The latest from Hayes Gardner
Rare Ravens-Orioles doubleheader sets up Sunday grid-flock downtown
Roughly 100,000 people are expected to descend on the Camden Yards Sports Complex on Sunday for a rarity: a Ravens and Orioles home doubleheader.
David Rubenstein says he is making moves to redevelop the area around Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Orioles ownership has engaged a real estate firm to begin a multiyear effort to develop land next to Camden Yards, David Rubenstein wrote in a new book.
The prince of the US Open is from Prince George’s County
Frances Tiafoe, a Prince George’s County native, has reached the U.S. Open semifinals as a fan favorite.
McCormick readies to become area’s second-largest public company
Baltimore’s largest pantry built itself up through a series of deliberate acquisitions, adding a spice here, a sauce there, but McCormick & Co.’s massive deal with Unilever is by far its most ambitious — and will require rearranging the cupboard.
The Key Bridge rebuild gets a new workspace — and a squishier deadline
Crews have largely completed the installation of trestles — overwater wooden platforms that jut over the Patapsco River — to use during the construction of the bridge.
Cunningham Falls State Park fully reopens after monitoring finds ‘no evidence of rabid beavers’
There have been three separate beaver attacks at state parks in Maryland this summer. Two happened at Cunningham Falls State Park, but “extensive monitoring found no evidence” of additional rabid beavers.
A tug and a ‘furry object’: Report details Montgomery County beaver attack
A police report reveals details behind a beaver attack on a 10-year-old girl last week in Montgomery County. Over the past four years, 900 animals have tested positive for rabies in Maryland, but none of them were beavers. That’s changed this summer.
R&B singers Chris Brown and Usher to perform at M&T Bank Stadium
M&T Bank Stadium will host at least 17 full-capacity events this year — the most in its nearly 30-year history.
Steph Curry’s gone, but Under Armour isn’t done with basketball
Coached by NBA players De’Aaron Fox and Derik Queen, top high school players put on a show in the City Classic.
Another beaver attacks a Maryland state park visitor
A beaver attacked a 10-year-old girl who was canoeing at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County on Thursday.
Inside the hunt for the biting beaver that wasn’t there
Maryland state wildlife workers are on a Bigfoot-style pursuit following two bizarre beaver attacks.
Ferran Torres pays Baltimore a visit after World Cup heroics
Less than three weeks after scoring the game-winning goal in the men’s World Cup final, Spain’s Ferran Torres visited Under Armour’s Baltimore headquarters for the first time.
Can this long-awaited concert venue fill a gap in Baltimore’s music scene?
After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.
New Fells Point checkpoints and rules originated with Sail250, city says
In late June, with throngs expected at the Inner Harbor’s Sail250 event, Baltimore added checkpoints and extra rules for people entering Fells Point. Over a month later, the city is sticking with the increased enforcement through Labor Day.
Maryland Stadium Authority picks DC mayor’s adviser as executive director
It’s been a period of change for the authority. In addition to Michael Frenz’s retirement, longtime executive Terry Hasseltine, who spearheaded the state’s sports tourism arm, exited his position in December without explanation.
Maryland closes deal with 1/ST Racing to buy Preakness name
The purchase comes six weeks after Gov. Wes Moore’s administration first sought to buy the branding — exercising its first right of refusal in matching an offer from racing industry giant Churchill Downs Inc.
Wes Moore takes Republican members of Congress on Key Bridge rebuild tour
Whether or not the federal government foots 100% of the bill for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild is ultimately up to members of Congress. Gov. Wes Moore took several of them on a construction tour Monday.
T. Rowe Price is giving more employees their desks back
T. Rowe Price opened a sleek headquarters for 2,000 employees last year at Harbor Point. A year in, it’s rearranging its furniture.
What a World Cup bid tells us about Baltimore as a potential MLB All-Star Game host
Baltimore’s unsuccessful World Cup application, a 55-page document submitted in 2017 and obtained by The Banner in an open records request, offers information that could be relevant for any large sporting event.
Maryland Cycling Classic is canceled this year, might return in 2027
The Maryland Cycling Classic faced bumpy roads — including the pandemic and the Key Bridge collapse — as it grew, but after financial problems resulted in a state bailout, the race won’t happen at all in 2026.
