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    Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken (center) had a successful first year in the job — before the team reached the AFC championship game.
    Todd Monken built a great Ravens offense, but AFC championship disappointment looms over his achievements
    Living in a pressure cooker might just be a Baltimore offensive coordinator’s lot in life.
    Luis De León pitches as a member of the Delmarva Shorebirds.
    Arms on the Farm: Examining the rapid rise of Orioles pitching prospect Luis De León
    De Leon has a chance to be the top pitching prospect in the organization by the end of the year, which is saying a lot considering the pitching talent that has emerged.
    Naval Academy midshipmen present their capstone project on a microgrid power system for a Navy air station in Sicily.
    Naval Academy grads will live with the climate and energy crisis. Are they ready?
    When midshipmen graduating from the Naval Academy today reach retirement age in 2066, the Chesapeake Bay will be more than a foot higher.
    Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) speaks during a press conference in December.
    Black women are told to ‘go high.’ Jasmine Crockett went low, and I’m proud.
    Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s clapback to a personal insult from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was a refreshing reminder that Black women no longer feel compelled to cater to respectability politics.
    Orioles prospect Enrique Bradfield Jr. has elite speed and defensive skill. The team has a plan for his hitting to reach that level too.
    Jon Meoli: How one drill explains Orioles top pick Enrique Bradfield Jr.’s developmental plan at Aberdeen
    It's uncomfortable to watch — but already showing signs of effectiveness.
    Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh laughs during a news conference at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills on Thursday, March 14.
    When coaches get together, they tell great stories. Here are the best from the newly launched Harbaugh Coaching Academy.
    John Harbaugh and Bill Belichick riffed on some of their favorite NFL memories. Harbaugh, along with his brother Jim, father Jack and brother-in-law Tom Crean, hopes to share more coaching wisdom through a new website.
    Ralph Parker died on May 21, 1944 in an accident at Pearl Harbor that killed hundreds of soldiers.  His named is carved into the Maryland World War II Memorial near Annapolis.
    Remembering Pvt. Parker, 80 years after his secret death in WWII
    Ralph Parker’s story is unlike any others you’ll hear as we approach Memorial Day. It is about secrets and secret families, and a man who otherwise won’t be celebrated.
    Scott Zervitz, with hair, circa the late 1990s, and in 2012 with wife Leslie Gray Streeter at a wedding in Charlottesville, Virginia.
    The ‘Black wife effect’ trend is cute, but we’re not miracle workers
    A recent TikTok trend provides real-life evidence of the glow-up that comes with the “Black wife effect.” But I have questions.
    A rendering of the planned Maritime Welcome Center shows how it would look from the end of City Dock, where a new park will be built as part of a flood protection project.
    The view from downtown Annapolis is changing. These people are fighting back.
    When the mayor of Annapolis plans a $10 million, glass-walled maritime welcome center at City Dock — right on top of an $88 million public works project to save downtown by lifting part of it above climate-driven flooding — Historic Annapolis pays attention. The question is, is anyone listening?
    Members of the owner group for Seize the Gray, celebrate after he wins The Preakness Stakes.
    Amid low Preakness turnout, ecstatic Seize the Grey owners give horse racing a shot of life
    For just $127, more than 2,500 investors bought a share in Preakness winner Seize the Grey. The money bought them the thrill of a lifetime.
    Preakness attendees place bets and wander through the upper concourse at Pimlico Race Course Saturday.
    What out-of-town fans would change about Pimlico, Preakness
    It’s not news to anyone that the course and its facilities need work. Visitors have suggestions.
    Assistant trainer Ray Bryner walks Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan back to the barn following a training session ahead of the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes.
    Pimlico needs to be razed. Top trainers hope one thing can be saved.
    They aren’t in the best shape, but Pimlico’s green stakes barns have earned a reprieve from the wrecking ball because of their place in racing history, trainers say.
    With high-end connections, plenty of upside and a résumé that looks a lot like his trainer’s prior Preakness winners, Tuscan Gold needs to be on the betting tickets.
    How to bet Preakness: This is how you should spend your money
    Of the second tier of horses, the most interesting for win honors also offers the best value.
    Next week will mark the second anniversary of Adley Rutschman’s major league debut, a moment that changed the Orioles.
    Jon Meoli: In 2 years, Adley Rutschman has set a new standard for the Orioles
    The Orioles have won 59.9% of their games since recalling Rutschman. If anything can make a 27-14 start to the season seem ordinary, it’s that.
    State Sen. Sarah Elfreth talks with Del. Shelia Ruth of Baltimore County Thursday morning in Annapolis. Ruth and others stopped Elfreth outside the State House to congratulate her on winning the Democratic primary for Congress in the 3rd District.
    ‘Stay tough.’ How a late House speaker’s words still inspire congressional candidate Sarah Elfreth.
    I recently caught up with state Sen. Sarah Elfreth over coffee, days after she won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maryland's 6th District. She recently adopted a puppy named Ollie and thinks often of the late House Speaker Mike Busch, who encouraged and inspired her.
    Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews (89) drops the ball with Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (39) following close behind at Acrisure Stadium, in Pittsburgh, PA Sunday, October 8, 2023.
    The NFL did Ravens players and fans no favors with 2024 schedule
    Roger Goodell and the league showed their casual disregard for player safety and at-home viewers.
    Former President Donald Trump leaves his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court on May 14.
    If a Trump trial isn’t televised, does it make a sound?
    Would public opinion be swayed if we were witnessing, say, Stormy Daniels and Hope Hicks’ testimonies and facial expressions in real time? According to two media experts: Not really.
    Horses and their handlers prepare to ride during the George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico on May 19, 2023.
    Park Heights has a strained history with Pimlico. Now, they share the same hope for revitalization.
    The state has committed to rebuilding Pimlico — and revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood. Both have waited too long.
    Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander points to the sky after hitting a home run in April.
    Jon Meoli: It’s been 6 years since Anthony Santander’s Orioles Rule 5 saga ended. He has no regrets.
    The Orioles showed faith in Santander when he was still a raw, young player fighting through injury.
    Light traffic on Interstate 97 in Glen Burnie flows north. Police say they herded a 1,000 car caravan out of the county on the  highway in March.
    1,000 cars, headed up I-97 for a banger. What could go wrong?
    The rally came out of Prince George’s County just after midnight when police were alerted it was on the move. Anne Arundel County Police say the drivers were headed for the Giant Food parking lot in Gambrills, where they planned to set up an exhibition of wildness behind the wheel.
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