the Orange County contingent trying to keep the team in Southern California upped the stakes Friday, presenting the Rams with a package that would assure the team revenues of between $15 million and $20 million a year.For the first time, the new proposal also includes all-important PTC season ticket and luxury box guarantees similar to ones being offered by other cities wooing the team.In a two-hour meeting at the Rams' Los Angeles headquarters Friday, members of the Save the Rams task force promised the Rams sales of 45,000 season tickets and the income from roughly 100 luxury boxes -- mostly from within the Orange County business community.

PHOENIX -- The NFL owners prepared to fight another antitrust lawsuit after voting 21-3-6 to ban the Los Angeles Rams' proposed move to St. Louis yesterday, but left the door open for further negotiations with the Rams."

Prospective NFL owner Peter Angelos, who met with Los Angeles Rams officials over the weekend, said that the team still has issues to work out with St. Louis and that Baltimore remains in the running for the franchise."

IRVING, Texas -- The Los Angeles Rams on the field froze in place, stunned perhaps by the sudden silence of the crowd or by their own pent-up sense of relief, and quietly watched the ball roll on the ground.Seeing it, after their exasperating season, was the only way to believe it. And maybe not even then."I couldn't believe it," said cornerback Robert Bailey, still blinking his eyes and shaking his head. "I couldn't believe we won."As night fell, the last minutes of this game became one last, lingering test of faith.

Herbert J. Belgrad, chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority, met with Los Angeles Rams officials in New York yesterday, Channel 2 reported last night.The Rams confirmed that John Shaw, the club's executive vice president, was in New York on NFL business. The Rams are exploring the possibility of a move, and Shaw has expressed interest in Baltimore.Earlier yesterday, Gov. William Donald Schaefer, asked if there was anything new about football, told a news conference, "I can give you a better answer tomorrow."

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- For Baltimore football fans wondering why they should watch a Washington Redskins game today featuring a pair of 2-7 teams, CBS announcer James Brown has a quick answer."