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Spoiler alert! We asked pairs of prominent Baltimoreans -- relatives, co-workers and friends -- what would make their trees twinkle this holiday season.

Boxing was the second-most popular spectator sport during the Great Depression, and matches were held indoors across the country in just about any venue that could accommodate a ring and some seats. In Laurel, however, promoter Angy Gerrin built a huge outdoor, wooden arena with a capacity of around 7,000.

If this year's Phillips 66 National Championships hold any enduring place in Michael Phelps' mind, he might remember them as a needed, albeit painful, slug of reality.

A recap of the may 18 episode of 'Mad Men,' as Don and Peggy find they do need each other

Jon Jones will be the fan favorite at UFC 172 at Baltimore Arena, when he defends his light-heavyweight championship against Glover Teixeira.

As they signed autographs and held open practices Saturday, neither the No. 4 seed Terps nor No. 2 seed Stanford seemed in the mood to be mere props for two elite top seeds.

Emanuel Taylor has been putting in hard work for months preparing to fight Chris Algieri, a former kickboxer who has three inches on him, in Algieri's hometown of Huntington, N.Y. Those in Taylor's corner hope the fight, which will be featured on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights," will put him in position to box for a world championship.

Paul W. "Scottie" Scott, a retired Maryland Transit Administration bus driver who was an ardent collector of Motown Music and artifacts that earned him the sobriquet of "Mr. Motown," died Friday of bladder cancer.

Emile Griffith's remarkable life ended last week with the boxer's death at age 75, but I hope his story of strength, triumph, tragedy and redemption should never leave us.

First opera by Baltimore School for the Arts alum D.J. Sparr is based on Davis Miller's book 'The Tao of Muhammed Ali.'

Composer D.J. Sparr grew up in Carroll County, graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts