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Baltimore is increasingly in the world of sports team owner Ted Leonsis, who is raising his profile in the city. He's best known as a Washington sports mogul but recently acquired Baltimore and Washington teams in the Arena Football League. He tells us why he expanded to Baltimore and what his vision is for success.

Towson football coach Rob Ambrose announced the largest signing class in the history of the Tigers program.

Speedskater Thomas Hong (Maryland, Atholton) won the silver medal in the men's 500-meter A final Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria, becoming the United States' first men's Short Track World Junior Championships individual medalist since 2012.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and the Capitals beat the host Devils, 5-2, on Thursday night to head into the All-Star break with the most points in the NHL.

New Arena Football League team gets name and faces challenges in marketing

Table tennis player Han Xiao, a 2008 Maryland graduate, was voted chair of the United States Olympic Committee Athletes' Advisory Council.

John Wall had 29 points and 13 assists, scoring Washington's final four points in the last 32 seconds as the surging Wizards beat the host Knicks, 113-110, on Thursday night.

Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, an important Ravens outlet since 2010, will no longer carry the team's preseason games or weekly in-season programs. The end of the relationship has left the Ravens looking for a new television partner — a search already well underway.

Will Darley (Dulaney) scored a season-high 29 points, including seven 3-pointers, as visiting UMBC earned an 84-68 men's basketball victory over Hartford (5-12, 0-2) on Wednesday night.

Kyle Thomas (Milford Mill) matched his career-high with 19 points to lead visiting Morgan State (6-10, 3-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) to a 62-59 victory over Florida A&M (4-12, 2-1) on Tuesday night.

Alex Ovechkin tied Canadiens great Maurice "Rocket" Richard with his 544th career goal and had two assists, leading the Capitals to a 4-1 victory over host Montreal on Monday night for their sixth straight win.

Five Minutes With Roger Mody, managing partner of the Baltimore arena football team that begins its inaugural season in April

Brionna Jones (Aberdeen) scored 27 points and had 13 rebounds and No. 4 Maryland held off host Minnesota, 83-72, Sunday in its Big Ten Conference opener.

Tony Donatelli scored two goals and the visiting Blast earned a 6-3 win over the Syracuse Silver Knights on Thursday night.

Vini Dantas had two goals and two assists as the Blast beat the Florida Tropics, 7-0, on Saturday night.

Nicklas Backstrom scored 1:36 into overtime, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins, 4-3, to avert a disastrous defeat Wednesday night.

Shane Prince's goal broke open a scoreless game in third period, and once the Islanders got their first, they poured it on, beating the Washington Capitals, 3-0.

As the Wizards held off Sacramento, 101-95, in overtime, Beal scored 31 points and reached career-high figures with seven 3-pointers on 13 attempts.

The Ravens will honor Gina Truesdale and Jeremy Lichtenstein as winners of the their 2016 Community Quarterback Award on Sunday.

The Washington Capitals took out their frustrations in a 7-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.

A new Arena Football League team will begin play at Royal Farms Arena in spring 2017.

Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, and Washington Mystics, is bringing an expansion Arena Football League franchise to

Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal of the season on the power play and assisted on one of T.J. Oshie's two goals as the Washington Capitals defeated the Colorado Avalanche, 3-0, on Tuesday night.

Former Maryland point guard Anjale Barrett was named the Terps' director of recruiting operations and player personnel.

Kelly Oubre scored 24 points as the visiting Washington Wizards outlasted the Philadelphia 76ers, 125-119, for their first preseason victory under coach Scott Brooks.

Brad Snyder sets a U.S. record and earns silver and fellow swimmer McKenzie Coan breaks a Paralympic mark and wins gold in Rio.

Maryland-bred star Ben's Cat will look to avoid losing his fourth race in a row for the first time ever when he takes the gate in the $100,000 Laurel Dash as part of the 11-race Turf Festival program Saturday at Laurel Park.

Baltimore Blast, Pat Healey, Ed Hale, MASL, arena soccer, IPL, new league, Kevin Healey

M & D Stables homebred Eyeplayeveryday ($19) took the lead in midstretch and held off a closing English Minister to capture the $75,000 Find Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday.

Undefeated Nyquist won the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby, the most coveted prize in American racing, the fourth straight favorite to win the race.

For 16 seasons, Bruce Anderson, a Lutherville resident, has been the organist for the Washington Capitals.

"Soul on Ice" director Damon Kwame Mason: "I don't expect white people to be interested in our history. I don't look to white people to tell our stories."

The 30-year-old from Kenora, Ontario, signed a $1 million, one-year deal with the Capitals in early January to resume his NHL career.

Susan Mead's daughter, Tiffany, was in high school in September 1996 when The Gardens Ice House opened in West Laurel. At the time, Tiffany was an aspiring figure skater from Oakland Mills High training at a rink in Virginia, but she switched to The Gardens once her mother began to work there. Nearly 20 years later, Mead is administrating the Learn To Skate program at The Gardens and is one of several front office employees and instructors who have remained at the 150,000-square-foot facility

After a week in which he scored his 500th career goal and moved into the league lead for goals scored, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin was named the NHL's "First Star" of the Week.

We, like many binge-watchers, are counting the days until "House of Cards" returns to Netflix. (Update: Only 64 to go!) In the mean time, we'll stay busy by keeping in-real-life tabs on the man behind Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey. Like his character, he seems to pop up in unexpected ways.

Bill Rabinowitz is the Ohio State football beat writer for the Columbus Dispatch. He's also the author of a book about the Buckeyes' 2014 national championship season titled "The Chase: How Ohio State Captured the First College Football Playoff." With Maryland set to play at the No. 1 Buckeyes for Ohio State's homecoming game Saturday, he was kind enough to answer a few questions to preview the game.

STX LLC has signed a half dozen National Hockey League professionals to multi-year deals to play with STX equipment.

Bradley Beal will almost certainly sign a long-term contract with the Washington Wizards by next summer, though he likely won't sign a four-year extension by the Halloween deadline.

Defensive end Melvin Keihn (Gilman) reportedly has requested a release from his scholarship at Virginia Tech and is no longer on the roster.

Maryland guard Melo Trimble scored five points in nine minutes off the bench for the United States in a 111-108 loss to Canada in a men's basketball semifinal at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

Brad Snyder and Jessica Long of Baltimore won races Friday at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Amaris Hinton of the Baltimore Rowing Club and Poly is one of four recipients of an America Rows Junior National Team Grant.

Defenseman Mike Green signed a three-year, $18 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings, according to reports, formally closing the door on his tenure with the Washington Capitals.

The Carolina Hurricanes placed Alexander Semin on unconditional waivers on Tuesday with the intent to buy out his contract.

Stephen Curry¿s visibility just keeps growing and so, by association, does Under Armour¿s.

Baltimore-based sporting goods manufacturer STX, which expanded into ice hockey last year, said today it has launched a new stick to be sold in stores after being used by a pair of NHL players during the regular season.

Hampton announced that it is adding men's lacrosse as a varsity sport for the 2015-16 school year and named longtime Baltimorean Lloyd Carter its coach.

During his time coaching the Nashville Predators, whenever Barry Trotz prepared to face the Washington Capitals, he always marveled at their size but never saw it translate onto the ice.