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Hayes Gardner

Hayes

Hayes Gardner is a business reporter for The Baltimore Banner. He previously wrote for The Baltimore Sun, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Ames (Iowa) Tribune, covering a mix of sports, news and business. He was a member of a Courier-Journal team recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalists in 2021. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Hayes graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa and then served two years as an AmeriCorps member at an education nonprofit in Oregon.

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Longtime Under Armour CFO to be replaced by Samsonite executive
David Bergman has been a consistent presence as Under Armour’s chief financial officer since 2017, but he’ll depart his post next year.
Under Armour will begin moving into its new 280,000-square-foot global headquarters building in the Baltimore Peninsula next week.
A 145-ton hammer is installing the Key Bridge foundation
For hundreds of skinny, 220-foot rods to form the foundation of a new Francis Scott Key Bridge, contractors are deploying a huge hydraulic hammer that attaches to a crane barge.
A massive hydraulic hammer used to drive test piles into the Patapsco River bed sits aboard a Weeks 533 crane barge at the Key Bridge site on Wednesday.
Constellation pitches new nuclear reactors and batteries in Maryland
As Maryland lawmakers push for additional in-state power sources, Constellation Energy is providing them a range of options. Among them: generating natural gas, creating battery storage and more.
The Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland.
‘That’s all folks!’ Future of Six Flags America site unclear as park closes Sunday
The amusement park, which first opened in the 1970s and has operated as a Six Flags since 1998, shuts down after it closes at 6 p.m. What’s next for the massive tract in Bowie remains unclear.
Visitors arrive to Six Flags America in Bowie, MD on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. The amusement park will close permanently at the end of the 2025 season.
T. Rowe Price teamed with Goldman Sachs as Trump loosens investment restrictions
Goldman Sachs bought $1 billion worth of T. Rowe Price stock. The partnership is the latest alliance between financial firms looking to unite retirement accounts with private investments.
The new T. Rowe Price global headquarters building is on the Harbor Point waterfront.
Technicians repairing cargo ship’s sails after trans-Atlantic voyage
The world’s largest sailing cargo ship crept up the Chesapeake Bay in the quiet, rainy hours of Thursday morning, squeezed under the Bay Bridge and berthed at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.
The Neoliner Origin, the first large wind-powered vessel to visit the Port of Baltimore, is seen docked at the Seagirt Marine Terminal after arriving before dawn on Thursday.
As design nears completion, state shares new Key Bridge renderings
The new Key Bridge will soon be 70% designed, a key checkpoint. As part of the process, engineers have generated more than 25,000 pages of calculations and reports.
The south approach view of updated rendering of plans for the rebuild of the Key Bridge.
World’s largest sailing cargo ship headed to Baltimore on inaugural voyage
With towering 300-foot sails — which need to be lowered to fit under the Bay Bridge — the Neoliner Origin will regularly unload automobiles, bottles of Hennessy and even cruising passengers at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.
The Neoliner Origin, pictured during a sea trial earlier this year, has two mainsails and two jibs.
Moore continued ‘sports diplomacy’ with Japan in Rubenstein’s suite
Gov. Wes Moore met this year with Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. It marked a collaboration between Moore and Rubenstein and a continuation of Moore’s penchant for using sports as a connector.
Gov. Wes Moore arrives for the Baltimore Orioles’ home opener in March. In May, Moore met with Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. in Orioles owner David Rubenstein’s Camden Yards suite.
Orioles to resod Camden Yards field as part of deal with LA Rams
The Orioles, who rent Camden Yards from the state, sublet the ballpark to the Rams for the week.
The outfield at Oriole Park has been transformed into a football practice field for the Los Angeles Rams as they prepare for a game this weekend in London.
Rams practices at Oriole Park present a unique sight — and privacy challenge
For the first time ever, football players are practicing at Camden Yards. Doing so in the shadow of surrounding buildings, like the nearby Hilton, presents a unique privacy challenge for the Los Angeles Rams.
The outfield at Oriole Park has been transformed into a football practice field for the Los Angeles Rams as they prepare for a game this weekend in London.
Gov. Wes Moore talks federal ‘assault’ on Maryland
“The assault that we’ve now had on the state of Maryland has been aggressive, has been intentional, it’s been petty, it’s been partisan and it’s been punishing,” Gov. Wes Moore said during a conversation with David Rubenstein at Impact Maryland.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in conversation with moderator David Rubenstein at Impact Maryland on Tuesday.
Maryland’s largest brewery is teaming up with peers amid industry challenges
For the first time in decades, more craft breweries in the U.S. closed than opened last year. Against that backdrop, Heavy Seas Beer is teaming up with three peers to streamline operations.
Heavy Seas Beer, based in Halethorpe, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in December.
The LA Rams will practice at Oriole Park before NFL game in London
Rather than flying back to the West Coast after their game in Baltimore, the Rams will stick around, practicing at Oriole Park, before a trip across the pond.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards seen before a game on June 24.
McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem
McCormick & Company, a spice giant based in Hunt Valley, said in an earnings call Tuesday that it anticipates $140 million in annual costs associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
McCormick & Company’s global headquarters in Hunt Valley.
The Superblock blaze followed a generation of development failure. Now what?
An ambitious plan to redevelop what’s called the Superblock, an area of downtown Baltimore, has been stuck in the mud for a quarter century. Much of the area was razed after a fire last month.
Demolition crews work in the rubble of several buildings along Howard Street taken down a few weeks after a five-alarm fire damaged multiple buildings in the block.
Ahead of potential government shutdown, NTSB schedules Key Bridge meeting for November
During the hourslong meeting, federal officials will discuss probable cause and safety recommendations regarding the 2024 disaster that decimated the bridge and killed six construction workers.
Preliminary stages of the Key Bridge rebuild have begun, with testing on piles driven into the riverbed.
These 6 Baltimore Starbucks locations have closed
The coffee giant is in the midst of a massive restructuring plan, which includes seeking to create a cozy, "coffeehouse vibe."
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 30: A Starbucks store stands in Manhattan on January 30, 2024 in New York City. The global coffee chain officially introduced its extra virgin olive oil-infused drinks on Tuesday. Named Oleato, the drinks debuted in Italy in February 2023 and arrive in stores on the same day Starbucks will report fourth-quarter earnings. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
After on-stage collapse, Lola Young is ‘okay’ but won’t play All Things Go
The ‘Messy’ singer had been scheduled to perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: Lola Young performs during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York.
As music festivals worldwide struggle, All Things Go keeps getting bigger
This year, All Things Go, the independent festival named for lyrics to a Sufjan Stevens song, will host acts like Noah Kahan, Lucy Dacus, Doechii and Kesha.
Fans cheer for Towa Bird’s performance during the All Things Go music festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion last year.
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