In the late innings of the Orioles' 12-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Monday night, at least before catcher Jesús Sucre took the mound and rescued the sad in the name of the silly, was another in a series of snapshots that illustrate the balance manager Brandon Hyde and his coaches must strike...
For four innings Monday night at Camden Yards, it seemed as if Orioles right-hander David Hess had rediscovered whatever he had working for him on the month’s first day in Toronto. The fifth frame, though, looked more like the three weeks since. Hess cruised through four one-hit innings against...
With no second-round pick, the Ravens might not be too active over the first two days of the NFL draft. But it could get very busy very early for the draft’s Maryland contingent. As many as three as players with ties to the state, including a Terps star and a Baltimore native, could be taken in...
Speedy is old in horse-years. At age 30, the quarter horse is among the most senior at Notchcliff Farm. But he’s not too old to take his owner on trail rides and entertain visitors who run their fingers through his chestnut-brown coat. Movement keeps him young. It’s the same for residents of Glen...
Two days after visiting the College Park campus, St. Frances offensive lineman Ja’Khi Green orally committed to Maryland for the 2020 recruiting class Saturday. The 6-foot-6, 320-pound Green, a three-star recruit according to the 247 Sports Composite rankings, became the fourth player to join new...
Haley Downin Chesapeake-AA, softball The All-Metro senior pitcher, a four-year starter, led the Cougars (10-1) to two Anne Arundel County wins last week with her fine work in the circle and at the plate. In a 5-0 win over Severna Park on April 16, she allowed two hits while striking out four in...
Imagine an American muscle car speeding down the clay-lined freeways here, so fast, so strong — but with the brake lines cut. Imagine a brick stuck to the car’s accelerator. Imagine the car slamming into the guard rails, tipping onto two tires, before eventually getting to the final destination....
The Lakers have scheduled a second interview with Tyronn Lue on Wednesday in Los Angeles for their head-coaching vacancy, according to people not authorized to speak publicly on the search. This time, Lue will meet with Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss for the first time and again with general manager...
The Phoenix Suns have fired coach Igor Kokoskov after one season. The team announced Kokoskov's firing in a statement Monday night. A longtime NBA assistant, Kokoskov was the first European-born head coach in NBA history when Phoenix hired him to replace interim coach Jay Triano in 2018. The Suns,...
Seth Burton lets out a long sigh when he thinks about where he was five years ago. Burton is the senior vice president of communications for LAFC, which boasts the best record in MLS, and in 2014 held the same position with the Clippers when they were battling the Golden State Warriors in the first...
James B. Foss, a retired civil engineer whose specialty was designing and remodeling sewage treatment plants, died April 16 of renal failure at Brightview Assisted-Living in Bel Air. He was 89. James Bernard Foss, who was born in Bridgeport, Ill., and raised there, was the son of James Alton Foss,...
Rick Reilly’s course of action isn’t to cheat the audience. The former L.A. Times, Sports Illustrated and ESPN writer sized up the room of about 30 bunched into the center of an independent book store in Manhattan Beach the other night and declared: As a golfer, your president is all about unplayable...
C.T. Pan watched the Masters last week with his wife, and sometimes caddie, Yingchun Lin, thrilled by Tiger Woods' stirring victory at Augusta National. His wife, Pan recalled, told him point blank, "Hey, I'm not patient, so you better get me (to Augusta) as soon as possible." Pan complied quickly,...
A Wisconsin man who claims to have never placed a bet on sports before he risked $85,000 on Tiger Woods winning the Masters is now more than a million dollars richer. James Adducci was presented with a check for more than $1.2 million Monday at a sportsbook in Las Vegas. Adducci's win represents...
UMass football is at a bit of a crossroads. The program has struggled since making the transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision and to make matters worse, a move away from a conference and to independence has resulted in the Minutemen being forced to play a tougher-than-usual schedule. Orlando...
Alabama coach Nick Saban has undergone hip replacement surgery. Dr. Lyle Cain said Monday the 67-year-old Saban is expected to make a full recovery and "should be able to return to work in the very new future." Cain says the right hip replacement was "robotic assisted" at Andrews Sports Medicine,...
