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Brandon Weigel

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Brandon Weigel is the Assistant Sports Editor at The Baltimore Banner. He previously worked as the breaking news editor at The Banner. He has worked as a journalist in Baltimore since 2012, with stops at City Paper, Baltimore Fishbowl and WJZ. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore magazine, Urbanite and Maryland Road Trips.

The latest from Brandon Weigel

Crews work to lay down absorbent sheets to clean up a diesel spill at an inlet at South Caroline and Lancaster streets.
Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red
Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
Journalism wins the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Journalism wins the 150th Preakness Stakes, last at Pimlico before track teardown
Journalism capably handled the two-week turnaround after the Kentucky Derby and continued the winning ways he’s shown throughout his 3-year-old campaign.
Journalism, the favorite at the 150th Preakness Stakes, gets a bath after running around the track at Pimlico Race Course on May 15.
How to watch or attend the 150th Preakness Stakes
The 150th running of the Preakness Stakes is set to start at 7:01 p.m.
Jockey portraits hang in the Hall of Fame Dining Room at Pimlico Race Course.
Pimlico Race Course is full of artifacts. Where will they go when it is razed?
Meet the archivists charged with preserving Maryland's racing history.
The Woodlawn Vase is awarded to the winner of each Preakness Stakes. This year’s 150th running of Preakness will be its last at the original “Old Hilltop.”
Derby runner-up Journalism is 8-5 favorite for Preakness
Derby winner Sovereignty, who outdueled Journalism to win the Run for the Roses by 1 1/2 lengths, is not making the trip to Baltimore for the final Preakness at historic Pimlico.
Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course in 2024.
Historic Pimlico Race Course is going to be razed. Go now while you still can.
For anyone who has never been to the track, there’s no better time than the lead-up to the 150th Preakness Stakes.
Sovereignty, left, ridden by Junior Alvarado, crosses the finish line to win the 151st Kentucky Derby. He will no be in Baltimore to run in the Preakness.
Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty to skip Preakness Stakes
The Derby champion will instead point to the Belmont in June.
Kentucky Derby runner Final Gambit trains on the track during morning workouts at Churchill Downs.
Horses with local ties to watch at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby weekend
Maryland-bred horses and local trainers to watch for in the graded-stakes races before the Derby
People pack a block party of vendors and music at Eutaw and Camden streets on opening day last season.
Orioles announce Eutaw St. Block Party, which sure feels like an outdoor FanFest
The festivities start at 2:30 p.m., but Birdland Members will gain access an hour early for a Q&A with assistant general manager Sig Mejdal.
Stanford quarterback John Elway announces he'll play baseball for the New York Yankees rather than signing with the Baltimore Colts, as his father, Jack, looks on, on April 26, 1983.
John Elway trolls the Colts on his first baseball rookie card
Elway’s inscription on one of the hand-signed cards gives us a pretty good idea of how he feels about the way everything went down after the 1983 NFL draft.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 10: Head coach Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks talks with MiLaysia Fulwiley #12 during their game against the NC State Wolfpack at the Spectrum Center on November 10, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina.  (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)
No. 1 South Carolina will travel to Coppin State in 2025, coach Dawn Staley says
Last December, the Eagles hosted the defending national champion LSU Tigers, a team that featured Baltimore-area native Angel Reese.
You might be able to get a one-of-one Jackson Holliday card that includes part of the uniform he wore in his major league debut, seen above.
The jersey patch from Jackson Holliday’s MLB debut is now on a baseball card
There are two other rare cards featuring Holliday in 2024 Topps Chrome Update, which hit stores today.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, speaks on water cleanup initiatives leading up to the Harbor Splash Event held on 6/23/24 in Baltimore, MD.
Baltimore club music vs. go-go: Mayor Scott makes Ravens-Commanders bet with musical implications
Naturally, crab cakes are on the line, too, or “whatever kind of crab cakes you guys actually have in D.C.,” Scott said.
Quarterback Lamar Jackson was not in a celebratory mood on the plane home from Dallas after the Ravens nearly let a win elude them in the fourth quarter.
Lamar Jackson explains why he wasn’t keen to appear on Marlon Humphrey’s IG Live
Jackson was less than thrilled to be on camera after the team’s 28-25 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Racing at Pimlico will move to Laurel Park as the historic Baltimore racetrack undergoes extensive renovation.
Pimlico holding Fan Appreciation Day with free swag before track shuts down
All attendees will receive a Preakness Stakes souvenir glass and have the opportunity to grab other merchandise, such as T-shirts and baseball caps, while supplies last.
Tight end Mark Andrews was scheduled for a nonpractice day Wednesday and is set to return in the “coming days,” the team said.
Ravens TE Mark Andrews was in car crash but is not injured, team says
Andrews was evaluated by the team’s medical staff, who determined the tight end did not suffer any injuries.
The exterior of Pimlico Race Course seen on Black-Eyed Susan Day on May 17, 2024.
Maryland formally takes control of Pimlico Race Course site
Racing, training and simulcast wagering at the track will cease on Sept. 1. But the Preakness Stakes is set to return in May 2025 for the 150th edition of the race.
Jackson Holliday takes an at-bat against the Milwaukee Brewers in April. Some of his Topps rookie cards pay tribute to a Billy Ripken error card from 1989.
Some Jackson Holliday rookie cards pay tribute to infamous Billy Ripken card
Topps had some fun paying tribute to the most notorious Orioles card ever printed.
National Treasure with jockey Flavien Prat wins the Hill N Dale Metropolitan Mile at Saratoga Race Course. Maryland-bred Post Time came in second.
Post Time’s 2nd-place finish continues strong showing for Maryland at Belmont Stakes
Post Time, owned by Ellen Charles’ Hillwood Stable, had done just about everything asked of him by trainer Brittany Russell leading up to this race. And Saturday was no exception.
Dornoch, with Luis Saez up, crosses the finish line ahead of Mindframe, with Irad Ortiz Jr. up, to win the 156th Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
Mindframe comes achingly close to breaking Triple Crown losing streak for Maryland-breds
Mindframe finished second in a field that included Kentucky Derby winner Mysitk Dan, Derby runner-up Sierra Leone, Preakness winner Seize the Grey and six other runners at historic Saratoga Race Course.
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