Wilbert Robinson

The Sun Remembers: March 17-23

2013-03-17 12:30:00

March 21, 2006: Their 30th basketball victory, a team record, sends the Maryland women to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. Sophomore center Crystal Langhorne scores 30 points as the third-ranked Terps stop St. John's, 81-74, in State College, Pa.,...

The Sun remembers: Jan. 6-12

2013-01-06 14:48:00

Jan. 10, 1991: "We're a better team than we were yesterday," Orioles manager Frank Robinson says after the trade that brings slugging Houston Astros first baseman Glenn Davis to Baltimore in exchange for three young players — pitchers Curt Schilling...

The Sun remembers this week in sports: June 24-30

2012-06-24 11:08:00

June 25, 1997: For the second time in 27 days, the Orioles' Mike Mussina (9-2) flirts with a no-hitter before surrendering an eighth-inning single in a 9-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Earlier, in a 3-0 win over the Cleveland Indians, he had...

Scoreboard

2011-01-06 01:30:42

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Year-by-year inductees

2005-01-04 11:27:19

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

All wet

2003-10-28 09:53:46

It's a tradition that likely dates back to the first Colonial settlers on Maryland shores: Summer means families and the The Chesapeake Bay. Even among those who don't live along its distant coves and quiet towns, the bay becomes a magnet, as city...

Another title for Weaver: Manager in Hall of Fame

1996-03-06 00:00:00

Earl Weaver, the umpire-baiting, dirt-kicking, tomato-growing manager who led the Orioles to four American League pennants and a world championship, was elected yesterday to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "I'm elated," said Weaver. "There are so many...

That Orioles team featured its share of historic figures, including manager Ned Hanlon and star players "Wee Willie" Keeler (top left), John McGraw (top right), Hughie Jennings (bottom right), Kid Gleason and Wilbert Robinson .

2012-05-02 12:37:03

The doughy catcher captained the 19th century Orioles, who won three straight NL pennants (1894 through 1896). Robinson collected seven hits in a nine-inning game, still a big league record.

2012-03-08 16:21:09