TRAVEL
By Jon Secrest and By Jon Secrest,Special to the Sun | January 26, 2003
Although I had anticipated that it would happen, it was still with some surprise that I found myself being dragged in the snow behind eight powerful, excited Siberian huskies, one desperate hand on the sled handle and legs flailing behind me in what our guide good-naturedly referred to as "an Indiana Jones." I managed to pull myself back on the sled and bring it to a halt. As I waited for my wife, Kerry, to limp her way over because she had been knocked off the sled halfway down the hill, I found myself breathing heavily, surrounded by a stunning, snowy landscape.
FEATURES
By ROB KASPER | February 11, 1995
In the tiny Midwestern town where my wife grew up, when folks needed something fixed they went to see the men at the lumberyard. The lumberyard guys knew how to set things right.I used to laugh at such a provincial view of problem-solving. Now I live in Baltimore, a place that, when the whole schmear including the Washington area and suburbs are counted, ranks as the fourth largest urban area in America.However, the longer I live in this big city clime, the more I find myself behaving like I live in a small town.
SPORTS
By RICK MAESE | December 18, 2005
Lake Placid, N.Y. -- Villains in American sport date back at least 100 years when scoundrels such as Ty Cobb roamed the basepaths as though hunting season had just begun. Later, we had the Raiders, the Pistons, the hockey goon and just about any Soviet athlete during the Cold War. s blog at baltimoresun.com/maeseblog Point after -- Rick Maese The luge looks like a lot of fun, doesn't it? It's like when you were younger and you went down a twisty slide at the park. Only this slide is made of ice. And it's highly probable that you'll suffer permanent injury.
NEWS
By Stanley C. Dillon | January 20, 1991
Gavin Bullock of Westminster says he has "the need for speed," whichis why the 27-year-old always is looking for places to race his snowmobiles.No matter what the season is, Bullock and his friend MikeWolfe -- who is also his crew chief, team owner and sponsor -- are racing their snowmobiles almost every weekend.Last fall, Bullock competed in the Mason-Dixon Grass Drags at theKingsdale, Pa., Fire Co.He won the first race of the series in October, topping 13 sleds in the Formula III class.
SPORTS
By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun | April 19, 2010
A report by the International Luge Federation has concluded that a series of events, including driver error, caused the crash that killed Republic of Georgia athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili just hours before the start of the Winter Olympics. Sandwiched between a glowing introductory tribute to Kumaritashvili and an attempt by the federation to repair its image in the final pages is a re-creation of the athlete's final moments and the safety measures taken before and after the crash.
NEWS
By HANNELIESE PENNER | February 28, 1992
Last week as I was watching the Olympic bobsledding with my grandchildren I had a memory flashback and said quietly: ''I had a bobsled!''''You did?'' was their incredulous response, and I hastened to add: ''Yes, but not one as sleek as they have now.''I grew up in Hamburg, Germany, where the climate is very much like Baltimore's, with very little snow during the winter. When it falls, slopes and hills turn into playgrounds for children and their sleds.My grandmother was a statuesque woman, resolute, wise and my childhood companion.