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Bill Cosby to deliver University of Baltimore commencement address
The Baltimore SunThe University of Baltimore announced Thursday that entertainer Bill Cosby would deliver the school's commencement address. Cosby will speak at the May 21 graduation ceremony. He'll also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. The...Tags: University of Baltimore, Otis Rolley
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5 questions for Frank Savage
A businessman and competitive sailor, Frank Savage has benefited from following seas and been battered on rocky shoals. Born in North Carolina and raised by a single mother in segregated Washington, Savage rose to prominence in the world of...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Around The World Sailing, Howard University, Sailing, New York City
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After 37 years of mixed success, Towson Center hosts final games
Towson plays its final basketball games Saturday at the Towson Center, its home for 37 years. And then? Lights out. Court adjourned. Next year, the Tigers graduate to the Tiger Arena, a glitzy $72 million, 5,200-seat venue being built adjacent to the...
Tags: College Sports, Gymnastics Clubs, Red Skelton, Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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'Today' show weatherman and feature anchor Al Roker visits Baltimore for book signing
For all of his wit, charm and success, a little bit of the boy who once was nicknamed "Fat Albert' still clings to "Today" show weatherman and feature anchor Al Roker. It's there in the excess 140 pounds that once draped Roker's frame. It's in his...
Tags: Book, Weight, Weight Loss, Medical Procedures and Tests, Overweight
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June Star singer at peace with alt-country band's long career
After seven albums and nearly 15 years of leading the Baltimore alt-country act June Star, lead singer and songwriter Andrew Grimm finally sounds at ease about his band's place in the city's scene. The six-piece has a small but loyal following, and can...
Tags: Mumford & Sons (music group), Station North, Sykesville, Music Industry, Music
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Digest: Ex-Terp Merriman to hold annual coat drive at Florida State game
Colleges Ex-Terp Merriman to hold annual coat drive Saturday Shawne Merriman, a former Maryland standout who now plays linebacker for the Buffalo Bills, will hold his annual coat drive Saturday before the Maryland-Florida State game at noon at Byrd...Tags: Pittsburgh Panthers, Florida State University, Houston Dynamo, Pittsburgh Pirates, The Washington Post
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St. Frances baseball coach Brian Boles won't return
The Baltimore SunDuring an offseason workout Wednesday, St. Frances baseball coach Brian Boles told his players he will not be returning as head coach next season. Boles will be replaced by Carey Cheek, a former player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and a three-...Tags: Pittsburgh Panthers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball, Detroit Tigers
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Baltimore Catholic school to name community center after Bill and Camille Cosby
A historic Baltimore Catholic school will name its community center in honor of Bill and Camille Cosby, the biggest donors in the school's 184-year history and fierce champions of education, the school announced Friday.
St. Frances Academy, which...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Washington, DC, Christianity, France, Roman Catholicism
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Cosby stumps for Rolley in Baltimore
Comedian Bill Cosby joked with seniors, marched through Mondawmin Mall and dropped by Northeast Baltimore homes Wednesday to stump for mayoral candidate Otis Rolley. "So how many of you know anything about this young man?" Cosby asked a crowd of about...Tags: Catherine E. Pugh, Otis Rolley, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Heavy Engineering, Elijah E. Cummings
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'All-American Muslim' -- a lost opportunity at understanding
A few words on what American Muslims need. We were discussing this, an olive-skinned Muslim man and I, at a banquet last year, when he said a wistful, poignant thing that has stayed with me ever since. "We thought we were white," he said. Not "white" in...
Tags: Mary Tyler Moore, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Television Industry, Islam
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Decade duel! 1980s vs. 1990s: Oh, it's on
Like, gag us with a spoon. For its 30th anniversary, Artscape is going all 1980s on us. So we figured that now’s the time to determine once and for all which was the better 10-year period: the ’80s or ’90s. Let the battle begin!
FASHION...Tags: Michael Jordan, Pete Rose, Athletes, Chicago Hotels, Basketball
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Baltimore school honors the Cosbys
When St. Frances Academy needed another $2 million to build its community center in East Baltimore, one nun turned to her "good friends and two of the very finest persons I know" — the Cosbys.
Sister Mary Alice Chineworth, an Oblate Sister of...Tags: Culture, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Ceremonies
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