Big dreams for small-town baseball: Owners of new team have deep roots in Hagerstown

HAGERSTOWN — The ownership group of the new baseball team in Hagerstown aren’t baseball people. But they are Hagerstown people, and history has shown that local ownership can lead to sustained success for a minor league ball club. Howard “Blackie”…

Atlantic League founder brings Hagerstown into his baseball ‘Petri dish’

From a small stake in a minor league baseball team to founder and chief executive of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Frank Boulton is now bringing a new team to Hagerstown, Maryland.

Inside the numbers: What changed the last time Maryland built a minor-league ballpark

Regency Furniture Stadium, a $28 million ballpark paid for largely with taxpayer dollars, opened in 2008 in Waldorf, Maryland. Ever since, it has been the home of the Southern Maryland Blue Claws of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Supporters…

The Preakness was under the spotlight after deaths at Churchill Downs earlier this month

By JESSIE SCHWARTZ Capital News Service BALTIMORE – Wearing shirts emblazoned with the phrase “horse racing” but with “racing” crossed out and “killing” in its place, about 50 members of Horseracing Wrongs, a non profit organization working to end horseracing,…

Charting the Elite Statistical Performances of the 2023 NCAA Lacrosse Season

The 2023 NCAA lacrosse season represented a marked shift from 2022. All four of last season’s Final Four teams are already eliminated from competition and there has been unusual parity across the country. With only eight teams remaining, it is…

Congress, health officials look to improve federal response to the next crisis

Before the pandemic, the CDC had 187 health facilities and now has 25,000 facilities to manage statistics and data.

Cardin reintroduces bipartisan bill to authorize coastal watershed habitat conservation program

The legislation is aimed at continuing conservation programs at two dozen coastal areas, including the Chesapeake Bay.

Outdoors could be key to improving post-pandemic learning

Outdoor education programs have been proven to have a positive effect on the educational, physical and emotional development of young people, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Independent reporters on social media report DC crime to large audiences

In the D.C. Metro Area, a like-minded online community of independent reporters seeks to inform their physical communities.

University of Maryland, PointsBet part company in wake of betting controversies

The partnership allowed PointsBet to advertise on UMD’s campus, in its arenas, and across sports radio broadcast airwaves.