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Paul Hoffman's 1947-48 NBA Rookie of the Year trophy did not receive the minimum bid of $10,000 at auction yesterday -- and that really didn't bother him."My family would have been upset," he said, laughing, after the Mr. Memorabilia auction at the Holiday Inn Cromwell Bridge. "I didn't expect it to sell for $10,000."The former Baltimore Bullets star said he probably will keep the trophy in his family and lend it to the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Indiana Sports Hall of Fame. His Purdue All-America uniform is on loan at the Indiana hall.

A preliminary report on the deaths of two anglers on the opening day of the Chesapeake Bay rockfish season says all six persons aboard the boat that capsized off Point Lookout had life vests, but not all wore them, according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police. David Fletcher, 43, and David Chase, 55, both of Lexington Park in Southern Maryland, died Saturday morning when a friend's fishing boat took on water and capsized. Four persons, including the owner-operator of the boat, were rescued.

Women in sports have gained a lot of ground in the past few decades,but every now and then there comes a reminder that we're still considered second best.One of those reminders is obvious each year at the girls state lacrosse championships. Right there on the plaques for the winners and the runners-up is a figurine of a male lacrosse player.Talk about insulting. If this doesn't say that women's sports areconsidered second class, I don't know what does.Female athletes should not have to accept awards with male figurines.

After a two-year hiatus, the Navy football team was back at the White House on Friday to accept the Commander in Chief's trophy from President Obama in a ceremony held in the East Room. The Midshipmen had won the trophy - which is presented to the winner of the series among the three service academies - seven consecutive times beginning in 2003, but that record streak ended when Air Force claimed it in 2010 and 2011. Navy has won the trophy 13 times in all. "This never gets old," Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said.

No one gets to take the Woodlawn Vase home anymore. Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt made sure of that in 1953 after her husband's horse, Native Dancer, won the Preakness by a neck. She was not going to be responsible for the three-foot-tall, 30 pound solid sterling silver trophy the winning owner was entitled to keep until the next year's race. So she gave it back. The next year — and for the 56 years since — owners have been getting a one-third replica of the original, which sits gleaming in a case at the Baltimore Museum of Art . The perpetual trophy, appraised at more than $1 million, will have its coming out party on Saturday, escorted to its place of honor in the winner's circle by white-gloved members of Maryland's National Guard.

Navy welcomed back its head coach from a brief scare yesterday, then received more good news last night. The cherished, 170-pound Commander in Chief's Trophy, named in honor of the nation's president, was located intact after being stolen from the team locker room Monday night, apparently as a prank by Army supporters. Navy has gained the trophy the past two years by winning the football competition among the three service academies. Normally, it is kept in a locked glass case in Bancroft Hall, a residence facility, but it was moved to the locker room for motivational reasons this week.

Philadelphia -- Let me get this straight. The Naval Academy wants you to believe that a few West Point exchange students were able to break into Ricketts Hall and steal the Commander in Chief's Trophy right out from under the combined noses of the Academy's U.S. Marine security detail and the Secret Service. If you watched the 106th Army-Navy football game, you could see for yourself that such a scenario is ridiculous. There were, what, 70 of the biggest, baddest members of the West Point corps of cadets on the gridiron at Lincoln Financial Field yesterday and the trophy was sitting right there on a table at the 50-yard line ... and they didn't get close enough to see their reflections in it. The Black Knights were supposed to show up with some momentum after running up a four-game winning streak that included the victory over Air Force that put the trophy up for grabs yesterday, but the Midshipmen ran over and around them until there was no doubt who remained the dominant service academy football program.

Eastport Yacht Club was jam-packed on Jan. 15, as Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association officials handed out trophies to Region II and III sailors for top performances in the 1993 season.In addition to High Point awards in dozens of handicap, cruising one-design and one-design classes, several overall awards were made.Honored as the winner of the Labrot Trophy, representing the year's highest achievement in the handicap division, was Annapolitan Chuck O'Malley. He sailed his modified Kirby 30 Rude Awakening to first in both the 17-qualifier MORC North class and the 25-qualifier PHRF B/Region III class.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Beat Army.Those words will take on doubly important significance this December because Navy is in position to win its first outright Commander In Chief's Trophy since 1981.XTC That is courtesy of yesterday's come-from-behind 20-17 victory at Air Force, which has monopolized possession of the trophy in recent seasons."This means the seniors have an opportunity to win [the trophy]," Navy coach Charlie Weatherbie said after what he labeled "my biggest win as a head coach."

PHILADELPHIA -- Navy co-captain Clint Bruce gazed longingly at the 2 1/2 -foot-tall Commander in Chief's Trophy, presented annually to the winner of the football competition among the three major service academies.The Midshipmen (8-2) have not owned the trophy outright since 1981. Regaining it after more than a decade of losing football has become one of their major goals this turnaround season."It's so close," Bruce said recently at a media luncheon. "You just feel like grabbing it, putting it under your coat and carrying it back to Annapolis."

