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  Baltimore, Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baltimore grew swiftly in the mid-late 18th century as the granary for sugar producing colonies in the Caribbean.
Baltimore is also the site of the first architectural monument honoring George Washington, a 178 foot doric column erected in 1829 and designed by Robert Mills, who later designed the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being detached from Baltimore County at that time.
Baltimore's population peaked at 949,708 in the 1950 Census, which ranked it as the sixth-largest city in the country, behind Detroit and ahead of Cleveland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore   (2745 words)

  
 USFL Site- Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars
University of North Carolina runningback Kelvin Bryant was the focus of the offense.
When the Stars couldn't put the ball in the endzone, David Trout was a very accurate kicker and Sean Landeta was one of the circuit's best punters.
The Stars dreams of playing in Memorial Stadium were dashed after the league called off the 1986 season.
www.oursportscentral.com /usfl/stars.htm   (569 words)

  
 Philadelphia Stars (football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Baltimore Stars were a professional American football team which played in the United States Football League in the mid-1980s.
The Stars began as the Philadelphia Stars in the 1983 season.
Although Baltimore was their home base, their home games were played at College Park, Maryland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore_Stars   (181 words)

  
 Remember the USFL - Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars
The move to Baltimore was due to announcing move to the fall, even though attendance increased by 10,000 in the second season.
The Baltimore Stars was the franchise to be in the USFL.
In Baltimore, the success of Philadelphia Stars wasn't in the picture, until the team made sneaked in to the playoffs and finale turned it around and winning the USFL Championship against Oakland Invaders, and what is now known as the final USFL game.
www.remembertheusfl.8m.com /teams/stars.html   (185 words)

  
 This is the USFL 1985 Baltimore Stars
Stars owner Myles Tanenbaum found the city Baltimore to be an attractive option, given that they had just lost the Colts who relocated to Indianapolis.
Despite the Stars late-season peak and eventually securing their third straight playoff birth, their 10-7-1 overall record and fourth place finish in the Eastern Conference was certainly viewed as a mild disappointment.
More importantly, the Stars would close the league’s finale on top in a 28-24 final score, and in typical Stars fashion, ended the season winning 8 of their last 9 games and were once against champions of the USFL.
www.thisistheusfl.com /team85bal.htm   (721 words)

  
 Baltimore Professional Football History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
Baltimore was awarded the bankrupt Miami Seahawks franchise of the All-America Football Conference.
Baltimore defeats the Birmingham Stallions 28-14 in Alabama in the Semifinals.
Baltimore RB Mike Pringle breaks the CFL single season rushing record with 1,972 yards and the record for yards from scrimmage (The previous single season rushing record had been established in 1975 by Willie Burden with 1,896 yards whilst playing for the Calgary Stampeders.
www.ravensnests.com /Chronology.htm   (8469 words)

  
 hMLB 1902 - OOTP Developments Forums
Baltimore lost to Cleveland (4-3) to drop 1 game behind both teams, while the defending AL Champ's season is in serious doubt, as the Tigers lost to Washington 6-2.
Baltimore took advantage of the opportunity, as they created another three way tie atop the AL, with their 8-1 beating of Detroit.
Baltimore kept their magical season going by scoring 8 runs in the 9th to beat Detroit 13-7, eliminating Detroit from contention.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=48574   (1868 words)

  
 USAF Medical Service Home Page
They are, from clockwise top left: University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore; St. Louis (Mo.) University Hospital; and the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College of Medicine.
Editor’s Note: The program at Baltimore Shock Trauma Center is one of three C-STARS programs helping the Air Force train and maintain the highest caliber trauma medics.
These Air Force physicians, nurses and medical technicians are indistinguishable from the rest of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Medical Center staff that work at the Shock-Trauma Center except for their identification badges that have the five letters "C-STARS".
airforcemedicine.afms.mil /sg_newswire/mar_04/CSTARS.htm   (898 words)

