Author: Michael Phillips
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The DMV Power Rankings: One Team Left Standing
James Madison is the DMV’s last unbeaten team after Virginia Tech fell to Pitt. Richmond and Morgan State keep climbing while Maryland, William & Mary and Old Dominion continue to slide.
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The Season That Ended With a Shrug
Baltimore spent, changed managers and promised a rebound. Instead, the Orioles finished 79-82, traded Adley Rutschman and entered another winter with the same leadership — and more questions than answers.
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Maryland on the Map: What Officials Finally Admitted to the General Assembly
Maryland officials told lawmakers the MJC loses money throughout the year, MEDCO financed the Preakness IP with a $97 million unrated loan, and the Stadium Authority does not intend to seek additional state funding.
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The DMV Power Rankings: Two Unbeatens, and Everybody Else Sorting Themselves Out
Virginia Tech and James Madison are the DMV’s last unbeaten teams, Maryland just suffered a 51-point loss, and the regional hierarchy is beginning to take shape after another chaotic weekend.
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The Coalition Maryland Hasn’t Called Yet
A new track is being built in Florida’s horse country by serious people with serious money — fighting the same structural battle Maryland is fighting. Maryland should be on the phone. While Maryland’s Racing Commission held its August meeting largely in silence and the Governor’s office has yet to announce a single coalition partner for…
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The NFL Proved Grass Was Possible This Summer. Then It Put the Turf Back.
Seven NFL stadiums replaced artificial turf with natural grass for the World Cup — then switched back before football season. After Nashville’s turf reportedly reached 157 degrees and players’ cleats began failing, the league’s long-running surface debate suddenly looks much harder to dismiss.
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The DMV Power Rankings: The Weekend Everything Flipped
Virginia Tech jumps to No. 1, Virginia and Maryland fall, Morgan State makes its move, and William & Mary crashes after a chaotic weekend across DMV college football.
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Dragged Off the Porch: What Happened to the York College Lacrosse Team — and Who Isn’t Covering It
York College students were dragged from an off-campus porch and beaten as bystanders filmed. Three juveniles now face charges, police have launched a 30-day safety plan, and questions remain about why major national newsrooms have largely ignored the story.
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The Bandana Never Fades: How Welles Crowther Keeps Finding His Way Back to the Lacrosse Field
Welles Crowther died 25 years ago, but lacrosse never let his story disappear. From Boston College to the PLL, the man in the red bandana remains part of the sport’s identity.
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The DMV Power Rankings: Who’s For Real After Week Two-and-a-Half
There is no such thing as a neutral football weekend in the DMV. Not with James Franklin trying to drag Virginia Tech out of its own rubble, not with Michael Vick standing on a Norfolk sideline getting outscored 90-13 across two weeks, not with James Madison quietly assembling the best two-game résumé of anyone in…
