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More than 170 footwear retailers and brands, including Under Armour, asked president Donald Trump on Monday to halt tariffs on footwear imported from China.

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Under Armour announces it will lay off 400 workers by end of March as it continues restructuring to get back its mojo.

Under Armour's second-quarter profit remained unchanged, meeting analysts' expectations, while sales soared 34 percent, the Baltimore-based sports brand said Thursday.

Consumers have come to know Under Armour's "compression," "Heat Gear" and "Storm," athletic wear, and now yet another product description is joining the mix – "ClutchFit."

Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank is not alone in believing the relatively young Baltimore-based company has a shot at becoming the world's biggest sports brand

It is a good time to be in the athletic apparel business -- especially if you are Under Armour or Nike.

Under Armour liked the work Karl-Heinz "Charlie" Maurath had done for one of its competitors when the brand tapped him to spearhead its international growth.

Kanye West knows he is often painted as a brooding egotist, but during his Baltimore Arena concert Friday night, the 36-year-old rapper wanted fans to know he was happy.

Adidas filed suit Tuesday against Under Armour and subsidiary MapMyFitness, alleging that the companies deliberately and wilfully" infringed on patents for mobile fitness products.

Leto's killing has frustrated neighborhood leaders, who say it shows police must step up enforcement efforts in the relatively affluent area.

Beating out much bigger rivals to partner with University of Notre Dame athletic teams catapulted the Baltimore-based sports brand onto an elite playing field. The endorsement deal signals how far fast-growing Under Armour plans to go and how it plans to get there.

Maryland forwards Patrick Mullins and Schillo Tshuma went later than anticipated in the MLS SuperDraft Thursday in Philadelphia.

Audrey Bauer scored a game-high 23 points and host Navy used a fast start to beat Loyola Maryland, 67-44, Thursday night in women's basketball.

McDonogh senior midfielder George Campbell, who led the No. 1 Eagles to the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship and an unbeaten 21-0-1 season, has been named the NSCAA'S National Player of the Year.

­­McDonogh boys soccer coach Steve Nichols has been selected the 2013 Boys Private/Parochial School National COach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Despite extra time to shop as more retailers opened for business on Thanksgiving Day, consumers spent less money this year during the first four days of the official start of the holiday shopping season, according to figures released Sunday by the National Retail Federation.

The Bits and Pieces column for Stan Ber for the week of Nov. 28.

When talking with Ali, who records simply as Abdu Ali, it quickly became apparent he is adamantly uninterested in following any trend ¿ fashion, music or otherwise.

Aquille Carr signed a contract to enter the NBA Development League's Nov. 22 draft, his agent said Tuesday night.

Baltimore-based Under Armour now on pace to earn $2.25 billion in 2013

Baltimore-based Under Armour expands brand appeal with new partnership

Ray Lewis helped craft Under Armour's new football commercial, and local coaches and players appear in the spot, filmed entirely in Baltimore.

Kevin Plank and crew answered analysts' most pressing questions, but international expansion still work in progress

Investors put at ease by Under Armour's international plan, moves in footwear

Comic-book based line, fleece and running shoes helped drive growth for Baltimore's Under Armour

Baltimore Sun reporter Don Markus, intern and Diamondback co-sports editor Josh Vitale, and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Harbor East Under Armour store has unique Baltimore feel — but the concept likely will spread to other cities

The Howard County Women's Athletics Hall of Fame, established in 1997, welcomes four new inductees this year. Donna DeCarlo Schaaf (Mt. Hebron, 1983), Carolyn Micheel Cacolice (Oakland Mills, 1984), Raymona Jackson Reid (Howard, 1995) and Dale Huting, a three-sport coach at Centennial, will join the 64 men and women who have previously been inducted.

Kevin Plank-owned horse racing operation against looking for entry in Triple Crown races

Students of the Week and National Merit Scholars named at Lime Kiln Middle School and Reservoir High Schoo

By sponsoring the Harrison twins' AAU team, Under Armour has become the talk of college basketball

Gators place second in boys and girls races

2012 cross country preview for Howard County public and private schools

Phelps' agent says the swimmer did not violate Olympic rule preventing "ambush advertising"

Matt Bracken rounds up the latest Maryland Terps recruiting news.

Baltimore Sun staffers Don Markus, Chris Korman and Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

A 24-year-old man admitted to killing two men over a span of about 48 hours in downtown Baltimore last year, crimes that came a few days after he and his brother are alleged to have committed a rash of robberies across the city in a span of a few hours.

Standing outside the charred remains of his family's Ellicott City home, David Strothers joked that he'd been sporting the same new Adidas warm-up suit for over a week.

Girls Athlete of the Week: Dionna White, Milford Mill, basketball

Baltimore Sun Girls Athlete of the Week: Domonique Hagins, South River, basketball

An old fogey looks at uniform changes that have taken place since his days on the pitch