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  • Running: Ten Mile Run approaching
    The 35th Annapolis Ten Mile Run is just around the corner, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 28. More than 5,400 runners are registered for the annual end-of-summer event.  Runners from 34 states and the District of Columbia are anxiously awaiting the start of the race that provides a unique tour of the city, the Naval Academy bridge, and the Pendennis Mount area.
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  • Sports Comment: O's prospects not so promising
    Optimism about the future of the Baltimore Orioles was based largely on the promise of the organization's young starting pitchers. Jake Arrieta, Brad Bergesen, Zach Britton, Brian Matusz and Chris Tillman were going to form a formidable rotation that would be the backbone of Baltimore's rebuilding effort.
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  • Sports Comment: Showalter must handle Orioles pitchers with care
    One of the most important jobs of a Major League Baseball manager is to oversee the pitching staff, determining how and when to use the arms at his disposal. Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter has an even more difficult job in that regard because so many of the pitchers on his staff are young and inexperienced. Showalter began yesterday by announcing a plan to protect Baltimore's most promising pitching prospect then ended it by pondering what is wrong with another of the club's talented young starters.
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  • Sports Comment: County helps Jacksonville's women's lax program get started
    Mindy McCord is a Westminster native and former head coach of field hockey and women's lacrosse at McDaniel College. So it's no surprise that McCord made Maryland a priority recruiting state when she took over as head coach of the fledgling Jacksonville women's lacrosse program. Jacksonville, which elevated women's lacrosse to varsity status in 2010, has 11 Maryland natives on its 31-player roster. Four of the Free State products playing for the Dolphins hail from Anne Arundel County while another is a Kent Island resident.
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  • Sports Comment: Greed root cause of problems with NFL
    Negotiations toward a new NFL labor contract resumed yesterday in the nation's capital in what had to be a good sign for players fearful of losing their fat paychecks. There was no immediate word on how much progress was made in the second bargaining session in five days. But the players' union might have been tempted to lock the doors, order takeout, and refuse to leave until a new deal is done. Because the NFL is suddenly in a giving mood.
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  • Sports Comment: Harbaughs take rivarly to NFL stage
    By AARON WILSON, Landmark News Service KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A fierce sibling rivalry has left their parents' backyard and driveway, and will now be on display on a much bigger stage. With Jim Harbaugh leaving Stanford to bolt to the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, John Harbaugh and his younger brother have made history. They're the only two brothers running NFL teams at the same time in league history.
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