Nick Markakis, Terry Crowley join Orioles Hall of Fame together: ‘It couldn’t...
Nick Markakis now lives a quiet life. He stays busy coaching his sons’ Little League teams, tending to the donkeys on his farm and taking hunting trips to Alaska with former teammates. Luncheons and...
View ArticleNavy football position report: Returning senior starters Rayuan Lane, Mbiti...
There is good and bad news when it comes to Navy’s safeties. On the upside, Navy has two returning senior starters in Rayuan Lane and Mbiti Williams. On the downside, none of the backups have played a...
View ArticleNick Vespi has lived on the fringes of the Orioles’ roster. He’s ready for...
Matt Bowman’s family has been through this before. Bowman, a Chevy Chase native who’s pitched for four teams this season and seven in his career after Baltimore claimed him earlier this month, debuted...
View ArticleBabe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey could get as much as $30 million at auction
DALLAS — Nearly a century after Babe Ruth called his shot during the 1932 World Series, the jersey worn by the New York Yankees slugger when he hit the home run to center field could sell at auction...
View ArticleOrioles infielder Jorge Mateo’s status uncertain; surgery on dislocated elbow...
It’s been one month since Jorge Mateo dislocated his left elbow, but his timeline for a return to play is still unknown. The Orioles infielder said Saturday that he’s still waiting for doctors and the...
View ArticleRisers and fallers: Ravens lose to Packers, 30-7, in sloppy, injury-filled...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The fourth quarter of the preseason finale is not usually when an NFL team’s starting inside linebacker is still in the game. Yet there was the Ravens’ Trenton Simpson, still...
View ArticleMike Preston’s Ravens observations on offensive line, David Ojabo, Beau Brade...
As NFL teams trim their rosters this week for the start of the regular season, the Ravens need to look over the waiver wire to add a veteran offensive lineman or two. The Ravens could use a quality...
View ArticleGotta be Golden Tee: Jackson Holliday’s clutch double lifts Orioles to 3-2...
A large package addressed to Jackson Holliday sat outside the Orioles’ clubhouse before their game Saturday afternoon. Had Brandon Hyde known the powers it contained, he surely would have started the...
View ArticleOrioles prospect Coby Mayo has blueprint for getting back to MLB
NORFOLK, Va. — Coby Mayo’s first stint in the major leagues didn’t go as planned. The slugging Norfolk Tides corner infielder went 1 for 17 (.059) in seven games with the Baltimore Orioles this month...
View Article5 things we learned from Ravens’ 30-7 preseason loss to Green Bay Packers
Four turnovers doomed the Ravens to an ugly 30-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers in their exhibition finale. After a preseason that showcased only a handful of starters, we turn our attention to the...
View ArticleNavy Football Position Report: Speedster Nathan Kent must be a weapon at wide...
Switching from the triple-option to the Wing-T has meant major changes for the Navy football wide receivers. In the Wing-T offense, there is usually only one wide receiver on the field instead of two,...
View ArticleWeekend Wanderings: Hall of Famer Jeff Herrick returns to Broadneck football...
A very familiar face will roam the Broadneck football sideline this season. Jeff Herrick, the longest-tenured and winningest coach in Broadneck football history, has rejoined the program as an...
View ArticleOrioles’ Yennier Cano a ‘steady’ presence in back end of inconsistent bullpen
The Orioles’ bullpen hasn’t performed up to expectations lately, but the unit has a fail-safe. Amid a disaster of a second half from their closer, a slew of injuries decimating their pitching staff and...
View ArticleVarsity Q&A: Severn Run AD Aaron Courtney feels like he’s on ‘the first page...
When Aaron Courtney accepted the offer to become Severn Run’s first athletic director last summer, he walked into a partially-finished shell of a building with no coaches, no school colors, no mascot...
View ArticleRavens offensive line coach Joe D’Alessandris dies at 70: ‘He made us all...
Joe D’Alessandris, the Ravens’ old-school tough but personally tender offensive line coach since 2017, died Sunday morning, the team announced. He was 70. The news came less than two weeks after the...
View ArticleOrioles to promote No. 3 prospect Samuel Basallo to Triple-A Norfolk
Jackson Holliday began the 2024 season as the youngest player in Triple-A. Samuel Basallo will likely end it as such. The Orioles are promoting Basallo, their No. 3 prospect, to Triple-A Norfolk, a...
View ArticleMike Preston: Joe D’Alessandris left an indelible mark on the Ravens |...
Joe D’Alessandris is irreplaceable. The Ravens said on Sunday that the longtime offensive line coach died earlier that morning at the age of 70. He had been hospitalized earlier this month with what...
View ArticleOrioles fall to Astros, 6-3, as Burch Smith allows back-to-back homers in 7th...
Orioles reliever Burch Smith churned the baseball between his palms as he scanned the base paths. Adley Rustchman peeled off his face mask from behind home plate and watched the big screen replay in...
View ArticleLosing to win: Maryland’s Mike Locksley, Towson’s Pete Shinnick rejuvenated...
This is one loss football coaches Mike Locksley and Pete Shinnick have embraced. Since the end of last season, Maryland’s Locksley and Towson’s Shinnick have shed 90 and 50 pounds, respectively. The...
View ArticleKeaton Mitchell has ‘a different type of speed.’ The Ravens hope they see it...
Keaton Mitchell wanders the sideline at the Ravens’ training facility in Owings Mills in shorts and a T-shirt. He is unexpressive in his gaze, has a slight hitch in his gait and a long scar is visible...
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