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Ryan Lochte, left, and first-place Michael Phelps smile during the medal ceremony after the 100-meter butterfly final at the Pan Pacific Championships.

Michael Phelps’ ‘Battle for Ocean Supremacy’ vs. a shark finally has a trailer

June 1, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

On Wednesday, Discovery Channel released its first promo for the most anticipated man-against-beast competition since Takeru Kobayashi lost a hot-dog-eating contest to a Kodiak bear. And, man, is there a...

Orioles’ Adam Jones is real star of the night at Baltimore’s WWE Extreme Rules

July 7, 2019 at 2:23 a.m.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones spent the early part of his Sunday playing the Boston Red Sox. He ended it cosplaying the bodyguard for the "Million Dollar Man." Dressed as...

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis sports a fashionable hat at the 2017.

Preakness notes: Classic duel overshadowed by Cloud Computing

June 1, 2019 at 9:27 a.m.

From the day they were pointed toward a reunion at the Preakness until early Saturday night, Classic Empire and Always Dreaming were, it seemed, inseparable. Two weeks ago, at the...

The art of stooping: Found money in discarded tickets at the track

June 1, 2019 at 9:27 a.m.

The familiar, brassy call to post sounded overhead inside a Pimlico Race Course concourse early Saturday afternoon, and Jimmy was off, talking about how a man with no legs had...

Classic Empire jockey Leparoux allegedly defrauded, according to report

June 1, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

Classic Empire jockey Julien Leparoux, scheduled to ride in Saturday's Preakness, allegedly was defrauded by a former financial adviser, according to a federal indictment reportedly handed down this month in...

Shimmering Aspen could provide Ellen Charles her latest claim to fame: a Black-Eyed Susan win

June 29, 2019 at 2:37 p.m.

The most interesting woman in racing is not the most successful, but Ellen Charles is the reigning Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association Owner of the Year, so do not pity her....

Expected cooler temperatures Saturday good news for Preakness horses

May 24, 2019 at 12:35 a.m.

With stifling early humidity and temperatures that rose into the low 90s on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, trainers will be keeping an eye on the thermometer ahead of the Preakness....

Jockey hopeful Taylor Leatherman got boost to budding career exercising Royal Mo

June 1, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

Taylor Leatherman wants to ride a Triple Crown winner one day. Her best mount has been a horse that will not run one Triple Crown leg. And still her few...

Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming walks with Salvador Villa at Pimlico Race Course on Tuesday. The 142nd Preakness Stakes is May 20.

Preakness contender Royal Mo suffers career-ending fracture during workout

June 29, 2019 at 7:06 p.m.

Thursday morning at Pimlico Race Course, John Shirreffs was presented with a counterfactual: How would Royal Mo have fared in the Kentucky Derby, had his colt just made the cut?...

‘Much appreciated,’ Adam Jones says of ovation in first at-bat since racial incident

May 31, 2019 at 4:58 p.m.

The day after a Red Sox fan threw peanuts at and taunted Orioles center fielder Adam Jones with racial slurs, Boston media, players and fans alike reckoned with how to...

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