Opinion

Mike Elias has built the Orioles around the idea that the team could never spend as much as its peers. What happens if that’s no longer the case?

Extensions for players and staff, a commitment to a bigger payroll and settling the Camden Yards lease through 2053 should be top priorities for the new group led by David Rubenstein.

State Sens. Sarah Elfreth and Clarence Lam, along with Dels. Mark Chang, Terri Hill and Mike Rogers, all started steps ahead of the rest of the field after congressman John Sarbanes’ surprise retirement announcement in October.

For those upset about "Barbie" Oscar snubs, let's remember to focus on other notable achievements (and nominations).

The Ravens’ mistakes in the AFC championship were borne of their desperate desire to win. With stars and coaches possibly moving this offseason, it was a devastating fumble of one of the franchise’s best opportunities at a Super Bowl.

Students and teachers in music, art and gifted-and-talented programs should not fall victim to Howard County school budget cuts, a county parent says.

The administration is moving to help Maryland’s military families overcome a variety of challenges they face regularly, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and first lady Dawn Moore say.

The purple blanket of fandom spreading over the city is putting Baltimore in its best light, a far cry from the national narratives that focus only on the city’s problems.

When the Kansas City Chiefs were in Baltimore for a game decades ago, Hall of Famer Willie Lanier, who played his college football at Morgan State, enjoyed some time with Chiefs teammates at the Baltimore City Fair.

Ravens fans find meaning in the idea of “overcoming adversity,” which players and coaches frequently use for motivation, devoted fan Charles Cohen says. He says he was so worked up he wondered whether he could even watch the AFC championship game.

From Everett, Massachusetts, to Conway, South Carolina, to Baltimore, Isaiah Likely has followed a familiar pattern. The gifted young tight end is overlooked until suddenly he isn’t. Then his teams just keep winning.

Now that a plan for a new sculpture has been dumped, what should go in Westgate Circle — a boundary point between downtown Annapolis and parts of the city unofficially known as the rest of Annapolis? Here, then, are five ideas, all on the theme of Unity.

The talented quarterbacks find themselves on much more even footing after Jackson started the head-to-head rivalry with three straight losses.

The world is focusing on Taylor Swift at the next Ravens game. But Baltimoreans’ eyes are on the real prize.

Volunteering at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter is a good way to find fulfillment while caring for dogs of many varieties with many backstories, Baltimore Banner Orioles reporter and dog lover Andy Kostka says.

Requiring just cause for residential evictions would protect Maryland renters and help ensure fair practices in the rental market, Del. Jheanelle Wilkins says in calling for approval of just cause eviction legislation.

Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, must have hoped no one would fact check his Ocean City disinformation event about wind turbines.

Swift, who is expected to make an appearance at M&T Bank Stadium for Ravens-Chiefs, is proving to a new wave of football fans that there’s nothing wrong with liking the sport.

I went from delivering The Baltimore Sun as a teenager to writing columns for its competitor. The news of its recent ownership change threw me for a loop.

Kansas City isn't just the defending Super Bowl champion but the NFL's leading brand with its most marketed stars. Baltimore should lack no motivation with an itch to claim the throne.