A magazine and sports enterprise reporter for The Baltimore Sun, Mike Klingaman writes human-interest stories and historical profiles. A native of Catonsville, he was one of three finalists for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in Specialized Reporting.
Down by two points and 80 yards from the end zone, their chances looked bleak. Two minutes remained when the Colts began a drive against the Los Angeles Rams that...
Leading troops over the rugged, battle-scarred hills of Vietnam's Central Highlands in 1967, Rollie Stichweh sometimes would hark back to his football days at West Point to see him through....
Saturday's 115th Army-Navy game at M&T Bank Stadium will be the fifth edition of the rivalry to be played in Baltimore. Our photo blog, The Darkroom, put together a post...
He wasn't the happiest of Colts, but who's surprised? In college, Roosevelt Leaks rushed for more yards in one game (342) than he did in four of his five years...
For a decade, each autumn, Glenn Ressler's Sundays were much the same. The mild-mannered Colts guard would slip into the locker room, remove his glasses, put on his uniform and...
He arrived at the Colts' training camp in 1976, a rookie linebacker out to make a name for himself. He was Sanders Shiver, from Carson-Newman College. Or was it the...
The blond hair has grayed and Jack Scarbath wears glasses now. Remember the laser arm that Maryland's football team rode to fame more than 60 years ago? "I hardly throw...
Come autumn, Emerson Boozer's thoughts turn to ... leaves? "They're a pain to rake," said Boozer, 71, onetime running back for Maryland State (now UMES) and the New York Jets....
Nearly 40 years later, the taunts still haunt Ed Simonini, the Colts' 6-foot middle linebacker. "Guys would tease me, saying, 'Why don't you get up on your high heels?' Or:...