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This Week in Baltimore Sports History for June 30-July 6
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Morgan State's 2019 football schedule features five home games in W.A.C. Hughes Memorial Stadium, including a home opener matchup against Delaware State.
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Towson swimmer Michael Phelps is living the dream as the fastest butterfly swimmer in the world at age 18.
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This week in Baltimore sports history (May 26-June 1)
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The Maryland football program announced several updates to its future schedule, including adding home games against Kent State in 2021 and SMU in 2022.
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Former Poly star transferring to play basketball at Towson University.
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Paul H. Hutchins Jr., a retired Baltimore Sun photographer who caught a leaping Brooks Robinson celebrating the Orioles' 1966 World Series sweep, died of heart failure Sunday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. He was 91 and lived in the Loch Raven Reservoir area north of Towson.
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April 28, 2000: Mike Bordick’s seventh home run helps the Orioles defeat the Texas Rangers, 4-3, before an announced 44,092 at Camden Yards. With 29 RBIs, Bordick breaks the one-month team record for RBIs by a shortstop held by Cal Ripken Jr.
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George W. “Bill” Childs, former president of Childs Express Inc., a five-generation-owned-and-operated Waverly moving business, died last Wednesday of congestive heart failure at his Towson home. He was 90.
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Constituents, colleagues and lobbyists honored the late Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch at his funeral in Annapolis. City Alderwoman Rhonda Pindell Charles said of Busch: "He was us." Former state delegate Bruce Poole said Busch had "an enduring interest that ordinary citizens had a shot."
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Think you know your Baltimore? Try answering our weekly trivia question.
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For the sake of his team, Orioles player Chris Davis should step aside until he gets his game together.
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Chris Davis has enough problems without being mocked by the hometown paper.
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Mascots turn out to celebrate one of Baltimore's most iconic figures — the Oriole Bird.
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Remember when Brady Anderson, Brooks Robinson and Howdy Myers were on the sports pages?
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The Orioles staged a poignant pregame ceremony for the family, former teammates and fans of Frank Robinson, the team icon who died in February at the age of 83.
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There was a time in Baltimore when a functioning ballpark once fit into two neighborhood blocks.
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From thousands of empty seats at Camden Yards to boos for struggling first basemen Chris Davis, there were plenty of reminders of the Orioles' 2018 futility at the team's 2019 home opener. But the fans who showed up said they were encouraged by the rebuilding club's energy and winning start.
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Orioles fans share what Opening Day means to them on the day of the team's 2019 home opener.
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As the Iron Man and Woman of Orioles' Opening Day, we are hoping to throw out the first pitch when we hit 50 years of annual attendance and take a victory lap around the stadium. Then we’ll come back for 51, and hope some good seats come our way.
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‘A Celebration of Frank’ in Frank Robinson's memory will begin at 6:15 p.m. April 6 at Orioles Park at Camden Yards. The event will feature a video tribute to Robinson, as well as appearances from Orioles greats Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer and Boog Powell.
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Orioles fans spent Thursday's Opening Day loss to the New York Yankees trying to get to know a team full of unfamiliar faces.
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The Orioles’ home opener is April 4, meaning that baseball will soon be back, and all will be well with the world. With all you fine folks in mind, we offer this guide to celebrating beyond Opening Day.
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Annapolis officials expect at least 7,500 participants, which would make it one of the largest rallies in the state’s capital city in the past decade.
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There was a wave of purple optimism throughout the stadium in the team’s final regular season win against Cleveland and sellout crowd for the wild-card game against the Chargers.
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Joe L. Mitchell, a retired Westinghouse Electric corp. engineer and marketing program manager who enjoyed classical music, died Feb. 6 from complications of dementia at Roland Park Place at 93.
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A guide to area locations where you can stand where the presidents stood, in honor of Presidents’ Day.
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The first time I saw Frank Robinson play was at Memorial Stadium on my 9th birthday in May 1966. I remember vividly his aggressive base running and beef with the umpire after being called out. That play and reaction personified the take-charge attitude that Frank Robinson brought to the game.
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Think you know your Baltimore? Try answering our weekly trivia question.
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The Hall of Famer, who died Thursday at 83, hit the only home run anyone ever hit out of Memorial Stadium, and the legend lives on.
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Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson had those skinny legs and a gingerly gait that made it seem as if his feet always hurt. But the ferocity with which he played baseball belied his appearance.
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Hall of Famer Frank Robinson led the Orioles to their first World Series title in 1966, was the first African-American manager in both the American and National Leagues and managed the Orioles for parts of four seasons. Here’s a timeline of his career.
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Michael Marr defended, among others, “Little” Melvin Williams, who ran a Baltimore heroin ring.
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Former head coaches Rick Forzano and George Welsh, who both died earlier this month, will be honored by the Naval Academy Athletic Association the weekend of
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The hot dog once billed as 'here to stay' isn't after all as Baltimore mourns the loss of its beloved Esskay Orioles franks.
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San Antonio Spurs forward Rudy Gay, an Archbishop Spalding graduate, will open PickUp USA Fitness franchises in Baltimore as well as Florida. PickUp USA gyms
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Redshirt sophomore and Baltimore native Damon Hazelton Jr. led the Hokies in several receiving categories in 2018 and has considered making the transition to the NFL after next season.
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The city built a municipal stadium by degrees, and called it by several different names.
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Making a change is never easy on the player. It’s even worse on the coach whose job it is to put the players on the field that gives his team the best chance of winning. It’s a difficult decision because of the relationships that we form with each player.
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Horsemen react to the Maryland Stadium Authority recommendations for the future of Pimlico Race Course.
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The passing of former President George H.W. Bush on Friday evening gives us cause to relive a moment when Baltimore was the center of media attention — and a seat of U.S. and British power.
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John Harbaugh declined to say whether Joe Flacco has been cleared to practice, offering only that the longtime starter is "progressing very well."
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With Mike Elias on board as the new general manager, the Orioles hope for a better future. In the meantime, here's a look at their storied past.
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Dunbar dropped in Class 1A state football semifinals
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Remember when Priest Holmes, Chris McCarron and Gus Johnson were in the news?
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The pairings have been set for the first round of the Maryland high school football regional playoffs to begin Nov. 9.
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The City-Poly football game moves to Morgan State for the 130th edition this week and will be played on Friday night.
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One group is looking to bring more life to a network of "sacred places" in Baltimore by helping communities engage their green spaces.
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When fans made a great catch of a foul ball at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium back in the good old days, Rex Barney, legendary announcer, proclaimed over the public address system, “Give that fan a contract!” In light of the Orioles' painful state of affairs, maybe that's not just a corny idea.
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After seven years as an Orioles beat writer, Eduardo A. Encina says goodbye as he leaves The Sun.
