Three Seasons

by Vietnam floats dreamily between past and future in "Three Seasons," a languidly paced story of interlocking characters in present-day Saigon. This may be the first movie about the contemporary country in which war is not a theme, but just one more element of a rich and complex history.Stunningly photographed to capture the country's lush physical beauty, colonial architecture and encroaching Americanization, "Three Seasons" feels like a dead-on accurate portrait of Vietnam, even at its most exquisitely impressionistic.

Mount St. Joseph senior guard Kameron Williams will be one of 10 players on the United States All-Stars team at Sunday's 40th annual Capital Classic in Virginia. Williams, a three-time All-Metro first-team selection, averaged 21 points, three rebounds and two assists per game as the Gaels won the Baltimore Catholic League title this season. Headed for Ohio State, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard scored more than 2,000 points in three seasons at Mount St. Joseph. Aquille Carr, a two-time All-Metro Player of the Year who played his senior season at Princeton Day, will play on the Capital All-Stars squad in the feature game against the U.S. All-Stars at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. The U.S. All-Stars and Capital All-Stars are scheduled to play in the second game of a doubleheader at 4 p.m. The District All-Stars will play the Suburban All-Stars at 2 p.m. For the complete rosters for both games, click here . For more information, including tickets, click here .

COLLEGE PARK -- Honk if you've quarterbacked Maryland.Keon Russell is the sixth player to pilot the Terps the past three seasons. Two years ago, Scott Milanovich, Kevin Foley and Brian Cummings got turns. When Cummings sprained an ankle in the 1995 opener against Tulane, Orlando Strozier was the emergency fill-in.Redshirt freshman Ken Mastrole has gotten two starts in place of the injured Cummings this season, and when Mastrole fractured his right collarbone in seven places at Duke, Russell got his chance.

Johns Hopkins has taken command of this rivalry, compiling a 59-26-1 record. But Navy has recently displayed a knack for registering a stunner, winning two of the last three meetings - including last year's 8-2 surprise at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. The No. 19 Blue Jays (7-4) are feeling much better about themselves after upending then-No. 4 Maryland, 7-4, last Saturday. Junior attackman Brandon Benn, who paced the offense in goals last season with 30, is doing the same this spring, scoring a team-high 23. The Midshipmen (3-9)

Navy right tackle Josh Goodin knows all about losing and understands as much as any other senior that the Midshipmen need to win now, starting today. For veterans such as Goodin, who has suffered through 30 defeats and has savored only three victories over the previous three seasons, a return to respectability must begin in the season opener against visiting Virginia Military Institute. "When you win three games in three years, whether you want it to or not, [losing] is going to start being a habit.

This is the year. For Sale Isaia, this is the year he buries theinjuries that have buried him as a young player. This is the year Isaia establishes himself as a presence on the Ravens' offensive line, the year he gets through training camp healthy, has a sparkling preseason, then enjoys his first productive fall as a pro.Or so he hopes.Since joining the franchise in Cleveland as a rookie free agent out of UCLA in 1995, Isaia has learned plenty about life in the big leagues. Trouble is, nearly all of his education has been absorbed off the field and in the training room.

Mount St. Joseph senior guard Kameron Williams will be one of 10 players on the United States All-Stars team at Sunday's 40th annual Capital Classic in Virginia. Williams, a three-time All-Metro first-team selection, averaged 21 points, three rebounds and two assists per game as the Gaels won the Baltimore Catholic League title this season. Headed for Ohio State, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard scored more than 2,000 points in three seasons at Mount St. Joseph. Aquille Carr, a two-time All-Metro Player of the Year who played his senior season at Princeton Day, will play on the Capital All-Stars squad in the feature game against the U.S. All-Stars at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. The U.S. All-Stars and Capital All-Stars are scheduled to play in the second game of a doubleheader at 4 p.m. The District All-Stars will play the Suburban All-Stars at 2 p.m. For the complete rosters for both games, click here . For more information, including tickets, click here .

New England has signed Phoenix Cardinals restricted free agent Ricky Proehl to an offer sheet giving the wide receiver $3.2 million over three years.Phoenix has seven days to match the Patriots' offer.Proehl, a third-round NFL draft choice in 1990 out of Wake Forest, has averaged 57 catches in three seasons with Phoenix.

Laura Isaac, Chapelgate Christian SPORT SOFTBALL GIRLS STATS -- A senior third baseman, Isaac has been a team captain for the past three seasons. This season, she went into the week hitting .294 with 14 RBIs and 23 runs for the Yellowjackets, who are 10-3 overall and in first place in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland C Conference with a 9-1record. Isaac also played three seasons on the varsity volleyball team as a middle blocker. SIDELINES -- Maintaining a B-average at Chapelgate, Isaac will attend Towson University and major in music for vocal performance.

