ABCDE SPORTS sunday, december 26, 2010 PROFOOTBALL


Cardinals clip Cowboys A field goal with five seconds left gives Arizona a 27-26 win. D7


HOCKEY


Power shortage Capitals preach simplicity to enliven their slumping power play. D8


PROBASKETBALL


No fanfare required The newest Wizard, Rashard Lewis, is respected for his low-key professionalism. D7


RAISING EACH OTHER


Maryland wideout Torrey Smith grew up alongside his teenage mother, dealing with more than any child should


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The long road to a college degree, college football stardom and a possible shot at theNFLdraft has seen Terps wide receiver Torrey Smith overcome a number of obstacles that would have felled almost anyone else. T


BY GREG BEACHAM Associated Press


los angeles —The Los Angeles Lakers finally got their first look at the revampedMiamiHeat, and the champs might be a little bit disturbed by what they saw. LeBron James had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists while hitting a season-high five three- pointers, and theHeat thrived on the holiday stage in a 96-80 victo- ry over Kobe Bryant and the


STORY BY ERIC PRISBELL PHOTOS BYMARVIN JOSEPH


he broken air conditioner in Torrey Smith’s white GrandMarquis makes for a sweat-soaked two-hour drive from College Park down narrow country roads to this one-stoplighttownofMontross,Va.Onceat the courthouseonanearlyAugustmorning,Torreyandhis grandmotherfile into a smallroom. He sits in the seventhrowamongsiblingsandfriends.Four dozen visitors are here to support thesamewoman,Torrey’smom. ¶ The 38-year-old used to work twojobs, bleary-eyed, whileTorrey—barely old enough to ride a bicycle—bathed, dressed and fed his younger siblings. She bears a scar on her chin from one of several knife fights. She once threw her 5-foot-3 frame on a young Torrey to shield him from stray gun fire. ¶ Young mother and younger son, they helped raise each other. She is his best friend. She is also today’s defendant. She sits motionless in a three-piece suit. Shackles restrict her leg movement. She sees Torrey and weeps. Training camp for his junior season atMaryland begins in four days. ¶ Torrey leaves the courthouse


briefly to buyFreon for his air conditioner so hismomcan ride in comfort afterward.He is sure she will be allowed to leave with him, that she will, in five months, seehim become the first male in the family to graduate from college and, five months after that, possibly see him drafted into theNFL.Hismomdoes not share his confidence in her fate. She has been in courtrooms before. They can be sterile, unforgiving places. She needs all the support she can muster. There is a reason why Torrey’s football coach, Ralph Friedgen, wrote her a 266-word character reference. ¶ As Torrey’sMaryland football teammates prepare for training camp, Torrey’s mind and body is elsewhere. What occurs in this courtroom will affect his life for the foreseeable future. Judge Joseph J. Ellis is about to rule on CaseNo. CR10-65: the Commonwealth of Virginia vs.Monica Chante Jenkins. The moment is here, the moment Torrey will find out if hismomwill spend the next 10 years in jail.


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James and Heat go on their merry way in L.A.


Miami rolls over defending champions in holiday showcase


Lakers on Saturday. Chris Bosh had 24 points and


13 rebounds, Dwyane Wade add- ed 18 points on a sore knee and theHeat won for the 14th time in 15gameswhile flustering the two- time defending champions into a terrible offensive performance. Although both teams called the


game a television curiosity rather than a potential NBA finals pre- view, it clearly meant something to James,whohadhis third triple- double withMiamiandthe 31st of his career.He also outplayed Bry- ant again in his second straight Christmas win at Staples Center, punctuating the win with a good bit of mutual trash talk in the


lakers continued onD7


Crystal ball QBs Setting odds on who might guide the Redskins’ offense next season. D6


TODAY’SGAME REDSKINSATJAGUARS


Time, TV: 1 p.m.,WTTG-5, WBFF-45 Where: EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla. Preview, D5


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