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Sources: Ravens exercised fifth-year option for cornerback Jimmy Smith

The Ravens have exercised their fifth-year option on starting cornerback Jimmy Smith, according to league sources. Smith is now due a partially guaranteed $6.898 million base salary in 2015, compensation that becomes fully guaranteed if he's on the...

Machado to begin sliding drills Friday, expected to play in extended spring games starting Saturday

Following another successful day of running the bases Thursday in Sarasota, Fla., Orioles third baseman will take another step toward returning to game action. Machado is expected to begin sliding drills Friday, his final step before he is able to...

Residents revel in Hampstead's ranking as safest town in Maryland

Melissa Kuchta couldn't be happier. After several years away, she is back where she grew up — Hampstead. "I am ecstatic to be back," Kuchta said. "Everywhere else is crazy. The crime and the number of people in Sparks and Hunt Valley — sheds...

Previewing the week ahead in Maryland men's lacrosse

No. 1 Loyola (12-1) Coming up: Vs. Boston University, Saturday, noon; Ridley Athletic Complex; Vs. Bucknell, Thursday, 7 p.m., Ridley Athletic Complex Comment: The Greyhounds will meet the Terriers and Bison for the first time as Patriot League...

Ellicott City man sentenced for terrorism offenses

Lawyers argued for almost two hours Thursday whether the skinny, hollow-cheeked young man from Ellicott City sitting in court was a dangerous al-Qaida plotter or a kid with undiagnosed psychological problems who was led astray by a cabal of bumbling...

Hopkins strike is a PR disaster for Baltimore's biggest employer [Letter]

Having read Johns Hopkins Hospital President Ronald R. Peterson's recent commentary, it's easy to see why the institution is having problems striking a labor bargain with lower-level employees ("Balancing priorities and resources at Johns Hopkins,"...

Youth leader gunned down on Baltimore's west side

Michael Mayfield did it all: The Baltimore teenager was a member of his school's Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, played baritone horn in the band, was a force on the mound for the baseball team, and was a youth ambassador and peer mediator. In...

New Annapolis mayor struggles in first months on job

Annapolis Mayor Mike Pantelides thought winning election as a Republican in a Democrat-dominated city would be hard. "The entire state was against me," he said. Governing has been even tougher. In the five months since his 59-vote victory,...

Q&A with 'The Phenomenal' AJ Styles, who wrestles in Baltimore on Saturday

A few months ago, AJ Styles left TNA and started wrestling again for Ring of Honor. With Ring of Honor's "Second To None" coming to Baltimore on Saturday, I had a chance to speak to him about his return to ROH, his thoughts on TNA, as well as what we...