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- MLB retired Robinsonās number in 1997 and all uniformed personnel have worn 42 on Jackie Robinson Day since 2009, but this will be the first time the numbers all will be in the color of Robinsonās Dodgers.
- The 24-year-old Haskins was a first-round draft choice of Washington in 2019.
- A man was waiting at a Bethesda school bus stop with two children, ages 7 and 1, on Wednesday morning when a Honda Accord left the road and hit them, Montgomery County police said.
- A 90-day suspension for Hall of Fame horse trainer Bob Baffert is scheduled to start Monday after the Kentucky Court of Appeals rejected his motion for emergency relief.
- Acquired from the Boston Red Sox for left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez at the midseason trade deadline in 2014, left-hander Andrew Miller recorded a 1.35 ERA in 23 relief appearances to help the Orioles win their first AL East title since 1997.
- Dallas Walton scored 17 points as Wake Forest menās basketball defeated visiting Towson, 74-64, in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday night.
- Odalis PƩrez, a left-hander who threw the first pitch at Nationals Park and was an All-Star with the Los Angeles Dodgers during a 10-year career in the majors, has died. He was 43.
- Matt Birk spent a decade with the Vikings before joining the Ravens in 2009, and declined to visit the White House after the Ravensā 2013 Super Bowl victory, citing President Barack Obamaās support for abortion rights.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and state lawmakers gathered in front of the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday night to hold a vigil for Ukraine.
- Maryland officials outline package to tighten cybersecurity
- The California Horse Racing Board on Friday released the results of the examination done after the colt collapsed and died after a workout on Dec. 6 at Santa Anita.
- Knicks Go began his life at GreenMount Farm in Glyndon, a modest breeding operation founded and operated by the mother-daughter duo of Angie and Sabrina Moore.
- Chloe Bibby scored 23 points to lead a balanced offense and help No. 10 Maryland womenās basketball beat Minnesota, 87-73, on Sunday.
- Ali Patberg scored 18 points, Aleksa Gulbe and Mackenzie Holmes each had a double-double and No. 8 Indiana womenās basketball beat sixth-ranked Maryland, 70-63, in overtime Sunday for its first victory in the 12-game series.
- Kelley OāHara scored in the 97th minute and the Washington Spirit won the National Womenās Soccer League championship with a 2-1 extra time victory over the Chicago Red Stars on Saturday.
- It was the first tournament for Frances Tiafoe with more than one win against a top-20 opponent, as the American qualifier took down top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas and red-hot Jannik Sinner.
- Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelersā new-look offense overcame a slow start, Ulysees Gilbert returned a blocked punt 9 yards for a touchdown and Pittsburgh rallied to a season-opening 23-16 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
- Riverdale native Frances Tiafoe is the first American man to reach the second week at the U.S. Open in consecutive years since Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in 2011-12.
- MLB announced the Nationals-Phillies postponement little over an hour before the game was set to begin at Citizens Bank Park, and said that would allow for ācontinued testing and contact tracing involving members of the Nationals organization.ā
- A 24-year-old man was found dead and a Cecil County sheriffās deputy was injured after an exchange of gunfire when the deputy and state troopers responded to a father-and-son fight at a Maryland apartment Sunday, police said.
- The owners of a Washington, D.C., bar said Monday that they are investigating a weekend incident in which security guards were seen dragging a Black woman down a staircase and throwing her out of the bar.
- Essential Quality crosses finish line first in Belmont Stakes.
- āHeāll be on our radar if we do get the opportunity to move forward,ā U.S. manager Mike Scioscia said Sunday.
- The inaugural HBCU combine, scheduled for Jan. 28-29 in 2022, will be similar to the NFL combine with interviews and on-field and medical evaluations.
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Former Orioles catcher Matt Wieters among players on Team USA baseball roster for Olympic qualifying
Former Orioles catcher Matt Wieters is among 28 players selected to U.S. training camp ahead of the Americansā second chance to qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. - Carmelo Anthony, a former Towson Catholic star, now has 27,318 points in his NBA career, surpassing Elvin Hayes to move into the top 10.
- Authorities say Delmar police corporal Keith Heacook was attacked by a Salisbury, Maryland man while responding to a fight at a house.
- Ten-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony has a memoir coming out Sept. 14 that publisher Gallery Books is calling āraw and inspirational,ā tracing his rise from housing projects in New York City and Baltimore to becoming an Olympic gold medalist and one of professional basketballās top scorers.
- Louisville has announced that former Florida guard Noah Locke, a McDonogh graduate, has transferred to the program after an impressive perimeter shooting career with the Gators.
- An environmental group says that Pennsylvania would have to spend more than $500 million a year to meet a looming deadline for reducing pollution that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
- Morgan State falls to Norfolk State in MEAC men's basketball championship game.
- The streaking Washington Capitals sprinted to an early lead and defeated the New Jersey Devils.
- Terez Paylor, the popular NFL writer and Pro Football Hall of Fame voter whose career took him from the Kansas City Star to Yahoo Sports, died unexpectedly at his home early Tuesday. He was 37.
- The Detroit Lions are trading quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for quarterback Jared Goff, two future first-round picks and a third-round pick, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press.
- Former Orioles pitcher Scott Erickson has been charged with reckless driving in connection to a hit-and-run in Southern California that killed two boys last year.
- Former Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson is in a Florida hospital with COVID-19, according to former New York Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz
- R.J. Eytle-Rock had a season-high 27 points, including the winning basket with less than a minute to play, as the UMBC menās basketball team narrowly beat New Hampshire, 68-66, on Sunday.
- A report of a sewage overflow has prompted a Maryland agency to close a waterway in St. Maryās County to shellfish harvesting.
- Maryland's Ashley Owusu, the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year, was 15 of 22 from the field to help Maryland shoot 50% (38 of 76) as the Terps defeated host Penn State in women's basketball.
- Authorities have seized two domain names posing as biotechnology companies developing COVID-19 treatments but are apparently collecting personal information for fraud and installing malware, the U.S. Attorneyās Office in Baltimore said Friday.
- Law enforcement authorities on Friday said a body was found inside a clothing donation bin in a District of Columbia suburb in Maryland.
- Voters in Maryland made their pick for president while holding negative views about the countryās direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.
- Alex Ovechkin scored twice, including the go-ahead goal early in the third period, as Washington rallied from two goals down to beat the New York Islanders, 3-2, on Tuesday night and avoid a sweep in their first-round series.
- Mathew Barzal scored 4:28 into overtime, lifting the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Sunday.
- Brock Nelson scored the go-ahead goal on a second-period breakaway 15 seconds after Alex Ovechkin tied it, and the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series
- The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins, 2-1, in round-robin play Sunday to clinch the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and set up a first-round matchup against former coach Barry Trotzās New York Islanders.
- Two sons of Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis have announced on social media that they will transfer to play at Kentucky.
- Authorities are investigating the death of a 12-year-old boy in Charles County who died in a shooting involving play with a handgun with a young relative, the sheriffās office said Saturday.
- Irene Pollin, who co-owned the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Capitals along with late husband Abe, has died. She was 96.
- The state of Pennsylvania won't allow the Toronto Blue Jays to play at PNC Park in Pittsburgh amid the coronavirus pandemic, health officials announced Wednesday, becoming the latest jurisdiction to say no to the team as the baseball season begins this week.