Mike Klingaman

Catching up with the 1966 Orioles.

Gottlieb, a Towson alumnus and its coach since 1988, ranks 39th in wins among active college baseball coaches with a record of 700-769-10.

Former Baltimore professional athletes such as Colts defensive end Gino Marchetti and Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer find ways to stay in shape as they advance in age.

Push-ups and a pistol shoot. Live-fire maneuvers and a 10-mile run with a 50-pound backpack. For three days this month, 33 Army reservists from 16 states competed in a grueling challenge to be named the 200th Military Police Command's Best Warrior. Most of the troops in the noncommissioned officer class were hardened MPs, but after three days and 12 events — all basic soldier skills — 26-year-old motor pool mechanic John Bullough from Cockeysville stood apart from the rest.

The best marathoner in the Baltimore area might be a French-born, red-haired astrophysicist and mother of three who took up distance running only in 2013. Certainly, Julia Roman-Duval is one of a kind.

Willie Richardson, an All-Pro receiver who helped the Colts reach their first Super Bowl, died Monday of natural causes in Jackson, Miss. He was 76.

From his seat at the Super Bowl on Sunday, Vonta Leach will summon the past — the Ravens' ascent to the top in the 2012 season and that glorious scoreboard, at game's end, which he'll not forget: Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31.

On Feb. 8, 1916, Thomas Tochtermann opened a bait shop on the first floor of his home at 1925 Eastern Avenue, hoping to make a few bucks. Folks bought it hook, line and sinker, so soon after, he began selling that stuff, too. One hundred years later, Tochterman's Fishing Tackle keeps reeling them in. Same locale, same family. Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams shopped here. So have U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, former Orioles slugger Boog Powell and the late Gov. William Donald Schaefer.

A framed photo of the Super Bowl XXXV champions hangs on Edwin Mulitalo's bedroom wall; a "Festivus" T-shirt, in his closet. They are cherished keepsakes for Mulitalo, a starting guard for the 2000 Ravens when they won their first NFL title.

Got an extra $50,000? It might buy you the football that Johnny Unitas threw to Raymond Berry for a touchdown in the Baltimore Colts' 1958 NFL championship game. That pigskin goes to auction Monday and is expected to bring big bucks before online bidding ends Feb. 11.

Friday night, the schools meet for the 50th year in a contest known simply as The Game.

The props are simple for stand-up paddleboarding, a growing sport that has caught the fancy of a range of outdoor enthusiasts, from anglers to fitness buffs. You can exercise, fish or lounge on paddleboards, in the ocean, bay or river. There are paddleboards built for racing and others that can swing a hammock; paddleboards made for kids and those with rubberized grips that can hold your dog. There are even inflatable paddleboards that can be rolled up as carry-on luggage.

When Frank Robinson was acquired by the Orioles 50 years ago this offseason, he found that Baltimoreans welcomed his bat in the lineup more than his presence in their neighborhoods. When he moved into Ashburton, that was already beginning to change.

Colorful and sometimes cantankerous, Lou Michaels died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Swoyersville, Pa. He was 80. In six years with the Colts (1964-69), he kicked 107 field goals (54 percent) and scored 586 points, which still ranks sixth in franchise history. During his tenure, the team won 63 games, lost 17 and tied 4. Still,Michaels' exploits both on and off the field drove Colts' fans nuts. In 1967, he missed six consecutive field goal attempts — and then made 10

Colorful and sometimes cantankerous, Lou Michaels died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Swoyersville, Pa. He was 80. In six years with the Colts (1964-69), he kicked 107 field goals (54 percent) and scored 586 points, which still ranks sixth in franchise history. During his tenure, the team won 63 games, lost 17 and tied 4. Still,Michaels' exploits both on and off the field drove Colts' fans nuts. In 1967, he missed six consecutive field goal attempts — and then made 10

Ted Marchibroda is the only man to coach both the Colts and the Ravens in Baltimore. One former player called him a "true gentleman and a great diplomat for the NFL."

Bert Jones, who quarterbacked the Colts to three AFC East championships in the 1970s, was elected Friday to the College Football Hall of Fame. A first-team All-American at LSU, Jones is one of 16 players and coaches named to the class of 2016, which will be inducted in December.

Tom MacLeod was acquired by the Colts when they traded future Hall of Fame linebacker Ted Hendricks to the Green Bay Packers. MacLeod quickly made a name for himself in Baltimore.

Jim Rapp, of Hampden, has different New Year's Day plans. He'll rise early with his wife and 19-month-old daughter, drive to Assateague State Park and take part in the annual First Day Hike, one of 27 Jan. 1 jaunts around the state that are sponsored by the Maryland Park Service.

Jackie Burkett was the No. 1 NFL draft pick by the Baltimore Colts in 1959.

About 1,000 items, all from the now-closed Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards, will be on sale to help raise money for the closed museum.

Attorneys for former Towson football player Gavin Class have asked the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to re-hear his case against the university.

The brook trout an environmentally sensitive fish that goes belly-up at the first sign of danger has made its survival a mission for Scott Scarfone, coordinator of the Upper Gunpowder Watershed Brook Trout Conservation Partnership. Three centuries of deforestation, poor agricultural practices and other man-made ills have warmed and muddied streams, reducing the fish's population by 90 percent along the Eastern Seaboard, its natural habitat, conservationists say.

Johns Hopkins' Joe Cowan was a lacrosse star, but his football performance got him drafted by the Baltimore Colts.

