Rust

On paper, Sunday night's WrestleMania looked as if it could be one of the strongest installments in the event's 28-year history. In execution, it was anything but. I personally avoided Twitter and Facebook, so that the thoughts I would be sharing here would be as purely mine as much as possible. The show lacked the feel of WrestleMania; the first hour felt rushed and most of the matches seemed to be missing something. The show wasn't bad by any means, so I don't want people to misread what I am saying, but I expected more.

With a 14-4 record and all four losses coming to teams ranked higher in the latest United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll, Stevenson figures to be a lock for the NCAA tournament. But rather than sit back and coast into the postseason, the Mustangs are scheduled to travel and meet Ohio Wesleyan (11-3) this Saturday. Coach Paul Cantabene said he's glad the team won't be taking the weekend off before the NCAA tournament. “We're not afraid to get out there and keep playing,” he said Tuesday.

FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- Watch your step.You might not see rats -- the food's long gone -- but topside on some of the rusting ghost ships in the James River Reserve Fleet, you can see through holes to the deck below.Grass grows on the deck of the cargo ship Marine Fiddler, moss and weeds on others. Pigeons leave foot-high hills all over the World War II Liberty ship Arthur M. Huddle. Peeling paint hangs in strips from cabins in the oiler Saugatuck. Water covers floors in the tanker Truckee. Peregrine falcons are protected on another ship, but they didn't show up this year.

Friday's contest may be the last meeting between these schools for quite a while due to Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson's ultimatum, but that won't dilute the emotion in this cross-town rivalry. The No. 8 Terps have never lost in four games at the Multi-Sport Field in Washington, D.C. The Hoyas are trying to snap a two-game losing streak to Maryland. Here are a few factors that could play a role in the outcome. 1) Georgetown's attack. This unit not only graduated its top playmaker in attackman Rickey Mirabito (16 goals and 30 assists)

No one would to take issue with Lee Evans feeling a little bit rusty in the Ravens' 31-24 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, his first game since Sept. 18 against the Tennessee Titans. But the wide receiver isn't buying into that theory. “I guess you can look at it that way,” Evans said after being targeted just one time and being unable to register a catch in the team's 31-24 win against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday. “Anytime you're out on the field though, you have an opportunity to make plays, and you've got to make them.

With a 14-4 record and all four losses coming to teams ranked higher in the latest United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll, Stevenson figures to be a lock for the NCAA tournament. But rather than sit back and coast into the postseason, the Mustangs are scheduled to travel and meet Ohio Wesleyan (11-3) this Saturday. Coach Paul Cantabene said he's glad the team won't be taking the weekend off before the NCAA tournament. “We're not afraid to get out there and keep playing,” he said Tuesday.

On August 13, 2005, JAMES M. RUST, dear brother of Bill Rust IV and his wife Kathy, and Nancy Lauer, cherished uncle of Lt. Bill Rust V, Michael J. Rust and Allyson Lauer. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd., Arbutus, on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 A.M. Interment to immediately follow in Meadowridge Memorial Park.

On July 29, 2003, MARY A. RUST of Ellicott City, beloved wife of the late William D. Rust, III, loving mother of William D. Rust, IV, James M. Rust and Nancy R. Lauer, loving grandmother of Lt. William D. Rust, U.S. Navy, and Cap. Michael J. Rust, U.S. Army, and Allyson A. Lauer, dear sister of Sadie Clampitt, Rosalie Donaldson and James S. Ingrilli. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the GARY L. KAUFMAN FUNERAL HOME AT MEADOWRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK, INC., 7250 Washington Blvd., Elkridge (Exit 6 off of Rt. 100)

On November 1, 2004, GOLDIE S. (nee Stewart) RUST; beloved wife of the late Harry E. Rust; loving sister of Roscoe Stewart, Jr., Martha Bartley, Earlene Wright, Anna Beckley and the late Fonso Stewart, Thomas M. Stewart, Bill C. Stewart, Blanch Stewart and Jessie Grenke; special companion of Clyde Lanham and family. Also survived by many other family and friends. Visitation to be held at the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4107 Wilkens Avenue, on Friday, 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 P.M. and where funeral services will take place on Saturday at 11 A.M. Interment in Loudon Park Cemetery.

Rod Rust was fired yesterday as coach of the New England Patriots after oone season and one win.Five days after the worst season in Patriots history ended with their 14th straight loss and a 1-15 record, chief executive officer Sam Jankovich dismissed Rust with three years left on his contract.He also said he wanted the next coach, the Patriots' fifth in 13 seasons, to be "highly energized and enthusiastic. . . full of fire." Rust, 62, is considered a hard worker but low-keyed.Jankovich planned to move quickly to find a new coach and said he had a short list of primary candidates but would not say who was on it. Published reports have focused on John Mackovic, coach at Illinois and former coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.

