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  • Jurrjens debuts as Os look to end three-game skid

    Jair Jurrjens has spent the 2013 season in Triple-A, two years after making the National League All-Star team. On Saturday afternoon, he will get a chance to show that he doesn't need a return trip. Jurrjens will take the ball for the Orioles in the second of their three-game set against the Rays at Camden Yards, as he fills in for the injured Wei-Yin Chen. He will oppose Roberto Hernandez ...

  • Kennedy Krieger researchers pinpoint cause of rare disease

    It's a dream Ida Heck never really expected to come true. Her family has raised about $1 million since 2005 for research into the rare disorder that afflicts her 8-year-old daughter, Jenna, resulting in cognitive ...

  • President Obama talks economy jobs in Baltimore

    Barack Obama found himself sitting near a 29-year-old man who was uncertain how to reset his life after being released from prison two years ago. In one of the few spontaneous moments of the president's visit, Marcus Dixon - father of two boys - told Obama how he connected in 2011 with a workforce development group called the Center for Urban Families, put his life back together and began ...

  • Powerball now second-largest jackpot in U.S. history

    Powerball prize, at $600 million, is now the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history, tempting many Marylanders to buy tickets for the lottery game before the Saturday night drawing. "We expect there will be brisk sales both [Friday and Saturday]," said Stephen L. Martino, director of the Maryland Lottery. The only multi-state jackpot in the U.S. that was larger was ...

  • Glenn Younes Handles Dave In Salisbury During Baltimore Orioles Game

    (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Dave in Salisbury is an alien from another planet. You cannot have a serious phone call with Dave From Salisbury on The Fan. Ever. Glenn Younes shows you how it is ...


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You, Me and Dupree

You, Me and Dupree

Like any other genre, comedy tends to run cycles, and for the past decade American comedies have gotten stuck into a rut that future film historians will most likely label the comedy of arrested development. Emasculated men have frequently been the center of comedy (see, for ex ... ...

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  • Gausman impresses with dominant start for Bowie

    Email BALTIMORE -- Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette made it clear earlier this week that top pitching prospect Kevin Gausman was not a candidate to make Saturday's start. But that doesn't mean the 22-year-old can't continue to create a ruckus down in the Minor Leagues. Gausman struck out a career-high 10 batters for Double-A Bowie on Friday ...

  • Huge inning not enough after Hammels rough outing

    TB@BAL: Dickerson launches a three-run homer to right BALTIMORE -- Following a four-inning outing in Minnesota on May 10 in which he left his team with a six-run hole to crawl out of, Orioles Opening Day starter Jason Hammel was upfront and honest, vowing to get back to last season's form. But on a night when Baltimore, opening a stretch of 33 games in a 34-day span, badly needed a deep ...

  • Comeback bid falls short as Orioles lose to Rays 12-10

    Jason Hammel has been the beneficiary of strong run support this season, which explains his 5-1 record entering Friday night despite some rocky recent outings. In Hammel's last start, the Orioles came back from an early six-run hole in Minnesota to win.And after his roughest start of the season, the Orioles nearly got their Opening Day starter off the hook ...

  • Michael Phelps throws water on reports that hell return to the Olympic pool

    Michael Phelps coaches children in BrazilOlympic medalist swimmer Michael Phelps coaches local children at the Laureus visit to Rocinha during the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards on March 11, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, ...

  • Pimlico Ready For National Spotlight With The Preakness Just Hours Away

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s just hours before the running of the 138th annual Preakness Stakes, and Baltimore is bustling. Pimlico Race Course is in the national spotlight, as racing fans wait to see if the Kentucky Derby winner can do it ...

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