Opinion

The Orioles have thrived against lesser competition, but tougher games start today in Atlanta. We’ll learn a lot about the team — but even more about the overall plan, based on how Mike Elias responds to the outcome of these games.

As other teams and agents tried unsuccessfully to crack Lamar Jackson, Raven GM Eric DeCosta’s familiarity and patience with the mercurial QB helped keep him in Baltimore.

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s “Hamlet” is sleeker, shorter and more modern, but it's still the Bard’s broody tragedy.

The numbers suggest Henderson’s inability to get hits is probably the byproduct of a careful hitter working to adjust to more sophisticated pitchers.

Almost no one thinks about me until it’s time. Taxes and Death: always an afterthought. But it’s budget season in Maryland and beyond, when cities, counties and even those doofuses in Washington are fighting over me and my sister, Spend. So it’s a good time to catch up. You mortals have to deal with me sooner or later. I am eternal.

Tides hitting coach Brink Ambler knows these prospects well, having worked with many of them for years. He explains what’s working — and what’s not — for the organizations next wave of talent.

There's still work to do, but general manager Eric DeCosta addressed the biggest question marks and prevented a drag-out scenario with Lamar Jackson that would have hung over the franchise and bled into the fall.

You shouldn’t read too much into April — and the projections have not, as they still have the O’s missing the playoffs — but a 19-9 start built on homegrown talent is undeniably worth getting excited about.

The late resident and former Maryland Poet Laureate embraced the city’s earthiness, Blackness and strength in her work.

Victims of alleged sexual abuse by clergy and others in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are finally being heard, says Gemma Hoskins, an alumna of Archbishop Keough High School who was featured in “The Keepers.”

Book-banning and other censorship efforts were a threat to journalistic freedom 100 years ago, and they still are today, DeWayne Wickham, The Banner’s public editor, says.

Leaving the sunny beaches of L.A. was a head-scratcher for the world’s greatest basketball player, but for our new columnist, it made perfect sense.

The Ravens and Lamar Jackson wounded each other in a tortured negotiation process that was full of drama. But in carving out a historic deal, both sides showed how necessary it was to reconcile.

The recent loss of my grandmother proves that no amount of expertise can conquer the shock, panic and sadness.

New governance models for Baltimore’s water run the risk of further harming Black and low-income neighborhoods, say David Wheaton, an economic justice policy fellow at the Legal Defense Fund, and Mary Grant, campaign director at Public Water for All.

Rear Adm. Yvette M. Davids has an impressive resume. But if you want a clue as to why she was picked over two other finalists for the post of Naval Academy superintendent, you might find it in her current role as director of the Learning to Action Drive Team. It’s part of the Navy’s efforts to fix a problem with its culture: training and performance failures.

The Orioles have an aggressive approach to moving players up a level once they’ve mastered it, and those players generate hype. But don’t give up on those who take longer to adjust.

“Love Is Blind” host Vanessa Lachey set off a firestorm when she kept pestering the cast about when they might have kids. Offscreen, it’s a question a lot of us have had to endure.

The 18-year-old, signed as an international free agent, has used mechanical changes to his swing and an improved approached to the mental side of the game to thrive in Delmarva with three home runs and a .948 OPS in 11 games.