Baltimore

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bodemeister is headed to the Preakness to challenge I'll Have Another after their memorable finish in the Kentucky Derby. Bodemeister set a blistering early pace in the Derby only to be caught in the final 100 yards by I'll Have Another and finish second, giving owner Ahmed Zayat his third runner-up finish in the race in the last four years. Zayat was on hand Monday to watch Bodemeister to make sure the horse was ready to travel to Baltimore for Saturday's race.

It happened in Philadelphia for Jeff Stone, and it's starting to happen again in Baltimore. If the oh-for-April Orioles have not reached the end of their rope yet in the case of Stone, they certainly are moving in that direction. The latest in a series of baserunning misadventures by Stone occurred in the ninth inning of last night's 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins, the O's 19th consecutive defeat this season. Stone was doubled off second on a line drive caught by Twins shortstop Greg Gagne, effectively killing any Baltimore momentum.

An extradition proceeding was scheduled today in Baltimore for Lawrence Paul Jones, who was arrested there Saturday and charged with the slayings of two fellow security guards in Philadelphia. At the hearing, Jones was expected to waive extradition and return to Philadelphia. Two Philadelphia homicide detectives went to Baltimore this morning, prepared to escort him back. But if he decides to fight extradition, the process could drag on for weeks. "That decision is between Jones and his attorney," a Baltimore detective said yesterday afternoon.

Baltimore gets the Inner Harbor, Camden Yards and the aquarium. We get Penn's Landing, the Vet and a view of New Jersey's aquarium. Baltimore gets "Homicide: Life in the Street," which pumps $500,000 a week into the local economy (less per week than a major movie might bring in, but for a far longer period). We nearly had "Philly Heat. " "Homicide" executive producer Tom Fontana, who also did the pilot for "Philly Heat," a drama about firefighters that was set in Philadelphia and starred West Catholic's own Peter Boyle, said he was surprised when ABC didn't pick up the series, which was shot here two years ago. "I love Philadelphia.

It will be his first time back. Mike Caldwell isn't sure what to expect, which feelings will come rushing back, when the Eagles make their first appearance in Cleveland's new stadium Sunday night. Caldwell was a Cleveland Brown for the final game before the franchise moved to Baltimore in 1995. That game is a blur of sadness and confusion and even an element of fear. "Sometime in the third quarter, the anger started coming out," Caldwell said. "People started tearing up the seats down in the Dawg Pound and throwing parts of the seats onto the field.

Saturday in Baltimore and the city is abuzz. The headlines in the Sun say the Pope is coming Oct. 23 to this, the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the United States. Another Page One story reports that Kurt Cobain, leader of Nirvana, is dead. Cobain's suicide is the main topic of discourse at Donna's Coffee Bar, an espresso stop off Mount Vernon Place, where a couple of bean-addicts are blaming the 27-year-old grunge rocker's death on terminally dank Seattle. Down the road at the Charles Theater, the city's foremost art movie house, the marquee reads "Mike Leigh's Naked . . . Kurt Cobain, RIP. " Other rockers, still alive and kicking, are holed up at the Latham Hotel: NKOTB, formerly New Kids on the Block, are in town for a show, and while these onetime teen-throbs no longer attract the hordes of squealing baby-boppers they once did, there's an air of excitement among the hotel's guests and staff anyway - not to mention a clutch of die-hard fans in the lobby, their eyes wide with anticipation and trained on the elevator doors.

They made a lot of kids late for school. Brian Carter and his sidekick, Dave Sanborn, thrilled morning-radio listeners in Philly as entertaining yakkers and disc jockeys on Power 99 from 1987 to 1999, and later on WDAS. Brian, the brasher and funnier of the mixed-race duo, died yesterday of a heart attack at his home in his native Baltimore. He was 54. "You and Sanborn raised me," a fan wrote on Power 99's Facebook. "I listened to you guys all through middle school and high school.

The Raven opens with Edgar Allan Poe near death on a Baltimore park bench, which conforms to what historians know about the writer's final moments. Circumstances surrounding Poe's death remain a mystery, but The Raven offers its version - we see that not long before, Poe had been trying to get money out of a newspaper publisher, which would kill just about anybody. Poe, as we learn in The Raven, was not just the genius inventor of the detective story, the proto-Goth poet, nor the swooning balladeer to the departed.

Divisional playoffs EAGLES 23, N.Y. Giants 11 Pittsburgh 35, San Diego 24 Baltimore 13, Tennessee 10 Arizona 33, Carolina 13 Conference championships EAGLES at Arizona    3 p.m., Fox29 Baltimore at Pittsburgh    6:30 p.m., CBS3

Please don't raise your eyebrows too high. Defensive tackle Tim Watson, of Rowan University, the Division III national runner-up, was not hoping to be selected on Day 2 of the NFL draft - he was expecting it. "Baltimore worked me out just last week," Watson said. "That usually doesn't happen unless they're really thinking about taking you. " The 6-4, 285-pound Watson did get plucked, but not by Baltimore. He went to Seattle in the sixth round, at No. 185 overall. He is the Profs' first draftee.

