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Orioles owner David Rubenstein, center, and general manager Mike Elias have raised the team’s payroll during the offseason.
Jon Meoli: What the Orioles’ payroll increase says about the 2025 team — and beyond.
The question that will define the Orioles’ season isn’t going to be whether they spent enough, but did they spend it well?
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - OCTOBER 26: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greets former first lady Michelle Obama during a campaign rally at the Wings Event Center on October 26, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Vice President Harris will be campaigning today with former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama in the battleground swing state of Michigan. With 10 days remaining, Harris continues campaigning against Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the November 5 election.  (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Black women are finally putting themselves first
After Kamala Harris’ loss, some Black women, who for years have been touted as the backbone of democracy, are throwing off that load for someone else to bear.
Bills fans cheer after Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews (89) missed the two-point conversion attempt in the 4th quarter. The Buffalo Bills defeated the Ravens 27 - 25  in the AFC divisional round at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday January 19, 2025.
Kyle Goon: After his tough playoff moment, Mark Andrews should have opened up
The star tight end is one of the Ravens’ most competitive players. But he only hurt himself by not discussing his mistakes.
Gov. Wes Moore stressed at an event last week in Annapolis that he is not the leader of the resistance to President Donald Trump.
Vive la résistance — even if Wes Moore won’t admit it
Wes Moore is good at making pithy statements, and this one traveled far in the political news media, which is looking for someone to speak for the 48.36% of the nation's voters who didn’t want Donald Trump returned to the White House. Protest too much, Mr. Governor?
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.
An MLK Day music, TV and movie playlist to celebrate civil and human rights
I’m using the arts of civil and human rights in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. and Stevie Wonder to block out the anxiety of today.
Buffalo Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard (43) punches the ball from Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews (89) causing a fumble in the 4th quarter. The Baltimore Ravens lost to the Buffalo Bills 27 - 25  in the AFC divisional round at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday January 19, 2025.
Kyle Goon: The Ravens are their own worst enemy in another playoff loss
The Ravens can't stop hurting themselves in the postseason. It's beginning to feel like an inescapable fate.
Battery storage systems, like this one installed in Calvert County by BGE in 2023, could help level out supply and demand of electricity in Maryland.
Batteries and where to put them could be next in Maryland’s energy wars
The most important thing to understand about electricity in Maryland may be that everyone wants more of it. Or maybe the most important thing is that few people want to live near it. Not power plants. Not power lines. Not solar or wind farms. We’re about to see if that's how people feel about batteries.
Marine Corps Maj. Megan McClung, center, was killed by an IED in April 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq, becoming the first U.S. servicewoman killed in combat. She was a public affairs officer who served with Lynn Kinney, left, and Amy Forsythe served at Camp Fallujah.
New ships named for Megan McClung, first female Naval Academy grad killed in combat
The Navy named a new class of amphibious landing ships for Maj. Megan McClung, the first female Naval Academy graduate killed in combat.
Several dozen members of the Baltimore Bills Backers pose outside of Fells Point bar The Admiral's Cup wearing Buffalo Bills jerseys and gear and carrying Bills flags and signs. The fan group started watching games on the upper levels of the bar and has flourished in recent years with the franchise's success.
Kyle Goon: Ignore the internet sniping. Bills and Ravens fans have a lot in common.
Online MVP talk between Ravens and Bills fans feels fraught. But a Baltimore-based crew of Bills backers flourishing in the city proves the fan bases can coexist.
ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 09: Khaled Fouad (L) and Mimi Laine (R) embrace as they inspect a family member's property that was destroyed by Eaton Fire on January 09, 2025 in Altadena, California. Fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds, the Eaton Fire has grown to over 10,000 acres and has destroyed many homes and businesses. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
I felt sorry for myself after my house was damaged. Then L.A. started burning down.
My family was displaced from our home for two weeks. The Los Angeles wildfires remind me how lucky we are to have a home to return to.
Planned Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. rate hikes are coming in January 2025.
Letter: Wasteful BGE spending behind rate increases
Wasteful, profit-driven capital spending that is delivering big for shareholders is to blame for BGE rate increases, says Emily Scarr, the senior Advisor of Maryland PIRG.
Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti won’t find a better head coach than John Harbaugh, columnist Kyle Goon writes.
Kyle Goon: John Harbaugh has already done enough. The Ravens should give him an extension.
Though the Ravens have their sights set on a Super Bowl, it’s clear that their long-tenured coach has done enough to earn job security through the Lamar Jackson era.
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh (99) is announced before running through the tunnel ahead of the AFC wild card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
Timeout: Why is everything about football all the time?
Between the college championship Monday and the NFL playoffs heading juke step to their crescendos, it’s hard to be anywhere in public right now and not have football on a TV, a phone or your lips. We have reached the moment when football seems infinite.
"Wrangling the Doubt Monster" author Amy L. Bernstein.
This local author wants you to drown your creative doubts with a flood of joy. Here’s how.
Local author Amy L. Bernstein wants you to feed your starving creative soul by wrangling your doubt monster.
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) embraces Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson (3) after defeating them 28-14 in the AFC wild card playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
Kyle Goon: Lamar Jackson showed his growth in a Ravens playoff win. His critics need to evolve, too.
Jackson has never been better, more complete and less mistake-prone in the playoffs than in a 28-14 win over the Steelers on Saturday. At 28, he's maturing, even if his critics stick to the same tired arguments.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announces on Jan. 10, 2024 the name of two new Navy surveillance ships for famed deep-sea explorers, Don Walsh and Victor Vescovo. A few hours later in the same spot at the Naval Academy, he named an amphibious docking ship for Travis Manion, a Marine officer killed in Iraq.
Navy secretary names ship for Travis Manion, Naval Academy grad killed in Iraq
The secretary of the Navy recounted Travis Manion’s explanation to his family about why he would return to Iraq for a second combat tour in December 2006 — a decision that resulted in his death while leading a patrol five months later.
Andrew Kittredge will earn a reported $9 million in 2025. The Orioles have a club option for $9 million in 2026 that comes with a $1 million buyout.
Jon Meoli: Andrew Kittredge is another smart short-term Orioles signing. Are they leaving room for more?
Even allowing for the year-over-year payroll increase the Orioles are expected to make from 2024 to 2025, the way the team is operating has an air of keeping one’s powder dry for something else.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 10:  Lamar Jackson of the Louisville Cardinals poses for a photo with his mother, Felicia Jones, after being named the 82nd Heisman Memorial Trophy Award winner during the 2016 Heisman Trophy Presentation at the Marriott Marquis on December 10, 2016 in New York City.
Lamar Jackson is 4-0 after his mom cussed him out. That’s A+ parenting.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson said his mother cussed him out after a loss. It's complicated, but as a Black mother raised by a Black mother, I get it.
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, left, takes a selfie with Baltimore Banner columnist Rick Hutzell in the Longworth House Office Building on Friday.
‘Will you do a selfie?’ My improbable run through the first day of a new Congress
What if, instead of a fruitless search for meaning on the first day of the 119th Congress, I made a simple request?
Mike Elias’ moves might have been “astute” or “shrewd,” but they haven’t energized the fan base and seem unlikely to elevate the team.
Kyle Goon: What are the Orioles trying to win? It doesn’t seem like a World Series
The Orioles look worse off than when they started the offseason. Why won’t Mike Elias and the front office go big?
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