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The Warriors will reportedly replace head coach Don Nelson with assistant Keith Smart with the move coming on Monday at the team's media day. Several media sources reported the move Thursday. Nelson, who has one season and $6 million left on his contract with the team, will reportedly resign and agree to a settlement package. It'll be the first big front office move for the Warriors under their new ownership group. The 70-year-old Nelson is the NBA's all-time wins leader as a head coach.

Many parents have read, liked and tweeted Glennon Doyle Melton's popular essay " Don't Carpe Diem " about bucking traditional advice to enjoy every second with her kids. ("This CARPE DIEM message makes me paranoid and panicky. Especially during this phase of my life - while I'm raising young kids. Being told, in a million different ways to CARPE DIEM makes me worry that if I'm not in a constant state of intense gratitude and ecstasy, I'm doing something wrong. ") The founder of momastery.com followed up that viral success with a book called "Carry On, Warrior" that describes overcoming her bulemia and drug and alcohol abuse to become the mother she is today -- imperfect, but who isn't?

The Warriors found a home for disgruntled swingman Stephen Jackson on Monday, sending him to the Bobcats in a four-player deal that pairs him with coach Larry Brown . The Bobcats sent shooting guard Raja Bell and forward Vladimir Radmanovic to the Warriors for Jackson and guard Acie Law . The deal gave Jackson his ticket out of town after a difficult relationship with coach Don Nelson . "Our players had...

There are many obstacles along the path to becoming a ninja warrior. One must dash up the steps, slanted at 50 degrees, to reach the platform above, or perhaps run along the 14-foot curved wall - all without falling into the pool of water below. "If your foot skims the water, you're done," said 30-year-old Tony Torres. Torres, will be one of hundreds trying to land a spot on the TV show "American Ninja Warrior," which holds tryouts Friday and Saturday at Rash Field in the Inner Harbor.

Anyone can understand that sharing experiences helps people bond, especially when it involves an outdoors activity. But doing so by teaching wounded veterans to kill innocent whitetail deer with bows and arrows is inhumane and should stop ("Helping veterans to recover with hunting," Aug. 11). Helping our nation's wounded warriors rehabilitate is a noble calling. Taking them into the woods together, rebuilding their self-confidence, enjoying a sunrise, and watching wildlife can only help.

From 1979 to 1984, Chinese sculptor Hou Rong worked at the site of the 210 B.C. grave of Chinese emperor Ch'in Shih Huang Ti, where an army of 6,000 terra cotta warriors and horses was discovered in 1974. The sculptor, who made numerous reproductions of the figures, is now in this country, working at Towson State University toward his master of fine arts degree. One of his life-size reproductions of a warrior is currently on view at the Folk Art Gallery, along with other contemporary works.

Bel Air tried to spoil Havre de Grace's homecoming last night.And for one half, the Bobcats got away with it.Unfortunately for the visitors, every game has two halves, and Havre de Grace showed just how much damage it could do in 24 minutes as it rallied from a 12-point deficit to claim a 28-18 victory in a key Harford County League matchup."

The Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and the University of Delaware have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement to collaborate on an orthopedic rehabilitation project that will improve rehabilitative care for wounded warriors and civilians. Entitled "Enhanced Locomotion for Limb Salvage Patients: Optimal Dorsiflexion Resistance Ankle-Foot Orthoses," the joint project will generate personalized rehabilitation devices (orthopedic braces) for wounded warriors who receive treatment at Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs medical treatment facilities, as well as civilians.

The bus carrying Cody Stanton and other wounded soldiers breezed up Interstate 95 on Tuesday to the site of the former World Trade Center in New York, with an escort arranged by Baltimore's police commissioner. The side door opened, and Stanton, who lost his legs and two fingers in an explosion in Afghanistan, was lowered on his wheelchair. More than one hundred construction workers were protesting working conditions at the site, but when they saw the soldiers, they suddenly broke into a thunderous applause, chanting "USA!

Root for Don Nelson. Root for him as you did for Raymond Burr and those peasants in the first "Godzilla" movie. Root for him not to fall to the monsters of greed, immaturity and selfishness supposedly threatening the tranquillity we have known as the Fan-tastic game, the NBA.They come with frightening names like Isaiah Rider, Derrick Coleman and Chris Webber, and the notion is that their behavior is pushing the NBA periously close to the basketball apocalypse.I'm...

