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Under Armour Inc. has appointed a Turner Broadcasting System executive and a top retired naval officer to its board of directors.

This week's episode started out slow but ended in an eruption of resentment and authenticity.

I believe the pilot for Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" is one of the decade's best productions. I love this series for the way it calls out the press for having lost its sense of purpose.

ABC News debased itself by giving an hour of prime time to Rielle Hunter so that she could sell more copies of her new book.

Even Obama's media sycophants seem to be wavering

I turned on the TV at noon Wednesday to see how Baltimore stations handled what I was thinking of as fluff: the arrival of the first ships for the Star-Spangled Sailabration. I came away instead impressed with the performance of Baltimore's top two broadcast news operations, WBAL and WJZ.

Head of Baltimore circus-arts school will help prime the audience for Friday night's high-wire walk across Niagara Falls.

"Good Morning America"co-host George Stephanopoulos used the adjective "staggering" to describe the response to his on-air partner Robin Roberts' announcement this week that she has a blood disease and needs a bone marrow transplant.

TV ratings for the NBA playoffs have been through the roof. Saturday's Eastern Conference final set a new high for cable TV. In terms of what is expected to happen on the court, I am already hyped out of my head for game one of the finals between Oklahoma City and Miami Tuesday night on ABC. But I am also worried about what the coverage on Disney-owned ESPN-ABC is going to be like.

Even without I'll Have Another going for the last leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes did OK in the ratings for NBC, drawing an overnight audience 13 percent larger than last year's and 74 percent above 2010.

Everyone knows 'Modern Family' is funny, winning and wise. But does this series somehow transcend politics, too? And if so, how does a half-hour sitcom do that in a day and age when the partisan divide in American life is said to be wider than at any time since the Civil War?

The Aegis police blotter lists the most recent arrest, crimes and other police reports.

Prostate cancer survivor Robert Ginyard, is a nationally known as a speaker for ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer. Ginyard will testify before Congress June 6, asking for research funding.

Despite FCC ruling, those behind attack ads can remain in shadows

Kristin Chenoweth's national concert tour headed to Baltimore

Rebecca Houseknecht, featured in the film 'First Position,' hung up her shoes with few regrets

Out with the old, in with the new: Meet the new cast members of "The Real Housewives of New York City."

Support for Maryland's same-sex marriage law has increased among African-Americans since President Obama and the NAACP equated gay rights with civil rights

Eugene J. Polley helped turn us into a nation of couch potatoes

This week in an episode titled "Baseball," Baltimore gets to play itself in a story line that finds Vice President Selina Meyer (Louis-Dreyfus) hosting an "Eat Healthy" event at Camden Yards - and meeting Hall of Famer Jim Palmer.

How Sarah Palin and Josh Gad, from "The Book of Mormon," led the way for a new NBC sitcom about life in the White House

Jeannine Edwards, who still calls Maryland home, is covering the Reakness for ESPN and ABC this week. Her reports will start appearing Friday on the sports cable channel and continue through the weekend.

Interview with ESPN's Edwards to advance Preakness 2012 TV coverage

Pastor says same-sex marriage support will make Obama a one-term president

President Obama killed Tuesday on "The View." By the time he started talking about the ways in which the legislation known as Title IX helps empowers girls by giving them opportunity to learn confidence and teamwork through sports, I literally put down my notebook and applauded the TV screen.

This time around, ABC is skipping the Los Angeles mansion in favor of Emily's hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Twenty-five eligible bachelors will vie for Emily and her daughter's affection while acting like immature jerks on national television.

Jonah Goldberg says Obama is trying to reap primary-season benefits despite not having an opponent

The Spartan Death Race, started seven years ago, now attracts some 200 competitors as well as the national media to Pittsfield, Vt., each June.

Maybe CBS News, not ABC, should have taken victory lap on Obama same-sex interview.

Biden's comments accelerated Obama's acceptance of gay marriage

President Obama's evolving views on gay marriage could help build support for the cause in Maryland before November's likely vote on the issue.

WJZ's bad call on the Orioles: The lesson of 'Heidi'

I have been putting off this post for a couple of weeks. It's about Mike Bordick's performance on MASN as an analyst on Orioles games.

My friend Bob Greene and I were reminiscing on the phone recently about the passing of Dick Clark, who died at age 82 on April 18. That two people from starkly different backgrounds like us would be talking about this TV icon says much about Mr. Clark's staying power, at least for those of the postwar generation who gave Mr. Clark his push to entertainment and economic success.

Facebook to allow organ donation status, an idea that came from a Hopkins doctor

When it hurts Democrats, it's a distraction; when it hurts Republicans, it's a "serious issue"

After reading BuzzFeed, tell me how mean I am again for ripping her hire

Pioneering dance show host helped mainstream rock, R&B.

'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Week 5, Latin night performances

It would be an ideal day to raise a tumbler of bourbon, mint and simple syrup (traditional drink of the Derby) in a toast looking forward to an era of more civilized enjoyment of the sport of kings.

Dead Sunday at 93, he was lynchpin of '60 Minutes' success

Does anyone at Comcast care about broadcast and journalistic standards?