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Conservatives like Carson face struggles like Jackie Robinson
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I thought of Tony Carter again the other day after I went to see "42," the new movie about Jackie Robinson that stars Howard University graduate Chadwick Boseman as Robinson.
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The movie "42" omits the story of Baltimore sportswriter Sam Lacy, but Jackie Robinson himself never forgot it.
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Orioles catcher Matt Wieters usually doesn't show much emotion. He did on Thursday.
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The Orioles held a pre-game meeting today so manager Buck Showalter could talk to the team about increased security measures at Camden Yards in response to Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The brief meeting, he said, was just to make sure all questions were addressed.
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Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo appeared on 'Face the Nation' with Bob Schieffer on CBS Sunday morning. Ayanbadejo was part of a panel discussion on same-sex marriage.
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Leonard Pitts says Brendon Ayanbadejo is wrong to advise gay athletes to lie about their sexuality.
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It's been nearly four years since the Orioles made highly touted high schoolers Matt Hobgood and Mychal Givens their top two picks in the 2009 MLB draft. Both have struggled to live up to expectations, but they both arrive in camp this spring with renewed hope for their careers.
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Kevin Plank and Muhammad Ali were among those honored by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation at a downtown gala and fundraiser at the Waterfront Marriott on Friday evening. But Plank was not able to have his dinner with "The Greatest." Ali was unable to travel from his home in Arizona because he is recovering from a recent surgery.
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Magazine honors Ravens linebacker and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe for standing up for gay marriage
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Ravens special-teams ace and reserve linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo holds an opposing view to teammate Matt Birk, an advocate of traditional marriage.
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Lifelong Catonsville resident William Foreman will receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his role as one of the nation's first black Marines.
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A Red Sox fan wonders why Baltimore isn't turning out to watch its great baseball team.
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Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living. He was 85.
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Orioles left fielder Nolan Reimold, on the disabled list with a neck injury, said Tuesday that he still is experiencing tingling in his thumb and forearm and weakness in his left shoulder several days after undergoing an epidural injection.
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Former Orioles star Frank Robinson "taken aback, really" by statue at Camden Yards
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Members of the Maritime and Southside Academies wore gray and blue pin-striped replica uniform shirts of two teams that played in the NL — the Baltimore Black Sox (Maritime) and the Baltimore Elite Giants (Southside). And they played with wooden bats.
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Baltimore Orioles notebook: Brian Roberts has begun to take outfielder Adam Jones and infielder Robert Andino under his wing in teaching them his mentality of stealing bases.
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The Orioles are going for their first sweep of the Blue Jays in Toronto since 2005 in today's series finale here at the Rogers Centre.
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Baltimore's President's Cup, a tournament between public and private school teams, shows just how unequally players from different social strata are supported and nurtured in America's pastime.
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Camden Yards, the stadium that changed baseball and Baltimore, turns 20 this year. The innovative ballpark changed the way stadiums were designed and played a key role in keeping the Orioles in Baltimore.
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Baseball tournament takes on service project and future maintenance of city ball fields
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Every month for the past 12 years, area baseball fans have converged on seminar rooms in Columbia for "Talkin' Baseball," a chance to discuss the nuances of the game they love.
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Chessie M. Brailey, a civil rights activist and wife of the late former state legislator F. Troy Brailey, died Dec. 16 from complications of dementia at her daughter's Harbor Court condominium. She was 94.
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Twenty years after becoming the first African-American to race in the Indianapolis 500, 10 years after driving competitively for the last time, Willy T. Ribbs will be back in the driver's seat this weekend as part of the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix.
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Residents and visitors lined main street for the annual parade
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Smithfield, N.C., is proud of its annual Ham and Yam Festival, the Ava Gardner Museum and Barry Foote, who hit .230 in the major leagues in 10 seasons. Now that Jerry Sands has been called up to the Dodgers, there's a new hometown hero.
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Notebook: Orioles' Kevin Gregg hangs on to closer's role. Buck Showalter says RHP has 'pitched pretty well' so far, but Koji Uehara will factor in once he gets back to full strength
