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- Having the All-Star Game in Baltimore would give the Orioles a chance to tout the team's turnaround from years of dismal results, as well as give an incentive with season-ticket packages for 2015 and 2016 if the club ties access to the event to longer season plans. And it would pump millions into the local economy, while giving Peter G. Angelos one of his biggest moments as Orioles owner on a national stage.
- HOUSTON -- Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said before Friday¿s Civil Rights Game that he sees Baltimore as a leading candidate to host the 2016 All-Star Game.
- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell earned $44.2 million in compensation during a 12-month span that ended March 31, 2013, according to Sports Business Daily.
- Agent Scott Boras, who represents several Orioles including Chris Davis, Matt Wieters, Wei-Yin Chen, Francisco Rodriguez and Zach Britton, was in Baltimore this week to meet with some of his clients.
- Agent Scott Boras, who represents several Orioles including Chris Davis, Matt Wieters, Wei-Yin Chen, Francisco Rodriguez and Zach Britton, was in Baltimore this week to meet with some of his clients. Duquette said he had some preliminary discussions with Boras, but would not go into specifics.
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- Orioles infielder and designated hitter Danny Valencia, whose name reportedly appeared on a list from Biogenesis, the defunct Miami-area anti-aging clinic, was cleared of any involvement and did not receive a suspension.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter said his comments to USA Today about Alex Rodriguez and Matt Wieters weren't intended for public consumption.
- Maybe it's just me, but we're so far through the looking glass in baseball's PED scandal that it's hard to take anything at face value, including the unprecedented 65-game suspension of Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun.
- There's been no decision on which city will host the 2016 All-Star Game or any resolution to the ongoing MASN broadcast dispute between the Orioles and Washington Nationals, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Tuesday.
- MLB's new guidelines will protect baseball players from harassment and provide increased training.
- The 2013 baseball season could be unlike any other in history, with an unprecedented wave of suspensions possible by the All-Star break in the mushrooming Biogenesis scandal.
- The Orioles battered reigning National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey at Camden Yards in their first meeting against him as a member of the bolstered Toronto Blue Jays.
- Juan Dixon, Don Shula and Joe Gans are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for March 24 to March 30
- The Ravens and Orioles, who were both scheduled to have games on the night of Sept. 5 in Baltimore, couldn't agree to a compromise.
- Unable so far to work out a scheduling conflict with the Orioles, the Ravens aren¿t sure if they'll host the NFL season opener at all.
- A look at what people are saying in reaction to the death of Hall of Fame former Orioles manager Earl Weaver.
- The news broke this afternoon that the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a five-year, $125 million deal, pending a physical, with talented but troubled slugger Josh Hamilton.
- Lee MacPhail, former American League president, passes away at 95
- Lee MacPhail, a longtime Major League Baseball executive who served as Orioles general manager from 1959 to 1965, died Thursday evening at his home in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 95.
- Fans disappointed as Orioles' loss to Tampa Bay Rays sends team to one-game wild-card playoff Friday night in Arlington
- The addition of a second wild card team has spawned so many different playoff scenarios during the final week of the season that it¿s still impossible to predict what might happen with just one regularly scheduled day left in the regular season.
- The gulf could hardly be wider in this months-long dispute between the Orioles and Washington Nationals over media rights fees — and the teams can't agree on a formula for resolving their disagreements.
- All-Star games are not a spectacle anymore. Across the board, in every sport, All-Star games are starting to lose their luster, the interest of wanting to see glorified exhibition games slowly waning.
- Frank Robinson's time with the Orioles stands out most for the Hall of Famer. Robinson fondly recalls his days in Baltimore as the club prepares to unveil a statue of him at Camden Yards.
- Rivals Gilman and Mount St. Joe will take different approaches in President's Cup final. Frank Robinson will throw out the first pitch at second-annual game at Camden Yards.
- Sports Blitz: Let's not forget that Selig (and Angelos) rubbed elbows with Castro
- Bert Sugar is remembered for wearing his fedora, chomping on his cigar and churning out story after wonderful story about boxing. But Sugar was a baseball historian as well. He had a great perspective on the game.
- Baseball tournament takes on service project and future maintenance of city ball fields
- Two former Orioles batboys have joined a growing number of accusers who say they were sexually abused by a now-dead former Boston Red Sox club manager, according to reports.
- Slugger wants new deal at market value but Texas Rangers have him on hold as they pursue Prince Fielder
- The Orioles have approached Major League Baseball about the potential of hosting the 2016 All-Star Game at Camden Yards.
- Joe Torre leaves commissioner's office. Andy MacPhail seemingly enjoying life.