Former Ravens return to the area during the holidays to help those in a community that embraced them as athletes.

Prior to Saturday's win over Rhode Island, Towson honored its seniors, including Gavin Class, an offensive lineman who'd fought back from heatstroke and a liver transplant in 2013 to return to the team. But Towson went to court this fall to turn Class away, saying it was too dangerous for the Monkton native to take the field.

The Towson's football team defeated Rhode Island on Saturday to keep its faint playoff hopes alive. Moreover, it won without both its first- and second-string quarterbacks and three of its top receivers, who were among 11 Tigers suspended for one game for violating team rules in an off-campus incident Thursday night. Not among them was Darius Victor, Towson's workhorse running back who rushed for 189 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-21 victory over the hapless Rams at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Phil McConkey will always be "that skinny little kid from Buffalo" driven to prove himself to the world.

Carlton Bailey (Woodlawn) has three conference championship rings and the memory of that AFC title game in 1992, when he intercepted a pass by the Denver Broncos' John Elway and ran for a touchdown in a 10-7 victory that sent the Buffalo Bills to the Super Bowl.

A look at Coppin State, Morgan State, Navy, Loyola Maryland, Mount St. Mary's, Towson, UMBC and UMES men's basketball programs in the 2015-16 season.

As he walks to midfield for the coin toss prior to Saturday's 100th Gilman-McDonogh football game, the memories will come rushing back for former U.S. Senator Joe Tydings, 86. Pep rallies and parades. Bonfires and battle cries. The rivalry has had it all, said Tydings, a 170-pound senior tackle for McDonogh in 1945.

Walter Rock starred at Maryland in the early 1960s, then thrived in the NFL for 11 years. A Pro Bowl tackle, he anchored Washington's offensive line when the Redskins reached the Super Bowl in 1972.

An estimated 1,000-plus adult bears live in the hunt area, an increase of 700 since the state began "harvesting" them in 2004.

They called him Fast Eddie, though he'd as soon run over football defenders as around them. For three years, Eddie Meyers carried Navy's offense, smashing school rushing records and leading the Midshipmen to three successive winning seasons (1979-81), a feat they wouldn't repeat for nearly 25 years.

George Nock was a Morgan State and NFL running back before blowing out his knee. Now, he's a sculptor.

Saturday marks the 15th running of the marathon in the Baltimore Running Festival, and 29 entrants have participated in every one.

Fifteen years ago, The Baltimore Running Festival staged its first marathon. But the roots of long distance running here hark back to the early 1900s — a time when men raced down cobbled streets and dirt roads, dodging trolleys and tin lizzies, determined to star in a sport then seeking its niche.

Wayne Mulligan, now a business consultant, played for Calvert Hall, Clemson and in the NFL.

On paper, it seems a daunting task: a four-day, one-man endurance test that will see Ian Wasti plod, pedal and paddle his way from Winchester, Va., to Rehoboth Beach, Del.

Lacrosse has always been Johns Hopkins' shtick. Witness the school's burgeoning trophy case, the 44 national championships won by men's lacrosse and the fact that homecoming is held not in fall but in spring. For more than a century, football at Hopkins was little more than an autumnal sidelight. No more.

Family is everything to Jean Fugett, a graduate of Cardinal Gibbons who played eight years in the NFL. Now 63, he lives in West Baltimore, cares for his parents at their home in Randallstown and dotes on his wife of 29 years and their three children, one of whom, Audie, married Orioles outfielder Adam Jones last year.

Yogi Berra, the Hall of Fame New York Yankees catcher known for his personality and "Yogi-isms," died Tuesday at the age of 90. On Wednesday, longtime Orioles slugger Boog Powell remembered an interaction with Berra.

The Tigers hope to start Colonial Athletic Association play next week on a two-game win streak, having defeated Holy Cross, 49-7, in their last meeting in 2013.

Morgan State football opens against Virginia University of Lynchburg Saturday, but the game's result and statistics won't count.

Nearly half a century later, Alan Pastrana's feats at Maryland in 1966 remain legend. That spring, as a sophomore, he played lacrosse and was a first-team All-American. That fall, as the Terps' quarterback, he passed for 17 touchdowns to set an Atlantic Coast Conference record.

After surviving heat stroke and a liver transplant, Gavin Class wants to return to the football field for Towson University. His fight is now in court.

The cards, letters and "Get Well" texts have slowed, but know that Rick Volk treasures them all. When the former Colts safety contracted throat cancer last year, aging teammates rallied around the three-time Pro Bowl selection as they are wont to do.

Entering their 20th season as an NFL franchise, the Ravens have won two Super Bowl championships and become a consistent presence in the postseason. These players -- the 20 best in the history of the team, according to The Baltimore Sun's experts -- are a big reason for that success.

Emily Socolinsky, 40, of Canton, is helping to run the 2015 Charlotte Bohn Charm City Strongwoman Memorial Contest, where ladies will flex their muscles to benefit colon cancer research. The competition among women ranging in age from their 20s to 50s will be held Sept. 13 on Eden Street, between Aliceanna and Fleet, in Harbor East.

At a luncheon at the Sports Legends Museum, former Orioles third baseman Robinson was introduced as one of seven inductees this year in the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame. Also announced were Tom McMillen, John Mackey, Kevin Glover, Bernard Williams Del Dressel and Jeff Pyles.