Orioles manager Brandon Hyde clearly had seen enough. He has worked hard to put a positive spin on what is fast becoming an impossible situation, but Tuesday night’s embarrassing 16-2 loss to the Oakland A’s put his stoic manner to the ultimate test. When veteran reliever Dan Straily could not...
The Orioles were hoping that a change of scenery would help them pull out of another long losing streak, but even a change of strategy at the spacious Oakland Coliseum did not do the trick. They played small ball and scored two runs on sacrifice bunts in the second inning, but the offense fizzled...
The Ravens will hold 14 free and open practices at the team’s Under Armour Performance Center this training camp, the team announced Monday. The Owings Mills facility can host nearly 2,000 fans per day, and starting at 11 a.m. Thursday, parking passes can be claimed on a first-come, first-served...
Peny Boone, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound running back from Detroit, announced on social media Monday that he has committed to Maryland. Boone became the second running back and third prospect to announce his commitment since being hosted by the Terps this past weekend. More importantly, he is the first...
The senior year for Jerald Hurt began on the Lansdowne High football field with him scoring a touchdown on the game’s opening kickoff in the Vikings’ 32-14 season-opening victory over rival Western Tech. It ended with the 2019 graduate being selected as the Arbutus Times Male Athlete of the Year...
With the NBA draft on Thursday at Barclays Center in New York, reporters who cover their teams on a daily basis take their turn at predicting how the first round will unfold in the Los Angeles Times’ annual beat writers’ mock draft. Each reporter makes a pick and gives a rationale for that selection....
Kawhi Leonard was living the good life on Monday. The NBA Finals MVP could be seen puffing on a cigar while hanging out with his Toronto Raptors teammates — and, of course, hip-hop star Drake — on top of a double-decker bus rolling past an estimated 1.5 million fans during the team’s first championship...
Howdy, my name is John Cherwa and I’m piloting this here newsletter as Houston Mitchell decides if he should apply for the Lakers GM job. One great thing about being a subscriber to the Los Angeles Times is you get to read Bill Plaschke, who is usually one step ahead of the news. A case in point...
After a disappointing 2018-19 season and an offseason of uncertainty, at least one Vegas oddsmaker considers the Miami Heat a real long shot to win next year’s NBA championship. Less than a week after the Toronto Raptors knocked off the Golden State Warriors for their first title, the Westgate...
Crystal Dunn watched the last Women’s World Cup on television. Sometimes through tears. The last player cut from the U.S. team, she was crushed not to be in Canada. But from the depths of that disappointment, Dunn has emerged with renewed commitment, a new position and a husband, not necessarily...
Gary Woodland won the U.S. Open on Sunday, stepped off the 18th green at Pebble Beach and made a beeline for his parents. Swarmed by photographers, he first embraced his mother, Linda, then delivered a hug to his father, Dan, that was so emotional and vigorous it was closer to a football collision....
The stage was among the best in the land. Thousands were watching him. Victory was in his grasp. Gary Woodland didn’t just dream of such a moment, he genuinely expected it would happen. Just not like this. Woodland always imagined being at Allen Fieldhouse, not Pebble Beach. He had a basketball...
Gary Woodland is big on hoops, so let’s put this in the language that will resonate with him. On Sunday in the 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the 35-year-old former Division II college basketball player canned the equivalent of at least three game-winning shots. The daring and spectacular three-wood...
Morgan State's 2019 football schedule features five home games in W.A.C. Hughes Memorial Stadium, including a home opener matchup against Delaware State. Coming off a 4-7 season (3-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), Morgan State will open with three consecutive non-conference road matchups. The...
Mack Brown is back and hoping to lead the UNC Tar Heels to success in the same way he did the University of Texas. Back in the late 1980s, Brown inherited a 1-10 UNC team and turned it into a respectable 7-4 squad before his departure to Texas. He then led the Longhorns to a national title in 2005....
This season is the 150th anniversary of college football and, as usual, fans can’t wait for the season to kick off. For those eager to get ready for the upcoming season, there are numerous preview magazines on the market providing plenty of insight, analysis and projections. Here is a breakdown...
Texas A&M is expanding the sale of alcoholic beverages in Kyle Field to the general public, becoming the first school in the SEC to take advantage of the league lifting its ban on alcohol sales at athletic events. The school will offer a variety of domestic and imported beers as well as a selection...
Former Duke star Zion Williamson, who is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the June 20 NBA draft, is suing to terminate his contract with a sports marketing company, saying the agency violated the state's sports agent law. A lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Greensboro says the star...
HEMPSTEAD, NY – Star attackman Lyle Thompson put forth an impressive display to lift the Chesapeake Bayhawks to their second straight road victory to start the 2019 season. Thompson scored five goals and dished off two assists as Chesapeake took control in the second half and beat the New York...
Two weeks after becoming the first goalkeeper to take home the Tewaaraton Award as college lacrosse’s top player, Maryland’s Megan Taylor was recognized Thursday by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association as Division I’s Player of the Year. The Terps’ Julia Braig was named Defender...
Former Loyola-Maryland lacrosse star Pat Spencer has committed to play basketball at Northwestern of the Big Ten Conference. Bruce Spencer told The Capital of his son’s decision on Thursday afternoon. Bruce and Pat Spencer traveled to Chicago together to visit the school and meet with head coach...
Three Maryland seniors in goalkeeper and 2019 Tewaaraton Award winner Megan Taylor (Glenelg), defender Julia Braig (St. Paul’s) and midfielder Jen Giles (Mount Hebron) were among the 16 players named first-team All Americans by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Wednesday...
Five-year-old mare Follow the Petals collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack during the second race on Sunday’s card at Laurel Park. Follow the Petals had taken the lead when she went down in the stretch of the $16,000 claiming race. The start was her seventh of 2019 and 35th of a busy three-year...
Her voice was always soft but sure, confident but not boisterous. A pastor’s daughter, Allyson Felix was raised to be respectful and take no shortcuts in running or in life. Along the way, she learned to say what people wanted to hear and do what her coaches told her to do, and that wasn’t a bad...
Having confidently glided up to the top pipe on a ramp nearly 10 feet high, skateboarder Sky Brown lost her footing while trying a trick and tumbled down the slick concrete. Coming to a stop at the bottom of the course, her right arm already wrapped in a pink cast from a spill two weeks prior,...
A former dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University was found guilty Wednesday of neglect of duty and misconduct in office but acquitted on a more serious criminal sexual conduct charge. William Strampel, the ex-dean of the College of Osteopathic...
In conditions I’d call a tune-up before Friday’s big blow, I took a father and son kayak fishing for part of their Father’s Day weekend celebration. There wasn’t much to celebrate on the fishing or weather front. We struggled to find willing piscatorial participants, and were even less successful...
The Baltimore Brigade defeated the Columbus Destroyers, 44-39, on Saturday at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Brigade wide receiver Joe Hills made Arena Football League history by catching a touchdown reception for the 100th consecutive game. Hills finished with six receptions for 54 yards...
Joe Hills’ run of 99 consecutive games with a touchdown catch is already an Arena Football League record that might never be matched again. But the Baltimore Brigade wide receiver balks at the idea of comparing his achievement to “The Streak” compiled by former Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr.,...
Quarterback Shane Boyd threw for 154 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Baltimore Brigade to a 45-30 win over the Philadelphia Soul (2-3) in an Arena Football League game at Royal Farms Arena on Sunday. Defensive back Josh Victorian had 5 1/2 tackles (five solo) and five pass breakups for the...