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- Towson swimmer Elizabeth Pelton finishes second in the 200 backstroke at the Phillips 66 National Championships and qualifies for the world championships
- Former swimming coach Rick Curl turned himself in to Montgomery County police Thursday morning on a charge that he abused one of his students.
- A longtime coach at the Baltimore County swim club where famed Olympian Michael Phelps trained resigned his position after an allegation of the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old athlete was recently revealed, officials said Friday.
- Baltimore honored Michael Phelps with a celebration at the Inner Harbor, after which the swimmer served as an honorary captain of the Ravens at their season opener at M&T Bank Stadium.
- Michael Phelps and other Olympic athletes from Maryland will be honored at a celebration at the Inner Harbor Monday afternoon, after which the swimmer will be named an honorary captain of the Ravens at the team's season opener.
- Grand Prix of Baltimore features group of women racecar drivers prepared to show what they could do with a little horsepower.
- Michael Phelps began the end of his career with gold: He won the 100-meter butterfly Friday, his last individual race before he retires at the end of these Olympics. His only remaining race is the 400-meter medley relay that he'll swim Saturday.