Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with some reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.
Running it back:
The Ravens' 2011 schedule was released Tuesday, and there are five prime-time games. ... The Orioles set a season high in hits and runs and threw their second shutout of 2011 in an 11-0 win over the Twins. Manager Buck Showalter was singing the praises of Matt Wieters and Jake Arrieta after the game. ... Coppin State men's basketball coach Fang Mitchel said has agreed in principle on a new contract. ... A disagreement over Kegasus highlighted Tuesday's Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Hitting the links:
1. Peter Schmuck: William Donald Schaefer's vision changed the Baltimore sports landscape [Baltimore Sun]
2. The Ravens know what they want to draft in the first round: a playmaker [Baltimore Sun]
3. Breaking down the Ravens' schedule [ESPN]
4. Marshall Faulk called out Joe Flacco [Ravens Insider]
5. Peter King predicts that the Ravens will draft Jimmy Smith [SI]
6. Will the lack of free agency impact the Ravens? [CSN Baltimore]
7. Where would you bat Matt Wieters? [Orioles Insider]
8. Baseball Prospectus on Jonathan Schoop [Camden Chat]
9. The longest game in professional baseball, 30 years later [Dempsey's Army]
10. Has the Orioles' elevation of Showalter set him up for a fall? [Camden Chat]
11. Is Josh Selby just another Baltimore basketball story? [Toy Department]
12. The Capitals aren't panicking heading into Game 4 [Washington Post]
13. Rangers defensemen Dan Girardi and Marc Staal can't shut down Alex Ovechkin [Washington Post]
You said it:
"A Caps Collapse? I'm not worried about that at all. If the Caps lose a series in this playoffs they'll go down with talons out and dug into the ice." -- longtime reader bigphilmd expresses confidence in his Capitals
Video of the morning:
David Beckham has nothing on this kid
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