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Kyle Goon: With the force of his personality, D. Wayne Lukas made the Preakness feel important

D. Wayne Lukas, right, watches The Chick Lang Stakes on Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course earlier this year.
Jon Meoli: How the Orioles rebuilt pitcher Trevor Rogers from the ground up
Rogers has regained a spot in the Orioles’ rotation and looked as close to the All-Star he was in 2021 as he has in years.
Trevor Rogers has posted a 1.62 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings with the Orioles.
Letter: Matthew Schlegel case coverage should include science of false accusations
Maggie Bruck, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, says the science and history of false accusations should be considered.
Protesters stand holding signs outside of the Anne Arundel County Courthouse on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, ahead of the bail hearing for Matthew Schlegel.
Black women with cancer die at higher rates. To heal them, we have to hear them.
The American Cancer Society’s VOICES of Black Women survey is seeking 100,000 participants' stories and experiences to close disparities.
Dr. Tonya Webb, left, is a part of the American Cancer Society's VOICES of Black Women project, which hopes to survey 100,000 Black women about their medical and life experiences in hopes of eliminating disparities.
Letter: Catonsville armory development process needed early community input
Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka says the development of the Catonsville armory as a cannabis incubator was backwards, and that community engagement should come before plans are in place.
Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka says plans to convert the Catonsville Armory into a state-run cannabis incubator should have included community engagement earlier in the process.
Commentary: Supreme Court’s ruling on LGBTQIA+ books is a slippery, hateful slope
The Supreme Court’s decision to let Montgomery County parents exempt their children from public school lessons using LGBTQIA+ books is a subtle tool of hate.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 22: Protesters in support of LGBTQ+ rights and against book bans demonstrate outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. Supreme Court Justices heard arguments for the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor where a coalition of parents from Montgomery County, Maryland, say that a school requiring their children to participate in classes that include LGBTQ themes violates their religious beliefs and thus their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religion.

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Letter: Pass the Data Privacy Act and protect the rights of all Marylanders
Nat Meysenburg of Baltimore says the Data Privacy Act, which failed to pass in the General Assembly, would protect the rights of all Marylanders.
Jon Meoli: Inside Orioles top prospect Samuel Basallo’s offensive and defensive development at Norfolk
With Adley Rutschman and Maverick Handley hitting the injured list within the last week and the Orioles opting for journeymen deputies rather than Basallo, the 20-year-old backstop’s development has come into focus of late.
Baltimore Orioles prospect Samuel Basallo warms up during the team’s spring training practice on February 20, 2024.
My friends’ names are still in the wind, 7 years after their murder
My friends, murdered seven years ago in Annapolis, find me where they do every morning, shortly after I wake and remember to be grateful that I’m alive. Then they find me when I least expect it.
Wreaths are laid at a ceremony memorializing the victims of the 2018 Capital Gazette shooting on June 28, 2023, in Annapolis. No ceremony is planned this year, only private gatherings of friends and family.
Kyle Goon: Even as he’s punished, Justin Tucker refuses to be accountable
It’s difficult to take Justin Tucker’s claims of innocence seriously when he’s not even willing to fight to clear his name.
Former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker maintains his innocence — but he’s not willing to fight to prove it.
Olympic and civil rights icon John Carlos welcomes you to the revolution
Carlos accepts his role as an icon and a pioneer, but refuses to believe it makes him different or more significant in spirit than others.
At left, John Carlos speaks at the 50th anniversary of his Olympics experience in San Jose, California, in 2018. At right, Peter Norman, Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968.

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Letter: Our senators need to protect federal funding of science agencies
Kara Hoffman, a professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, says federal budget cuts to science agencies will erode Maryland’s economy and key industries.
U.S. Sens. Angela Alsobrooks, left, and Chris Van Hollen at a town hall meeting in Woodlawn earlier this year.
Kyle Goon: NFL owners love saving money more than winning, and fans should be furious
A memo obtained by an investigative podcast shows the lengths NFL owners will collaborate to keep salaries down instead of competing. Lamar Jackson got caught in the crosshairs.
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie have built consistently competitive teams. For too many other owners, that seems like an afterthought.
Kyle Goon: The Orioles are right to delay Samuel Basallo’s debut. It should be worth the wait.
The Orioles’ top prospect beckons after the big league club experiences a sudden rash of injuries at catcher. But the 20-year-old deserves to come up when he’s ready, not just when the team has a positional need.
Catching prospect Samuel Basallo watches his teammates play a Grapefruit League game against the Detroit Tigers in February.
For a teacher accused of abusing students, ‘not guilty’ doesn’t equal public exoneration
When a teacher accused of sexually abusing students is found not guilty, the pain won’t go away easily. Not for the teacher, the student, their families or the community.
From left, Matthew Schlegel’s attorneys Andrew Harvey, Peter O’Neill, and Patrick Seidel speak to reporters outside the Annapolis courthouse last week.
Letter: Art or not, Baltimore needs less light pollution, not more
Katharine Rylaarsdam of Baltimore says the planned “Inviting the Light” public art project will increase harmful light pollution.
Artist Tony Shore, with assistance from street artist Gaia, works on his installation, “Aurora,” outside of the old Gatsby's nightclub in the Station North neighborhood of Baltimore. The installation is part of “Inviting the Light,” a public arts project that uses features illuminated visual art.

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Letter: Art or not, Baltimore needs less light pollution, not more
Katharine Rylaarsdam of Baltimore says the planned “Inviting the Light” public art project will increase harmful light pollution.
Artist Tony Shore, with assistance from street artist Gaia, works on his installation, “Aurora,” outside of the old Gatsby's nightclub in the Station North neighborhood of Baltimore. The installation is part of “Inviting the Light,” a public arts project that uses features illuminated visual art.
Letter: Detention of elected officials by ICE should alarm everyone
Sarah Pan of Ellicott City says the detentions of elected officials by ICE should alarm everyone.
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents outside federal immigration court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.
Trump couldn’t resist the American temptation. We’re at war again.
War is the American temptation, the one every president since the end of World War II has faced. Now it's Donald Trump's war.
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arriving at the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Washington.
Alas, poor FEMA. We knew you well.
President Donald Trump plans to phase out FEMA after this year’s hurricane season. In the future, if you want help after a disaster, you’ll have to call him. How do you think that’s going to go?
Waterlogged cars sit in the flooded parking lot of Westernport Elementary School after a catastrophic storm hit the area on Tuesday.
Tons of money. Little guidance. How Maryland’s fastest sprinter navigated the dizzying world of high school NIL deals.
Elise Cooper of Owings Mills became the first high school sprinter to sign with Puma in February. It was anything but a smooth process.
New Town sprinter Elise Cooper stands before practice with the Owings Mills Track Club at New Town High School in Owings Mills, MD on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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