Columns

Mike Elias has done well to make the Orioles the best team in the AL while also having the best farm system in baseball. But both top spots can't hold forever, and it makes more sense for the franchise to augment the present than the future.

As summertime activities come into focus, outrage in Baltimore about the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting is fading. But city police, housing officials and political leaders need to still be held accountable for what happened, columnist E.R. Shipp says.

The recreation area would knit together a network of cultural and environmental landmarks that one day could stretch across the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake watershed in a single unit under the administration of the National Park Service office in Annapolis.

Bronny James' cardiac arrest should serve as a chilling reminder that no one is safe from the heart conditions that can slip beneath our radar. But the upshot is this: We can always be prepared.

Women are allowed to express their displeasure or rage, whether it’s Vice President Kamala Harris or Barbie, an 11.5-inch doll.

That process of learning and growth may be ongoing, yet the current results make Bradish one of the Orioles rebuild’s brightest success stories

Baltimore City College and Lafayette College product Malik Hamm grew up in the city and has been a huge Ravens fan his whole life. Now he has an outside shot to get a roster spot — and he’s been beating long odds for his whole football career.

We already elected Wes Moore, a historic accomplishment that made him the first Black governor of this state and the youngest current governor of any state. So, who is he trying to win over with a relentless travel schedule? What’s the purpose of all this roaming, racking up enough miles to cross Maryland four times over?

The way they’ve played means there is more at stake this year than any other deadline this front office has encountered here.

Baltimore's Laura Lippman talks about her book "Prom Mom," life after divorce and why we all want to think we're the good guy.

Maryland alums and others are competing as Shell Shock in The Basketball Tournament, a winner-takes-a-million-dollar-prize competition. With a shifting roster, a shoestring budget and long odds to win, what else motivates them in this relatively under-hyped tournament?

How do you build a fan culture from scratch? It’s more than drunken brainstorming in the parking of Navy-Marine Corps Stadium — and soccer, er, football, has a passionate base of supporters right now.

Just because the team’s major league fortunes have well and truly changed doesn’t mean the organization’s philosophies and belief structure changed along with them.

Using concepts borrowed from the Orioles’ system, the league has focused on skill development while creating an environment that helps players stay active and have fun. As a result, the league is growing — and its teams are winning.

The Orioles felt the highs and lows of Grayson Rodriguez’s development again on Monday night against the veteran Dodgers. There’s no way forward but to live with the failure but given the high stakes of the season, that might be difficult to weather.

My first reaction to the announcement that Mayor Brandon Scott and girlfriend Hana Pugh are expecting a child was delight. My second reaction? Shame and disappointment … in some of you.

If the Orioles' top young pitcher can live up to his potential, there might be no need to give up prospects to bolster the rotation with a trade before the Aug. 1 deadline.

Copa Airlines’ nonstop flights from BWI to Panama City are just OK — and that’s great.

The second half of the season is the first true test of whether the process to get here, which started with the trade of Manny Machado, delivered a team that can compete at the highest level.

This was supposed to be a triumphant summer for the Wilma Lee, bought by the Annapolis Maritime Museum four years ago. It is the only vessel of its kind in Maryland’s state capital since the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sold the Stanley Norman in 2020. A lease with the city was intended to return this symbol of Chesapeake heritage to City Dock — the waterfront public square of Annapolis — and boost private charters to help keep it afloat.