T Shirt

Andy York recently bought a T-shirt that captures how he feels about his city. The design includes various implements of violence that include brass knuckles, a switchblade, a noose and a brick in the shape of a heart. "It all comes down to self-deprecating humor," said York, a Pigtown resident who plans to wear the tee to live music events or festivals. "I would be really upset if someone from Pittsburgh was wearing a shirt like that. " Elected officials and tourism industry leaders have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars developing slogans to emphasize Baltimore's finer points.

Nelson Cruz, who has wasted little time hitting his way into Orioles fans' hearts with every belt-high fastball he deposits into the stands, has officially arrived in the minds of the team's promotional staff. The game against the Detroit Tigers on May 13 will be Nelson Cruz T-shirt night. Cruz, who has hit six home runs and driven in 21 runs en route to a .301/.386/.683 line in 19 games this season, has found a home hitting in front of Orioles slugger Chris Davis. He's getting pitches to hit and making opposing pitchers pay. The Cruz T-shirt features 26 'U's on the front.

Ray Rice continues to stand up against bullying by designing a T-shirt that will help raise money to fight the problem. Rice has joined with PACER National Bullying Prevention Center and a shirt company called CustomInk for the Be Good to Each Other campaign, designing a tee with the message: "You can be a hero to someone just by being a friend -- Ray Rice. " Adult versions of the shirt cost $26 and all of the proceeds will go to PACER, an organization that aims to prevent bullying through education.

The Baltimore Ravens' Ray Rice joined a campaign to raise money for anti-bullying efforts, designing a T-shirt that encourages youth to be kind to each other. The purple T-shirt that reads "You can be a hero to someone just by being a friend," is part of CustomInk's bullying prevention efforts, and comes during the official National Bullying Awareness month. The Virginia-based company tapped singers, actors and other athletes to design T-shirts that spread messages against bullying.

Editor: I am writing in response to an apparent dust-up over the use of rap lyrics on a t-shirt at Joppatowne High School. Unfortunately, I did not see the original letter to the editor on this subject, but I can comment on the mother-educator response. It disturbs me to read that a parent and educator would actually condone the use of this particular rap song, or any part of it in a school setting. This so called song contains foul language and atrocious grammar from start to finish as well as the use of the controversial "N" word; though in the so-called acceptable context we have been duped to believe is "artistic expression.

Ravens fans who also want to bring their purple passion to a cause can purchase a special edition Super Bowl XLVII T-shirt to benefit The Brigance Brigade Foundation, created by former Ravens player O.J. Brigance and his wife, Chanda. All proceeds from sales of the $20 T-shirt go to the foundation, which raises funds to support and improve the quality of life for patients with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and their families by providing needed equipment, resource guidance and services.

Under Armour's first foray into cotton will be a $25 T-shirt that it plans to begin shipping to stores in February. The Baltimore sports apparel company built its business on performance wear geared toward the hardcore athlete, but is now developing a new venture with the material it once deemed the "enemy. " "We've built a $1 billion foundation without cotton to date," Under Armour founder Kevin Plank told analysts during a quarterly earnings conference call Thursday. "This is a whole new category for Under Armour that makes us relevant to a whole new consumer.

The Orioles are putting you in charge of their t-shirt giveaway for their Sept. 26 game against the Red Sox. Fans are invited to design the shirts that will be distributed to the first 10,000 fans ages 15 and over that night as part of Fan Appreciation Week. Submissions will be accepted through the end of the month on the team's website . Three finalists will be selected and fans will vote for the bets design. The winner will receive four tickets to that Sept. 26 game.

You wouldn't guess it, but if you pair two analysts -- one with a Department of Defense agency and the other working in network security -- you'd get Little Lessons Tees, an online T-shirt business specializing in positive statements. Married analyst couple Chris and Jada Williams happen to be parents of a toddler and started their business of selling youth T-shirts last year. “We found it difficult to find uplifting T-shirts for our son (Jacob, presently age 3)

A Baltimore judge sentenced Jason K. Hamel to 50 years in prison for the Federal Hill murder of an alleged drug dealer who tricked him into paying $5,000 for a T-shirt he said was a package of cocaine. The shooting happened in 800 block of Battery Avenue on June 20, 2008 when Hamel, 33, went to meet his victim Keyva Bluitt and two other men to do the supposed drug deal. Hamel picked up the package at around 9:15 p.m. and soon realized the deception, according to the Baltimore state's attorney's office.

