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Brooks Orpik called it a career Tuesday after 15 bruising NHL seasons in which he established himself as a big-hitting, shutdown defenseman.

The Washington Capitals have re-signed winger Carl Hagelin to a four-year, $11 million deal.

The Carolina Hurricanes stormed back to stun the Washington Capitals, 4-3, in Game 7 on Wednesday night to eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Capitals forward Tom Wilson changing his ways.

For once, Alex Ovechkin and the rest of the Washington Capitals head into the Stanley Cup playoffs without having to hear — and answer — so many of those same old same olds.

Playoff rookies and close friends, Nic Dowd and Nick Jensen are set to play in their first career postseason when the Capitals kick off their first-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday at Capital One Arena.

Capitals close with a victory, get Hurricanes in first round

Tom Wilson's hands are evidence of the toll fighting can have on the body, of the risk of injury every time he sheds his gloves and literally exposes one of his most important assets.

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will get a chance to celebrate their Stanley Cup championship with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.

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No. 1 Mount Saint Joseph was coming off a loss to No. 7 Boys' Latin in basketball on Wednesday, and the Gaels narrowly avoided a second straight loss to a

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Ajae Pette sinks winning layup in final seconds to help Institute of Notre Dame beat Long Reach 57-55 at the Public vs Private Challenge at McDonogh on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019.

From Scottsdale, Ariz., to the University of Oklahoma to Baltimore, rookie tight end Mark Andrews has preached the same message to children once like him: Diabetes doesn’t define you. It’s only a part of you.

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Todd Reirden will be the 18th Washington Capitals coach — here's five things to know to get to know him.

The 2018 NHL draft starts Friday. Will the Capitals use the 31st overall pick to bulk up their defense?

Barry Trotz won an NHL-best 205 of his 328 regular-season games (63 percent) since taking over as Washington's coach in 2014 — and, of course, the 2018 Stanley Cup. Now he's gone. a

Coach Barry Trotz wants to return after leading the Washington Capitals to the Stanley Cup, and general manager Brian MacLellan wants to sign the 55-year-old

Nine early playoff exits paved the way for the Capitals' unexpected Stanley Cup run and made the trip down Constitution Avenue all the more satisfying.

Dozens of fans took an early MARC Penn Line train to get down to Washington in time to see the Washington Capitals' Stanley Cup victory parade — and to them, it was "absolutely worth it."

Capitals fans have waited all their lives to see a victory parade — here's everything you need to know to get down there and enjoy the day.

Before Baltimoreans started declaring their allegiances to the Washington Capitals, there were the Baltimore Skipjacks, a scrappy AHL team that gave rise to the likes of Barry Trotz, Claude Julien and Bruce Bourdreau.

After decades of heartache, tears of disbelief, joy, relief and happiness for longtime Capitals fans.

After years of heartache, the puck finally bounces the right way for the Washington Capitals.

One more win over the Golden Knights — Game 5 is Thursday in Las Vegas — will give the Capitals their first Stanley Cup victory in franchise history, and many of Carroll County’s Caps fans are feeling the team’s energy.

Charm City has a long tradition of supporting ice hockey but it seems to have been forgotten.

The Capitals' suffocating defensive pressure is frustrating the Golden Knights and is the biggest reason they're up 2-1 in the Stanley Cup Final going into Game 4.

The Washington Capitals score 28 seconds into the game then pull away from the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals with two goals late in the second period.

The Orioles and Capitals both face Tampa Bay teams this weekend, and Showalter's not afraid to show his support.

The Washington Capitals reaching the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1998 is perhaps most special to the superstar captain and his coach who had never made it out of the second round before.

Evgeny Kuznetsov's breakway goal 5:27 into overtime gave the Washington Capitals a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 on Monday night, and a berth in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 20 years.

The Capitals scored first but couldn't hold the lead against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series is tied at 2 heading to Game 5 on Saturday night in Washington.

The NHL suspended Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson three games on Wednesday for an illegal hit on Pittsburgh's Zach Aston-Reese.

Alex Ovechkin's initial shot clanged off the post. When the puck bounced back to him, he hit nothing but net to break a 3-3 tie in Pittsburgh and give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 advantage in the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series.

The Ravens and Ravens RISE will host their annual Play Like A Raven Football Clinics for participants ages 5-15 at four locations across Maryland this summer.

Alex Ovechkin scored his seventh goal of the playoffs, Braden Holtby made 32 saves and the Washington Capitals built a lead and this time held on to beat the Penguins in Game 2 of the second-round series.

Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel scored in a 4:49 span to help the Pittsburgh Penguins rally to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the second-round series.

Like tourists flocking to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom, the Pittsburgh Penguins making a trip to Washington in the playoffs has become a rite of spring.

On Sunday, the Brigance Brigade Foundation, created by former Ravens player O.J. Brigance and his wife, Chanda, will host the fifth annual Brigance Brigade

Alex Ovechkin scored twice as the Washington Capitals won their fourth straight game in the series, 6-3, eliminating the Columbus Blue Jackets and setting up an Eastern Conference semifinal series with the two-time-defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Blue Jackets have stunned the Metropolitan Division-champion Washington Capitals with back-to-back overtime wins.

St. Frances aims to defend its Bishop Walsh Girls Basketball Invitational Tournament championship this week as the Panthers, McDonogh, IND and Mount Carmel head to the annual event in Cumberland.

Longtime Boys' Latin assistant coach Gene Ubriaco will replace Ben Rubeor, who announced in November that he will be stepping down after the 2018 season.

Lake Clifton started the season ranked No. 10 before falling down into other teams considered. The host Lakers (9-3, 2-1 Baltimore City Division I) gave

Isabel Sainz, a political refugee from Cuba who became a devoted special-education teacher in Baltimore County, one who would bring her students to restaurants and shops and encourage them to participate in society, died Thursday of Alzheimer’s disease at her home in Towson. She was 81.

No. 1 St. Frances leads the The Baltimore Sun's preseason Top 15 high school girls basketball teams for 2017-18.

No billy goat or 'Bambino' but Washingtonians wonder if baseball team is jinxed

For years, I've suffered from a case of identity crisis when talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation.

Digest: Katie Ledecky named nation's top female college athlete