BALTIMORE - Josh Hamilton became the 16th player to hit four home runs in a game, launching a quartet of two-run drives against three different pitchers in a history-making performance that carried the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 victory over the Orioles on Tuesday night. Hamilton homered off Jake Arrieta in the first and third innings, added another off Zach Phillips in the seventh and topped it off with a one-for-the-books shot against Darren O'Day in the eighth. During the last at-bat, Hamilton sent an 0-2 pitch over the centerfield wall.

BRANDON SNYDER homered and had a career-high six RBI against his former team, and the visiting Texas Rangers beat Baltimore, 14-3, Monday night to end the Orioles' five-game winning streak. Snyder, the Orioles' top draft choice in 2005, hit a two-run single in the second inning, a three-run drive in the sixth and an RBI single during a seven-run ninth. He played in only 16 games with Baltimore before the Rangers got him for cash considerations in January. "I'm probably going to have to wake up tomorrow and read something to make sure it happened," Snyder said.

Bernard Pierce will wear the purple, black and gold of the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens selected the former Temple running back with the 84th overall pick in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday night. The 6-foot, 218-pounder, who opted to forego his senior season at Temple, was the seventh running back taken in the draft. He's also the first Owls running back to be drafted since 1989. Back then, Todd McNair was selected in the eighth round by the Kansas City Chiefs.

BALTIMORE - A Baltimore man has been indicted on a murder charge in the killing of a North Carolina teenager missing for months before her body was found in a river, prosecutors said Thursday. Michael Johnson, 28, was indicted on a sole count of first-degree murder in the death of Phylicia Barnes, 16, of Monroe, N.C., Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein announced. "It's been a long day coming. It's a bittersweet day," said Phylicia's father, Russell Barnes. "I can rest better and maybe Phylicia can rest a whole lot better.

The Raven opens with Edgar Allan Poe near death on a Baltimore park bench, which conforms to what historians know about the writer's final moments. Circumstances surrounding Poe's death remain a mystery, but The Raven offers its version - we see that not long before, Poe had been trying to get money out of a newspaper publisher, which would kill just about anybody. Poe, as we learn in The Raven, was not just the genius inventor of the detective story, the proto-Goth poet, nor the swooning balladeer to the departed.

They made a lot of kids late for school. Brian Carter and his sidekick, Dave Sanborn, thrilled morning-radio listeners in Philly as entertaining yakkers and disc jockeys on Power 99 from 1987 to 1999, and later on WDAS. Brian, the brasher and funnier of the mixed-race duo, died yesterday of a heart attack at his home in his native Baltimore. He was 54. "You and Sanborn raised me," a fan wrote on Power 99's Facebook. "I listened to you guys all through middle school and high school.

What: AFC Championship Game Who: Baltimore (2) at New England (1) When: Sunday, 3 p.m. TV: CBS3 (Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Steve Tasker). Radio: WIP, 610-AM (Dave Sims, James Lofton, Tony Boselli). Point spread: Patriots -7 1/2. Over/under: 50 1/2. Last meeting: Patriots, 23-20 (ot) on Oct. 17, 2010. Deion Branch filled in for recently traded Randy Moss and had two key catches on the game-winning drive. Playoff history: Ravens won the only meeting, a 33-14 victory in a wild-card game following the 2009 season.

Divisional Playoffs SATURDAY NFC: San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32 AFC: New England 45, Denver 10 SUNDAY AFC: Baltimore 20, Houston 13 NFC: N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20 Conference Championships SUNDAY, JAN. 22 AFC: Baltimore at New England, 3 (CBS3) NFC: N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 6:30 (Fox29) Super Bowl SUNDAY, FEB. 5 In Indianapolis Teams TBD, 6:30 (NBC10)

BALTIMORE - The Ravens are like Joe Flacco's Fu Manchu mustache. They aren't exactly a thing a beauty, but they get the job done. In an AFC divisional game that surely won't leave a lasting imprint in the annuals of the NFL, Baltimore scraped by the Houston Texans, 20-13, in the same manner as many of its victories over 17 years of existence. The Ravens prevailed behind the strength of their defense - albeit an aging one - and in spite of mediocre quarterback play.

BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans are quite content to run against the grain in the pass-happy NFL. Baltimore relies heavily on running back Ray Rice and a stingy defensive unit led by Pro Bowl linebackers Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs. Houston depends on the rushing prowess of Arian Foster and the NFL's second-ranked defense. Neither team intends to alter that approach in Sunday's playoff game, so the one that stays true to form the longest likely will advance to the AFC championship game.