Sporting Goods

Art Modell may have sold most of his stake in the Ravens football team, but that hasn't stopped his family from finding a new way to profit from sports in Baltimore. William Modell, Art's first cousin, plans to open four of his Modell's Sporting Goods stores in the Baltimore area by the end of the year. The first of the four, at Perring Plaza in Carney, will have its grand opening tomorrow. The company will also open stores at Security Square Mall in Woodlawn, Reisterstown Road Plaza in Baltimore and Laurel Lakes Centre in Laurel.

Several area stores are preparing to open tonight and sell Ravens memorabilia to fans eager to show their pride over the team's Super Bowl win. Around midnight at Dick's Sporting Goods located inside Columbia Crossing shopping center, fans raided the shelves to get their hands on Super Bowl Champions gear. “I told myself I wasn't going to waste any time,” said Elkridge resident Cheryl Guyton. “I got a magnet, a sweat shirt, T-shirts, cups, and I might not be done yet.” Guyton said she got a little nervous watching the game, but the end result produced elation.

Services for Emerson R. Mitchell, owner of a sporting goods store, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Mitchell-Smith Funeral Home in Havre de Grace.Mr. Mitchell, a lifelong resident of Havre de Grace, died of cancer Thursday at Harford Memorial Hospital. He was 76.He owned and operated Mitchell's Sportsmen's Center in Havre de Grace for more than 40 years. For 34 years, he was a member of the Susquehanna Hose Company.He was awarded a Purple Heart while serving in the Army in Europe during World War II.Mr.

It all caught up with University of Maryland swimmers and divers, men's cross country runners, women's water polo players and other athletes young enough to have rarely confronted limits on their talents and dreams. All of the team members had faced losing before. That's part of competition. But by Saturday - the date Maryland set long ago to officially eliminate teams absent an infusion of private funds - many of the athletes had been overtaken by a deeper sort of pain and disappointment.

The Sports Authority, a sporting goods subsidiary of K mart Corp. which boasts that it carries four miles of tennis string, 42,000 pieces of apparel and 25 tons of weight-lifting iron in each store, said yesterday that it will open two locations in the Baltimore area by fall.Reisterstown-based Kasco Chesapeake Builders Inc. broke ground for the stores earlier this month in the Price Club Plazas in Glen Burnie and White Marsh.Kasco spokesman William A. Bunter said the capital investment on the buildings is roughly $4.25 million combined.

Sewell Allen Brown Jr., a sporting goods business owner and champion trap shooter, died Monday of a heart attack at Sinai Hospital. He was 80 and lived in Lutherville. Until his retirement about 20 years ago, he was president of National Sporting Goods Co. in downtown Baltimore. He also was chairman of the board of Belt's Corp. a warehouse operation with historic ties to the Southeast Baltimore waterfront. Formerly Belt's Wharf Warehouses, at Fell and Wolfe streets in Fells Point, the warehouses, which began in 1845, stored coffee, sugar and canned meats.

Anne Arundel sporting enthusiasts soon will have the chance to anglefor the right fishing rod among more than 1,000 choices in a discount "megastore."The Sports Authority, a sporting goods subsidiary of Kmart, plans to open two stores in the Baltimore area by fall. Construction of the Glen Burnie and White Marsh stores, part of the chain's expansion in the mid-Atlantic region, started a few weeks ago, company officials said.Billed as "mega stores" because they carry a wide variety of discounted, brand-name sports equipment, the Sports Authority branches "have all the merchandise you want under one roof," said company spokesman William Lehrburger.

Laura Koras was shepherding four wiggly kids through The Shops at Kenilworth and navigating the recession at the same time. "Five pairs of lacrosse shorts and two T-shirts for $60," said Koras of Reisterstown after visiting the Lax World Outlet. The discount shop at the Towson mall sells new but dated equipment at prices at least half those in Lax World's retail stores. "My husband is a financial planner," she added. "So with us, you make every penny count." The popularity of the local lacrosse outlet, which is associated with the specialty retail chain, and other sports equipment discounters, such as Play it Again Sports, makes it clear that bargain-hunting has become a game more popular than ever.

