Archive: Does red sock on Schilling's foot pass the blood test?

October 25, 2004

Now that Curt Schilling's postseason apparently is over after last night's start, maybe we can reflect on what is certain to become a legendary October performance.

Recent columns

• On sports' world stage in Greece, Baltimore is no bit player

  August 31, 2004

  ATHENS - So I fly from Baltimore 5,000 miles to Athens, trundle another 180 miles by bus to Olympia to watch the Olympics return to its birthplace, and what do I find?

• Moment, not medal, is golden in Phelps' test against the best

  August 17, 2004

  ATHENS - He liked it. He loved it. Big waves hitting him in the face.

• Phelps gets taste of gold

  August 15, 2004

  ATHENS - One gold medal down, six to go. Or maybe it's seven, which would mean an unthinkable attempt for eight gold medals.

• Weight of expectations could sink Phelps' star

  July 11, 2004

  LET THE GAMES begin?

• Year later, Geppi-Aikens still touches those she left

  June 30, 2004

  HER PARENTS woke up yesterday, one year to the day that Diane Geppi-Aikens finally flew away with the angels, and they laughed more than they cried.

• Mazzilli discovers mellower Weaver

  February 28, 2004

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The fight and fury of Earl Weaver is all gone. The Hall of Fame manager admitted as much yesterday, when he made his annual stop at Orioles camp to pick up his spring training tickets and shake a few hands.

• '96 was balm in healing process

  July 27, 2003

  WILL they chant his name in Cooperstown, the way they used to at Memorial Stadium, when the quiet kid out of Los Angeles took over first base for the Orioles, then never stopped producing hits and homers and runs, all the way back to Camden Yards?

• Bryant's presumed innocence doesn't overshadow our guilt

  July 21, 2003

  WHY ARE NEWSPAPER covers and back pages filled with pictures of Kobe Bryant, biting his lips in anguish and resolve? Why is this "big news" on 24-hour news stations, when Iraq is in turmoil and the economy is in the tank?

• Illness can't keep Geppi-Aikens from today's 1-vs.-2 matchup

  May 3, 2003

  THERE'S A BIG game going to take place today. Loyola vs. Maryland. Women's lacrosse.

• Facing cancer, Geppi-Aikens teaches lesson about courage

  January 7, 2003

  A PLUSH BLANKET of snow left the neighborhood outside Diane Geppi-Aikens' house in Overlea white and quiet yesterday.

• Kind words for Murray, the man of few words

  December 4, 2002

  AN OLD FRIEND of Eddie Murray's has already penned the former Oriole's induction speech for this summer's Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony. The ballots were released Sunday, and results of voting will be made public on Jan. 7.