Jeff Barker writes about sports business and issues, casino gambling and, occasionally, politics. Since joining The Sun from the Arizona Republic’s Washington bureau in 2000, he has covered state politics, congressional steroids hearings, the Beltway sniper attacks and Terps basketball and football. He could never decide if he should cover news or sports, so he did both and enjoys writing hybrids of the two.
A woman in an Islamic headscarf sat in Baltimore County’s Owings Mills branch library on Saturday trying to dispel misconceptions about Muslims. Seated nearby, an African-American woman discussed subtle forms of racial profiling she said she has encountered. And near her was a Baltimore County...
Rep. Andy Harris said Thursday he joined a group of fellow House Republicans in seeking criminal investigations of Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey because Americans want “full transparency” and need to know whether the Obama Justice Department was influenced by politics instead...
Orioles fans wonder why Camden Yards' lineup doesn't include Wi-Fi when nearly every other Major League Baseball ballpark does.
The Ravens say that making the tickets available earlier is an effort to get ahead of the secondary market.
Under Armour won’t begin supplying Major League Baseball uniforms until 2020, returning to the original schedule and abandoning a plan to accelerate the rollout a year earlier, according to officials familiar with the plans. Major League Baseball and the Baltimore-based sports apparel and footwear...
Cal Ripken Jr. is partnering with the LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine Institute, according to the institute and the Hall of Fame baseball player’s representatives. Ripken, who played his entire career with the Orioles, will promote the institute on billboards and in radio, television and print...
Operating the 79-year-old Senator and Charles theaters requires multi-tasking to the extreme. “I do payroll, and we’ve got to make sure the movies get delivered. We’ve got to make sure we have popcorn. And I always joke that I’m the chief birthday party planner,” said Kathleen Lyon, who owns the...
From the upper stories of the Bromo Seltzer arts tower to Darley Park, Baltimore kicked off Neighborhood Lights — the first leg of the larger Light City festival — with displays of illuminated artwork, some with an otherworldly feel. In Darley Park, residents gathered Saturday at a stage and projection...