This Opening Day Was Something Everyone Needed
On an 80-degree Monday afternoon, the O’s won 8-5, marking a strong start to a potential third-straight postseason run. (Next step: win a game, but there’s time…)
Corey McLaughlin
Writer and editor in Baltimore, Md.
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.
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?
Why the Ravens’ AFC Divisional Loss Stings So Hard
Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith, always direct, summed things up like this: “It sucks.” In frigid Buffalo on Sunday night, the third-seeded Ravens lost to the second-seeded Bills, 27-25, ending Baltimore’s season in a game the team had so many chances to win. Here are five takeaways from the brutal AFC divisional round defeat—something we’ve sadly seen before.
Five Takeaways From the Ravens Playoff Beatdown of Rival Steelers
Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry were unstoppable, and a few more highlights.
The Orioles Suddenly Have Scar Tissue to Deal With
Gunnar Henderson, Adley Rutschman, and everyone else circled the locker room on Wednesday night, slapping hands with each teammate they crossed and seeking out those they hadn’t.
As the Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum Turns 50, It’s Looking to Grow Again
A slice of Baltimore sports heaven is found, for now, in the climate-controlled basement of 216 Emory Street in Ridgley’s Delight. Two blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and two floors below where Babe Ruth was born almost 130 years ago, neatly arranged on shelves below UV-filtered light are dozens of artifacts fit for a spectacular episode of Antiques Roadshow. Or their own museum, in addition to the one already upstairs.
Why This Catonsville Man is Running Six Marathons in Six Days
Tom Yorke will run. Six marathons in six consecutive days. Just him, sneakers squishing the pavement, and an RV trailing on the road behind him—carrying an EMS professional and a videographer to capture what he’s doing for perpetuity. Because this is, indeed, a story.
Why Are So Many Pitchers Getting Hurt? Orioles Ace Corbin Burnes Has Thoughts
Baltimore Orioles ace pitcher Corbin Burnes says the pitch clock—which makes for quicker games and a better viewing experience on TV and in-person—is in part responsible for what is an ongoing, potentially worsening epidemic of arm injuries for Major League Baseball pitchers.
Ten Things That Make Camden Yards The Best in MLB
The Orioles lineup is full of likable young stars legitimately eyeing a World Series trip, so the ballgames themselves are an attraction. But Oriole Park, recently voted MLB’s best park, has a lot to offer, too. Here are insider tips, new attractions, and perennial favorites.
Maryland men’s lacrosse falls in national title game
Brothers Chris and Pat Kavanagh combined for 11 points, the Irish won just enough faceoffs against Maryland’s Luke Wierman, and after jumping out to an early two-goal lead, the Terps couldn’t keep up with the impressive Irish or get past goalie Liam Entenmann much the rest of the way in a 15-5 loss to Notre Dame in the Division I men’s national title game.
Terps advance to NCAA lacrosse final with 12-6 victory over Virginia
The recognition of what they just did and the sweet reality that they had one more game to play was loud and clear as the 50 members of the Maryland men’s lacrosse team walked into their locker room after a 12-6 win over Virginia late Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field.
Maryland men’s lacrosse took an unusual path to its Final Four matchup
The Maryland men’s lacrosse team’s road to the Final Four literally took an unexpected detour last week.
Big Game Hunter
When everything is clicking, you can see Grayson Rodriguez scream with excitement into his glove after a strikeout or successful inning. His emotion on the field belies what could otherwise be described an unassuming nature—that is, as unassuming as 6-foot-5 can be.
Virginia, paced by Millon, edges Hopkins in double-OT to advance to Final Four
Amid the spontaneous celebration, when sticks, orange gloves and Virginia players themselves went flying across the turf, Cavaliers freshman attacker and former McDonogh star McCabe Millon sprinted toward the veteran hand, grad student Connor Shellenberger.
Adult Baseball Leagues to Join Around Baltimore This Season
Like almost every adult who puts on a mock Orioles, Nationals, or other MLB uniform each spring Sunday morning to play in the Baltimore Senior Baseball League, Travis Wright dreamt as a kid he’d play in the biggest of leagues one day: the majors. “Growing up, you always thought that’s what you were going to do for a living,” Wright, 53, of Hampden, says. “At least I did. I thought I was going to be a ballplayer."
Sheehan Stanwick Burch on Why Local Lacrosse Culture Matters
The Stanwicks are arguably Baltimore’s first family of lacrosse, which is arguably the most popular and pervasive team sport in town come spring. Sheehan Stanwick Burch—a National Lacrosse Hall-of-Famer and 1997 Notre Dame Prep alum—is the eldest of eight college lacrosse-playing siblings raised in Roland Park, and she knows the game as well as anyone.
Seize the Grey Wins Soggy 149th Preakness Stakes
The story of Preakness Day is about the race, pomp and pageantry, and infield revelry, yes, but there’s also always the underlying narrative about the setting itself: Pimlico Race Course, a 154-year-old source of nostalgia for those in the horse racing industry.
His Ripken Way
Cal Ripken Jr. has long been known as the strong, silent type, definitely not an (Iron)man of many words. But that certainly isn’t true of his son, Ryan. He's carving his own path in sports media.
Johns Hopkins advances in NCAA lacrosse tournament, but it wants more
After a nearly hourlong weather delay, the second of the game, Johns Hopkins strength and conditioning coach Jay Dyer walked from the Blue Jays’ locker room holding cardboard boxes of Uncrustables and Mott’s applesauce.
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