Art Shell

Al Davis dies at 82; Oakland Raiders owner transformed team

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Al Davis, the tough-minded owner of the Oakland Raiders who transformed a failing team into a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most successful franchises in professional football only to preside over its dramatic decline in recent years, died...

Voting rights for whites

2007-09-01 00:00:00

The name of Ike Brown may never feature in any histories of the American civil rights movement. But Brown, a Mississippi Democratic Party bigwig who has become the first black election official punished for discriminating against whites under the Voting...

Aggressors Win

2006-09-13 00:00:00

To win his first 13 games again this year, Peyton Manning, the conscientious Indianapolis quarterback, will have to beat better teams than he met last year. But he can win most of the time if he plays as he did opening night, when he came out as an...

Injury Luck

2000-11-21 00:00:00

One of the season's surprise success-story teams, the NFL's New Orleans Saints, will line up in St. Louis Sunday without the two Saints who did the most to turn things around this fall in the Superdome. They are Jeff Blake, the quarterback who broke a...

Digest: Gilman basketball seeks to join MIAA A Conference

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Varsity boys basketball Gilman seeks to join MIAA A Conference Gilman has petitioned for its basketball team, which has been competing in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference, to make the jump to the A Conference. The school...

UMES will not restart football program, university president says

2013-02-28 07:06:00

UMES president Juliette B. Bell today announced her acceptance of a task force recommendation that the university not restart its football program, which has been dormant since 1980. Bell had commissioned a task force to evaluate a study conducted by an...

The Sun remembers: Jan. 27-Feb. 2

2013-01-27 11:18:00

Feb. 2, 2005: "I'm here in Baltimore, and I'm going to win the crowd," slugger Sammy Sosa says after being traded to the Orioles. A seven-time All-Star outfielder, the 36-year-old Sosa disappoints, mustering only 14 home runs, 45 RBIs and a .221 batting...

Digest: Phelps, Schmitt, Ledecky win Golden Goggle honors

2012-11-19 21:38:00

Swimming Phelps, Schmitt, Ledecky win Golden Goggle honors Michael Phelps of Baltimore was named Male Athlete of the Year on Monday night at the USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards, held at the New York Marriott Marquis. Phelps capped his career at...

Ed Reed suspended one game for repeated hits to the head

2012-11-19 16:30:00

Ed Reed’s tackling has been scrutinized all season and now the NFL has weighed in. The Ravens’ veteran free safety was suspended one game by the league Monday for repeated violations of the rule prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of...

Suh's Appeal Denied; Will Sit Out Next Two Games

2011-12-02 00:00:00

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh's appeal was denied today by Art Shell and the NFL.� Suh will now sit out the next two Lions games and won't be allowed to practice with the team unitl December 12. Suh was appealing the suspension handed down by...

Ndamukong Suh appeals two-game suspension

2011-12-01 19:12:00

Usually Thanksgiving is a time for family and reflection. While Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is known around the NFL for his "bad boy" style of play, that didn't change over the holiday one bit. After stomping on the arm of Green Bay...

Steelers' Harrison suspended 1 game

2011-12-13 20:45:00

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison has carved out a niche as one of the NFL's most feared defenders over the last five years by straddling the line between clean and dirty play. After one dangerous hit too many, the...

He starred at Maryland State (now UMES), where the 6-foot-5, 265-pound tackle played both ways for the Hawks and twice was an All-American.

2012-04-19 00:00:00

Art Shell , left, is introduced as the Los Angeles Raiders' new coach by owner Al Davis in October 1989.

2011-09-21 14:40:08

OLD SCHOOL: Art Shell, right, with assistant coach Willie Brown, wants to instill the toughness and discipline that once were Raiders trademarks.

2006-08-01 00:00:00