  
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Baltimore used to be a city famous for a large "smokestack" work force.
After World War II, Baltimore's downtown began to change in response to changes in the way goods were manufactured and distributed nationally, and to the era's obsession with suburbanizing.
Baltimore's wholesale district would have died on its own, but the city put the nail on its coffin, perhaps before the district's time, when it knocked the whole district down and built Charles Center over it.
gilsandler.home.att.net   (737 words)

  
 USFL
The Stars played in Philadelphia for two seasons before moving to Baltimore in 1985.
The Stars defeated the Wranglers in the Championship, avenging their loss from the prior year.
The Stars, who moved to Baltimore, defeated the Invaders, who had merged with the Panthers, in what would be the final championship game.
www.misterhabs.com /usfl.htm   (1470 words)

  
 Jefferson N Glapski - "mens sana in corpore sano"
Plus the Stars were blessed with the presence of countless Nittany Lions on their roster, such as Fusina, Fitzkee, Kugler and Donovan.
The Stars were even more successful on the field, going 16-2 and dispatching the Arizona Wranglers in the championship, 23-3.
Baltimore 28, Oakland 24 at the Meadowlands, NJ
www.glapski.com /stars.html   (1446 words)

  
 Fairfax Stars AAU Basketball Program
The Stars were unable to score for several minutes and the press did not hold.
Offensively, the Stars we able to move the ball and find the open man. Our team spirit was very high and the team was ready to play in the championship game on Sunday.
The Stars broke the press well, and the half-court defense was strong, but in the end, the Stars could generate very little offense.
www.fairfaxstars.org /team_page.asp?team_id=47   (1858 words)

  
 Baltimore best value hotels sorted by name: C - W
Doubletree Inn At The Colonnade - Baltimore ** 2 stars
Located in Baltimore's most fashionable district, this hotel is just minutes from Inner Harbor and the Pennsylvania Train Station.
Built in 1928, Radisson Plaza Baltimore Inner Harbor is the city's only historic landmark located in Downtown Baltimore and just minutes away from the Inner Harbor.
www.baltimore-md.net /bynameC-W.html   (216 words)

  
 Baltimore Blast
The two-time MISL defending champion Baltimore Blast announced that the team has produced a specially packaged “Blast Bar” to be sold at all home Blast games as well as in Mars Super Markets and Royal Farms Convenience Stores in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
Cabral, an eight-year veteran of the MISL, is a five-time All Star and was the MVP of the 2003 Championship Series.
Celenza, a Baltimore native and a graduate of UMBC, ranked third on the Blast in points last season and was the MVP of the 2004 MISL All Star Game.
www.baltimoreblast.com:16080 /insider?cat=5&id=436   (677 words)

  
 Cuban All-Stars vs. Baltimore Orioles - Game 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
In the first inning, Cuba threatened but was thwarted by Baltimore's defense.
Baltimore went up 2-0 in the second when B.J. Surhoff got a leadoff single and Johnson drove a pitch from Jose Ibar over the left-field wall.
Even though, the tough Cuban All-Stars lost the game, they did a lot better than many Americans expected, out-hitting the Orioles 10-6.
www.latinosportslegends.com /Cuba_vs_Orioles-game1.htm   (586 words)

  
 Beer Guide for Baltimore - Maryland, United States - Beer Advocate
Baltimore has been a quality beer destination and historically important American beer location since before the United States were created.
During the war of 1812, after the capital was burned, Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star Spangled Banner” sitting among the beers in Baltimore’s Fountain Tavern.
In today’s Baltimore, there are numerous fine drinking establishments both part of the neighborhoods within the city and out in the suburban communities.
beeradvocate.com /beerfly/city/2   (1391 words)

  
 USFL Site- 1985 United States Football League Championship Game
Baltimore nose tackle Pete Kugler, who joined the Stars after an 83 NFL Championship Game with the 49ers, played with the Stars without a break, nearly destroying himself physically.
The rain was a blessing for Baltimore and its ball control offense featuring the running of Kelvin Bryant, while the weather hampered the big play Hebert to Carter passing attack.
Baltimore regained the lead with a 49 yard drive capped by a 7 yard touchdown run by Kelvin Bryant with 8 minutes and 15 seconds left to go.
www.oursportscentral.com /usfl/85champ.htm   (755 words)

