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The Orioles have more star power than they’ve had in years at the Ed Smith Stadium complex, both on the roster and off it, but it will take the entirety of that group to get them to the World Series.

Wallace Lane once bought the girl the wrong gift and it jaded him on the holiday of love. But now he's willing to give it another chance.

The surprise announcement by Larry Hogan that he is running for the U.S. Senate got me thinking about the former 2-term governor and his legacy, and how I never see him at the grocery store.

“Runaway Bride” is neither romantic nor comedic. Happy Valentine's Day.

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.

The Anne Arundel County Council narrowly voted to change its rules governing staff supervision, making the whole council a collective boss with the power to hire and fire. The change didn’t sit well with some council members.

These former Glen Burnie High prom dates rekindled their relationship decades later after reconnecting on Facebook. A diagnosis changed their journey.

Bobby Witt Jr. reached an extension with the Royals for 11 years and $288.8 million, and it can go for longer. Naturally, with a group led by billionaire David Rubenstein buying a stake in the Orioles, fans will wonder about deals for Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday.

After Erica Griswold became Anne Arundel County’s first Black register of wills, she was hailed as a hero. Now she faces theft and other charges related to allegations that she cashed a $6,645 check that was made out to her but was intended for her office to cover inheritance taxes.

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.

Baltimore entrepreneur Nupur Parekh Flynn’s annoyance with her purse led to an invention that celebrities at the Grammys — and soon the Oscars — are taking home with them.

It is the middle of winter, but many parents are already thinking about summer because it’s camp sign-up time. One Banner reporter and mother of three talks about the stresses of signing up.

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.

One year of Burnes at $15.6 million, provided he’s healthy, is the definition of value, especially when he’s being added to a rotation that already features emerging stars Kyle Bradish and Grayson Rodriguez.

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.

Paul Alexander’s “Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year” focuses on the singer’s genius, not just her tragedies.

Mike Elias has built the Orioles around the idea that the team could never spend as much as its peers. What happens if that’s no longer the case?

Extensions for players and staff, a commitment to a bigger payroll and settling the Camden Yards lease through 2053 should be top priorities for the new group led by David Rubenstein.