Rice has long been a tough place to win football games thanks to its rigorous academic standards reducing the potential talent pool. The Owls are hoping to become the Stanford of Conference USA, but they are still working to execute the transformation. Orlando Sentinel college insider Matt Murschel...
Becky Groves was a standout three-sport athlete at Liberty High School before continuing her athletic and academic career at Towson University. Groves, a 2002 Liberty graduate, played volleyball, basketball and lacrosse and has amassed a number of accomplishments as an athlete and as a coach. Her...
The top-ranked Penn State men's lacrosse team knocked off visiting No. 19 Johns Hopkins, 20-9, at Panzer Stadium in State College, Pa., on Sunday. The win is the eighth straight for the Nittany Lions, who improved to 11-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten. Johns Hopkins dropped its second straight...
The 11th-ranked Loyola Maryland women’s lacrosse team used an 18-9 win over Colgate on senior day at Ridley Athletic Complex Saturday to clinch the top-seed and home field advantage for the upcoming Patriot League Championships. The Greyhounds move to 12-4 on the season, 8-0 in the Patriot League...
No. 2 Maryland men’s lacrosse saw their early lead crumble in the second half to No. 9 Ohio State, but Logan Wisnauskas (Boys’ Latin) and Jared Bernhardt stepped up to deliver a 10-9 victory in overtime Saturday. The win was the third straight for the visiting Terps, who improved to 11-2, 3-1 Big...
The college basketball bribery trial has spilled over into football, and Notre Dame and Northwestern have been implicated. Marty Blazer, a Pittsburgh-area financial adviser and government witness, testified Tuesday in New York — according to tweets from reporters covering the trial — that from...
A group of prominent American horse racing organizations and tracks — including Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, site of the Preakness stakes — pledged Thursday to begin phasing out the use of Lasix, an anti-bleeding medication critics say is overused. Tracks signing onto the initiative include...
Pimlico Race Course has been asking for patience from ticket holders calling to exchange Preakness seats they purchased that are among the nearly 7,000 in a section that the Maryland Jockey Club has closed because it is no longer safe. A call to the number listed for exchanging tickets – 877-206-8042...
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey on Tuesday announced the creation of a task force that will investigate conditions at Santa Anita Park after 23 horses died at the racetrack over a three-month period. The task force will include deputy district attorneys and law enforcement officials...
As chief commercial officer of Premier League power Liverpool FC, Billy Hogan knows the meaning of “iconic.” Hogan used that word to describe Notre Dame Stadium, where Liverpool will begin its preseason U.S. tour this summer. Liverpool will face Borussia Dortmund at 7 p.m. July 19 in South Bend,...
The 2020 U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials, which will determine the U.S. gymnastics teams for the Tokyo Summer Games, will be held June 25-28, 2020 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. In a change from four years ago, both the men’s and women’s trials will be held in the same spot. The competitions...
As the UCLA gymnastics team practiced Thursday, a little more than 24 hours before the start of the NCAA championships, the Bruins behaved as they have all season. They danced between exercises and to each other’s floor routines, laughed while sporting shiny blue sunglasses and appeared relaxed,...
Dave Treadway, a Canadian professional freeskier, died Monday after falling around 100 feet into a crevasse while skiing in the backcountry between Whistler and Pemberton, British Columbia. He was 34. Both his website and fellow members of the ski community confirmed the news of his sudden death....
Turkeys, shads, and rockfish were all in play in recent days as Maryland sportsmen and women welcomed in the spring seasons. Some went afield to bag a spring gobbler while others went creekside to cast for migratory shads, both white and hickories. For Saturday’s rockfish opener, the forecast called...
The Arena Football League unveiled new uniforms for the 2019 season during a press conference at Capital One Arena in Washington on Monday. During the event, new uniforms were presented for all of the teams in the league, including the Albany Empire, Atlantic City Blackjacks, Baltimore Brigade,...
The Arena Football League announced its 2019 season schedule, along with rule changes for the upcoming season. The Baltimore Brigade will kick off the season in a rematch of last year's championship game at Royal Farms Arena, hosting the defending AFL champion Washington Valor on April 26. The...
Indoor football The Arena Football League , which includes franchises in Baltimore and Washington, is launching a team in Columbus, Ohio, to begin play this spring. The team will play its home games at Nationwide Arena , and will play a total of 12 games during the regular season. The Columbus...