The Orioles just announced the winner of their fan designed T-shirt contest. The shirt above, designed by Scott Thompson of Rockville, will be given to the first 10,000 fans 15 and over at the Orioles' Sept. 26 home game against the Toronto Blue Jays. The team received more than 500 designs and narrowed them down to three for a final vote. This design obviously pays tribute to the Orioles' ritual of celebrating big wins with shaving-cream pies.

The Orioles are putting you in charge of their t-shirt giveaway for their Sept. 26 game against the Red Sox. Fans are invited to design the shirts that will be distributed to the first 10,000 fans ages 15 and over that night as part of Fan Appreciation Week. Submissions will be accepted through the end of the month on the team's website . Three finalists will be selected and fans will vote for the bets design. The winner will receive four tickets to that Sept. 26 game.

Chris Davis has hit 37 home runs . Women think he is handsome . Odds-makers believe he'll win tonight's Home Run Derby . (Wait, people bet on things like that?) When a person is good at sports and good-looking and his life has traced a compelling narrative ( seriously, read this profile ) that suddenly emerges on the national scene, there is one thing sure to follow: marketability. Sales of Davis merchandise are, of course, soaring. According to Fanatics.com, they were up 200 percent in June compared with May. Davis merchandise sold better than that of all but eight Major League Baseball players.

Editor: I am writing in response to an apparent dust-up over the use of rap lyrics on a t-shirt at Joppatowne High School. Unfortunately, I did not see the original letter to the editor on this subject, but I can comment on the mother-educator response. It disturbs me to read that a parent and educator would actually condone the use of this particular rap song, or any part of it in a school setting. This so called song contains foul language and atrocious grammar from start to finish as well as the use of the controversial "N" word; though in the so-called acceptable context we have been duped to believe is "artistic expression.

A Baltimore judge sentenced Jason K. Hamel to 50 years in prison for the Federal Hill murder of an alleged drug dealer who tricked him into paying $5,000 for a T-shirt he said was a package of cocaine. The shooting happened in 800 block of Battery Avenue on June 20, 2008 when Hamel, 33, went to meet his victim Keyva Bluitt and two other men to do the supposed drug deal. Hamel picked up the package at around 9:15 p.m. and soon realized the deception, according to the Baltimore state's attorney's office.

Ravens fans who also want to bring their purple passion to a cause can purchase a special edition Super Bowl XLVII T-shirt to benefit The Brigance Brigade Foundation, created by former Ravens player O.J. Brigance and his wife, Chanda. All proceeds from sales of the $20 T-shirt go to the foundation, which raises funds to support and improve the quality of life for patients with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and their families by providing needed equipment, resource guidance and services.

A Woodlawn High School senior has won permission to wear %% an anti-abortion T-shirt to school, under an out-of-court settlement with the Baltimore County school system. %%%% Jeffrey M. Baus, 17, and his brother, Gregory A. Baus, 19, had sued in U.S. District Court in Baltimore for the right to wear a hand-drawn shirt depicting a 10-week-old fetus in bloody pieces.Woodlawn High and county school officials had contended during a non-jury trial last month that the shirt violated dress code provisions barring displays of violence.

Police who searched the apartment of George Huguely recovered a T-shirt with a red stain and a letter addressed to Yeardley Love, the Cockeysville woman he is accused of killing, according to a Charlottesville newspaper. A court document filed by police Wednesday lists several items seized by detectives from Huguely's apartment as they investigated Love's killing, including two Apple laptop computers, a spiral notebook, a shower curtain, rugs and a pair of blue cargo shorts. Court officials said Wednesday that the document had been sealed by court order, but its contents were described in a story by the Charlottesville Daily Progress.

The Baltimore Ravens and the NFL have rallied against breast cancer for years.  Now Joe Flacco is going even further on his own. The quarterback has lent his name to The Red Devils for a new "Pink Power" T-shirt. The Red Devils will use money raised by the shirts to help breast cancer patients and their families. The tees feature a pink silhouette of Flacco, his name and the well-recognized breast cancer ribbon. And unlike most of the gestures pro ball players make on behalf of breast cancer -- wearing pink shoes or gloves for certain games -- this pink is the real breast cancer pink.