Rough Riders

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Daniel Leon's goal 11:18 into the third period broke a 2-2 tie and led the Long Island Rough Riders to a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Bays yesterday.Danny Mueller added an empty-net goal at 13:28 of the fourth period to seal the U.S. Interregional Soccer League victory for the Rough Riders, who beat the Bays, 12-8, in Baltimore on Friday night.The Bays (11-5) twice came from behind to tie the game, the last time on Mike Givvi's goal 5:17 into the third period.The Bays, who were outshot 45-29, will finish the regular season Friday night at home against Oklahoma City.

Friday's editions included a Q&A with Notre Dame Junior midfielder Jim Marlatt. Due to space constraints, here are some more answers from the Clarksville native and River Hill graduate that did not make the cut. How does a guy from Clarksville and River Hill end up in South Bend, Indiana? There was definitely some interest in staying closer to home. I have four younger siblings, including a little brother I'd love to see a little bit more often. But I think the balance between academics and athletics, just how well they take care of their athletes and making sure they do well in school are what really attracted me there.

Through his pain, but in obvious appreciation, Josh Miller thanked the Ottawa Rough Riders late Sunday afternoon for their charity.The Baltimore CFLs' punter rolled his right ankle and bruised his knee after chasing a high snap in the second quarter. He expected the Rough Riders to come after him the rest of the day.When they didn't, he thanked them -- Ottawa kicker Terry Baker specifically and the team in general."I did that," Miller said yesterday, "because obviously I was really hurt and they could've sent the whole house.

A Prince George's County police officer who was serving as an Army reservist in Iraq has been killed by an improvised explosive device, officials announced yesterday. Staff Sgt. Robert Hernandez, 48, a former member of the Baltimore and Washington police departments, was traveling in a convoy about 9 p.m. Tuesday when the device exploded, according to Prince George's County police. Sergeant Hernandez, a father of three from Silver Spring and a 24-year military veteran, had been in Iraq since last summer.

The future of Ottawa's 118-year-old Canadian Football League franchise was in doubt yesterday after Elliot Maisel, a Mobile, Ala., beer distributor, withdrew his offer to purchase the Rough Riders.Maisel agreed to buy the Riders last week and keep them in Ottawa at least two more seasons. But he apparently had a change of heart when a league audit of the team turned up new creditors and a fiscal liability of $2.5 million.Despite a league announcement that Maisel pulled out, Baltimore owner Jim Speros said he believes Ottawa will have a team next season -- and that Maisel will be the owner.

OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Nearly a hundred years after the last shots were fired, admirers of Theodore Roosevelt are gearing up to fight a new battle of San Juan Hill.If they win, Roosevelt will finally get the Medal of Honor he was denied after his Rough Riders helped capture the Cuban hill and turned the volunteer officer into a national hero.Roosevelt's commanding officers nominated him for the nation's highest military honor soon after the Spanish-American War, but the Army balked. Some say it was because his gallantry wasn't extraordinary enough.

Nothing is more bully than war, "Rough Riders" would have us believe, and no man was ever more bully than Theodore Roosevelt. His mythic charge up Cuba's San Juan Hill is rousingly dramatized in TNT's four-hour miniseries, which, unfortunately, overstays its welcome by at least a third.This dream project for writer-director John Milius ("Red Dawn," "Conan the Barbarian"), for whom macho has provided a way of life and a paycheck, so oozes with testosterone that your TV screen may start sprouting facial hair.

Many years later, Theodore Roosevelt looked back on his "great day," July 1, 1898."It was a lovely morning," he wrote, "the sky a cloudless blue, while the level shimmering rays of the just-risen sun brought into relief the splendid palms which here and there towered above the lower growth. The lofty and beautiful mountains hemmed in the Santiago plain, making it an amphitheater for the battle."No mention there of the suffocating tropical heat, the mud, the confusion, the abominable slop that passed for rations, the stink of death and hasty latrines.

Opponent: Long Island Rough RidersSite: UMBC StadiumTime: 2 p.m.Outlook: The Bays (2-9) are hurting, having lost Tarik Walker with a broken leg and Billy Ronson with a broken arm in last week's 2-1 loss to the Jersey Dragons. Former World Cup star Tony Meola, the league's top-ranked goalkeeper, will start for Long Island (12-0). The Rough Riders are led offensively by Giovanni Savarese (10 goals, four assists) and Mike Masters (10, three).

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Matt Dunigan and Sammy Garza each threw two touchdown passes to lead the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to their fourth straight win, a 46-1 rout of the Ottawa Rough Riders.Dunigan was 7-for-11 for 150 yards in the first quarter before leaving with strained right knee ligaments.The Blue Bombers (5-2) broke a first-place tie with the Baltimore CFLs (4-2) by beating Ottawa for the second time in six days.The Rough Riders (2-5) suffered their third straight loss.Dunigan, who threw for 713 yards July 14, will be examined further today.

