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Former 'Tonight' show host considers the merits of appearing on Letterman

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 17, 2015

When J.J. Hardy won his third consecutive American League Gold Glove Award earlier this month, he became only the second Orioles shortstop to win at least that many in a row.

By Dan Connolly

Nov 17, 2014

Under Armour turned to one of America¿s most luxe retailers for a new board member, appointing the head of Neiman Marcus Group as a company director.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Oct 16, 2014

It's time to stop being Baltimore-nice about local sports icons Cal Ripken and Ray Lewis and their cable TV careers.

By David Zurawik

Oct 15, 2014

Whether it's hosting "Inside the NBA" or calling a Major League Baseball playoff series, Ernie Johnson makes sports broadcasting look as easy.

By David Zurawik

Oct 12, 2014

Darren O¿Day had not only been one of the most instrumental parts of the Orioles' stellar bullpen, but he¿s also the unquestioned leader of the Orioles relief corps.

Although this year's American League Championship Series represents the two smallest market sizes in history, according to TBS, the Game 1 matchup Friday averaged 5.92 million total viewers for the network.

The TBS telecast got off to about as bad a start imaginable Friday night when the first American League Championship Series game had to be delayed for almost two minutes because of the channel¿s pregame show.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter has arrived at the American League Championship Series bathed in the affection of both his team and his public, his managerial acumen seemingly above reproach. Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost has arrived at the same place at the same time, yet his managerial IQ has been questioned so much during this postseason, you¿d think he steered his team into an iceberg.

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 10, 2014

As the Orioles and Royals prepare to meet in the ALCS, Kansas City and Baltimore have traveled similar roads as baseball towns.

Former Mets pitcher Ron Darling will be part of a three-man broadcast booth anchored by play-by-play man Ernie Johnson and former Oriole great Cal Ripken Jr. during the American League Championship Series.

Network broadcast of ALDS was tilted against the Orioles

Zach Britton left the team today and should be back Wednesday. ALCS game times announced

When the American League Division Series started, I definitely felt like we were getting the second string team from TBS for the Orioles and Detroit Tigers.

An average audience of 4 million watched the Orioles beat the Detroit Tigers 12-3 on cable channel TBS Thursday night. That was up by 54 percent over the audience for a comparable league division series last year.

Twitter wants Cal Ripken to speak up on TBS' Angels-Royals broadcast

With as much electricity as there appeared to be at Camden Yards on Thursday night, it would be hard not to have a high-energy telecast.

There's no secret: America's favorite past time is made even more past time-y with a cold beer (or two).

The start times for the Orioles' first two American League Division Series games at Camden Yards were announced Monday evening, contingent on the outcomes of both wild-card games.

MASN, the TV home for Orioles baseball during the regular season, will offer pre and post-game programs throughout the playoffs, Jim Cuddihy, the channel's executive vice president, said Friday.

Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston depicts the Orioles' pie-in-the-face celebration in his one-man-show commercial for the MLB playoffs.

Eddie Murray was honored by Ripken and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, along with Japanese baseball legend Sachio Kinugasa and New Jersey high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr.

Thirty years later, Cal Ripken Jr. holds memories of 1983 World Series win close

Next week will be a busy one at the warehouse as the Orioles intensify their search for a new pitching coach.

Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. remains open to the idea of getting back into Major League Baseball in some capacity, but he said Thursday morning in an interview with The Baltimore Sun that he is by no means lobbying for any job, managerial or otherwise.

Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. continued to make the point that he is interested in managing, in a radio interview Thursday morning, but it is clear that Ripken won't go so far as to announce any interest in the Washington Nationals' vacancy.

When Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez hit a game-tying homer in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday, changing momentum in Game 4 of the American League Division between Detroit and Oakland, a lot of Orioles fans were surely taken back to 1996.

Under Armour Inc. board member Brenda Piper will resign Nov. 1, the Baltimore-based sports apparel maker said Tuesday.

Cal Ripken Jr. stopped by The Baltimore Sun as part of the promotional tour for his third children's novel, "Wild Pitch," which came out Monday. Ripken sat down for a quick Q&A touching on the O's, his color commentary, the late Earl Weaver and his son Ryan.

George Horton ran a college baseball powerhouse at Cal State-Fullerton, the kind of program that had no place for someone like Kurt Suzuki. Horton had never seen or heard of Suzuki before a scout pal mentioned the high schooler in Hawaii.

Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday, taking the reins of the reorganized Chicago-based media company weeks after its emergence from bankruptcy.

The pastor of a church whose flock works with some of Anne Arundel County's poorest residents and a longtime civil rights activist will be the keynote speakers at upcoming events in the county honoring the work of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The TBS team of Ernie Johnson, Cal Ripken and John Smoltz was outstanding. Johnson, the play by play guy, sets a table as well as anyone this side of Al Michaels. And he was superb all series long at drawing the best out of Ripken and Smoltz, who provided original and insightful analysis.

The Orioles' 2012 season ended with a 3-1 loss to the New York Yankees in the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series in front of an announced crowd of 47,081 at Yankee Stadium.

It isn't a Yankees-Orioles game if there isn't a little controversy. And there was just a major one with two outs in the sixth inning of Game 5 of the ALDS.

The big news coming before Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Friday afternoon was that New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi had benched their most expensive player, third baseman Alex Rodriguez, due to Rodriguez's continued struggles at the plate. Orioles manager Buck Showalter, however, took the move in stride.

Epic is probably too strong a word, but Wednesday night's Orioles-Yankees battle was another great playoff game. And once again, TBS delivered a telecast worthy of it in almost every way.

First, the video series went viral on YouTube. Comedy Central could be next

Baltimore viewers are tuning into the Orioles postseason play on TBS in big numbers, according to Nielsen Media figures for the first three games.

First, the video series went viral on YouTube. Comedy Central could be next

Forget talk about the O's being on MLB channel Wednesday. The Orioles are on TBS in prime time, though the exact time could change from the scheduled 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., depending on whether or not a series ends today.

Once again Monday night, TBS came through with superior coverage of Baltimore Orioles playoff baseball.

Orioles manager was interviewed from the dugout during the TBS broadcast and shared his thoughts on J.J. Hardy being deked by Alex Rodriguez at third base in the third inning of Game 2 on Monday night.