Corey McLaughlin

Writer and editor in Baltimore, Md.

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Baltimore Magazine •

Chris Davis Had One of The Most Dramatic Career Arcs in O’s History. He’s Now a Hall of Famer.

It’s worth remembering why there was once so much good noise about Davis. After arriving from the Texas Rangers in a 2011 trade as a 25-year-old, the 6-foot-4 left-handed-hitting first baseman spent 10 seasons in Baltimore and put together a series of enduring highlights, including clobbering 11 career home runs onto Eutaw Street, which is still tied for most in Camden Yards history.
Baltimore Magazine •

Same Hallway, Bigger Office: Jesse Minter Takes Over the Ravens

Jesse Minter’s new office at the Ravens’ headquarters in Owings Mills is just down the hall from the old one he occupied not that long ago. From 2017 to 2020, Minter was a defensive assistant coach under John Harbaugh, sharing a cramped room with three colleagues as they broke down film, prepared for practices, and handled the unglamorous task of evaluating late-round draft prospects. “He started at the bottom,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said Thursday, “and now he’s here.”
Baltimore Magazine •

Inside Carmelo Anthony’s ‘House of Melo’ at The Pratt

On Friday night, Baltimore basketball icon Carmelo Anthony stood tall, as he does, holding a microphone before hundreds gathered at the Enoch Pratt Central Library for the opening of House of Melo. On view through December, the landmark exhibit celebrating Anthony’s life—which coincides with his 2025 induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame—has completely transformed the historic building’s first floor.
Baltimore Magazine •

Scottie Scheffler’s Clutch Finish Seals BMW Championship Win at Caves Valley

Scottie Scheffler knew what to do when the ball was in the sand. With a swipe of a club, the dimpled sphere plopped onto the 17th green and kept rolling downhill toward the hole cut just a few feet from the water. As the ball made its final revolution and dropped in, the crowd at Caves Valley Golf Club went into a frenzy. They saw exactly what they wanted—an unforgettable memory in Baltimore, delivered by the world’s best men’s golfer in a clutch moment.
The Baltimore Banner •

Sugano solid again, but Orioles’ bats are quiet in loss to Royals

Before the 57-minute weather delay, Tomoyuki Sugano had thrown just nine pitches and looked sharp. The good news: Afterward, he did, too. The worse news: Sugano wasn’t perfect, and he had to be. The Orioles’ offense couldn’t solve Royals left-handed starter Kris Bubic or the Kansas City bullpen in a 4-0 loss on Saturday night in front of an announced crowd of 19,348 that stuck out the interruption.
The Baltimore Banner •

Zach Eflin wants to get back to the Orioles ‘ASAP’

As the Orioles long for a stronger, healthier starting pitching rotation, a big help may be on the way soon. Opening day starter Zach Eflin, who has been on the injured list because of a strained right lat muscle suffered in early April, was in the O’s clubhouse before Saturday’s game against Kansas City and said he plans for his rehab start Sunday afternoon with the High-A Aberdeen IronBirds to be his last before returning to the O’s rotation.
Baltimore Magazine •

Will David Rubenstein’s Deep Pockets Help the O’s Finally Win Another World Series?

Sporting a white Orioles home jersey, an enthusiastic grin, and a seemingly limitless bankroll, Baltimore-born billionaire David Rubenstein announced last Opening Day, “This is a new day, a new chapter,” from the sixth floor of the B&O Warehouse. And O’s fans, who had soured on the previous regime’s recent underfunded payroll and a 40-plus-year championship drought, were eager for the chapter to begin.
Baltimore Magazine •

The Orioles Passed the Spring Training Vibe Check

What a beautiful St. Patrick’s Day it was: a sun-splashed Monday in Fort Myers on Florida’s West Coast, with a Gulf breeze blowing 74-degree air across the Boston Red Sox’ Fenway Park-inspired spring training complex. That afternoon, a group of orange-clad Orioles wearing holiday-themed green hats left the place—dubbed Fenway South, featuring an imitation Green Monster in left field—with a convincing 12-3 win. If the minor-leaguers can beat the Red Sox, what can the big-league O’s do this year?
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