Opinion

Since starting in July, athletic director Jim Smith has whipped up enthusiasm and filled seats for Terps sports. But building a more competitive budget will be a significantly tougher challenge.

President Trump called a female reporter “piggy” on camera and told her to be quiet. How did we get here, and what’s even the point anymore?

The Orioles traded Grayson Rodriguez. You can legitimately wonder if he’s even going to have a prime, but if he does, he’d be entering it the moment he dons an Angels uniform.

Teams have until 6 p.m. Tuesday to add players who signed as teenagers in 2021 or earlier, or as college players in 2022 or earlier.

Michelle Obama sparked controversy last week over comments on female presidential candidates and Black women's hair. I, for one, think she was absolutely right.

While many gymnastics careers stall in the early to mid-20s, the Baltimore native achieved his first World Championships gold medal at age 31.

The offensive line play, receiver routes and play calling can be better around Lamar Jackson, who will determine how far this team goes.

As criticism of Chuck Schumer’s leadership rises after Democrats’ collapse on the shutdown, you have to strain to hear anything but loyalty from Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks.

The club executive has never set such a high bar for the Orioles’ offseason plans.

Dan Sutherland-Weiser of Little Italy warns that redistricting of congressional districts to boost Democrats could result in the Maryland Supreme Court drawing a new map that loses Democratic seats.

Annapolis Alderman Rob Savidge is working to launch a feasibility study that could solve two of the city’s most nagging problems — too few homes and too many cars.

State Senate President Bill Ferguson is wrong to reject redistricting in Maryland, which puts him at odds with Gov. Wes Moore and his constituents, writes Sean Gordon of Baltimore.

Not everything in Congress is paralyzed. There’s a quiet push to open space at Walter Reed National Medical Center and other DOD hospitals to veterans.

Here are four things president of baseball operations Mike Elias and his team have likely discussed at great length over the last couple of months.

Election Day comes along and — bam! — victories in New York City, California, Virginia and New Jersey prove there’s life left in this ol’ political bag of wool called the Democratic Party.

Derrick Henry’s high school national rushing record (12,124 yards) is an unfathomably high number. But a senior in Indiana is making a push to break it.

Jennifer Goold, the executive director of the Neighborhood Design Center, says that using a “whole block” approach to addressing the issue of vacant homes is crucial to rebuilding neighborhoods.

All signs point to an offseason that might excite a fan base that had little reason to be interested in this club last year.

The senior started at the Naval Academy as a linebacker, then gained 40 pounds in one offseason but kept his speed. Now the all-conference weight room freak is gunning for the NFL.

Julie Karp of Woodbrook Heights says Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier should step down over a deal allowing ICE to take custody of inmates identified as removable under federal immigration law.