RECREATION & OUTDOORS

Fishing the grass could be key at EverStart Series Northern Division tournament

Fishing the grass could be key at EverStart Series Northern Division tournament

The bites were coming for anglers on the Susquehanna Flats in a Bass Federation tournament in September 2010. But they weren't from fish.

Fathers celebrate their day by stepping out for NICU

For Sean Hearn, there was no better way to spend Father's Day than sweating through a hilly 5K road race in Towson, pushing sons Shane and Wyatt in a double-wide stroller.

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Jellyfish "ambush" ends Australian woman's record Cuba-U.S. swim

KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel was making good headway in calm seas at dusk when she suddenly hit a stinging swarm of jellyfish, eventually forcing her to abandon her quest to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.

Esther Williams dies at 91; athletic star of aquatic musicals

The water, Esther Williams once quipped, was her favorite costar.

Charlie Singer is 'stoked' to be part of crew for Annapolis to Newport Race

Lutherville native Charlie Singer is juggling school and a lifelong dream.

Baltimore's parks slip to 21st in nation

Baltimore's park system has slipped from 15th to 21st in an expanded ranking of open space in the nation's 50 largest cities with relatively low funding cited as a continuing problem.

Dismal shad run puts Conowingo Dam in crosshairs

It's been a busy but ultimately disappointing spring for the crew that runs the big fish lift at Conowingo Dam.

Milford Mill Swim Club going to auction this month

The Milford Mill Swim Club, where generations of Baltimoreans cooled off during the summer heat, is going to auction later this month.

Harbor's water quality rated C-minus - with an asterisk

Despite a foul-smelling algae bloom and fish kill this time last year, Baltimore's ailing harbor actually earned a C-minus grade overall for water quality in 2012, according to the latest ecological report card issued by the

Rock Creek residents help grow oysters

As gulls and cormorants perched on the walls of Fort Carroll looked on, a crabbing boat stopped long enough to jettison 30 bushel baskets of very special oyster shells into the Patapsco River.

Don Backe Memorial CRAB Cup taking place this weekend in Annapolis

A two-day regatta for disabled sailors takes place this weekend in Annapolis. The Don Backe Memorial CRAB Cup, hosted by the Annapolis Yacht Club, honors the memory of the Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating's founder and former executive director.

For Joe Datsko, 92, cycling has helped him lead 'more active, longer life'

Joe Datsko was an admitted workaholic for the first 25 years of a 47-year career as a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Michigan. Datsko likes to say that until he was in his early 50s "most of my exercise was writing on a blackboard."

Autobahn Indoor Speedway brings the roar of racing to Jessup

In a former warehouse nestled deep in a Howard County industrial park, people are getting in touch with their inner Danica Patrick.

Ailing Wiggins will not defend Tour de France title

PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins's Tour de France challenge ended before it even started on Friday when the defending champion was ruled out of Team Sky's selection for next month's race because of injury and illness.

Anne Arundel students build a better, or at least less problematic, crab trap

For years, environmentalists and watermen have been searching for a way to deal with the Chesapeake Bay's "ghost pots" — derelict crab traps that are too deep to retrieve and too problematic to co-exist with marine life. Though the traps have been abandoned, they continue to ensnare and kill...

Boston Marathon victims' mom will run in Columbia fundraiser

Carol Downing will run in her first race since the Boston Marathon when a bomb blast injured her daughters Erika Brannock and Nicole Gross on Sunday, June 2, in the Howard County Striders 4.09 run in Columbia.

The Baltimore Bike Party is taking over the streets in style

On a recent Friday evening, a carnival on wheels took to the streets of Baltimore. Women decked out in chandelier earrings juggled floor-length or knee-high dresses on bicycles. Men wearing bow ties and blazers peddled mountain bikes, while one young man sported a powder-blue tuxedo and loose...

Kid triathlons becoming more popular

When 11-year-old Benjamin Lausch competes in triathlons, his eye is on beating a boy from Pennsylvania named Daniel.

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