Mike Klingaman
A sports enterprise reporter for The Baltimore Sun, Mike Klingaman writes human-interest stories, historical profiles and a weekly retrospective called “The Sun Remembers.” He won the 1995 Associated Press Sports Editors feature writing award for a piece on Cal Ripken Jr. and was one of three finalists for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in Specialized Reporting. A native of Catonsville, he is an avid, if oft-frustrated gardener who, for 10 years, wrote a nationally-syndicated column, "The Real Dirt."
Recent Articles
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This Japanese garden in Reisterstown has been a labor of love for 35 years
Step out David Boteach’s front door and a gentle world beckons — one filled with wondrous plants, waterfalls and whimsical bronze busts of fauna peeking over the leafy flora. Here sit two frogs shyly holding hands beside a lily pond; there stands a blue heron looking past a cinnamon-skinned paperbark...
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The Sun Remembers: This Week in Maryland Sports History for March 17-23
March 21, 2003: A buzzer-beating 3-point shot by Drew Nicholas gives Maryland’s defending national champions a 75-73 win over North Carolina-Wilmington in the first round of the South Regional of the NCAA basketball tournament. The Terps will advance to the Sweet 16 before losing. March 19, 1977:...
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From 1968 to 1969, the Baltimore Bullets went from worst to first
As turnarounds go, it was a lulu. Fifty years have passed since the Baltimore Bullets won their first National Basketball Association division title — after finishing last the year before. On March 21, 1969, having clinched first place with a win over the Bulls in Chicago, the players made merry....
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The Sun Remembers: This Week in Maryland Sports History for March 10-16
March 13, 1996: The Orioles swap outfielders with Montreal, obtaining Tony Tarasco from the Expos for Sherman Obando. That fall, in the ALCS against New York at Yankee Stadium, Tarasco is robbed of a putout on a fly hit by Derek Jeter that is caught by the outstretched glove of 12-year-old Jeffrey...
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The Sun Remembers: This Week in Maryland Sports History for March 3-9
March 5, 1999: Maryland’s top-ranked women’s lacrosse team manages an 8-5 win over Duke in College Park. Quinn Carney (three goals) and Jen Adams (two goals, three assists) lead the four-time defending national champs, who survive a 27-minute scoring drought in the second half. March 7, 1976: Loyola’s...
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Howard County's 19 most anticipated events for 2019
Do you ever find yourself saying you have nowhere to go or nothing to do? Not this year. Whether you like the arts or something more active, Howard County will host a year full of events that are sure to get you out of the house. APRIL Daffodil Day On April 6, flex those green thumbs with a day...
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The Sun Remembers: This Week in Maryland Sports History for Feb. 24-March 2
Feb. 27, 1986: The Orioles name first baseman Eddie Murray, 30, the first official captain in club history. Feb, 24, 1975: George Petrides is named football coach at City College, replacing Ron Chartrand. Petrides, 27, a 1967 graduate of the school, will coach 40 years with a record of 257-144-1....
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Fowl play: Havre de Grace man demonstrates the dwindling art of duck decoy carving
It was an ordinary log from a paulownia tree, a seasoned slice of timber which, in another life, might have gone up in smoke in the fireplace of the Carson home in Havre de Grace. But Dan Carson had other plans for the 20-inch slab in his backyard. A mallard, it would be. Carving ducks is old hat...