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Childs Walker

Childs

Childs Walker is a contributor to The Baltimore Banner. He worked at The Baltimore Sun from 2001 to 2025 and covered Carroll County politics, Anne Arundel County land use, the Orioles, higher education, the 9/11 attacks, a Super Bowl and more. He grew up in Baltimore, learning to put Old Bay on everything and be suspicious of Washington, attended Gilman and graduated from Emory University.

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5 things we learned: Ravens’ new regime passes first test
Jesse Minter’s team began its new chapter by answering some of the very questions that haunted its previous one.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - SEPTEMBER 13: Zay Flowers #4 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts during the second quarter of the game at Lucas Oil Stadium on September 13, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Anthony Weaver does not demand credit. He returned to Baltimore seeking connection.
In his third stint, Weaver is focused on being the “connector’ between veteran players and a young coaching staff.
Ravens defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver has interviewed unsuccessfully for nine NFL head coach openings.
Childs Walker: 5 things we learned from the Ravens-Commanders game
The Ravens obliterated the Washington Commanders, 41-3, to complete an undefeated preseason. Here are five things we learned from the final audition for players hoping to make the team.
Joe Fagnano at least has the Ravens thinking about placing him on the 53-man roster as a third quarterback.
Childs Walker: 5 things we learned from the Ravens-Vikings game
The Ravens are 2-0 in coach Jesse Minter’s first preseason after a smothering 13-3 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Here are five things we learned from a game that featured few starters and even fewer offensive fireworks.
Quarterback Joe Fagnano has seized on his opportunities to prove he can slot in behind Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley on the Ravens’ depth chart.
Childs Walker: 5 things we learned from the Ravens’ first preseason game
We’ve seen Jesse Minter on the home sideline at M&T Bank Stadium, and the Ravens won their first-year coach’s preseason debut, 24-7 over the Philadelphia Eagles. Here are five things we learned from the game.
Ravens coach Jesse Minter walks off the field after Saturday night’s 24-7 preseason win over the Eagles.
Childs Walker: 5 things we learned from the first week of Ravens training camp
COLUMN | Eight practices into training camp, the Ravens have signed their top wide receiver to a mammoth contract extension, gained familiarity with an overhauled coaching staff and seen their newest additions don full pads for the first time.
Ravens coach Jesse Minter instructs players about to run a defensive drill during training camp last week.
Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes to be part of new Thoroughbred Championship Series. Missing: The Preakness.
Maryland finds itself the odd man out as Kentucky and New York racing officials attempt to reshape the racing calendar to highlight their biggest events.
Napoleon Solo ridden by Paco Lopez and owned by Chad Summers wins the 151st Running of The Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park Racetrack on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
What we learned (and didn’t) from the Ravens’ offseason
COLUMN | There's much we don't know about the Ravens, but the trend is promising.
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) gestures during NFL football practice, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Owings Mills, Md.
Taj Mahal flags late at Preakness, and a dramatic win for Maryland racing slips away
The dream of a hometown Preakness triumph at Laurel Park, where Brittany and Sheldon Russell have built Maryland’s most successful barn, did not materialize.
Jockey Sheldon Russell rides Taj Mahal to an early lead during the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park.
Horse dies after first race on Friday ahead of Preakness
Preakness weekend got off to a grim start as the horse, Hit Zero, collapsed and died at Laurel Park.
An equine ambulance works on the dirt track after a horse suddenly collapsed after the first race of Preakness Friday ahead of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Laurel Park racetrack.
Brittany and Sheldon Russell, Maryland racing’s power couple, prepare to take on the Preakness
Jockey Sheldon Russell, riding Mizner, is greeted by the team, including Russell’s wife and Mizner’s trainer, Brittany Russell, and their son.
Photos: With Preakness, Laurel Park gets its day in the sun
Laurel Park is about to be in the national spotlight as never before as it hosts the second jewel of the Triple Crown for the first time.
Guests dine at Tips Restaurant as horses run by during a race at Laurel Park.
What you need to know about every Preakness horse
It shapes up as a wide-open Preakness over the unfamiliar dirt at Laurel Park, which will host this year as a $400 million rebuild of Pimlico Race Course moves forward.
MAY 16, 2025 —  The third undercard race goes underway on Preakness Friday, May 16, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course.
The Preakness used to be the people’s race. Can it become that again?
The 2026 Preakness will be something else entirely. This was always going to be a strange year, with Maryland’s signature race displaced to Laurel Park as a $400 million Pimlico rebuild rumbles forward.
People celebrate from the apron as Journalism, ridden by Umberto Rispoli, wins the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
This Preakness badly needs the Derby winner, and his star trainer, to show up
It will be up to Golden Tempo, DeVaux added, how fit he looks upon returning to the training track at Keeneland, where her stable is based.
Golden Tempo #19, ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz, heads into the first turn the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 02, 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Childs Walker: 5 things we learned from the Ravens’ draft
The Ravens made themselves bigger and nastier with their first two draft picks of the Jesse Minter era. From there, they addressed some needs but left a few holes to be filled by other means.
The Ravens’ selection of Vega Ioane with their first pick shows their first priority was to protect their quarterback.
Even after licensing deal, Churchill Downs CEO says ‘Maryland is in control’ of Preakness
Maryland officials say their future rights to operate Preakness and negotiate new media deals around the race are unchanged by Churchill’s purchase of the race’s intellectual property. But they were caught off guard by the sale.
Horses take off from the gate for The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Baltimore.
Ranking every first-round pick in Ravens history
The Ravens drafted two Hall of Famers before they ever played a game in Baltimore, and neither of them tops this list.
Safety Malaki Starks is introduced with coach John Harbaugh and general manager Eric DeCosta at the Under Armour Performance Center as the Baltimore Ravens first round pick of the 2025 NFL football draft, Friday, April 25, 2025.
Childs Walker: The Ravens did what they could to salvage hopes for the season
COLUMN | In a five-day span, the Ravens made the most ambitious trade in franchise history, annulled it, got hitched to the No. 1 free-agent pass rusher and became the NFL’s villain of the moment.
In a five-day span, the Ravens made the most ambitious trade in franchise history, annulled it, got hitched to the No. 1 free-agent pass rusher and became the NFL’s villain of the moment.
Childs Walker: A drastic overhaul aims to get the Ravens back to where they were
This is what we’ve learned so far about how the new coaches in charge will try to create change.
New Ravens coach Jesse Minter, left, introduces his new coordinators, Anthony Levine Sr., special teams; Declan Doyle, offense; and Anthony Weaver, defense.
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