Sandusky

Gerry Sandusky, the son of a former coach for the NFL's Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins, possesses a genial air and projects comfort in the public eye. He would seem a natural for the job he has held since 1988: sports anchor for WBAL-TV's news team. It's his other job that doesn't seem so clean a fit. Away from the camera, Sandusky serves corporate executives and professionals who pay him to coach them on how best to communicate - how to speak to employees, how to make a sales pitch, and even how to manage the media.

On January 9, 2004 ANNE B. of Baltimore, beloved wife of the late Paul F. Lane; loving mother of Nancy M. Lane, Barbara A. Sandusky, Patricia L. Shelby, Michael P., J. Kelly, Dennis J. and Maura K. Lane; cherished grandmother of Rick M. Shelby, Tim P. Lane, Samantha Sandusky, Sean W.L. Alford, Matthew Sandusky, Jessie M. and Kevin C. Lane and Morgan L. Arnold; devoted great grandmother of Patrick and Alex Shelby. The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY INC, 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road)

The Baltimore Museum of Industry was transformed into a sports mecca at the "Mid-Summer Sports Fest" to raise more than $35,000 for two scholarship organizations, CollegeBound Foundation and Joe Sandusky Fund. More than 600 guests were greeted by party co-hosts WBAL-TV sports director Gerry Sandusky and Baltimore Raven Jamie Sharper. An array of games awaited: a batting cage, basketball hoops, putting greens, a makeshift climbing "mountain," pool table, pingpong, tennis, even fencing. If that wasn't enough, you could listen in on the sports radio show being broadcast live from the site.

Ever want to shoot hoops with Terps basketball coach Gary Williams? How 'bout lobbing a few with tennis champ Pam Shriver? Maybe shoot pool with the Ravens' Tony Banks, or the Orioles' Brady Anderson? The Mid-Summer Fest "SportsORama" was a chance to party and play various games with sports celebs and raise money for the Joe Sandusky Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation and the CollegeBound Foundation. The partygoers browsed a bountiful buffet from Baltimore restaurants and danced to the music of O'Malley's March, starring none other than Charm City's hip (in black T-shirt)

There are lots of benefits to being host of a nightly radio talk show on one of the most popular stations in your hometown, but one of the chief ones for Steve Melewski is this: People he knows may now actually believe he does it for a living. Melewski, who takes over the reins of WBAL's "SportsLine" starting Monday night, says his career path, through places like Frederick and Richmond, Va., has been a successful one, though it had taken him out of hearing range of friends and family.

WBAL sells out on Sandusky The Jan. 13 article, "Sandusky signing off from SportsLine," detailed how WBAL Radio host Gerry Sandusky will involuntarily be leaving his show at the end of February. Regardless of how carefully worded the article was, it is apparent that the powerful Orioles saw to it that Sandusky be removed from his duties because he didn't toe the Orioles' line. He wasn't enough of a "homer," which was Jon Miller's cardinal sin, according to owner Peter Angelos. Sandusky actually dared to speak his mind and offer criticism if he saw fit. Yet, the article states that Sandusky's removal was not related to his comments.

WASHINGTON -- The forces instrumental in the creation of the Martin Luther King Day holiday intended for it to be a day of reflection and contemplation, more than of holiday sales. In that vein, they will be pleased with an illuminating round-table discussion convened yesterday at Georgetown University by Turner Sports among four men who lived during the period in which the late civil rights leader fought for social change. The freewheeling, often humorous exchange between moderator John Thompson, who formerly coached here and is now an NBA analyst for Turner, and former NBA greats Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson and Wayne Embry, yielded thoughtful recollections about the civil rights movement and its impact on the athletes who played in the context of the massive upheaval of the times.

Gerry Sandusky, who anchors Channel 11's weeknight sportscasts and is the host of WBAL Radio's nighttime sports talk show, will be relinquishing his regular radio duties next month. Sandusky, who has been critical of the Orioles during his 2 1/2-year stint as "SportsLine" host, is being moved in part to accommodate a portion of WBAL's new, three-year contract with the Orioles, though the move was not dictated by team officials. "They assured me that it was not at their [Orioles'] insistence," Sandusky said.

Some of the best pictures of Sunday night's Cal Ripken end-of-streak festival came courtesy of a tip, a hunch and a gamble, and once again, Channel 11 was the beneficiary of all of the above.Gerry Sandusky, the station's sports director and main sports anchor, said he got a call at the station around 6: 45 p.m. Sunday -- more than an hour before game time -- that Ripken was going to call a halt to his consecutive-games streak, and Sandusky got moving.Sandusky, who also does duty as the main sports talker on WBAL (1090 AM)

El Nino is threatening to devastate the planet, the Dow Jones Industrial Average did a bungee-jump that snapped your neck just to watch, and the way they're talking about the flu going around, it might as well be the Ebola virus.But if you're an Orioles fan, that's not what you're discussing around the water cooler today. If you're an O's fan, there are only two topics rattling around in your feverish little brain:1) Will Peter Angelos bring back Davey Johnson?2) Will the O's re-sign Brady Anderson?