Under Armour defeated Nike in the BCS title game Monday night. That’s one storyline playing out since Auburn University vanquished the University of Oregon, 22-19, for the NCAA college football championship. To locals, the backstory is pretty well known, but ...

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It was brought to my attention today during a conversation with a former baseball executive that these days, MLB managers are the default scapegoat when things aren’t going well. Firing the manager is now often a PR move instead of ...

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The Minnesota Twins’ eight-year, $184 million contract extension for Joe Mauer is being heralded as a win-win for the team and for baseball. And Baltimore’s own Ron Shapiro helped orchestrate it. The deal is the fourth-largest contract in baseball history ...

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The 15th annual National Sports Forum wrapped up in Baltimore yesterday, and boy did they have an all star cast this year. Here are just a few of the speakers and panelists that have been imparting their wisdom upon the ...

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It’s only getting sadder for the woeful Nationals. For the second year in a row the team’s pitiful attendance (that are actually worse than the Orioles!! Seriously!!) has caused the team to try and meet their fans halfway. At least ...

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