President Barack Obama awarded Navy's football team with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy on Thursday afternoon in the East Room at the White House. Here are the president's remarks: Hello, everybody.  (Applause.)  Hello.  Please, everybody have a seat.  Well, good afternoon.  Welcome to the White House.  I want to start by recognizing Coach Ken Niumatalolo, my fellow Hawaiian, for being here once again -- where is he?  There he is right here.  (Laughter.)  Hard to miss him.  Give him a big round of applause.  (Applause.)

One of the perks of getting elected to the Maryland General Assembly is that when the Baltimore Ravens win the Super Bowl, you get to have your picture taken with the Lombardi Trophy and whichever Ravens can be lured to Annapolis. On Thursday morning, it was wide receiver Torrey Smith who represented the championship team as lawmakers basked in the reflected glory. Ravens president Dick Cass told the Senate it's tough to get players to attend events this time of year because it's their off-season but said Smith, a University of Maryland graduate, can be counted on to show up. Smith, standing at the Senate podium with the trophy in front of him, told lawmakers that he "still gets goose bumps" when he sees it. He promised to come back when he gets his Super Bowl ring.

The Lombardi Trophy will make its first public appearance in Maryland since the Super Bowl parade when some Ravens players visit the Maryland State House Thursday.  Lawmakers will honor the Super Bowl Champions with a resolution presented to team president Dick Cass.  A Ravens official said one or two players will also visit, though he would not identify which players will come. House Speaker Michael E. Busch joked that the team wanted to thank the legislators for their crucial support, which pulled the Ravens to victory.

As Baltimore continued to come down from the euphoria of the Ravens' Super Bowl win, superfan Michael Phelps took to Instagram this week to show the special access afforded an 18-time Olympic gold medalist. On Valentine's Day, Phelps posted pictures of his dogs, Catahoula mix Stella and English bulldog Herman, posing with the Lombardi Trophy. “Champ and champ!!!” Phelps posted under the color photo of Herman, sidling up to the gleaming silver football. Phelps, a regular presence at the team's big games and in its post-victory locker rooms, did not mention how his pooches got so close to the coveted trophy.

There is joy in Charm City. The Baltimore Ravens are the champions of the football world. Tuesday, upon the Ravens' return from the Super Bowl in New Orleans, hundreds of thousands of fans lined the streets of Baltimore and filled the football stadium. The city was euphoric and the fan base ecstatic. For the second time in this new century, Baltimore's Ravens are the best team in football. And yet, if not for one man, none of this would have been possible. If not for one man, there would be no Ravens football team.

Varsity boys basketball No. 2 Mount St. Joe tops Glenelg Country Kameron Williams led all scorers with 24 points and Phil Booth had 23 as No. 2 Mount St.Joseph beat visiting Glenelg Country School, 73-60, in Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference boys basketball Monday. The Dragons had a 39-35 lead at the half but were unable to hold it in the second half as the Gaels (23-5) pulled away. Glenelg Country's Warren Powers scored 17 points. Ben Franklin-Masonville Cove 57, C. Milton Wright 37: Byron Hawks scored 14 points and Donte Collins had 11 points and 13 rebounds as the Bayhawks beat the visiting Mustangs from Harford County.

The man who once left passes for Elvis at the Astrodome committed the NFL's ultimate faux pas Sunday. Jerry Glanville, coach of the Atlanta Falcons, tried to out-trophy the San Francisco 49ers. In Candlestick Park, no less.Under Glanville's orders, the Falcons lugged an outlandish, five-foot trophy to their bench at Candlestick for Sunday's game. It was a three-tiered, wood and gold trophy, with figures of birds, football players and an angel.Trophy background: It was presented to the Falcons last season by an Atlanta trophy shop after they went 6-0 against California teams.

The Commander in Chief's Trophy is likely to remain in Bancroft Hall at the Naval Academy after Saturday's pulsating, last-second victory over Air Force. But the outcome may have enhanced the chances for a travel itinerary for the football players - to a third straight bowl game. A loss to the Falcons would have left the Midshipmen with a 1-3 record and an uphill challenge in the quest for another of their major goals, postseason play. Six wins over Division I-A opponents are required to qualify for a bowl, and Navy would have needed to capture five of its final seven while facing at least three potentially tough road games at Notre Dame, Rutgers and Rice.

This was a city pouring out its heart to its football team, a city with a perennial chip on its shoulder telling the world how proud it was of what the Ravens accomplished in one of the greatest playoff runs in NFL history. This was the biggest and loudest and most boisterous victory parade you've ever seen, a two-hour party through downtown Baltimore. It ended the way they'd script it in Hollywood, with the great Ray Lewis holding up the silver Vince Lombardi Trophy in front of a packed house at M&T Bank Stadium, doing that crazy "Squirrel" dance one last time and ending his glorious "last ride" after 17 seasons in a Ravens uniform.