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Pimlico, Preakness share rich, colorful history
- “The Derby is a race of aristocratic sleekness, for horses of birth to prove their worth to run in the Preakness.”
- “The Derby is a race of aristocratic sleekness, for horses of birth to prove their worth to run in the Preakness.”
It’s time the Rays and O’s learn from each other
- When the Tampa Bay Rays were confronted with a decision that would impact their present as well as future a month ago, they opted to take a path directly opposite the one taken by the Orioles under almost identical circumstances two years ago.
- When the Tampa Bay Rays were confronted with a decision that would impact their present as well as future a month ago, they opted to take a path directly opposite the one taken by the Orioles under almost identical circumstances two years ago.
To Bedard: Goodbye and good riddance
- Now that the Erik Bedard saga is over and he has been dispatched, fittingly, to the left coast, you might think the Orioles have unloaded their biggest wart, rather than the ace of their beleaguered pitching staff.
Do the math: Drafting a quarterback doesn’t always equal NFL success
- It started innocently, with a curious reader and frustrated Ravens’ fan contemplating the team’s next order of business after hiring John Harbaugh as head coach.
Where’s the love for Bert Blyleven?
- There was a decidedly noticeable shift in baseball’s Hall Of Fame voting announced earlier this week, perhaps the most significant of which is still below the radar. That Goose Gossage finally made it on his ninth try hardly qualified as a surprise, since the landscape for the “original closers” changed considerably with Bruce Sutter’s election two years ago.
- There was a decidedly noticeable shift in baseball’s Hall Of Fame voting announced earlier this week, perhaps the most significant of which is still below the radar. That Goose Gossage finally made it on his ninth try hardly qualified as a surprise, since the landscape for the “original closers” changed considerably with Bruce Sutter’s election two years ago.
Dirty birds won't ease defeated decade
- As one of sport’s most underachieving teams of the past decade, the one place you wouldn’t expect to find the Orioles is near the top of the list of those reportedly using performance-enhancing substances.
- As one of sport’s most underachieving teams of the past decade, the one place you wouldn’t expect to find the Orioles is near the top of the list of those reportedly using performance-enhancing substances.
What’s really behind honoring ‘The Pearl?’
- When the Washington Wizards decided to spice up their promotional schedule by retiring Earl Monroe’s orange No. 10 Baltimore Bullets jersey last weekend, most observers considered it a long-overdue honor for arguably the best player in the organization’s history.
- When the Washington Wizards decided to spice up their promotional schedule by retiring Earl Monroe’s orange No. 10 Baltimore Bullets jersey last weekend, most observers considered it a long-overdue honor for arguably the best player in the organization’s history.
Fit to be tied about the Army-Navy experience
- They’re going to play the 108th Army-Navy football game tomorrow at M&T Bank Stadium, and somehow I’ve missed all but two of them. Don't ask me how, or why, I don’t know. I just have. It’s something I have to live with. However, if you had seen the same two games I had, you would understand.
Howton gets snub by Hall of Fame
- The Baltimore chapter of the NFL Alumni Association held its monthly meeting earlier this week, and guess who came to dinner?