The Havre de Grace High School Warrior Pride Marching Band was chosen to perform in the prestigious Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington, D.C., Saturday, April 13. The marching band auditioned for the parade for the first time and was selected to be a part of a special All-Star Maryland marching band. The Warriors band will be combined with the Westminster High School marching band and the two will have the privilege of leading off the parade, band director Rick Hauf said. The parade travels down Constitution Avenue from the Washington Monument to the White House and is televised live in the D.C. market.

A Wounded Warrior and employee with the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) here recently got a new best friend, courtesy of Hero Dogs, a Maryland charity that provides service dogs to injured or disabled veterans. Kelly Keck, an equal employment opportunity specialist in ATEC's EEO Office, and Lady Liberty recently met when representatives from the charity introduced him to the 3-year-old golden retriever, called "Libby" for short. Keck and Libby are still in training but warmed to each other enough to begin spending 24 hours a day in each other's company, organizers said.

A little more than two years ago, Corey Hirsch's older sister gave him an idea. Bridget Hirsch, a student at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, had recently seen her school participate in a charity hockey game benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. She took a few pictures at the event and sent some information to her family, thinking it might be something they could replicate back home. Corey thought it was a great idea. Then a sophomore at DeMatha, Corey approached coach Tony MacAulay about doing something similar with the Stags hockey team.

Thousands of military jobs have opened up to women in recent years, but not those in the front-line combat units. That may soon change, however, as a result of a lawsuit brought late last year by four women veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, including Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt of Gaithersburg. Their complaint alleges that banning women from combat roles solely on the basis of their gender violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and restricts women's opportunities for career advancement and higher earnings and pensions.

A combination of feather-covered body armor, 5-foot wings and a sharp helmet make for a wardrobe more suited to a Roman soldier than a football fan. But for Pasadena resident Roderick Allman, 39, the suit allows him to become "Ravenous Maximus" on the days of Raven games. Allman moved to Baltimore from Hawaii at age 18. When the Ravens came to Baltimore, he was hooked. "Hawaii doesn't have a professional football team, so it's only big to some people there," Allman said. "But Baltimore is a town that loves football.

For nine years, Bobby Nyk didn't miss a single Ravens game, home or away. That home streak is impressive enough, but it was all those away games that earned him the nickname "The Ravens Road Warrior. " It's a moniker worn proudly by the 62-year-old Baltimore native, who spent most of those nine years working for the team as a DJ outside the stadium on game days. "I don't think anyone's been to more away games than me, except for maybe Nestor Aparicio," the retired Howard County teacher says, referring to the Baltimore radio sports personality and rabid Ravens fan. "Him, and of course the players.

CHICAGO - The other day, I was walking past the TV just as someone lamented, in a weary voice, "It was a war out there." But this was not an American Marine in Baghdad. It was not a Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan. It was not a human rights worker in Darfur, Sudan. The program was ESPN's SportsCenter, and the voice belonged to a basketball player who had just survived the frightful carnage of an NBA playoff game. Following 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan, athletes and journalists suddenly saw the folly of comparing sports to slaughter, and most of them curbed their careless use of such terms.

From: Donna M. HallGlen BurnieThis is in response to Mrs. (Nancy) Burg's letter concerning the cheerleading competition on Sept. 29 ("Rebels owed apology," Oct. 9).She forgot to mention that the 95-lb. East Glen Burnie Warriors squad also had a false accusation made against them. My daughter cheers on this squad, and one of the coaches on the other teams said they did an illegal move.They were granted the chance to perform in front of the judges again and there was no illegal move in their routine.

Top-ranked Arundel won a backyard brawl Thursday night by defeating a scrappy Eleanor Roosevelt volleyball team, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18, in the state Class 4A volleyball semifinals at Ritchie Coliseum. Now the Wildcats (19-0) will see whether they can knock out the neighborhood bully for the state championship. The bully comes in the form of Sherwood. The Warriors are winners of 56 straight matches and have ended Arundel's season the past two years — in the state semifinals in 2010 and the state championship last year.

Steele Stanwick , a Loyola High graduate and the 2011 Tewaaraton Award winner at Virginia, has signed an endorsement deal with Under Armour.  The Baltimore native, now playing for the Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse, graduated last spring as the all-time leading scorer (269 points) in Virginia history after three times earning All-America honors and winning the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's top attackman in 2012 as a senior.  He joins a roster of Under Armour-endorsed lacrosse athletes that includes former Maryland attackman Grant Catalino , who signed last fall.