Corey McLaughlin

The Baltimore Banner • November 26, 2022

Ravens won't be fooled by Jaguars' record

Lamar Jackson, it turns out, is dealing with a hip injury — a potentially troubling sign for the AFC North-leading Ravens (7-3) as they enter the final third of a regular season that’s already been marred by multiple injuries at key positions across the roster.

The Baltimore Banner • November 21, 2022

Ravens find a way, but concerns about the offense grow

Finally, with a little more than seven minutes left in the game, Lamar Jackson lowered his left shoulder, leaned into a Carolina Panthers defender and bulled across the goal line, the first player from either team to do so all afternoon. Then he emphatically spiked the football into the purple-painted turf, releasing nearly four quarters’ worth of pent-up frustration.

The Baltimore Banner • November 19, 2022

How his small-town upbringing shaped Roquan Smith into a player who changes so much for the Ravens

The Ravens made a bold move to get Roquan Smith. His intensity is already making a difference.

The Baltimore Banner • November 8, 2022

Roquan Smith makes an immediate impact as Ravens thrive despite missing top passing targets

On first impression, Roquan Smith has everything you want from an NFL linebacker. He’s fast, strong, and elusive enough to lead the NFL in tackles. Savvy enough to pick up a new playbook in a week. And he’s 25 years old with a prototypical frame for his position (6-foot-1, 230 pounds) — and the right mindset.

Baltimore Magazine • July 27, 2022

A New Pot of Orioles Magic is Brewing

The product on Baltimore’s iconic baseball field is again something worth seeing—and you might miss a win if you don’t watch until the end.

Baltimore Magazine • July 18, 2022

Charm City Is World Cup Worthy—No Matter What They Say

Much like an American football Sunday in the fall, a pregame buzz carried into M&T Bank Stadium for what was billed as the Charm City Match—a friendly professional soccer game between Arsenal and Everton, two clubs from the English Premier League, the most widely followed and highest-level pro league in existence.

Baltimore Magazine • May 23, 2022

Why Kevin Liles Wanted to Bring the “Soul” to Preakness

On a sweltering Preakness Day, Kevin Liles was the picture of cool. At the Pimlico Race Course infield on Saturday afternoon—leaning against a second-story deck railing overlooking the front-stretch—he held an expensive cigar in his left hand, wore a straw fedora on his head, and sported a light brown suit with silk black lapels.

Baltimore Magazine • April 12, 2022

Bruuuce! Homegrown Kid Zimmermann Sparkles in Orioles’ Opening Day Win

The night before the biggest game of his life, Bruce Zimmermann walked on to a quiet, empty, mostly dark Camden Yards field to imagine how things might go the next day—and take in the setting.

Baltimore Magazine • November 29, 2021

Sports Wagering Goes Legal in Maryland

Gone are the days of the bookie, those unseen characters who took bets from gamblers on pay-phones or in shady backrooms at horse tracks. Today, sports betting looks different—fancy, welcoming, and public.

Baltimore Magazine • September 7, 2021

Lamar Jackson Wants a Super Bowl More Than You Do

Maybe it's evolution, or how God planned it, but scientists say the human brain is wired in a way that often makes us remember severe pain longer than we enjoy great pleasure. Apparently the same is true even if you’re a little bit superhuman, like an Avenger, or Lamar Jackson on the gridiron.

Baltimore Magazine • August 30, 2021

Patrick Cantlay Wins an Epic BMW Championship at Caves Valley

Big crowds—around 120,000 spectators overall spanning Wednesday’s pro-am to Sunday’s final round, Caves Valley club chairman Steve Fader told us—crawled, jostled, drank, and cheered, across the normally private, roughly 1,000-acre property in the Baltimore County hills, which hosted Baltimore’s first PGA Tour event in nearly 60 years.

Baltimore Magazine • August 26, 2021

Michael Phelps, Jordan Spieth, and Kevin Plank Have a Round at Caves Valley Golf Club

“We can’t have a better group,” Michael Phelps said. “This group was unbelievable.” Despite his fears, so was Plank. “We just had an all-star cast, so there was no chance of having a bad day out there.”

Baltimore Magazine • August 9, 2021

The Caves Valley Golf Club is Set to Host Baltimore’s First PGA Tour Event in Nearly 60 Years

When Varada Maulkhan, the teenage daughter of immigrants from the South American country Guyana, first walked the grounds of Caves Valley Golf Club a few years ago, she observed what most visitors do about the private, picturesque property in the Baltimore County hills. “It’s gorgeous,” Maulkhan says. “It’s always been gorgeous.”

Baltimore Magazine • August 6, 2021

Brian Billick Talks Lamar Jackson and the 2021 Ravens

There aren’t many people who follow the Ravens with as much expertise and keen insight as their former Super Bowl-winning head coach, Brian Billick.

Baltimore Magazine • July 28, 2021

Keeper of the Yard

One of only two women in Major League Baseball’s 118-year history to be in the role, Nicole Sherry is the keeper of Camden Yards.

Baltimore Magazine • July 28, 2021

Lamar Jackson Out With COVID as Ravens Training Camp Begins

It’s not exactly the best practical start to the new football year, and a stunner for most everyone involved. Not to mention fuel for conversation and debate likely to be spawned from the news.

Baltimore Magazine • May 17, 2021

Preakness 2021 Was Equal Parts Stunning, Refreshing, and Confusing

In the dizzying moments after 12-to-1 longshot Rombauer won the 146th Preakness Stakes on early Saturday evening, winning trainer Michael McCarthy paused when someone asked him to describe what the sight of his horse running down the Pimlico frontstretch ahead of all the others looked like to him. "Stunning," he said.

Baltimore Magazine • May 11, 2021

At Long Last, Plans are Underway for a New “Home of the Preakness”

What to do with the decrepit Pimlico Race Course has been a source of endless talks, studies, and disputes for decades. Should the property be renovated or razed? Would the state take it over? How did its condition deteriorate to this point? Should the Preakness move 30 miles south to Laurel Racetrack, the preference of Pimlico owner Belinda Stronach?

Baltimore Magazine • April 9, 2021

Dear Camden Yards, We Missed You

People—real people! strangers!—wearing Orioles jerseys, t-shirts, and hats (and masks) strolled down Eutaw Street. Some lined up for food and drink while others snapped smartphone pictures of the scenes they used to know.

Stansberry Research • April 7, 2021

The Grass Is Not Always Greener

By Jordan Spieth's own admission, he was doing well and gaining fortune and fame without really knowing why. Anyone who finds at least a hint of success early in their career – or a pursuit of any kind – can fall victim to this mindset...