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Elise Cooper is 17 and a rising senior at McDonogh who will be competing against the likes of Sha'Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas for an Olympic spot in the 200 meters Thursday in Oregon.

To raise good LGBTQ allies, treat every month like Pride Month.

Plus, real talk about Kyle Bradish, a breakout international prospect and an Adley Rutschman nugget.

In a season of change, the new owners of Baltimore Sun Media stopped publishing the Maryland Gazette, which carried news of the Declaration of Independence on July 11, 1776. The Big Glen Burnie Carnival ended a summer run that started in 1908. And down in Ocean City, the city is phasing out a century-old seasonal police officer program.

After "General Hospital" spoke out about the racism facing some of the Black actors on the show, I was ready to start watching the soap opera again. Not so fast, some local fans said.

Republicans, Democrats and my colleagues in journalism alike would be wise to heed the ghost of Willie Horton, whose story still haunts us 26 years after his name entered the American lexicon.

The Orioles have six players spread between the big club and Norfolk capable of playing in an MLB outfield. Two prospects are on the cusp of joining that group.

We are in a season of replacements, of dominos lined up for the chain reaction fall. As many as six political vacancies in Annapolis either have been filled or will be by early next year. It’s a rare moment of political instability, and voters will have almost no say in the outcome.

If this is going to be the only year of Corbin Burnes in an Orioles uniform, Mike Elias has no choice. It's time to give up prospects and chase a World Series.

Between a move and the onset of COVID, I hadn't been to the dentist since 2020. I only recently got the courage to go back — and discovered I wasn’t the only one who had dealt with this anxiety.

Plus: Reading between the lines with Scott Boras and wading into the Joey Ortiz discourse.

The Brewers’ Bryse Wilson suggested that the Orioles didn’t make the right call to trade Joey Ortiz, referring to him as a “generational player.” Fortunately for Baltimore, there’s a lot of those lying around.

Long a sad tale of neglect, the Jabez Branch may represent the future — told through an $8 million project that incorporates ideas about climate change, water quality and habitat into a mile and a half of restored waterway.

NBC is rumored to be closer to acquiring the music rights necessary for “Homicide: Life on the Street,” the critically acclaimed Baltimore-set ’90s police drama, to be available for streaming.

The rotation that remains intact compares favorably to the one that helped this team win 101 games and a division title a season ago.

The news coverage of drug addiction has long covered victims and addicts differently depending on race and class. The Banner's recent project is a welcome change.

The Orioles-Phillies series opener was everything we hope baseball can be. But starter Kyle Bradish's uncertain future with a bothersome elbow casts a pall on an electric game and on everything the Orioles hope to achieve this season.

The stench can be overpowering. A rotten egg cloud so sour it causes headaches and watery eyes. Residents weep as they describe the feelings of nausea and helplessness, sick with the frustration of suffering this miasma.

“BRATS,” actor Andrew McCarthy’s new documentary about himself and the other members of the 1980s “Brat Pack,” recalls the filming of “St. Elmo’s Fire” at University of Maryland, College Park in 1984. For some alumni, it feels like yesterday.