I had been sitting as motionless as I could for the past hour and a half, waiting for the sun to rise and the nearby gobblers to sound off from their roost trees.

MIAMI -- Larry Bird called the Indiana Pacers soft. His team agreed. LeBron James thought otherwise.

Whereever I go nowadays, my friends and family ask me the same question about the Orioles.

BALTIMORE -- Daniel Nava and Kelly Shoppach hit sixth-inning homers to turn a tie game in Boston's favor, and the Red Sox withstood two home runs by Nick Johnson in a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Parkside senior Kelly Murphy said that she can't wait to proudly walk across the stage to claim her graduation diploma in just a few short weeks.

SALISBURY -- With the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association high school track and field championships around the corner, teams are using their final practices to tune up for the big meet.

PRINCESS ANNE -- The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announced seven members into the 2012 Hall of Fame Class, including 1962 UMES graduate Nelson Townsend.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Josef Newgarden stood outside the Indianapolis 500 rookie luncheon trading advice with Jean Alesi.

SALISBURY -- Salisbury University men's lacrosse coach Jim Berkman has already made history this season, recording both his 400th career victory as a coach, the most ever in any division of NCAA lacrosse, and his 400th victory as skipper of the Gulls.

HANOVER, Md. -- For the second consecutive year, the James M. Bennett baseball team will play for a state championship, as the Clippers downed the Warriors of La Plata 6-1 to move on to the 3A MPSSAA title game. The Clippers tallied single runs in the bottom of the first and second innings before tacking on a pair of runs in both the fourth and the fifth, providing more than enough offense for senior starting pitcher Joey Cavaluzzo who was stellar over six innings on the mound.