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Nothing says 'I love you' like an anonymous envelope of gift cards
November 13, 2009
Now here's a courting ritual perfect for a big-city mayor: Leave $1,000 in Target and Best Buy gift cards in a plain envelope -- no note, no name -- at her office in City Hall.
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Diving more deeply into the stripper-swimmer saga
May 15, 2009
Well, at least part of that Baltimore stripper's story holds water.
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Michael Phelps, a stripper and that British rag (again)
May 13, 2009
News of the World, the British tabloid that made a splash with the Michael Phelps bong photo, has a new story about the Olympian, and thank goodness this time there's no photographic evidence.
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Michael Phelps, party animal? That's fine
February 6, 2009
Baltimore boasts two sports phenomena struggling to reconcile upstanding corporate images with trashy party sides: Michael Phelps and the Preakness.
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We'll miss The Examiner, on several fronts
January 30, 2009
This town isn't big enough for two Michael Phelpses.
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Maybe we guessed wrong about Dixon
January 11, 2009
No surprise that the prosecutor who's been dogging Sheila Dixon for years thinks she's corrupt. The real shocker, if her indictment is to be believed, is that Sheila Dixon thinks Sheila Dixon is corrupt.
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Michael Phelps brings new look to 'America's family'
December 7, 2008
To readers wondering why I was so surprised that Michael Phelps brought a Vegas cocktail waitress who shows lots of skin on the Web home to Mom on Thanksgiving, allow me to explain.
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Just get them to the church on time
October 1, 2008
Florist? Check. Photographer? Check. Police traffic coordinator? Double check.
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Come back, kid, when you can show ID
September 26, 2008
With Michael Phelps' face plastered on the cover of Sports Illustrated and boxes of Frosted Flakes, you've got to wonder: Did he lose the chance to live a normal life when he won all that Olympic glory?
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William Donald Schaefer slept here
August 31, 2008
Fells Point is about to lose a celebrity, somebody famous for jumping into a pool.
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If you live near Michael Phelps, don't answer the phone
August 24, 2008
How's this for gold-medal motivation? On July 31, just days before he headed to Beijing, Michael Phelps shelled out $36,538.46 for property taxes on his $1.7 million Fells Point townhouse.
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A tiny peek into Dixon's closet
June 20, 2008
Even before prosecutors started sniffing around for Sheila Dixon's fur coats, her people were worried.
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Ain't the urn cool!
September 30, 2005
Chuck Thompson wasn't just a Hall of Fame sports announcer. He also was a husband, the kind who parked himself on a shopping mall bench while his wife roamed the stores. So his final resting place -- in the courtyard of a revamped shopping mall -- could not be more fitting.
