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Orioles: What Duquette is doing
There has been a lot of chatter on the various blogs and Orioles fan sites about the direction that Dan Duquette is taking the game in his first months as executive vice president, and a lot of it is pretty skeptical.
With good reason. The Orioles have spent the past decade half-stepping their way into oblivion, so fans have every right to wonder if Duquette...
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18 days ago
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Orioles Pantheon
The Orioles just announced their promotional schedule for the upcoming season and I'm going to give them some love for the way they are unveiling the six statues of the six Hall of Famers who have had their numbers retired by the club.
The team will honor one of them each month of the season in order of the retirement of their uniform numbers, beginning with Frank Robinson...
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26 days ago
NFC: Simply incredible
The San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints just put on a show for the ages. The Saints rallied from a mistake-riddled first half and an early 17-point deficit to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, and then the two teams traded lightning touchdown drives until the 49ers won the game on a terrific throw and catch from Alex Smith to former Maryland star Vernon...
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January 14, 2012
Great Scott: The Orioles just got less interesting
Frankly, I have no idea how the loss of Luke Scott is going to affect the Orioles. It all depends on whether Scott would have have made a successful comeback from the shoulder injury that cost him a chunk of the 2011 season. I suspect he would have come back healthy, because nobody works harder to get in shape and stay there, but it's still hard to say whether this is going to...
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January 11, 2012
Don't wish too hard...
Everybody -- including me -- wanted the Ravens to play the Texans this Sunday in the first home playoff game of the John Harbaugh era, but if you think that this is a walkover matchup for the Ravens, think again.
The Texans have a lot going for them, including -- not except for -- rookie quarterback T.J. Yates. While everybody has been swooning over Tim Tebow the last few weeks...
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January 09, 2012
Bring on the Texans
My gut tells me that the Cincinnati Bengals can take the Texans on the road this weekend, but I think it would help the Ravens' chances of reaching the Super Bowl if Houston was the first team to visit M&T Bank Stadium for a playoff game during the John Harbaugh era.
That's open to debate, of course. The Steelers likely will show up here if the Bengals...
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January 05, 2012
Bengals are a scary proposition, but...
It's almost hard to believe that the 2011 regular season has come down to this, since there were several seemingly golden opportunities for the Ravens to lock up a high playoff seed a lot earlier.
No use crying about it. The Ravens have not played well on the road and need a victory over the Bengals on Sunday to finish with a .500 record away from M&T Bank...
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December 30, 2011
Ravens fans dreaming of a Purple Christmas
Clearly, no one is feeling terribly apprehensive about today's game against the Cleveland Browns, who will be starting Seneca Wallace at quarterback and playing for absolutely nothing on a day they'd rather be home with their families.
This ought to be an episode of "Fear Factor" for them, because the Ravens are still smarting from last week's embarrassing...
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December 24, 2011
Duquette's global ambitions
New baseball operations guru Dan Duquette has made no secret of his desire to make international player development a high priority in the Orioles organization, so the pursuit of several Asian pitchers should not be considered surprising and should not necessarily be criticized.
Perhaps Duquette -- unlike some his predecessors -- simply is being realistic and...
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December 15, 2011
Navy holds on
It was a sloppy game that featured five turnovers (by both teams) and an off-side penalty on Army that iced the game for the Midshipman, but in this rivalry, a win is a win. The Midshipman took advantage of those mistakes and two late field goals by kicker Jon Teague to defeat the Black Knights for the 10th consecutive time.
What a finish for Teague, who had...
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December 10, 2011
Navy back on top...No, wait!
Army's Black Knights appeared to be falling out of the 112th Army-Navy Game in the second quarter, but they rallied for two touchdowns to tie the game at 14-14 going into intermission. The Midshipmen have answered back at the start of the second half, taking advantage of a 48-yard kickoff return by Alexander Teich to score on their first possession.
Kriss Proctor...
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December 10, 2011
Navy on board
Navy quarterback Kriss Proctor just scored on a keeper play to get the Mids on the scoreboard first. It took most of the first quarter for anyone to score, because Navy fumbled the ball deep in Army territory to end a sustained drive. The Black Knights returned the favor a few minutes later and Navy pounded the ball in with about a minute left in the quarter.
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December 10, 2011
America's Game
Even though this is the 112th edition of the Army-Navy Game, it's hard not to get pumped up about it when you witness the pageantry -- from the morning march on by the Corps of Cadets and Brigade of Midshipmen to the moment when the President of the United States marches to the middle of the field to toss the coin.
