Opinion

The Washington Wizards split with their chosen star Bradley Beal less than a year removed from signing him to a supermax deal. What went wrong has a lot to do with how supermax contracts are not working as intended.

Baltimore’s top pitching prospect is focused on fixing his fastball and figuring out how to use his slider against top hitters as he pushes for a return to the big leagues.

Baltimore residents who lost their homes due to property tax sales are owed surplus funds from tax sale auctions, and the city government needs to pay those funds, Aja’ Mallory, a staff attorney at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, says.

In the fall of 2024, Romey Pittman hopes to welcome roughly 250 students to the New Village Academy — the first charter school to open in Annapolis since KIPP Academy closed more than 15 years ago.

His Triple-A numbers continue to impress, and the key to his consistency may just be a quick, intense batting cage session that sets him up prior to each game. Except on Thursdays. Then, he just eats doughnuts.

Stepfathers aren’t a replacement for dads. They’re special all on their own.

The Isley Brothers, who will headline Baltimore’s AFRAM cultural and music festival Sunday, have shaped popular music for three generations, resonating with audiences and influencing countless rock, soul, and hip-hop artists along the way, Banner Opinion Editor Mark Williams says.

It’s understandable why running back J.K. Dobbins, who has put life and limb on the line for Baltimore, would be looking for a new deal that keeps him under contract for the next few seasons. But he’s going to face a tough time moving the sticks.

The Baltimore Banner has taken strides in its first year to bring a new and original voice to local journalism, but challenges remain to successfully depart from the approaches of old-school newsrooms, Banner Public Editor DeWayne Wickham says.

Three years after a sculpture called “Shoal” was removed, the Annapolis Art in Public Places Commission is moving to fill Westgate Circle again. This time, the plan is to make it permanent.

Orioles home per-game attendance is up nearly 5,000 fans per game, and school isn't even out yet. The Banner talked to fans about Camden Yards' reviving atmosphere, their decisions to take the plunge on season tickets and how they're balancing the joys of a newly competitive team with the anxieties of an uncertain future.

Reducing Maryland’s high rate of opioid overdose deaths will require improved approaches by the state’s health care providers, says Dr. Enrique Oviedo, a psychiatrist who serves as medical director of MATClinics.

Since 2015, Diaspora Salon has provided a sanctuary for Baltimore’s natural hair community that is a celebration of what our hair is, without interference or alteration.

However the Orioles approach this season's trade deadline, it could provide a blueprint for how they will handle it in future seasons.

Plans for Harborplace redevelopment need more transparency, a city resident favoring a high-rise residential and retail approach says; Gov. Wes Moore understands the power of history, leaders of organizations devoted to history and preservation say.

In what should have been a crowning football achievement, Odell Beckham Jr.’s memory of Super Bowl LVI is tainted by the ACL injury that set him back more than a year. It has been a long, grinding path back to health with the Ravens, and he hopes to help get them back to the NFL’s biggest stage — and finally enjoy it.

Legal actions attacking affirmative action programs threaten to halt or reverse the gains in minority business development in this region and elsewhere, says Sharon Pinder, the president and CEO of the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council.

Here’s what it looks like after a mass shooting in Maryland’s small-town capital.

If you’re looking for things to stream during the writers strike, look closer to home with projects either filmed, based in or involving people from Charm City.

The Navy's decision to commission the guided missile destroyer USS Carl Levin, its newest ship, in Baltimore demonstrates Baltimore is still a Navy town, retired Navy Rear Admiral Tom Jurkowsky says.