In 1936, Baltimoreans strolling through Clifton Park and Druid Hill Park paid Samuel Davis 25 cents a day to rent a bicycle from Princeton Cycle Co. The goal for the Depression-era start-up: to sell one bicycle a day. Sixty-five years and two stores later, the company is run by his grandson, Alan R. Davis, who has set the company's sights on a more complex goal: expanding the $6 million company without letting it become unmanageable or losing the personal...

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. Shares rose $4.85, or 8.7 percent, to $60.43 as the sporting goods retailer said it may earn $2.47 to $2.50 a share in 2007, compared with its previous forecast of $2.37 to $2.40 a share.

How often do you go to a sports store and get to rub elbows with Ravens' wide receiver Torrey Smith? Or get to swap football observations with Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody or the Washington Redskins' defensive back Josh Wilson? You can do so this weekend at Dick's Sporting Goods new store in the Crofton area. The retailer is holding a three-day celebration to mark the occasion. The event starts Friday at 8 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the store located at 1417 South Main Chapel Way in Grambrills.

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Raymond J. Garber, a retired retail salesman who served in the Marine Corps during World War II, died Sept. 7 of multiple organ failure at Harbor Hospital. The Glen Burnie resident was 87. The son of a baker and a homemaker, Raymond Joseph Garber was born and raised in Catonsville. He was a 1942 graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington. After high school, he joined the Marine Corps and served with the 1st Marine Division. He fought in the Guadalcanal, Okinawa and Northern China campaigns, and was in China when the war ended.

Laura Koras was shepherding four wiggly kids through The Shops at Kenilworth and navigating the recession at the same time. "Five pairs of lacrosse shorts and two T-shirts for $60," said Koras of Reisterstown after visiting the Lax World Outlet. The discount shop at the Towson mall sells new but dated equipment at prices at least half those in Lax World's retail stores. "My husband is a financial planner," she added. "So with us, you make every penny count." The popularity of the local lacrosse outlet, which is associated with the specialty retail chain, and other sports equipment discounters, such as Play it Again Sports, makes it clear that bargain-hunting has become a game more popular than ever.

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. Shares rose $4.85, or 8.7 percent, to $60.43 as the sporting goods retailer said it may earn $2.47 to $2.50 a share in 2007, compared with its previous forecast of $2.37 to $2.40 a share.

Sports apparel maker Under Armour said yesterday that it will open its first full-priced retail store at Westfield Annapolis Mall as a new front in expanding its marketing and branding prowess. The company, which makes athletic wear that wicks sweat from the body to help maintain temperature, disclosed this month that it would be entering the retail business but didn't disclose the location. Under Armour currently operates only outlets, selling discounted merchandise; it sells its apparel and footwear mostly through major sporting-goods retailers.

Nominations sought for county's annual business awards The Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce Inc.'s annual Business Awards dinner will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 19 at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 80 Compromise St., Annapolis. The awards given out will include Business Leader of the Year, Community Outreach, Nonprofit of the Year, Minority Business Advocate of the Year, Women in Business Advocate of the Year, Legislator of the Year, Environmental Awareness and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

I have been biking and swimming outside all summer. How can I stay in shape this fall when the temperature starts to drop? We posed this question to Jennifer Enriquez, personal trainer and assistant manager at Gold's Gym at The Power Plant downtown. She says that as fall rolls around gyms often bulk up their fitness classes, so this is a great time to shop around for a group class. Classes like Pilates, hip hop and kickboxing are a fun way to squeeze in an hour of cardiovascular and strength training.

Albert J, Machin, a retired store manager and avid boater, died Sunday of a stroke at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The longtime Severna Park resident was 76. Mr. Machin was born and raised in Baltimore. He was a 1948 graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington and was a quartermaster in the Army from 1951 to 1953. He was a salesman at Town & Country Sporting Goods and later was manager for many years of the Giant department store's sporting goods section at stores in Glen Burnie and Rockville.