  
 Baltimore Select Basketball, an Adidas-sponsored AAU Basketbal Team - BALTIMORE AREA NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
With this tournament championship in hand, Baltimore Select has won the Best of the Best tournament in 2002 as a 16 under team and this year as a 17 under team.
During the 2002 "TOC", the Baltimore Select team made it to the Select division championship, eventually loosing to the TT Playaz.
The matchups were set-up to be Baltimore against teams from Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.
www.baltimoreselect.com /areanews_May-June-03.htm   (2774 words)

  
 American Association
After two seasons in Philadelphia where they reached the USFL title game twice (winning once), the Stars moved to Baltimore for the 1985 season, the league's last.
Baltimore downed Anthony Carter and the Oakland Invaders, 28-24, at the Meadowlands to claim the franchise's second championship in three seasons.
The '85 Stars featured RB Kelvin Bryant, QB Chuck Fusina, PK David Trout, OL Bart Oates and Irv Eatman, DE William Fuller, FS Mike Lush, and LB Sam Mills.
www.section219.com /Default.aspx?tabid=60&ProductID=404   (97 words)

  
 Fort McHenry - The Flag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore was commissioned to construct the flag.
On the "Star Spangled Banner" which was flown over the fort at the end of the Battle of Baltimore the stars were tilted slightly to the left and right.
Another difference to note between the two flags is that on the 15 star flag the stripe just under the blue field is red, whereas on the 50 star flag the stripe just under the blue field is white.
www.bcpl.net /~etowner/flag.html   (470 words)

  
 Nicholas Kropfelder - Class of 1996
A star at Loyola College in his younger days Nick came to prominence with the 1946 Baltimore Americans who won the American Soccer League championship in that year.
Born: Baltimore, MD In 1948 he led the team in scoring but in 1949 moved to Philadelphia to join the Philadelphia Nationals.
 In 1948 he played for the Baltimore All-Stars against Liverpool, in 1949 for the Philadelphia All-Stars and the Philadelphia Nationals against Belfast Celtic and in 1953 for Baltimore Stars against Young Boys of Berne, Switzerland.
www.soccerhall.org /famers/nick_kropfelder.htm   (212 words)

  
 Defunct Baltimore Teams
The Bullets played in Baltimore through the 1972-1973 season, after which they moved to the Capital Centre in Landover, MD and became the Capitol Bullets in 1973-1974.
The Stars were coached by Jim Mora, who went on to coach the NFL's New Orleans Saints and currently coaches the Indianapolis Colts.
The Baltimore Skipjacks were a minor league franchise in the American Hockey League.
www.geocities.com /Colosseum/2231/bal.htm   (535 words)

  
 Simmons, Bert - Negro League Baseball Player
His hometown Baltimore Orioles are reaching the midpoint of their season, and this former "boy of summer" can return to his roots - both classroom and diamond.
Simmons, 78, played for the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1950, after three years playing at North Carolina A and T State University and at the Negro minor league level.
After leaving the Baltimore Elite Giants and spending two years with the independent, Baltimore-based Yokely Stars, Simmons decided to hang up his cleats.
www.nlbpa.com /simmons__bert.html   (1041 words)

  
 This is the USFL 1985 Championship Game
The Stars, who played in Philadelphia in their first two years, led 21-14 at the half, fell behind 24-21 in a third quarter in which they gained only eight yards.
The first half was a matter of alternating touchdowns, the Stars scoring first, the Invaders next, until Bryant burst up the middle from 17 yards out with 1:41 left in the half to give Baltimore a 21-14 lead at intermission.
But the next time the Stars had the ball, Fusina floated one up for grabs and it was Oakland's David Greenwood who grabbed it, knifing in front of Baltimore's Tom Donovan and gliding 44 yards untouched down the sideline to tie it at 7-7.
www.thisistheusfl.com /1985championshipgame.htm   (754 words)