For the record, Army called "tails" and it...
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December 10, 2011
Army-Navy: These are the real heroes
Of course, I don't have to remind anybody on this blog of that. With Annapolis right in the neighborhood, we all appreciate the contribution every student at the Naval Academy and West Point makes to our country. The football players will get a little more attention today, but the entire Corps of Cadets and Brigade of Midshipmen is in the house to celebrate this friendly...
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December 10, 2011
MLB: Fashion sense to be enforced
Major League Baseball has released new dress guidelines for the media, which include admonitions against flip flops and exposed underwear at the ballpark. I’m pretty sure I’ll be okay on the underwear front.
The dress code apparently is directed at people who dress unprofessionally, whether it be wearing team logo stuff, beachwear or skimpy attire. Hopefully...
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December 07, 2011
Orioles: Meetings getting underway
The Winter Meetings officially start tomorrow, but you'll hear some Orioles news late this afternoon after the O's contingent settles into its temporary headquarters at the Anatole Hotel in Dallas.
General manager Dan Duquette will announce some more front office additions and changes, presumably including the appointment of Lee Thomas as one of his special...
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December 04, 2011
NFL: Bad Thursdays
On a personal level, I think it's great that there's an NFL game on Thursday night's during the second half of the regular season. I'm a big football fan and really haven't gotten excited about Thursday night primetime since George Clooney left "ER," so it works for me even if it apparently doesn't work very well on either a commercial or competitive level.
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November 30, 2011
Ravens: The past is the past
If you've been reading my column, you know that no one has harped more about the Ravens' problems against struggling teams more than I have, but I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that it won't be a problem any more.
Here's why: The Ravens suffered their apparent letdowns at a point in the season when they were going back and forth between high-intensity...
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November 29, 2011
Ravens: Thoughts on the Har-Bowl
If you haven't already, you can check out my take on the Harbaugh hype surrounding Thursday night's game between the Ravens and 49ers right here. If you're still reading, here are a few more thoughts on the game.
I'm picking the Ravens, because I think AFC teams are generally better than NFC teams (except the Packers, of course) and because every intangible...
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November 22, 2011
Ravens: Random thoughts on Ray
If you want my take on the Ray Lewis injury situation, I'll have a column posted on the Web site a little later today, but I still had more to say when I ran out of room in tomorrow's paper, so here goes.
I'm going against the odds and the experts in guessing that Ray will show up on the field tomorrow. If you're able to read between the lines of the John Harbaugh...
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November 19, 2011
Moving day for Recruiting Report
After four-plus years and 1,484 posts, Recruiting Report is on the move.
We're switching blog formats here at The Sun, which means this blog will have a new URL. Starting Monday, you can find Recruiting Report at this URL: baltimoresun.com/sports/recruiting-blog.
Feel free to email me if you have any questions on the move.
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November 18, 2011
Weekly recruiting roundup
While his future teammates prepared for the Puerto Rice Tip-Off, Shaquille Cleare was making things official with Maryland.
Video surfaced this week of Cleare, a four-star center, signing his letter of intent with the Terps last week at the Village School in Houston. Check it out below.
• PressBox contributor Dave Lomonico wrote a lengthy...
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November 18, 2011
Sweet 16: Here comes the champ
The inaugural Sweet 16 championship match pitted one DePaul sophomore from Baltimore against another DePaul sophomore from Baltimore.
Forward Cleveland Melvin, the reigning Big East Rookie of the Year, and guard Brandon Young, a Big East All-Rookie Team selection, battled in the fan voting for the title of Baltimore's best college basketball player.
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November 17, 2011
Towson's hoops class earns rave reviews
The first time Timajh Parker-Rivera heard of Towson was the day that Luke Murray was hired as a Tigers assistant and promptly offered the 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward a scholarship.
Up to that point, Parker-Rivera, a three-star prospect according to Scout.com, was hearing mostly from Charlotte, Seton Hall, St. Bonaventure, St. Joseph’s and Temple. Parker-Rivera...
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November 17, 2011
InsideMDSports: Britt moving toward decision?
Editor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site.
When his phone began to blow up with text messages a few days ago, Nate Britt Sr. didn’t know what was going on. He quickly learned the barrage was set off by a Tweet by his son, Gonzaga...
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November 16, 2011
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