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Digest: UMBC's Hussein qualifies for Olympics in 200 IM
Swimming UMBC's Hussein qualifies for Olympics UMBC junior Mohamed Hussein took first place, broke the Egyptian national record and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 200-meter individual medley Sunday afternoon at the Auburn...Tags: New York Red Bulls, Coppin State University, Francis Scott Key, College Sports, New England Revolution
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Under Armour bets on bobsled to fuel global growth
Facing a cupboard bare of medals and reeling from scandals, the once-proud U.S. bobsled and skeleton program was at rock bottom the year of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The helping hands that reached out to restore stability and glory came from an unusual...Tags: Bobsleigh, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Games, Companies and Corporations, Marketing
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Chen's upcoming Orioles debut will be big deal in Taiwan
When Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen takes the mound at Camden Yards on Tuesday night for his first major league start against the New York Yankees, an entire nation will be watching.
Half a world away, in Chen's home country of Taiwan, baseball fans...Tags: Chien-Ming Wang, Spring Training, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Grapefruit League, Baltimore Orioles
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Future can wait for Loyola's Shane Walker
The past and future for Shane Walker are back home in England. He left there in 2005 to pursue a basketball career in the United States that included playing for two high schools in three years and a college career that began at the University of Maryland...Tags: College Sports, 2016 Olympic Games, London (England), High School Sports, Loyola Greyhounds
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Hall of Fame inductees share their love of sport with others
The Howard County Women's Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1997. Tara Everly, Joan Lovelace, Erica McCauley, Alisha Mosley and Elise Ray join the 59 men and women who have previously been inducted.
Everly was a three-sport athlete at Oakland...Tags: Field Hockey, High School Sports, Hoop, Ball Gymnastics, Lungs and Airways
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Gong is pingpong prodigy
The little orange pingpong balls are taking quite a beating, one after another being smashed off the racket of Tong Tong Gong as he practices with one of his three coaches. Though Gong learned the game as many others have, in the basement of his family'...Tags: Table Tennis, College Sports, 2016 Olympic Games, Demographics, Television
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Michael Phelps is back on the market
It's end of a golden era, ladies and gentlemen. Attempt to contain your grief over this news.
Baltimore's own Olympic legend, Michael Phelps, has parted ways with longtime girlfriend Nicole Johnson, the New York Post reports.
Phelps and Johnson, a...Tags: New Year's Day
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The long road to the Baltimore Grand Prix
August 13, 2011
Steven Wehner had overcome dyslexia, a stint in jail on drug charges and the loss of his repair shop on Martha's Vineyard.
Living in the basement of his mother's Rodgers Forge home, he set his sights on his biggest challenge yet:...Tags: Horace Greeley, Labor Day, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Coca-Cola Co., Auto Racing
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Hodges at a Glance
• Jean and her husband John have two daughters, Jen and Gail • Began her involvement with the Kangaroo Kids in 1980 • In 1983, formed Kangaroo Kids Parent Board along with Betty Pramik and Jim McCauley • Team coordinator (1983-2000)... -
Ex-Terp O'Donnell helps U.S. to Pan Am field hockey gold
Baltimore Sun reporterFormer Maryland star Katie O'Donnell helped Team USA defeat world No. 1 Argentina, 4-2, on Friday in the Pan American gold-medal game in Guadalajara, Mexico. The win for the 13th-ranked U.S. team clinched a spot in the London Olympic Games next summer....Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Maryland Terrapins
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Looking at Maryland's six sports programs recommended for elimination
Acrobatics & Tumbling
Coach: Laura Chiriaco (Third year)
Athletes: 42
The Terps are one of six Division I programs in the nation to have an acrobatics and tumbling team, all of which are part of the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling...Tags: College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Water Polo, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Tennis (music group)
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One year out, 2012 London Olympics are on track
While the first official test event for the 2012 Olympics was taking place nearby, local sports fans Neal Weekes and Gordon Cunningham were talking about the Summer Games over a beer at the Mitre Hotel pub in Greenwich. "Greatest thing ever to happen...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Basketball, Multi-Sport Events, Traffic, Lotteries
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