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Old friends settle a 42-year-old sports debt – with 34 dozen doughnuts
FORT LAUDERDALE – My mission, if I chose to accept it, was simple. Simple but crazy. Good crazy. Heartwarming crazy. At the request of a Purdue University communications professor named Glenn Sparks, I would deliver 34 dozen doughnuts to a Fort...Tags: Dunkin' Donuts, Ed McMahon, Media Industry, Baltimore Orioles, American League East
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The Sun Remembers: Oct. 14-20
Oct. 16, 1983: The Orioles win their third and most recent World Series as Scott McGregor pitches a five-hitter to beat the Phillies, 5-0, in Game 5 in Philadelphia. First baseman Eddie Murray ends a slump by hitting two home runs. Catcher Rick Dempsey, a...
Tags: Memorial Stadium, Indianapolis Colts, Orange Bowl, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, National Football League
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Maryland's connection to Ben Affleck's 'Argo'
The Baltimore SunSculptor Toby Mendez, the man whose bronze statues immortalized Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr. and four other Orioles greats in Camden Yards ceremonies spread over the past six months, has certainly enjoyed his time in the spotlight. But now it’s...Tags: Entertainment, Central Intelligence Agency, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Movies, Argo (movie)
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Angelos resists spotlight despite Orioles' turnaround
Peter Angelos' ownership of the Orioles seemed to hit a new low last fall when two well-respected candidates spurned the chance to become his top baseball executive. Fans rolled their eyes and bit their lips when Angelos settled for Dan Duquette, who had...
Tags: Sculpture, Arizona Diamondbacks, Peter G. Angelos, Sports, Major League Baseball
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Orioles notes: After sitting Sunday, Thome gets the call to start vs. Pettitte
The Baltimore SunOrioles manager Buck Showalter said it was a difficult decision to not start veteran designated hitter Jim Thome, the club's most experience postseason player, in Sunday's American League Division Series opener at Camden Yards againtst New York Yankees...Tags: TBS (tv network), Todd Zeile, Jim Thome, Sports, Cleveland Indians
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Orioles finally get a crack at their long-time tormenters from New York
The Baltimore SunAgainst anyone else, it would have seemed preposterous when the 12-year-old boy's hand reached into the field of play to change the course of the Orioles' 1996 playoff run. Against the New York Yankees? Jeffrey Maier was just another chapter in a long...Tags: Peter G. Angelos, American League, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baseball, Buck Showalter
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TBS Ripken gaffe casts pall over otherwise strong telecast of Orioles victory
The Baltimore SunThis is the kind of thing they used to teach in journalism school and I wish they still did: The way one careless mistake can diminish an otherwise strong performance and bring embarrassment instead of praise. That's the story of TBS's coverage of the...Tags: TBS (tv network), Yu Darvish, Sports, Babe Ruth, Adrian Beltre
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TBS does excellent telecast of Orioles Game 1 loss to Yankees
The Baltimore SunUp until the ninth inning, it was a great game, and TBS provided coverage worthy of it. As I said in my review of Friday night's wildcard game, the broadcast team of Ernie Johnson on play by play and Cal Ripken and John Smoltz as analysts is a winner....Tags: Alex Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia, TBS (tv network), Courteney Cox, Sports
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Joan Jett's Orioles' love letter (and other celeb O's fans)
The Baltimore SunWe all know singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer Joan Jett loves Rock and Roll; she’s proclaimed that plenty of times since her breakout hit in 1982. She also has proclaimed her love for the Orioles for years. It’s hard to forget when she...Tags: Billy Bob Thornton, Nicole Richie, Celebrities, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Apple iPad
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Adam Jones is the Orioles' newest ironman
The Baltimore SunST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- On Wednesday night Center fielder Adam Jones became the first Oriole to play in all 162 regular season games since Miguel Tejada did it in 2006. Since 1954, only seven Orioles have played 162 games: Cal Ripken Jr. (10 times),...Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., B.J. Surhoff, Miguel Tejada, Rafael Palmeiro
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Ripken turns tribute into celebration of current Orioles
It all seemed so right. The Orioles long ago chose Thursday night to unveil Cal Ripken's statue at Oriole Park because of the obvious connection to what happened here on the same date 17 years ago, but they could not have known it would be so perfectly...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Sports, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Earl Weaver, Baseball
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Brooks Robinson All-Star Game will feature state's best — including an Orioles draft pick
As Old Mill senior Josh Hader was driving toward Camden Yards yesterday, he was thinking about the news conference for the 31st annualBrooks Robinson All-Star game that he was about to attend at the warehouse. "Then my phone rang and it was a friend of...
Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Miami Marlins, Baltimore Orioles
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