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COLUMN | The Ravens’ franchise quarterback has a lot to gain from an extension before the new league year begins Wednesday. But the biggest advantage will be how the Ravens can help him with a better supporting cast.

COLUMN | With the franchise shortstop going 4-for-5 in his WBC start against Great Britain on Saturday, it's a reminder that Gunnar Henderson can be at his best when the games matter. That's one reason it's imperative for the Orioles to get back to the playoffs this fall.

COLUMN | A few months ago, new Orioles manager Craig Albernaz recounted his early calls with the team’s returning players. We asked players what they told him.

COLUMN | Getting the All-Pro pass rusher from the Las Vegas Raiders could put the Ravens defense back on the path to being elite.

COLUMN | Hours after President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, word spread that Annapolis would finally get $35 million crucial to its massive remake of City Dock.

Southwest is BWI’s largest carrier, accounting for roughly 74% of flights out of Baltimore — and the budget carrier’s recent changes are breaking some loyal customers’ hearts.

COLUMN | Baltimore may be having a moment, but in our own way, we are the moment. And we always have been.

COLUMN | The Orioles 2024 first-rounder has disappointed at the plate so far in his minor league journey, but with four home runs in four at-bats, his stunning power is turning heads this spring.

COLUMN | Kremer switched up his offseason routine to try to reverse a three-year trend in his results.

COLUMN | Like any tumultuous moment, the political right’s anti-immigrant agenda will show up in the arts. So I’ve been looking for it in local arts, places like the stages of Annapolis and the galleries of Columbia.

COLUMN | Baltimore City is working to fill the potholes, but it feels like they’re literally patching the problem for a temporary fix.

COLUMN | As the U.S. and Israel hurled missiles and bombs at Iran on Saturday — and as the Islamic Republic retaliated — I wondered what the young exchange student I met a lifetime ago would say.

COLUMN | Welcome to the upside-down world of traffic court, where a random license plate scan shifts the burden of proof to the driver.

COLUMN | John Harbaugh’s offseason firing leads to added pressure for general manager Eric DeCosta, the biggest decision-maker left from a disastrous 2025 season. He must be aggressive with the players he has to ensure a positive outlook for the next campaign.

COLUMN | The teenage driver killed last month in a fiery Howard County crash was at least the 31st person in Maryland to die in a police-related accident in the past five years. Almost all were killed when a driver fled from flashing lights.

As a widow, I understand loneliness and the yearning for true, deep connection, but I just don’t believe that can exist with what is essentially a robot.

COLUMN | I’ve always thought Maryland Republicans’ fixation on voter fraud was a fantasy rooted in the frustration of being the state’s perpetual second party. But in Washington, the serial fantasists are in power and their proposals are a threat to open elections.

There are many reasons the Orioles sputtered out in 2024 and disappointed badly in 2025. Missing Westburg, to me, is always going to be one of the largest contributors, with his fractured hand in 2024 and hamstring and ankle injuries limiting him to 85 games in 2025.

COLUMN | Months after a Navy Police officer shot a midshipman in a Naval Academy swatting attack, the Navy has spelled out when the small police force can stop mids, search them, handcuff and fingerprint them — and when they must let them go.

Henriquez spent a decade out of pro baseball after being released from the Tampa Bay Rays’ Dominican program in 2015.