Category: Commentary
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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 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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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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You’re Just Cheering for Laundry
By Greg Visscher | Sports & Whatever The NFL and corporate partner Nike, Inc. rolled out the second year of their “Rivalry” 2026 uniform program last month – a promotion so successful last year that it became Fanatics’ best-selling merchandise release to date: And in a recent advertisement for the Washington Commanders vs. Philadelphia Eagles…
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Do the Sports World’s 9/11 Rituals Still Land?
Twenty-five years after 9/11, sports leagues are still staging the rituals born from that day. But as players and fans increasingly have no memory of the attacks, those traditions are doing a different job: turning grief into history.
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Tiger Woods Is Changing His Plea. That’s Not the Same as Him Being Done Explaining Himself.
Tiger Woods is scheduled to appear in a Martin County courtroom for a change-of-plea hearing tied to his March crash. That could mean a deal is coming — but the difference between a “change of plea” and a “plea conference” leaves one important question unanswered.
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Maryland Soccer Is Doing It Again, and This Time Nobody’s Surprised
Maryland men’s soccer is 3-0, ranked No. 4 nationally and already has a top-10 victory. After falling one win short of the College Cup last season, Sasho Cirovski’s Terps look built for another November run.
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Good Good Golf Just Learned What “Free Market” Actually Means
Good Good Golf built a golf-media empire by being different. One disastrous ad cost it Callaway, retail shelf space, a PGA Tour title sponsorship and momentum on television. That isn’t censorship. It’s what happens when four businesses independently decide the risk is no longer worth the reward.
