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Submitting sports notices The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Monday. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). Baseball Leader's Baseball Camp is offering two weeks of high-level baseball training July 8-12 and July 22-26. Reservoir High School varsity baseball coach Adam Leader (2011 and 2012 District Coach of the Year) and his staff will run this camp designed to teach players the physical and mental game of baseball.

MONDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS MLB Cincinnati@Washington (T) MASN9 a.m. Orioles@Oakland (T) MASN12:30 Washington@Atlanta ESPN, MASN7 Orioles@Seattle MASN210 Washington@Atlanta (T) ESPN3 a.m. C. base. South Florida@Florida (T) FCS6 Texas Christian@Texas Tech (T) FCS9 NBA play. Chicago@Brooklyn, Gm. 5 TNT7 Indiana@Atlanta, Gm. 4 NBA7:30 Oklahoma City@Houston, Gm. 4 TNT9:30 C. foot.

Maybe you yawned when you heard the news. Or maybe you just shrugged when you heard about Jason Collins and said: "What's the big deal?" But it's a very big deal. First active male player in a major team sport to declare he's gay? In the macho world of the NBA, where a player like Tim Hardaway once hissed "I hate gay people" before the ensuing backlash had him backpedaling like a fighter trying to avoid another haymaker? Oh, it's a very big deal. Now Collins, a 34-year-old journeyman center for six teams over 12 seasons, comes out of the closet and makes history.

Boys lacrosse No. School Record Prev.   1. Boys' Latin 15-0 1 2. St. Paul's 15-1 2 3. McDonogh 11-3 3 4. Gilman 10-2 5 5. Calvert Hall 7-5 4 6. Hereford 10-2 6 7. Loyola 10-5 8 8. St. Mary's 5-7 7 9. South River 10-2 10 10. Westminster 11-0 12 11. Archbishop...