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William Gildea
- Life After Dreams Die
Wednesday is national signing day, when young football players can commit to the colleges of their choice. - Anything but a Game
Given what members of the military are facing in Iraq none of Army or Navy's football players could think of Saturday's 105th meeting of the service academies as anything but a game. - At RFK, the Entire Exhibit on Display
MLS's season will end as it began, with talk of Freddy Adu. But as the league's regular patrons know, and a curious portion of the general public will come to find out, young Freddy at the end of his rookie professional season is not the whole of D.C. United, not even close. - De La Hoya Needs to Serve Some Sugar
Oscar De La Hoya will have his work cut out for him when he faces Bernard Hopkins on Saturday. The matchup reminds William Gildea of a similar past bout between an underdog Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. - NHL Needs Face Lift
Hockey winters are meant to be cold, but there are signs that this winter will be colder than usual. And we're not talking about the weather. - As Quarterback Statham Goes, So Go the Terps
With lefty quarterback Scott McBrien departed after a highly successful senior season, Maryland football fans flocked to College Park last evening to see, in particular, the youthful signal-caller whom Ralph Friedgen hopes can settle down after some rocky practice outings and lead this season's Terps. - High Hopes, Great Expectations
For Maryland football, the 1990s were a slog of losing seasons. All that changed in 2001, as if a light bulb clicked on, with the return of Ralph Friedgen to coach at his alma mater. Immediately, Friedgen reintroduced a concept that had seemed permanently lost: winning. - Make Room In the Owners' Hall of Shame
Even today, people around football have opinions about Robert Irsay, and not many are favorable. Few imagined that the Colts would ever leave Baltimore, but Irsay did the unimaginable, packing the team's belongings into a fleet of Mayflower vans in the dark of night in 1984 and sending them rolling toward Indianapolis. "India-naaa-plis, you gotta be kiddin'!" cried Rosie the Balimer waitress. Irsay was immortalized in Johnny Unitas's Golden Arm restaurant: The sign on the men's room door read, "The Irsay Room." - A Rousing Celebration for U.S.'s Infant Sport
Ten years is a short time, especially when seen through the rear-view mirror. A 10-year anniversary often suggests promise more than achievement, a future in which much more can be accomplished. That's how Major League Soccer and soccer fans treated a 10th anniversary at RFK Stadium. - Under Heavy Repair
Friday night, Mike Tyson will make yet another unremarkable return to the ring. When he hasn't been pummeled by Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis, Tyson has been left to knock over tomato cans. Now, in quest of money to pay off his extraordinary debt, he has another setup waiting in Louisville. - Orioles Serve Up Youth
It's not easy for a major league team to climb in the standings with a revolving door of pitchers best known for their short risumis. - A Long Run to Immortality
The real question may be whether Smarty Jones will be prepared for the thousands of people who will flock to Belmont Park to witness his run at history, writes William Gildea. - Common Horse, Uncommon Sense
Smarty Jones is one good story. Not only does he come from the wrong side of the Kentucky horse-farm fences, from Philadelphia, of all places, he is, well, smart. After two days of communing with him at the Pimlico stakes barn, it's evident that the horse is fast on his feet in more ways than one. - People's Pick Is Just Choice
The Kentucky Derby used to be the bluebloods' race, but no more, not for the last two years. For now, it's the blue-collar special, writes William Gildea. - Wimbledon Gets Hurt, Baffert Feels the Pain
Dawn on Friday brought steady rain that turned the track and grounds at Churchill Downs to mud, and even worse news for white-haired trainer Bob Baffert. His promising gray colt Wimbledon, and the three-time Derby-winning trainer were out of Saturday's 130th Kentucky Derby. - Steinbrenner Is Mr. Baseball
Call him what you want, writes William Gildea, but Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is baseball's savior. The blockbuster Alex Rodriguez trade is all anybody can talk about and that is ultimately good for the sport. - For the Record, Ravens Do the Right Thing
Jamal Lewis deserved the chance to break the NFL single-season rushing record even if the most pressing issue of Sunday night for the Ravens was for them, especially Lewis, to come out of the game as healthy as possible for the playoffs, writes William Gildea. - It's About More Than Wins and Losses
For the Midshipmen, the reasons for celebration were apparent Saturday: a second straight victory over Army, an 8-4 season and their first Commander-In-Chief's Trophy. But, writes William Gildea, the Cadets can take heart as well. - Five Years Of Planning Down the Drain
Ted Leonsis has come crashing to the end of his five-year plan as emphatically as one of his skaters being knocked into the boards. You'd have to turn the entire NHL upside down for him to be where he'd hoped to be, writes William Gildea. - Sheckells Made Others Better
Tom Sheckells, a two-time, first-team all-American at West Point who was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Saturday night, was the master of making others better, writes William Gildea.