Columns

John Waters is selling out shows in Baltimore, getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and starring in a new series. He's not slowing down.

Lamar Jackson's physical, escape-artist style makes a fan base frayed by injury concerns nervous, but letting him do it his way is the only path to the transcendent play that could lead Baltimore to the Super Bowl.

It’s hard to see what the right return is with all the potential trades flying around.

A former teacher remembers what it was like being in the classroom a week after 26 people were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012.

Andre Braugher played Det. Pembleton, a brilliant, bristling investigator on the Baltimore-based "Homicide: Life on the Street," but the soulful, funny man behind him transcended every role.

The Baltimore Ravens will get started next year on spending hundreds of millions of state funds on renovations to M&T Bank Stadium. The Orioles remain years away.

The Orioles of a previous vintage used deferrals to keep the mid-2010s competitive window open. Chris Davis’ contract is, obviously, is the most extreme example.

The NBA wants to make the IST a big thing for political and existential reasons. That shouldn’t take away from creating a new tournament worth winning and celebrating.

Anne Arundel is in the final stages of picking a new name for its new high school, expected to open next year off Interstate 97 in Severn. Although names connected with the long history of family farming got more nominations than any other choice, a committee sorting through the choices didn’t advance them for consideration.

Was that a block in the back by Charlie Kolar? And how real should the concerns be about Marlon Humphrey’s rust?

Chris Rock got a Golden Globe nomination for his Baltimore-made Netflix special. I feel some kind of way about it.

Comedians like Matt Rife, Theo Von and Chris Rock have talked smack about Baltimore, but they’re missing the most obvious jokes about us.

The Ravens have imploded in key defeats this year, but against the Rams they finally broke the cycle.

Orioles fans were titillated by the report that billionaire David Rubenstein is "in talks" to acquire the team — a surprising sentiment coming off a 101-win season. How did we get here?

There’s a chance, albeit not a great one, that this will be the first of many expenditures to give the Orioles a payroll more representative of a team with their aspirations.

Coach probably won’t make it to Foxborough on Saturday. That’s a shame, because U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville would learn something important by attending the 124th Army-Navy game.

The ArtsCentric version of “Cinderella” at Baltimore Center Stage is an Afrofuturistic dream that highlights why our princesses don’t have to be Black, but it’s important that they can be.

One-year deals might not be the highest upside plays, but they often fill a need, have little long-term ramifications on roster construction, and allow flexibility in other areas.

The receiver made a monumental impact for the Rams in their Super Bowl run, then got hurt in the game itself. Nearly two years later, his former teammates are heartened by OBJ’s return to the field.

Today is the 90th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. If you can’t make one of the parties — it is not a national holiday, and work awaits on Wednesday — here is a little game you can play at home. For each answer you get wrong, take a drink.