Opinion

Hiccups aren’t rare for teams trying to build toward championships, but an underperforming season from these Orioles could open the door for myriad questions about this organization’s future.

The 74-year-old Baltimore native has been hailed simply for buying a controlling ownership in the Orioles. But he has to walk a tightrope to avoid falling out of favor.

Baltimore and Maryland are reeling from the loss of life and the impact to come from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. With baseball season starting, the Orioles offer us a needed opportunity for civic unity.

Removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from the Antietam Battlefield is appropriate when the totality of his life is considered, a writer who examines Civil War History says.

In the age of the automobile, when a car is an extension of ourselves, where you drive is probably a bigger part of what defines you than what you drive. That was certainly true of the Key Bridge.

The 26-year-old isn’t the only Baltimore star atop the marquee anymore, but he might be the best catcher in baseball. And a key decision the Orioles make about his future could be even more important beyond what he does on the field in 2024.

Harry Dunn is one of 22 Democrats vying in the 3rd District primary set for May 14. The winner could easily be headed to Congress to represent this heavily blue district, though nine Republicans are seeking their party's nomination.

Come Thursday, baseball will return to Camden Yards, marking the actual official start of spring here in Baltimore. Here’s why you should spend the season in the bleachers.

Peter Angelos helped Baltimoreans and Marylanders countless times and in countless ways that he didn't want anybody to know about, Tom Minkin, his friend and longest-serving legal associate, says.

Maryland can better protect residents from identity theft and fraud by giving them greater access to and more control over personal data, the founder of a consumer rights law firm says.

Local artist Joyce J. Scott encourages viewers to “walk a mile in my dreams” in an expansive retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Tax debt and other property-related bills can block home title transfers that would be beneficial to low-income Marylanders, says an attorney who works to resolve these “tangled titles.”

The son of immigrants who always saw himself aligned with the working class, Peter Angelos always tried to do things he thought would help Baltimoreans. But he often thought he was the one who knew what was best.

Far more than Edward Bennett Williams and Eli Jacobs, the Orioles owners who preceded him, he ran the team on instinct and often with clenched fists.

This is a team that in many ways embodies joy, excitement and hope for the future, with championship aspirations and a young, talented core. This decision embodies precisely none of that.

As leagues have invited the revenues from the vast legal gambling market, they've introduced new threats to their credibility.

It’s time for Maryland to enact a law to protect roadworkers whose safety is put at risk by the actions or motorists, a representative of the Laborers’ International Union of North America says.

Vice Adm. Yvette Davids is the first woman and first Hispanic American to serve as Naval Academy superintendent, and as she laid out her top three priorities to the Board of Visitors for the first time, she even found good news in the Washington political maelstrom that delayed her arrival by six months.

The team acquired a No. 1 starter in a splashy trade and a fill-in closer with a major free agent signing.

The killing of a Maryland judge and a rise in threats against the state’s judges necessitated the passage of legislation to better protect them, the president and president-elect of the Maryland State Bar Association say.