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Schmuck: Triple Crown season turns bittersweet with Cloud Computing’s win

June 1, 2019 at 4:27 a.m.

If the 142nd running of the Preakness proved anything, it was that there's a fine line between a sweet underdog story and a total buzzkill. Long-shot Cloud Computing stalked the...

Schmuck: ‘Dream’ team wants to keep running Kentucky Derby champ for the good of the sport

June 30, 2019 at 7:48 p.m.

When American Pharoah followed his historic Triple Crown run in 2015 by racing three more times and ultimately closing his amazing 3-year-old season with a victory in the Breeders' Cup...

Hank Allen shown at the track on May 4, 1989.

Schmuck: Barrier-breaking Hank Allen trains sights on a pair of sports

June 4, 2018 at 8:02 p.m.

When Hank Allen arrived at Churchill Downs to get his horse ready for the 1989 Kentucky Derby, he had to know it wouldn't be business as usual. He would become...

Maryland coach Mark Turgeon reacts after Maryland was called for a foul during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Minnesota, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in College Park. Minnesota won 89-75.

Terps’ little guys have big night in Big Ten opener

June 29, 2019 at 4:36 a.m.

It was supposed to be all about the big guys when the Maryland men's basketball team opened the Big Ten season Tuesday evening against Illinois at Xfinity Center. It was...

The Baltimore Orioles stand on the field before the national anthem at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Adam Jones defends Colin Kaepernick, explains why NFL anthem protests haven’t spread to MLB

August 21, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Colin Kaepernick's preseason anthem protest crept into several NFL regular season openers and has remained a hot topic in the sports world for several weeks, but it has not bled...

Michael Phelps will get a statue in Baltimore, but what will it be made of?

May 22, 2019 at 8:14 a.m.

We love statues here in Baltimore. We love them so much that in the space of a couple of years we erected two of them for Orioles icon Brooks Robinson,...

Jake Arrieta is congratulated after getting out of a jam to finish off the Dodgers in the 7th inning at Wrigley Field on May 31, 2016.

Jake Arrieta reflects on time with Orioles, believes he could’ve become an ace in Baltimore

July 1, 2019 at 9:07 a.m.

It certainly is no secret in Baltimore and beyond that the Orioles starting rotation is in crisis, which just makes it that much more frustrating for fans to watch from...

Exaggerator (5) with Kent Desormeaux aboard moves past Nyquist with Mario Gutierrez during the 141st Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 21, 2016, in Baltimore. Exaggerator won the race.

Nyquist’s not quite performance reinforces how difficult it is to win the Triple Crown

June 1, 2019 at 4:24 a.m.

If American Pharoah made us believe again, Nyquist reminded us Saturday that nothing really changed when that interminable Triple Crown drought ended last June. The quest to win all three...

Lisa and Josh Temple take a selfie with family members near the track at the 141st Preakness Stakes.

Schmuck: Preakness has ‘familiar feeling to it’ for confident Nyquist owner Paul Reddam

June 1, 2019 at 4:23 a.m.

Paul Reddam seemed almost too relaxed. The owner of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist had arrived in Baltimore on Wednesday just an hour or so before they pulled the post positions...

Starting pitcher Miguel Gonzalez #50 of the Baltimore Orioles holds up a pie after getting hit in the face with it from teammate Adam Jones.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones tweets that pie-in-the-face routine is no more

June 29, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

Adam Jones sent out a cryptic tweet on Saturday afternoon, saying "I might have TERRIBLE news for Orioles fans," and followed with a series of sad face emojis. It didn't...

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