Baltimore Sports. Period
From the Baltimore Business Journal: A local youth sports giant will invest $8 million to transform an abandoned high school into a soccer academy that could help Baltimore produce more professional soccer players.
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In 1975, Marylander Karen Ann Klima became the first female to play baseball in the Pony Leagues. Here’s her story.
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If the Preakness Stakes returns to Pimlico in 2027 as anticipated, Napoleon Solo will be the only horse to win the Preakness at Laurel Park. That isn’t lost on Napoleon Solo trainer Chad Summers. “At some point, this will be a trivia question and we’ll be the answer,” Summers said.
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Taj Majal jockey Sheldon Russell and trainer Brittany Russell have the chance to do something special at Preakness 151 at Laurel. “For it to be at our home track would be extra special,” Sheldon Russell said. “For it to be on one of my wife’s horses, it would be something we’ve dreamed of.”
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Former Calvert Hall and Maryland standout Ben Bender knows exactly what it took to get his second chance with the Philadelphia Union, and this time, how quickly it can all be taken away.
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Longtime sports gambling writer Bill Ordine recently talked with PressBox about the recent trend of Kentucky Derby winners skipping the Preakness Stakes, how that might impact the race at Laurel Park and more.
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For Baltimore basketball legend Muggsy Bogues, his new role with Ones Basketball League’s Team Baltimore is another opportunity to extend a pathway
for the next group of local, talented hoopers.
Spencer Schultz recently chatted with PressBox about the Thunder being the clear favorites to win a second straight championship, the teams that could challenge them and more as fans look into futures bets as the NBA playoffs get going.
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Bill Ordine looks at what’s in store for the Preakness for this year and beyond and the key questions that still remain for Maryland racing.
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Lionel Messi’s star power was in full effect as a sellout crowd of 72,026 watched Messi’s Inter Miami top D.C. United in the first-ever MLS match played at M&T Bank Stadium.
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