  
 Baltimore City Paper: NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
I had resigned myself to the fact that, indeed, I live in the city with the single lamest excuse for an alternative weekly in the nation.
I was ready to fully accept that the "best" of Baltimore as selected by your staff of "writers" and other miscellaneous hangers-on would be piss poor at best.
Well, gee, that's swell except for the fact that Stars of the Dogon is not in any way, shape, or form a punk band.
www.citypaper.com /2002-09-25/mail.html   (2555 words)

  
 ECA Magazine - Planet Hollywood, Baltimore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
Bruce Willis and his band the Accelerators capped off an evening of events that drew as many as 5,000 fans to the streets to see who was attending the private party inside.
This was a surprise for fans that were waiting for the stars to arrive.
Both stars showed their love for the crowd by shaking fans hand and signing autographs.
www.eastcoastattractions.com /planethollywoodbaltimore.htm   (302 words)

  
 USAFSAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
The internationally renowned R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, part of the University of Maryland Medical System, is the primary adult referral center for the Maryland Emergency Medical Services Systems.
Be aware that you may be required to obtain your own housing and take leave if you arrive prior to the listed report date.
Baltimore, like many large cities, is considered a high crime area.
www.brooks.af.mil /web/c-stars/c-stars_baltimore.htm   (1317 words)

  
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When he stayed in Baltimore he lived in wild extravagance in a huge mansion out in Green Spring Valley, which he called Bush Manor.
Edward Everett Horton, whose uncle was the chief in charge of fighting the great Baltimore Fire of 1904 and whose father was a typographer at The Sun, got his start in acting while he was still a student at City College.
He rose to fame quickly with his performance in ``Ragtime.'' He also starred in ``A Soldier's Story'' and ``I'm Not Rappaport.'' And if you watch ``In the Heat of the Night,'' on TV you will see him as the detective, playing opposite Carroll O'Connor.
home.att.net /~gilsandler/movies.htm   (1040 words)

  
 Baltimore City Paper: Best of Baltimore Stars of the Dogon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
We didn't realize the late-'90s Baltimore rock scene was something we romanticized until we saw Stars of the Dogon.
We're definitely not saying that Baltimore's scene has declined, nor that the Dogon's music has anything to do with nostalgia; this accomplished duo of drummer Ben Valis and guitarist Corey Allender hammers out a bombastic, urgent sonic boom like they're trying to smash their way into the future.
Rather, Stars of the Dogon capture the same unpredictable energy that once flowed so readily here, reminding us of rowdy show goers in loincloths smashing light bulbs with wrenches and of Valis' prior band, Invert, rolling up unannounced and throwing spastic entertainment out of the back of a van.
bob.citypaper.com /bob/story.asp?id=128   (156 words)

  
 Baltimore Restaurant Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
In Baltimore, Blue Agave Restaurante y Tequilería sets the standard for the city’s finest Mexican cuisine.
The Baltimore Sun awarded this popular Federal Hill hot-spot three-and-a-half out of four stars.
Baltimore Magazine declared it the city’s “hippest restaurant,” with the added distinction of “best margarita.” But the real proof is in the pudding–or in Blue Agave’s case–in noted Executive Chef and Owner Michael Marx’s superb dishes.
www.cityspin.com /baltimore/dining/edits/e08blue0.htm   (160 words)

  
 Coaches.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
The Stars Midget 16-under AA team will be coached by Billy Zinkhan, who was named BYH's Coach of the Year in his rookie season (2003-2004) and who coached a successful Peewee A last season.
Matt Lynch played youth hockey with the Baltimore Stars in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and one of his teammates was Nick Drecchio.
Cory was head coach of three winning Stars Midget A teams, two of which went to league playoffs and one of which went to the finals of the CBHL playoffs in 2004.
www.byhstars.org /Coaches.html   (5554 words)

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