Maryland is guaranteed home-and-away games with Duke and Virginia for the next three seasons, according to the scheduling plan released yesterday by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils and Cavaliers are the Terps' primary partners in the conference schedule from 2005-06 to 2007-08. The plan also divides each school's other league opponents into three groups of rotating partners. Three of those opponents will play in home-and-away series, three will be played only at home and three only on the road.

St. Mary's is in the midst of one of the program's best seasons since Chris Hasbrouck became the head coach prior to the 2009 campaign, and one of the key factors has been the team's success in one-goal games. The Seahawks (9-5 overall and 4-1 in the Capital Athletic Conference) are 3-1 in one-goal decisions in 2013. The last time the team thrived this well in one-goal games was Hasbrouck's debut year when that squad also went 3-1. In the three years between 2009 and 2013, St. Mary's compiled a combined record of 2-3 in one-goal decisions.

If Brian Roberts has an extra bounce in his step, it's for good reason. He's back feeling good and ready to compete for the starting second base job, but there's something going on his life that is even more important than playing baseball. Brian and his wife Diana are expecting their first child. “It's awesome," Roberts said. “It's been a huge blessing. Most people know of my passion and affinity for kids. Being able to add that to our life…to be able to have that is really great timing for us after all that has gone on. I think it has provided us with an extra boost.” It's been a long three years for Roberts, who has suffered a variety of injuries that have severely limited his playing time.

An All-State lineman on the offensive side of the ball last season, Wilde Lake's Moise Larose may be even more impressive this fall on the defensive side. The 6-foot-5, 285-pound senior has committed to Rutgers as an offensive tackle, but Wildecats coach Mike Harrison is getting plenty of calls from college coaches who would rather see Larose on their defensive lines next fall. Larose, who played his first three seasons at Meade before transferring to Wilde Lake when his family moved over the summer, leads the Wildecats (3-3)

Not too long ago, Ma'ake Kemoeatu had a knack for swallowing up opposing blockers and running backs with remarkable efficiency. But then the nose tackle was beset by injuries, sitting out two of the last three seasons. Kemoeatu, 33, is eager to revive the past, and his comeback has begun with the Ravens, who signed the free agent on May 2. "I'm trying to prove that I can still play football," he said. "I do feel like I've got a chip on my shoulder. I feel like I still have another three or four years in me. So this year, I'm going to give it a shot.

Not too long ago, Ma'ake Kemoeatu had a knack for swallowing up opposing blockers and running backs with remarkable efficiency. But then the nose tackle was beset by injuries, sitting out two of the last three seasons. Kemoeatu, 33, is eager to revive memories of his past, and his comeback has begun with the Ravens, who signed the free agent on May 2. “I'm trying to prove that I can still play football,” he said after Friday's training camp practice at the team's complex in Owings Mills.

For the third consecutive year, Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata was selected by USA Football to the organization's “All-Fundamentals Team.” The group - picked by a five-person committee that included a pair of former NFL head coaches in Herman Edwards and Jim Mora and former NFL general manager and current USA Football chairman Carl Peterson - is composed of 26 players honored for their commitment to football techniques for youth players...

Mount Hebron's Jeremy Desor does a lot of things well.He's ranked No. 8 in his class. He most likely will play lacrosse at Dartmouth, Penn or Bucknell. And, although he plays linebacker and offensive guard, he is his football team's fastest player. He's also its all-time leading tackler.At a practice earlier this season, when the Vikings were feeling good about two rare consecutive victories, Mount Hebron quarterback John Smith bantered with his teammates about challenging Desor as they lined up to run a sprint.

The Ravens have finalized a one-year contract extension with coach Brian Billick. Billick, with the second-highest winning percentage among active coaches in the NFL, has three years remaining on his original three years. In effect, the extension gives him a new four-year deal that would expire after the 2005 season. The club is expected to make an announcement next week once the deal is officially signed. "It's gone very quickly and very smoothly," Billick said yesterday. "It was very generous on their part."

Many people are saying that Shawne Merriman is back. The San Diego Chargers' outside linebacker insists he never left. "People are always going to forget everything," Merriman said during a conference call Wednesday. "My thing is to come out and do the things I do best, and that's better than saying, 'Look, I can do this or I can do that.' We've got a game Sunday, and people will sit back and watch." The former Maryland star played Monday night in his first game in nearly a year - a 24-20 win over the Oakland Raiders - after undergoing knee surgery and missing most of last season.

All-but-certain future Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman should make his Milwaukee Brewers debut in the next few days. His recovery from a strained muscle in his right side is good news for the Brewers. But outside of the continuing promise of Yovani Gallardo and sporadic sneak attacks from Dave Bush, just about everything else involving pitching is bad news. The year after ending a postseason drought that dated to Ronald Reagan's first term, reality bites for the Brew Crew. Owner Mark Attanasio and Major League Baseball's revised distribution of revenue allowed general manager Doug Melvin to add major parts over the previous three seasons, but the bill for that aggressiveness is coming due. Attanasio and Melvin tried to get an additional season of competitiveness out of a team that has averaged 87 wins the past two years.