They have struggled in recent decades, but the Maryland oysters are on the way to recovery with the help of restoration projects.
#10 Maryland Terrapins Beat #3 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, 9-6, in Battle of Maryland Lacrosse Powerhouses
The #10 Maryland Terrapins beat #3 Johns Hopkins at the Blue Jays’ home field for the first time since 2006.
Maryland Schools in the Path of the Purple Line
COLLEGE PARK – Proposed construction on the Purple Line will not begin for at least another three years, but some local school leaders are concerned as state and county planners work to finalize a route
Maryland Schools in the Path of the Purple Line
Proposed construction on the Purple Line will not begin for at least another three years, but some local school leaders are concerned as state and county planners work to finalize a route.
108th Meeting Between #10 Maryland and #3 Johns Hopkins
The #10 Maryland men’s lacrosse team travels to Baltimore, Md. to play #3 Johns Hopkins in college lacrosse’s top rivalry.
With Black Jockeys in Maryland Scarce, Malcolm Franklin Perseveres
There is something absurdly dangerous about a man intentionally making himself as frail as possible, riding a 1,500-pound muscular animal, and fighting for position on a track filled with similarly starved men — atop similarly sinewy horses. For one of Maryland’s only black jockeys, life is even tougher.
NBA’s First Black All-Star a Bullet and a Celtic
In February, Barksdale was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame by the Early African-American Pioneers Committee. Barksdale, a Berkeley, Calif. native, was influenced greatly by baseball great Jackie Robinson, who played college football at UCLA, a school Barksdale would later attend. “I was about 14 years old when I first saw Jackie, and I’d have to say he was my first big hero,” said Barksdale.
Move Over Satchel Paige, Hello Jehosie Heard
In 1954, when the St. Louis Browns landed in Baltimore and became the Baltimore Orioles, Satchel Paige could have been the franchise’s first black player. Instead, the Orioles let Paige walk, paving the way for Jehosie Heard.
Taliaferro, One of Colts’ First Black Players Recounts Times in Baltimore
Taliaferro said he walked into the lobby of the Lord Baltimore hotel to pick up his key. When he learned his white teammates were staying but he and his black teammates were leaving, he was incensed.
That was Taliaferro’s introduction to Charm City.
First Black Preakness Winner All But Erased From History
In 1889, George “Spider” Anderson became the first black jockey to win the Preakness. In those days black jockeys were not uncommon. Not much is known about Anderson, said Dr. Kenneth Cohen, a professor of early American history at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.