Many years later, Theodore Roosevelt looked back on his "great day," July 1, 1898."It was a lovely morning," he wrote, "the sky a cloudless blue, while the level shimmering rays of the just-risen sun brought into relief the splendid palms which here and there towered above the lower growth. The lofty and beautiful mountains hemmed in the Santiago plain, making it an amphitheater for the battle."No mention there of the suffocating tropical heat, the mud, the confusion, the abominable slop that passed for rations, the stink of death and hasty latrines.

OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Nearly a hundred years after the last shots were fired, admirers of Theodore Roosevelt are gearing up to fight a new battle of San Juan Hill.If they win, Roosevelt will finally get the Medal of Honor he was denied after his Rough Riders helped capture the Cuban hill and turned the volunteer officer into a national hero.Roosevelt's commanding officers nominated him for the nation's highest military honor soon after the Spanish-American War, but the Army balked. Some say it was because his gallantry wasn't extraordinary enough.

The summer of 1913 will be remembered as the year the Wild West came to Baltimore in an action-packed tent show featuring the famed frontiersman William Frederick Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill."The Great Combined Buffalo Bill Wild West & Pawnee Bill Far Eastern Show had a staff of 780 and traveled in 60 of its own railroad cars -- one of which was home to "Caesar, the world's most ferocious and untameable lioness," and Mimi, a 4-ton elephant.The train was sidetracked on a Pennsylvania Railroad line near the circus grounds at 15th Street and Eastern Avenue in East Baltimore.

Nothing is more bully than war, "Rough Riders" would have us believe, and no man was ever more bully than Theodore Roosevelt. His mythic charge up Cuba's San Juan Hill is rousingly dramatized in TNT's four-hour miniseries, which, unfortunately, overstays its welcome by at least a third.This dream project for writer-director John Milius ("Red Dawn," "Conan the Barbarian"), for whom macho has provided a way of life and a paycheck, so oozes with testosterone that your TV screen may start sprouting facial hair.

BaseballAthletics: Optioned P Dane Johnson to Triple-A Edmonton.Cardinals: Placed P Brian Barber, P Andy Benes and P Danny Jackson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23.Cubs: Optioned OF Ozzie Timmons to Triple-A Iowa.Marlins: Placed P Matt Whisenant on the 15-day DL. Recalled P Jay Powell from Triple-A Charlotte.Mets: Acquired P Barry Manuel from the Montreal Expos for cash.Twins: Optioned OF Brent Brede to Triple-A Salt Lake City. Sent P Jose Parra outright to Salt Lake City.Yankees: Optioned P Ramiro Mendoza and OF Shane Spencer to Triple-A Columbus.

BaseballAstros: Activated OF Derrick May from 15-day DL. Optioned OF Raymond Montgomery to Triple-A Tucson.Athletics: Recalled OF Matt Stairs from Triple-A Edmonton. Optioned RHP Steve Montgomery to Edmonton.Expos: Placed 1B David Segui on 15-day DL. Purchased contract of OF Robert Lukachyk from Triple-A Ottawa.Mariners: Optioned P Bob Wolcott to Single-A Lancaster. Recalled P Mac Suzuki from Double-A Port City.Padres: Placed P Andy Ashby on 15-day DL.Rangers: Placed 1B Will Clark on 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Matt Whiteside from Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Paul Reilly scored the game-winner with 2:52 left on an assist by Christopher Armas, and Cordt Weinstien added a goal one minute later as the visiting Long Island Rough Riders defeated the Baltimore Bays, 5-3, in United States International Soccer League action yesterday at UMBC.Baltimore (2-11) led 3-1 until Weinstien scored his first goal at the 46:25 mark of the second half. Bays Tim Wittman received a red card at 47:00 for arguing a foul and Baltimore played a man down for the rest of the half.

FootballOttawa Rough Riders (CFL) -- Suspended former Washington Redskins DE Dexter Manley for one week for comments he made that were critical of coach Ron Smeltzer.HockeyMighty Ducks of Anaheim -- Recalled D Anatoli Fedotov from IHL San Diego.Hartford Whalers -- Recalled LW Igor Chibirev from AHL Springfield.Quebec Nordiques -- Sent former Washington Capitals C Reggie Savage to AHL Cornwall.San Jose Sharks -- Recalled C-LW Jeff McLean from IHL Kansas City.

The Canadian Football League postponed this week's Board of Governors meetings until Oct. 16, a decision commissioner Larry Smith said was made to allow owners to concentrate on football instead of business."

BaseballNational League: Upheld the eight-game suspension of Cincinnati Reds P Xavier Hernandez for intentionally throwing at a batter, fighting and instigating a bench-clearing incident Sept. 5 vs. Houston.Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Named Bill Livesey director of player personnel.Toronto Blue Jays: Named Herb Raybourn director of Latin America operations.BasketballAtlanta Hawks: Signed F Alan Henderson to a three-year contract. Signed F Cuonzo Martin to a one-year contract.Boston Celtics: Signed F Junior Burrough to a three-year contract.