The O's prez on Boog's height, Trembley's appeal, and a player he wishes he had on his roster right now.
How cool is this? Andy MacPhail grew up rooting for the Orioles and now he's the team's president of baseball operations. What's more, what was supposed to be a slow, character-building (for fans,...
Widely criticized in recent years, top prosecutor Patricia Jessamy is more certain than ever that she'll win her case.
It is 6:57 p.m. on a steamy evening in East Baltimore and Patricia C. Jessamy is running late after a very long day that isn't over yet. The city's top prosecutor spent her morning in meetings, her...
Fort McHenry's Jim Bailey talks about recreating life in 19th-century Baltimore.
Jim Bailey, park ranger and Volunteer Coordinator at Fort McHenry, has been participating in living history (or re-enactments) at the historic fort since 1999. Bailey is responsible for 60 "soldiers...
The longtime WJZ personality on Baltimore's snow daze, storm chasing, and his message to fans.
Three things all Baltimoreans can count on: death, taxes, and Bob Turk. For 35 years,the avuncular meteorologist has delivered the weather—warmly, you might say—and made us feel like a member of his...
No blinged-out crib for this Oriole. Nick Markakis prefers a house as quiet and low-key as he is.
When Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis went looking to buy his first real house in the Baltimore area, he wanted to purchase something that reminded him of his beloved home state Georgia. Having...
They're smart. They're successful. And they're taking over Baltimore.
Meet Baltimore's Future
"What's Howard County going to look like in 20 or 40 years?" muses Ken Ulman. Good question, Ken. As Howard County Executive, he's going to be playing an active role in...
Rabbi Steven Schwartz is encouraging his congregants to find love online.
Jewish matchmaking is a time-honored tradition that, until recently, remained the province of well-intentioned mothers and synagogue elders. Now, thanks to an increasingly popular Jewish dating site...
Associate professor Steven Soifer isn't afraid of toilet talk.
When you're away from home and nature calls, it can be challenging to find a clean, well-lighted place in which to answer.
But one Baltimore-based organization is on a mission to change that. The...
The secret second life of top retina surgeon Bert Glaser.
Drop the name Bert Glaser in Baltimore medical circles, and many will know him as the surgeon who heads up the National Retina Institute that he founded 20 years ago. But there's a swashbuckling side...
Hopkins professor Jessica Anya Blau publishes her first novel and clears the air about her alter ego.
Jessica Anya Blau didn't know what to think when, five years ago, about 35 students signed up for a fiction-writing course that she taught—and still teaches—at Johns Hopkins University, a class that...
