Richmond

After allowing Richmond's go-ahead touchdown with 29 seconds left yesterday, Towson University refused to quit on the game - and perhaps its season - as quarterback Sean Schaefer completed three passes to march the Tigers to the 14-yard line with four seconds left. After a timeout, Schaefer lofted the ball to the corner of the end zone and Demetrius Harrison hung on as time expired for a 23-21 victory, setting off a raucous celebration on the Tigers' sideline. The win ended Towson's three-game losing streak in the Colonial Athletic Association, and the team hopes the victory will jump-start the season, which started with a national ranking and expectations for a spot in the postseason.

RICHMOND, Va. -- The BayRunners played well yesterday against the Richmond Rhythm's starting five. It was Richmond's second unit that sent Baltimore to a 101-91 loss before 1,805 at Richmond Coliseum. Kendrick Warren came off the bench to score 26 points, and fellow sub Larry Robinson added 25, as the Rhythm's bench totaled 94 points. Warren was playing his first game since injuring his knee three weeks ago. "We knew that Robinson and [Jerod] Ward were great additions for them," Baltimore coach Terry Truax said.

RICHMOND, Va. - Kristi Toliver scored 21 points yesterday to lead five Terps in double figures as No. 14 Maryland overcame a five-point halftime deficit to beat Richmond, 83-65. Demauria Liles (12 points, 11 rebounds) and Lynetta Kizer (12 points, 10 rebounds) each had double doubles to help the Terps control the boards and shut down the Spiders in the second half. "We made some adjustments in the locker room [at halftime] to our defense," Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. "I think the execution by our team was tremendous in the second half.

You can't visit Richmond without confronting the Civil War. The city is so rich in Civil War history that you can't miss it, even if - like me - you're not a Civil War buff. In fact, a weekend visitor invariably confronts one of two pickles: If you aren't particularly interested in the War Between the States, you'll feel guilty bypassing what is just about Civil War Central. And if you are a war buff eager to immerse yourself in the subject, you won't have enough time to do it justice.

When the object of the game is to put the ball through the hoop, chances are you won't win too many games shooting 29 percent. Navy found that out the hard way last night.The Midshipmen were equally bad from the field in both halves -- 28.1 percent in the first half and 30 percent in the second half -- in losing to Richmond, 73-54, before a crowd of 1,038 at Alumni Hall.Despite the poor shooting, Navy was able to cut a 15-point deficit to three nearly midway through the second half but managed four field goals in the final 13 minutes.

When Navy coach Don DeVoe saw his team fall behind by 15 points last night against Richmond, he saw his team get back in the game with aggressive defense. But when it came down to finding a player to go to in the crunch, DeVoe last night had no one to turn to on offense.Having a hard time getting off a shot, Navy could do nothing right, hitting four field goals in the last 13 minutes, as Richmond ran away with a 73-43 win before 1,038 at Alumni Hall.Poor shooting plagued the team the entire game.

Two Virginia men arrested last month in an armed robbery in Northwest Baltimore -- both of whom were living in a motel on Reisterstown Road -- are suspects in two Richmond slayings, city police said yesterday.Though the men have not been charged in the shooting deaths, police said authorities are planning to extradite them to Virginia on outstanding abduction warrants. They have been charged with handgun violations and robbery in Baltimore.The case began Oct. 31 when Sgt. James Rood and Officers Kevin Hagan and Chris Wade, members of the Northwestern District's major crime unit, were flagged down by four teen-agers, who said they had been robbed near Northern Parkway and Reisterstown Road.

RICHMOND, Va. - Battering wind and record-setting rain from Tropical Storm Gaston caused at least five deaths as a deluge washed away roads, flooded houses and businesses, and sent vehicles floating down the streets of Richmond. Five people were confirmed dead by late yesterday, and several others were reported missing. On Monday afternoon, rushing waters replaced rush-hour traffic in downtown Richmond where a flood wall, built in 1995 to contain the James River in such storms, stood with its gates open because powerful rains had outstripped the river's rise and raced downhill.

If the Montreal Expos are sold to a Virginia-based investor group, the National League team ought to play in Richmond rather than the Washington area, according to Orioles majority owner Peter Angelos."

Midway through the second quarter yesterday at Johnny Unitas Stadium, the Towson University football team was hanging tough against one of the surprise powers of the Atlantic 10. By the time the 18th-ranked Richmond Spiders were done with them, the Tigers had absorbed a bruising loss near the end of an otherwise encouraging season. Behind senior quarterback Stacy Tutt, a strong offensive line and a defense that forced three turnovers and knocked around Towson quarterback Sean Schaefer, Richmond spoiled the Tigers' home finale with a 48-21 rout before 3,472.