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    Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Kyle Bradish (39) gets ready to pitch in a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards on Wednesday, May 17. The Orioles won game three of the series, 3-1.
    Jon Meoli: How much pitching does it take to win in October? And how do the Orioles’ stack up?
    From left, John Blake with his mother, Shirley Jean Dailey, and his brother, Patrick Blake Sr.
    A CNN writer navigates segregation in Baltimore — and in his own family
    John Blake’s heartbreaking, hopeful memoir explores how the biracial author dealt with racism not only in his native city, but from his mother’s family.
    Ravens coach John Harbaugh watches during a 22-19 loss to the Colts.
    Kyle Goon: The Colts won, but the Ravens helped by beating themselves
    The Ravens squandered golden opportunities to win a sloppy game late, and that loss could hurt down the stretch against a backloaded schedule.
    Right fielder Heston Kjerstad hit 21 home runs with a .904 OPS at Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk before he got the call to Baltimore.
    Jon Meoli: Breaking down the Orioles’ minor league all-stars
    We picked a full all-star team based on the best performances on the Orioles’ farm.
    The Maritime Welcome Center, a key feature of the $88 million remaking of City Dock in Annapolis, shows a twin-gabled, wood-sided building right on the harbor.
    Seawalls and a welcome center — did Annapolis get its flood plan right?
    Annapolis unveiled its long-awaited design for a maritime welcome center Wednesday, part of an $88 million reimagining of its waterfront public square to protect the historic city from rising seas and climate change. It now faces an ambitious timeline and uncertain public response.
    Former Ravens linebacker O.J. Brigance, with team owner Steve Bisciotti and President Dick Cass in 2015, has lived with ALS for 16 years, far longer than is expected with the disease.
    Kyle Goon: 16 years into ALS battle, former Raven O.J. Brigance chooses life every day he gets
    O.J. and Chanda Brigance are celebrating the 15th year of their Brigance Brigade Foundation, dedicated to helping people like them who try to navigate an ALS diagnosis. On the cusp of his 54th birthday, O.J. says it's part of his nature to keep choosing to live.
    Jann Wenner speaks at the 2015 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio.
    Jann Wenner said the quiet part out loud
    Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner’s comments about Black and female artists not meeting his standards for musical “mastery” are sad. But not surprising.
    Orioles prospect Seth Johnson last pitched at High-A Bowling Green before being traded and undergoing Tommy John surgery. (Photo courtesy of Bowling Green Hot Rods/Keilen Frazier)
    Arms on the Farm: Breaking down Orioles prospect Seth Johnson, a pitcher acquired in the Trey Mancini trade
    Arms on the Farm wraps for the 2023 season with Seth Johnson, whose return to the mound in August gave the Orioles yet another fascinating young pitcher to watch.
    Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson talks about the investigation into the shooting death of Tre'on Makeup Hut, 18, of Glen Burnie in the Bywater neighborhood of Annapolis on Friday, Sept. 8.
    Schools, volunteers working with kids suffering gun violence trauma
    There have been nine homicides in Annapolis this year and many more shootings and reports of evening gunfire. It’s easy to overlook that some people are trying to help those hurt by it all.
    Brandon Hyde has the Orioles in the playoffs and in the hunt for the division championship two years after they lost 110 times and finished 48 games behind the Rays.
    Jon Meoli: Brandon Hyde’s reward for the Orioles’ turnaround is a win ‘he should take all the credit for’
    Rare is the field manager who gets to see a rebuilding process through from the losing years to the winning ones, but Hyde is one of them.
    Black women can feel alone during menopause. We have to keep the conversation going.
    Menopause can affect races differently. As a woman of color, it’s time to speak up.
    Women of color can experience separate menopause symptoms, and sometimes more severely than others. We need to talk about it.
    Baltimore Orioles manager Brandon Hyde smiles after drinking from the Homer Hose during the team’s celebration in the clubhouse following their playoff-clinching win against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, September 17, 2023. The Orioles earned a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
    Kyle Goon: The Orioles found joy Sunday in winning their way. It left their manager in tears.
    The Orioles had made the playoffs before they finished Sunday's extra-inning game with the Rays. But winning on a walk-off allowed a full catharsis, closing the door on a rebuild and celebrating a postseason berth with style.
    Baltimore Orioles first baseman Ryan O'Hearn (32) does his team’s sprinkler celebration after sliding safely to second base during a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, September 17, 2023.
    Jon Meoli: They planned and persevered. Give the Orioles credit for finding a way back to the playoffs.
    Competing for a championship was always the near-term goal of this rebuild, though that was obscured at times by the fact that for years nothing seemed to be getting better for the Orioles on the major league side.
    Orioles fans cheer from the flag court during the team's 8-0 win over Tampa Bay on Saturday night at Camden Yards.
    Kyle Goon: The Orioles are finally good enough to have something to lose
    Baltimore's resurgence in the MLB standings has felt like playing with house money. But its wobbles this week, including two underwhelming games against Tampa Bay, underscore that the expectations have risen with the playoffs around the corner.
    Ken White, general manager of the Historic Inns of Annapolis, leads the way to a locked gate barring visitors from wandering down into a room he and others believe is the entrance to a historic tunnel.
    Secret tunnels beneath Annapolis? It’s a myth that lives on
    Generations of historians, archaeologists and preservationists have to contend with one legend over and over again — that a network of tunnels is hidden beneath the centuries-old center of Annapolis.
    NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 07: Patrick Ricard #42 of the Baltimore Ravens runs the ball against Tyrann Mathieu #32 of the New Orleans Saints during the third quarter at Caesars Superdome on November 07, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
    Kyle Goon: Ravens fullback Patrick Ricard is more versatile than you think
    There’s good reason to value Ricard, who played a huge role in a rushing offense that was top five in yards and yards per attempt in each of the previous four seasons.
    A NOAA satellite image released Monday shows Hurricane Lee churning in the Atlantic Ocean, with tropical storm Margot to its west. The Chesapeake Bay is in the upper northeast corner of the image.
    I’ve got one eye on Hurricane Lee and another on my climate anxiety
    It can be hard to distinguish between real danger and overhyped warnings in the media. But yes, Maryland does experience tropical storms and hurricanes. Isabel, which hit 20 years ago this month, is hard to forget.
    Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw and John Corbett as Aidan Shaw in Season 2 of "And Just Like That..."
    How long is too long to wait for that fairy-tale romance?
    On "And Just Like That...," one character asks another to wait five years to pick up their relationship. I spoke to some professionals about whether that’s reasonable or its own type of fantasy.
    Orioles prospect Samuel Basallo snares a pitch while playing for the Delmarva Shorebirds.
    Jon Meoli: Samuel Basallo’s ‘special’ climb through the Orioles’ system gives the team another impact prospect
    Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins' season ended in the third quarter of the season opener because of a torn Achilles.
    Kyle Goon: J.K. Dobbins did what he could for a new deal this offseason. His injury cruelly illustrates why.
    J.K. Dobbins agitated over the summer for a new contract. In the first game of the season, he was injured, illustrating why he wanted a deal in the first place.
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