PressBox: More Sports Archive: September / October 2007

More Sports Archive: September / October 2007

'Ruggers' Hooked On Grueling Game
The sport of rugby is growing in the Baltimore area, with the Baltimore-Chesapeake Rugby Football Club Brumbies and several area schools boasting at least one competitive rugby outfit.

Media Guide: What’s The Point?
You probably saw Kevin Millar throw out the first pitch at Fenway Park before the deciding game of the ALCS. Well, that’s all fine and dandy except that Millar now plays for and is paid by another major league team, the Baltimore Orioles.

Scandals Question Game's Integrity
The basketball gambling plea of NBA referee Tim Donaghy has cast a black cloud over the league, recalling the point-shaving scandals of the 1950s and raising the question of whether fans can truly trust the game and its participants.

Maryland Million To Feature 120
The 22nd Maryland Million has attracted 120 entrants to the 12-race program which will be presented this Saturday at Laurel Park. First post is at 12:15 p.m.

Industry Encouraged By O'Malley's Show Of Slots Support
Maryland's horse racing industry is applauding Gov. O'Malley's recent support of slot machine gambling, but is guarding its optimism about the final outcome.

Roberts Leaves No Room For Doubt At Five Farms
Loren Roberts finished at 13-under to win the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship, followed by Tom Watson in second place.

Media Guide: Welcome To Spin City
If you heard coach Brian Billick's press conference after the loss to the Browns' or listened to Ray Lewis on his own show, they would have you believe that the only thing that separated the Browns and Ravens on that day were "four plays."

Seniors Promise Tough Competition
This week, 78 of the world’s best golfers, ages 50 and over, will converge on Baltimore Country Club in Timonium to battle it out for their share of $2.6 million at the year’s final major -- the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship.

Ehrmann Coaches Up Character
Joe Ehrmann, among the core that had Baltimore regularly dreaming of the Super Bowl in the mid-1970s, is now firmly established in a second career as a motivational speaker.

Are Pimlico, Laurel in Next Sale?
Magna's recent announcement that two of its race-track holdings are on the market has no immediate ramifications for Maryland, according to an official with the Maryland Jockey Club, operators of Laurel Race Course and Pimlico.

The Orioles’ Origins
Both the Orioles and the Ravens descended from teams named the Browns: the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Browns respectively. Get to know your brown with this brief history of the Orioles family tree.