Actress Vazquez talks of summer wedding with 'Melo
Denver Nuggets All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony of Baltimore and actress La La Vazquez plan to wed this summer. Vazquez, of MTV fame, announced the news Wednesday on "The Wendy Williams Show." The two have been engaged for five years and have a son, Kiyan, who will turn 3 in March. Vazquez said on the show that there will be plenty of people invited because "everybody has been waiting for it for so long, we might as well invite everybody to come hang out." Anthony leads the NBA in scoring with nearly 30 points a game.
Baseball
New Giant Huff hopes to reprise 2008 power stroke
The San Francisco Giants landed a new left-handed cleanup hitter - and Aubrey Huff made a good-natured reference to the slugger who used to hold the spot. "Listen, if Barry Bonds hit home runs there, I can, right?" Huff joked about the home run king's feats in San Francisco's pitcher-friendly ballpark. The Giants and Huff completed their one-year, $3 million contract Wednesday after the first baseman passed a physical. The sides agreed to terms last weekend. Huff was traded from the Orioles to the Detroit Tigers in August and batted .241 with 15 home runs and 85 RBIs in 150 games between the teams. In 2008, he hit .304 with 32 homers and a career-best 108 RBIs for the Orioles. "It was a very good year. I was proud of that year," said Huff, who would rather put 2009 behind him.
Lacrosse
Tickets still available for Baltimore Hall ceremony
Tickets remain for the Greater Baltimore chapter of US Lacrosse's Hall of Fame induction ceremony Jan. 23 at the Grand Lodge of Maryland in Hunt Valley. The 2010 class consists of: Shelley Klaes Bawcombe (Loch Raven player and James Madison player, coach); Theresa Ingram Kuhar (Maryland player and Brown coach); Laura Biggs Moan (Garrison Forest and Boston College player, coach at four colleges); Cathy Reese (Mount Hebron and Maryland player and Denver, Maryland coach); Rob Shek (Bel Air, Towson and U.S. national player); Martin D. "Mitch" Tullai (longtime official, contributor); Brian Voelker (Gilman and Johns Hopkins player and Pennsylvania, Drexel coach); Peggy Boutilier Williams (Roland Park and Virginia player); and Matt Wilson (Half Hollow Hills, N.Y., and Washington College player). The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. and include a reception and dinner. Tickets are $90. Contact Kerri O'Day at kjoday@hotmail.com or call 410-925-1897.
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AMA Arenacross Series at 1st Mariner this weekend
The AMA Arenacross Series returns to 1st Mariner Arena this weekend for the second stop of its 12-race season. About 150 truckloads of dirt will be sculpted into a course for dirt-bike racers. Action begins Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased at the box office, at Ticketmaster outlets and by phone at 800-551-SEAT. For series information, go to arenacross.com.
Women's college basketball: : Maryland (13-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) will put its program-record 47-game home winning streak on the line when it plays Boston College (10-6, 1-0) at 7 tonight. The Terps, 11-0 at Comcast Center this season, haven't lost at home since Duke beat them, 69-57, on Feb. 18, 2007.
College baseball:: Ira "Dude" Smith, who won NCAA Division I batting championships at UMES in 1989 and 1990 with .488 and .519 averages, respectively, was named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. Rickie Weeks, now with the Milwaukee Brewers, is the only other Division I player with consecutive titles, doing it in 2002-2003.
College track and field: : Navy sophomore weight thrower Amanda Phelps was named Patriot League athletic field event Athlete of the Week.
Soccer: : Penn State central midfielder Christine Nairn (Archbishop Spalding) was called up to train this week with the United States' Under-20 World Cup qualifying team.
Indoor football: : Wide receiver Robbie Robinson (Wilde Lake), who ran track at Morgan State and was a football walk-on at Maryland, signed with the Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association.