Mark Clayton is a gamer—in more ways than one.
Sure, the compact 5-foot-10-inch,195-pound wide receiver didn't miss a game last year as he led the Ravens in receiving yards. But forget for the moment his talent on the field—talent prodigious enough to make him a first-round draft pick two years ago. It pales in comparison to his skills on . . . PlayStation.
The 25-year-old Clayton tackles the John Madden videogame version of NFL football...
"Sports Steve" LaPlanche is about as dedicated as sports fans get.
"Sports Steve" LaPlanche is about as dedicated as sports fans get. And he's got the credentials to prove it: Ray Lewis may have been on the cover of the Madden NFL 2005 video game, but Sports Steve is in the game as the featured Ravens fan. Here's why he's our hero.
1 "If I don't stand up for every single third down, everyone in my section gets on my case."
2 Cap and cape are from the Maryland...
Our own Senator Barb on saving Fells Point, the power of kindness, and getting Ben Cardin to first base. (It’s not what you think!)
Our usual Grill question, "Did you ever consider leaving Baltimore?" was a mere formality here. To the dyed-in-the-wool Baltimorean—who moved her way up from social worker to the Dean of female senators—there's no place like home.
Where did you go to school?I attended Baltimore's Institute of Notre Dame (IND), an all-girls Catholic school in Baltimore, and the same school as our great...
Fantasy football’s popularity means more women are finding themselves “widowed” on Sundays—but some are joining in.
There will come a day this month when millions of women across the country will mourn the loss of their husbands and boyfriends. Following summers spent frolicking together on beaches, barbecuing on the deck, and picnicking in the park, wives will be left behind while their loved ones go on to a better place: their fantasy football drafts.Yes, fantasy football has created a whole new...
We know that celebs are addicted to plastic surgery, but what about folks here in Baltimore?
Six months ago, a woman in her late 40's walked into Dr. Navin Singh's office requesting a thigh lift. The plastic surgeon, director of breast reconstruction and assistant professor of plastic surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, had already performed a breast augmentation with lift and a tummy tuck on the patient—and Singh's partner had performed a facelift, eyelid...
One local antiques dealer is gearing up for yet another season of broken hearts on a popular TV series.
When J. Michael Flanigan's relatives visit his 1880's antiques-filled Bolton Hill residence, finding a place to sit among his treasure trove of museum-quality antiques can be a daunting task. "I have an uncle who's a priest, and every time he comes over he's afraid to sit down," laughs the 52-year-old Flanigan. "On Christmas Eve he came over, and I had this rocker I was going to take out of the...
He's turning up everywhere these days, from cable TV and the standup circuit to Broadway and the art world. Baltimore's subversive filmmaker is more complex than you might think.
It’s been 20 years since William Burroughs dubbed John Waters “the Pope of Trash.” And it wasn’t long before it spawned other similarly spirited, press-ready titles: “the Sultan of Sleaze,” “the Prince of Puke,” and “the Duke of Dirt” among them. They were certainly well deserved, as anyone who’s seen Pink Flamingoscan attest, but those oft-repeated phrases no longer seem applicable. If they do,...
Part of our "100 Years: The Twelve Events That Shaped Baltimore" series
William Donald Schaefer, the Michelangelo of Baltimore's renaissance, first ran for public office under the guidance of Alvie Unglesbie, an earnest but thoroughly unschooled friend from the local neighborhood improvement association. The two of them stepped blithely into a political world owned by Irv Kovens and Jack Pollack.Those men controlled a citywide network of political clubs...
How Dr. Mike Cranfield—with the help of a few fellow Baltimoreans—is helping to save the mountain gorillas of Africa.
If you're trying to find the answer to the age-old question, "What does an 800-pound gorilla eat?" you should probably ask Dr. Mike Cranfield, director of Animal Health, Research and Conservation at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and Executive Director of the nonprofit Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP).But be prepared to learn a bit more about gorillas than you may have wanted to...
What will Sam Zell do with his new newspaper?
For just a moment there, Sun staffers had a glimmer of hope for the city's most venerable newspaper. The Sun's parent company, Chicago-based Tribune, bought back more than $4 billion in shares in order to go private, then sold controlling interest to Chi-town real estate tycoon Sam Zell.Instead, there's only more nervousness, more trepidation, and more buyouts (50 more in April), courtesy of...
