Under Armour’s Kevin Plank has his mind set on winning the Triple Crown. Smart money shouldn’t bet against him.
Six horses come barreling around the rail at Churchill Downs, a cacophony of thundering hooves and screaming fans providing the soundtrack to one of the most astonishing finishes in recent horse racing history.
At the 16th pole, Shared Account surges from the inside into the lead. She’s carrying famed jockey Edgar Prado and odds longer than the lunchtime line at Faidley’s. But there’s even...
The Incredibly True Adventures of the Baltimore Bachelorette
My dating life has a lot in common with Taco Bell. Yes, I said Taco Bell. (Work with me here. . . .)
You know how you read all those stories about how Taco Bell supposedly doesn't use real beef in its food and you think, "How gross, I am so never going to eat there again?" But then 3 a.m. rolls around, you've had a few drinks, and suddenly that chalupa starts to seem a whole lot more appealing. I...
A veteran cop faces his toughest opponent: City Hall.
The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 in Hampden is part clubhouse, part HR office. In one room, officers go over paperwork regarding leave time and benefits. In the next, a neon police car hangs over a bar where off-duty cops swig beer and watch SportsCenter.
Upstairs, FOP president Bob Cherry toils in a busy but tidy office. A Norman Rockwell poster that shows a kind cop stooping...
Duff Goldman’s right-hand woman has a new role at the bakery as her boss heads west.
On a dreary day in late February, Mary Alice Yeskey attends her first Charm City Cakes staff meeting since going on maternity leave. When she officially returns to work this spring (with two-month-old son Spencer in tow), her new office will be in the former equipment storeroom for Ace of Cakes, the Food Network reality show that was filmed at the Remington bakery.
Now that the show has ended its...
The news anchor on her fear of bridges, doggie desk droppings, and her BFF Deborah Weiner.
WBAL’s Lisa Robinson, one of the hardest working women in news, shares some of the spiky wit and wisdom that gets her through the day.
What book or film most changed your life?I cannot stop reflecting on the book I just finished called Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill. He got his master’s in writing from Johns Hopkins. They taught him well. It’s inspired by the Book of Negroes, which...
Ray Bartlett's hot-rod restoration garage is heaven for gearheads—just like him.
It was a frigid December morning in 2009 and the snow was flying outside the unmarked bay door of The Hot Rod Garage in Denton. Owner Ray Bartlett had made the nearly 30-mile trek from his Kent Island home despite the weather. Earlier in the week, a man from Pennsylvania had called and said he was eager to see one of the cars for sale at the garage: a blindingly red 1934 Ford. But inside the shop...
Has the talented but well-traveled skipper finally found a permanent home in Baltimore?
Buck Showalter is redecorating.
He’s just been hired and, seemingly out of the thick August air, has transformed the Bad News Birds into the hottest team in baseball.
But the extreme makeover is not just restricted to the field.
On a wall opposite his desk in the Camden Yards manager’s office hangs a framed photo of Oriole Park in all its glory—the sun is shining, the place is packed, and no...
At Fort McHenry, Gay Vietzke finally got the job done—and not a moment too soon.
On a frigid morning in the last days of 2010, Gay Vietzke and a small clutch of staffers stood shivering on a small balcony of Fort McHenry's just-constructed visitor center, watching with quiet anticipation as a lone excavator tore into a nondescript brick building nearby. The building, which had for 46 years ushered visitors into Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, crumbled...
The Incredibly True Adventures of the Baltimore Bachelorette
The single woman sure gets lots of play in pop culture. We see her in movies, in TV shows, in so-called "chick lit." This is all well and good, I suppose, but for one glaring problem—they always seem to get her wrong!
They say to truly understand someone you need to walk a mile in her shoes. Well, put on my pumps and follow me for a mile (or two), as I dispel some single women myths.
Myth #1:...
An increasing number of patients are writing blogs to stay in touch, aid in treatment, and even raise money.
Spirited, high-pitched yelps of Norwegian are coming from the game room at the Hackerman-Patz House across the street from Sinai Hospital.
"He's playing Donkey Kong," explains Silje Lokeng, whose five-year-old son Martin has quickly mastered his latest obsession. "Just before he had the surgery, he saw a commercial for Donkey Kong. And the first thing he said when he woke up was 'Donkey Kong!'"...
