Mike Klingaman

Gavin Class, a junior lineman who has recovered from a near-fatal case of heatstroke suffered during football practice in 2013, will not be allowed to work out with Towson University's team until the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments in the appeal filed by Towson.

Longtime Maryland trainer King Leatherbury will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame Friday.

For four years in Baltimore, Moe Drabowsky conjured up the high jinks that duped teammates and opponents alike. He's No. 1 on The Baltimore Sun's list of The Daffy Dozen.

Playful and offbeat, outfielder Jackie Brandt drove the Orioles nuts for six years. He's No. 2 on The Baltimore Sun's list of The Daffy Dozen, Charm City's most memorable sports characters.

Characters peppered the 19th century Orioles. Outfielder Joe Kelley, a fancy Dan, hid a vanity mirror inside his cap. Third baseman John McGraw spewed tobacco juice in umpires' faces and ground his spikes into their shoes. Shortstop Hughie Jennings leaned into pitches deliberately to get hit in the head, which he did at a then-record pace. But their antics paled beside those of Walter Scott "Steve" Brodie.

For seven years, he kept the Orioles winning, the crowds happy and the media scratching their heads. Signed for the $20,000 waiver price from the Texas Rangers, John Lowenstein brought left-handed power and a role-playing persona, plus a cockeyed look at baseball — and life.

He was the Houdini of football, though not because of his moves on the field. No NFL player ever evaded more bed checks or accrued more fines than the elusive Alex Hawkins. He's No. 5 of The Baltimore Sun's Daffy Dozen, the most memorable characters in Charm City sports history.

Orioles catcher Clint Courtney struggled to catch pop-ups and once apparently forgot how to throw the ball back to the pitcher. That, combined with an affinity for livestock, makes him No. 6 of The Baltimore Sun's Daffy Dozen.

Joe Don Looney spent just one season with the Baltimore Colts, but he provided plenty of entertainment. He's No. 7 on The Baltimore Sun's Daffy Dozen, the most memorable characters to play sports in Charm City.

Alicia Gogue of Odenton, Eddie Murphy of Grasonville and Ben Stevick of Laurel are off to Los Angeles for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games

He had Harpo Marx hair, kept a stuffed gorilla atop his locker and uncorked a harrowing scream before each game. "Stan The Man Unusual," teammate Mike Flanagan called him, so Don Stanhouse had T-shirts made with that moniker and a likeness of himself sticking out his tongue.

Teammates called him "Crazy Horse" but marveled at the tireless left-hander who, four times, won 20 or more games. Orioles pitcher Mike Cuellar is No. 9 on The Baltimore Sun's list of The Daffy Dozen, the 12 most colorful characters in Baltimore sports history.

Right-hander Billy Loes pitched for the Orioles from 1956 to 1959. Before that, in four full years in Brooklyn, Loes pitched in three World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1953 fall classic. But he also made headlines by claiming he'd rather not win 20 games "because they'll expect you to do it every year."

Gavin Class, the Towson University football player who battled back from a near-fatal heatstroke, has won his bid to rejoin the team. A U.S. district judge ruled Friday that Towson must allow Class, a 22-year-old lineman, to suit up for the Tigers when they begin practice Aug. 9.

Good vibrations -- that's what the Bullets had when they selected him No. 1, the ninth pick in the NBA draft. Stan Love, a forward, was skinny but rugged, a 6-foot-9 shooter who'd starred for Oregon after growing up in suburban Los Angeles. What the Bullets got from 1971 to 1973 was a carefree, blond surfing dude with Beach Boy genes

Towson University plans to appeal a U.S. District judge's decision that would allow Gavin Class to rejoin the Tigers football team this fall.

The Baltimore Sun is counting down The Daffy Dozen, the 12 most memorable characters in the city's sports lore. No. 12 is former Orioles first baseman-designated hitter Kevin Millar.

A U.S. District judge said Tuesday that he expects to issue a ruling this week to determine if Gavin Class can play football for Towson University.

Born with Usher syndrome, a rare disorder that left her deaf and going blind, Becca Meyers of Timonium has blossomed into an elite para-swimmer. Last year, Meyers set two world records (200-meter individual medley, 400-meter freestyle) and won four gold medals at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships to earn a nomination for the 2015 ESPY award as Best Female Athlete with a Disability. ESPY winners will be announced July 15 on ABC.

Now 66 years old, former Orioles second baseman Bobby Grich looks back at his decorated career and discusses his post-playing career.

Gavin Class' lawsuit to rejoin Towson University's football team will be heard in U.S. District Court July 14. Judge Richard D. Bennett on Tuesday denied a motion by Towson that would have thrown out the suit filed by Class, a junior offensive lineman who collapsed on the practice field in August, 2013.

Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed helped dominate horse racing in the 1970s; after 37 years, "it's time for another Triple Crown winner."

A hike from Pen Mar in Washington County to Maryland Route 77 in Frederick County is the first of five planned monthly jaunts that will cover all 41 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Maryland.

A former Towson football player who nearly died from heatstroke during practice in 2013 is suing the university to rejoin the team.

Most Maryland waterfowl enthusiasts use shotguns to nab their prey. Jim Taylor does it with a nylon brush.

Now 80, Bobby Ussery is the last surviving jockey of any Preakness winner from 1960 or earlier.

Alex's Lemonade Stand, with a boost from a racehorse named Afleet Alex, has raised more than $100 million to fight pediatric cancer.

These athletic moms passed on their skills and competitiveness to their sons and daughters.

Strong, smart and a notorious streak shooter, Ray Scott stayed with the Bullets for 3 1/2 years, during which Baltimore climbed from last place to first in the NBA Eastern Division.

Ron Keith had been running nonstop for 19 hours when, about 2 a.m., he spotted what looked like a body sprawled out on the trail ahead.

Seventy city youths — most of them first-time anglers — gathered at Leakin Park in West Baltimore for City Catch 2015

On April 17, 1965, Palmer broke into the majors, relieving starter Robin Roberts, who was twice his age. Palmer's job? Stop a Boston rally.

When rockfish season opens April 18, anglers will likely be catching a number on their way to lay eggs in the Susquehanna, Choptank and other rivers, rather than on the way down after shedding their loads. That worries sportsmen.

Jim Mutscheller, the Colts' rugged tight end who made two big plays in overtime during the team¿s historic 1958 NFL championship victory, died Friday morning of kidney failure at St. Joseph¿s Hospital in Towson. The Lutherville resident was 85.

A Q&A with Dee Tochterman, co-owner of Tochterman's Fly Shop in East Baltimore, on fishing and teaching kids to fish.

At 67, Will Hetzel writes poetry, speaks his liberal mind and revels in the psychedelic music of the late Richie Havens and The Jefferson Airplane. That he did the same in 1968, as a Maryland basketball star, caused quite a stir in College Park.

There are few anglers more revered than Frederick native Bernard "Lefty" Kreh. Kreh, who turned 90 last month, has fished for nearly 70 years with everyone from Ted Williams to Fidel Castro, and from President Jimmy Carter to Ernest Hemingway. Enshrined in numerous fishing Halls of Fame, he has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service, which issued a stamp commemorating a fly that Kreh made.

Ed Modzelewski, the star fullback on Maryland's undefeated 1952 Sugar Bowl champions, died Friday of congestive heart failure at his home in West Sedona, Ariz. "Big Mo," as he was known, was 86.

A memorial service for former Towson basketball coach Terry Truax will be held at noon Sunday in the Potomac Lounge of the University Union on campus.

Terry Truax, the coach who led the Towson men's basketball program to both of its NCAA tournament appearances in 1990 and 1991, died Monday night at Fairfax (Va.) Hospital after suffering a stroke. A resident of Chantilly, Va., Truax was 70.

Though she's 13 years retired, Maryland women's basketball players still call Chris Weller "Coach." At 70, Weller still attends the games and even some workouts of the team she ran for 27 years

In its first year in the conference, Maryland (0-6, 5-12 overall) has struggled, and it won't get easier as the Terps entertain No. 1 Iowa Friday night and No. 3 Minnesota on Sunday.

Even if the New England Patriots did steal some air from the football, the AFC championship wouldn't be the first game ever played with a deflated pigskin. Ninety years ago, in a hard-fought private school contest, Friends defeated Boys' Latin on a touchdown scored with a ball as flat as roadkill.

The giant spark plug in Johnny Egan's attic is nearly as big as he is. A gift from Bullets fans, the 4-foot trophy depicts the spunky guard's role on Baltimore's NBA team one-half century ago. Then, he'd come off the bench, time after time, to ignite the offense or fire up the defense.

Sometimes, looking back, Daryl Johnson wonders if it truly happened. Did he really lead Morgan State's football team to two undefeated seasons and then play in the pros for the Patriots?

Hank Peters, general manager and architect of the last Orioles team to win a World Series in 1983, died at Sunday morning. He was 90.

An offensive guard for the Towson Tigers, Gavin Class hopes to become the first athlete ever to compete in a contact sport after receiving a liver transplant.

Make no mistake -- a Ravens victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night would be music to the ears of Freddie Scott, the onetime Baltimore Colts receiver.

Write enough obituaries in this business and you learn, to some extent, to steel yourself against any personal draw to the departed. That was tough to do when Joe Aitcheson died.