My grass has tiny orange raised bumps on the blades. It started about the beginning of fall. It seems worst where there is more shade and the ground stays moist longer. Will it kill the grass? Numerous blades are completely covered. I fertilize a few times a year, using the recommended amount for my bluegrass. Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass are the grasses most susceptible to rust, a fungal disease. Rust disease is favored by low nitrogen fertility, but this is probably not your cause.

No one would to take issue with Lee Evans feeling a little bit rusty in the Ravens' 31-24 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, his first game since Sept. 18 against the Tennessee Titans. But the wide receiver isn't buying into that theory. “I guess you can look at it that way,” Evans said after being targeted just one time and being unable to register a catch in the team's 31-24 win against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday. “Anytime you're out on the field though, you have an opportunity to make plays, and you've got to make them.

David Reed got his old job back. A week after watching Bryan McCann return kicks against the Houston Texans, Reed re-assumed that role in the Ravens' 12-7 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars Monday night. Reed had missed two games after suffering a left shoulder strain against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 18 before returning after the bye week. Reed said he was grateful for the opportunity to return kicks - an assignment that he had carried out well last season when he led the NFL with a 29.3-yard average.

The Boys' Latin baseball team enjoyed getting picked to participate in the inaugural President's Cup tournament because it gave the players a chance to play a on bigger stage. Mike Gillespie made sure the Lakers' first performance earned some good reviews. Gillespie started and struck out seven in two innings of work in the first-round game on Saturday. He also had four RBIs — three of which came on a bases-loaded double — and scored three runs as Boys' Latin routed Mervo, 13-2, in a five-inning game at Johns Hopkins.

When Annapolis senior forward Delmore Howard put in a smooth baseline turnaround on the opening possession of Saturday's game at No. 4 Arundel, it was as if the No. 10 Panthers had picked up right where they left off the last time they were on the court - a comfortable win over North County on Feb. 4. Rust from the snow break? Not a chance for the Panthers. Showing no ill effect from the nine days off, the Panthers did Saturday what they have done all season - got up and down the floor, used their team depth and hit big baskets again and again.

INDIANAPOLIS - -The pressure cooker that is the NFL playoffs is beginning to bubble for the Indianapolis Colts. As the No. 1 seed in the AFC, the Colts have home-field advantage throughout the postseason and just enjoyed a first-round bye, giving their players some needed rest. But with the top seed comes the expectation that this team will win its second Super Bowl in four years - or at least be the AFC representative in the Super Bowl. The pressure to win might be palpable around Indianapolis, but Colts coach Jim Caldwell insisted that the players and coaches are impervious to that kind of anxiety.

William D. Rust III, who operated an Arbutus insurance agency, died of complications from diabetes Tuesday at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital. He was 82 and had lived more than 40 years in Halethorpe before he moved to Ellicott City several years ago. Born in Baltimore, he attended local schools and worked for various insurance firms until 1960, when he established his own agency, William D. Rust III Insurance, on Southwestern Boulevard in Arbutus. He retired in the mid-1990s.

Rust is evil -- almost everyone in America thinks so. That is one reason battling it can be so uplifting.These days, finding such widespread agreement on what is evil is rare. Just this week for example, I read that even though turncoat spy Aldrich E. Ames was regularly drunk, indiscreet, lazy and inefficient, his bosses at the Central Intelligence Agency considered such work habits normal. So, instead of getting fired for bad behavior, Ames got promoted.Living in a such a confused world, I feel the need for some certainty.

American Rust By Philipp Meyer Spiegel & Grau / 367 pages / $24.95 Isaac English isn't given to idle speculation. Like his friend, Billy Poe, he has to learn his lessons the hard way. American Rust, Philipp Meyer's debut novel, gets its power from their efforts to do just that. The characters manage (and fail to manage) their complex lives in run-down neighborhoods, where they get drunk, argue, fight, have sex, find and lose hope, kill (by accident), attempt suicide and run away. They also struggle mightily with the meaning of love, not the romance-novel type but the what-would-Jesus-do type.

It wasn't apparent to anyone for the longest time that Baltimore author Philipp Meyer had hopped the freight train to success - just like the protagonist of his acclaimed debut novel, American Rust. Every time Meyer's line of boxcars seemed to be chugging along the straight and narrow, it would suddenly grind to a halt and shift into reverse. For starters, despite a stratospheric IQ, Meyer dropped out of City College at age 16. After three tries, he elbowed his way into prestigious Cornell University.