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Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Didn’t like Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show? Not everything is for you.
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was not everyone’s cup of tea. That’s OK — unless you demand that it should be.
Why I’m logging off the dating apps this Valentine’s Day
As Valentine's Day approaches, some potential daters over 45 (including myself) are wondering whether they want to avoid Cupid's arrow altogether.
Lamar Jackson had his best season as a passer, throwing for 4,172 yards and 41 touchdowns. But there's still one thing holding him back in the eyes of pundits.
Kyle Goon: Josh Allen over Lamar Jackson doesn’t make sense. Unless you count one factor that shouldn’t matter.
How does a guy who passed for more yards, ran for more yards, threw 13 more touchdowns (and two fewer interceptions) and won head to head lose the MVP race to Allen?
Del. Dana Jones, left, and Del. Shaneka Henson share a few words after Henson was selected by the Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee to fill a vacancy in the state Senate. The meeting was held at the Busch Annapolis Library on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
Calls from the governor and a fake elector — inside Anne Arundel Democrats’ four wild weeks
January ended with the first member of the Annapolis LGBTQIA+ community named to the General Assembly, the first Black woman state senator, accusations of racism, a member removed for faking credentials, and hard feelings all around.
Historians and educators continue to highlight the relevance of Faith Ringgold, Henrietta Lacks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black History Month is under attack. We have to teach it harder.
Three local educators have found holistic ways to incorporate Black History Month into their lessons, despite increasing national pressure to drop such focus.
Colton Cowser celebrates his three-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers with Cedric Mullins.
Jon Meoli: What are the Orioles trying to do with all these outfielders?
With Colton Cowser, Cedric Mullins, Tyler O’Neill, Heston Kjerstad, Ramón Laureano and Dylan Carlson, you have a reasonably priced group of outfielders you can deploy in favorable matchups as Brandon Hyde, his staff and the front office deem fit.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House after returning from a weekend trip on January 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Over the weekend, Trump traveled to North Carolina and California to survey storm and fire damage, to Nevada for a rally and to Florida to address a Congressional Republican conference.
Donald Trump and his closed society come for the minds of the Naval Academy
This is a contest to define America‘s character, how we balance between an open and closed society.
Carmelo Anthony, shown here watching professional basketball in Australia, is hoping to spark a basketball renaissance in Baltimore.
Kyle Goon: Even Carmelo Anthony can’t find a way to bring big-time basketball to Baltimore
Why is it so tough to get high-level basketball inside the city?
AUSTIN, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 20: Customers enter and exit a Target store on November 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Target falls 22% after sales and earnings came short of analysts expectations. The retail giant continues struggling to gain leverage and momentum with inflation-weary consumers.
Boycotting Target because of its DEI policies is going to hurt. That’s the point.
As Target steps away from its DEI initiatives, some former devotees are stepping away from the store.
Orioles owner David Rubenstein adjusts his jersey on the field at Camden Yards on opening day.
Jon Meoli: It’s been a year of change, as promised, since David Rubenstein’s Orioles takeover
On Jan. 29, 2025, Transportation Security Agency officials released this image of what a gun in a backpack looks like when detected in an x-ray machine at a security checkpoint.
6 people were caught with guns at BWI. Here’s what happened next.
Seeing the significance of 47 guns accidentally brought to BWI can be hard. It’s not at the airport. You would have seen it if you had been with me Monday in an almost empty Annapolis courtroom.
Kyle Goon: Baltimore thought it knew Justin Tucker — that’s why this investigation hurts
Something has been taken from the people who have come to revere Justin Tucker, not just as a sports hero but as one of the most relatable players off the field, too.
Baltimore County electrician Ben Frisone is the star of "The Joe Schmo Show" on TBS.
Reality TV’s newest star: A Baltimore County electrician
Baltimore County electrician Ben Frisone stars in “The Joe Schmo Show,” a fake reality show on TBS. In actually, he’s just a nice dude.
Cedric Mullins’ first-half slump last season hurt the Orioles’ team baserunning statistics.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles can use their legs to give their offense a jolt in 2025
According to MLB’s baserunning metrics from Statcast via baseballsavant.com, the Orioles went from being one of the best teams in terms of adding value on the bases in 2023 to league average in 2024.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A pro-Trump mob confronts U.S. Capitol police after the group stormed the building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results.
Letter: Trump’s pardons are his absolution
A reader says that President Donald Trump’s pardons for the Jan. 6 rioters is not retribution, but an attempt to absolve himself of guilt.
Maryland's state lawmakers go back to work on Wednesday, January 8, 2024 for the 447th session of the Maryland General Assembly. This is the first of 90 days of lawmaking and budget balancing.
Melons, mushrooms and negligent drivers — Maryland lawmakers have other ideas
Among 1,200 bits of legislation introduced in the General Assembly this session, cantaloupe reform is one of a certain kind of bill. They aim to fix problems you probably didn’t know existed.
This snowman in Wyman Park gets it.
In a literal winter of discontent, look to poets for warmth
Looking for inspiration through this terrible cold season, we looked to local poets for warmth.
Pete Medhurst, the "Voice of Navy Athletics," began working at the service academy in 1997.
Kyle Goon: With a boundless love of sports, Pete Medhurst was much more than the ‘Voice of Navy’
The 55-year-old died this week of cancer, leaving behind a sprawling legacy characterized by an encyclopedic knowledge of sports, a knack for taking on any odd job and respect and enthusiasm for whoever competed between the lines.
Snow and ice surround Weems Creek in Annapolis, which flows into the Severn River. It’s been picked as the top priority for cleanup by the Severn River Association.
Forgotten Weems Creek in Annapolis gets another chance at redemption
Weems Creek, poor little Weems, outscored all the rest on the Severn River Association’s survey of the worst tributaries. That presented an opportunity for a group hoping to make a difference on the Chesapeake Bay.
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?
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