The attendance and merchandise sales at Ed Smith Stadium are up this spring, and fervor for the Orioles seems to be riding high. It’s adding to the anticipation that attendance could spike this year at the Yard.

With the promise of the international soccer superstar, fans paid premiums for tickets to D.C. United's match against Inter Miami. But Messi's hamstring injury left those hoping to see him in person disappointed and with little recourse to recoup the bucks they shelled out.

The soccer great’s first scheduled visit to D.C. isn't going as planned.

The Ravens’ deal for star RB Derrick Henry highlighted a busy few days of “legal tampering," re-signings and roster resets.

The investment of big money to get running back Derrick Henry feels surprising for the salary cap-strapped Ravens.

The top-ranked farm system in baseball has helped the Orioles showcase how much talent they have in spring training, but being so loaded can create pressure and test the patience of their rising players.

The Orioles' star offseason acquisition will be Baltimore’s first Cy Young Award-winning pitcher since Pat Hentgen.

A price hike for MASN this season should signal to MLB and the Orioles to find more direct-to-consumer options.

Five years after he was the best player in college lacrosse, Pat Spencer has made his NBA debut. But for the 27-year-old, known well for his competitive fire, it's not the end goal but just another milestone.

Basketball may be strong at the rec and high school levels, but above that the city is somewhat starved.

The Baltimore hockey community is trying to make good out of the death of Phil Tupper, a 40-year-old amateur player who died last month.

If the Ravens can’t make tough calls when it involves a high-performing player ahead of a big game, what meaning does a “zero-tolerance policy” actually have?

Lefty Driesell, who died Saturday at 92, was a creator and innovator who put Maryland basketball on an upward trajectory and had a hand in making college basketball what it is today.

MLB appears to be moving quickly to complete the transfer of the Orioles to David Rubenstein's control. That makes sense, given how fraught the relationship between the league and the Angelos family has been.

Aaron Schatz, the inventor of DVOA and a stat head, was the only NFL Honors voter to conclude Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was not the MVP this season. His dissenting vote, and the reaction to it, says a lot more about our expectations than the quality of his analysis.

Lamar Jackson is one of 11 men to win MVP more than once, and all are enshrined or Canton-bound. But a second MVP award only intensifies the demand for Jackson to follow up his regular-season exploits with a championship, the one piece the others have all attained.

From established stars who still have upside to unheralded pieces that still need to showcase what they can do, here’s an early look at who might hold the keys to 2024 for the Ravens.

With a tightening salary cap, it might feel like the Ravens’ Super Bowl window could be narrowing and the front office should use draft capital on win-now moves. But it's more likely that Baltimore uses its picks, trying to keep landing impact players it can develop from within.

The stardom of college basketball's best scorer is selling out arenas and drawing big ratings. The struggling Terps will get their moment in the spotlight, but if they want to play giant killer they'll have to do it as a team.

After the pain of losing the AFC championship, there are Baltimore fans with a lot of molten takes. Let's poor cold water on them.