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Kent Desormeaux riding Exaggerator (R) wins the 141st Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Corey J. Lanerie riding Cherry Wine congratualtes him.

Study of Preakness’ future at Pimlico due Friday

June 1, 2019 at 4:26 a.m.

The Maryland Stadium Authority will release a long-awaited report on the future of Pimlico Race Course on Friday, with lawmakers and racing officials hoping the study will spur serious discussion...

Autopsy finds ex-NFL safety Keion Carpenter died from blunt-force head trauma sustained during fall

June 6, 2018 at 10:29 a.m.

Baltimore native and former NFL safety Keion Carpenter died from blunt-force head trauma sustained when he fell during a recent vacation to Miami, according to an autopsy report by the...

The Baltimore Ravens during their second day of afternoon practices. Defensive line coach Clarence Brooks (cap and gotee) along with other coaches pull off players who jumped onto the pile, after #72 Lorenzo Williams and #68 Sean Dumford got into an altercation during an afternoon drill.

Former Bears defensive line coach Clarence Brooks dies at 65 after battle with cancer

May 13, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Clarence Brooks, the stalwart Ravens defensive line coach who inspired players by working determinedly through treatments for esophageal and stomach cancer, died this morning at a hospital in Weston, Fla....

A more mature Carmelo Anthony finds himself as Team USA’s leader

May 22, 2019 at 8:16 a.m.

When Carmelo Anthony was a young boy, sharpening his shot and dribble on the playgrounds of West Baltimore, he never once fathomed a day when he'd own a pile of...

Ryan Lochte again predicts he will see Michael Phelps in Tokyo in 2020

May 31, 2019 at 11:56 a.m.

Is Ryan Lochte just having more fun with Michael Phelps or does he really think Phelps will attempt to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? At the news conference for...

(From left) Allison Schmitt, USA's Madeline "Maya" Dirado, USA's Katie Ledecky and USA's Leah Smith celebrate after they won the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 10, 2016.

Michael Phelps prepares for busy Thursday, Allison Schmitt helps U.S. win another gold

June 30, 2019 at 5:45 p.m.

It hurts more this time. That's just reality for Michael Phelps as he attempts to win another six Olympic gold medals at age 31. He added Nos. 20 and 21...

What were those purple splotches on Michael Phelps’ back?

June 30, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

After Michael Phelps' smashing Rio debut Sunday, some Olympic viewers were apparently just as mesmerized by the purple splotches on his back as by his swimming. The marks are the...

Michael Phelps will be U.S. flag bearer for opening ceremony

June 29, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Even as a teenager, Michael Phelps yearned to take swimming to a grander stage and encourage masses of people to dive into pools around the world. He wanted to do...

Age: 20 (March 7, 1996)
Ties to Maryland: Grew up in Cochranville, Pa., just north of the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. Trained at North Baltimore Aquatic Club before moving to Arizona last year to work with coach Bob Bowman.
Career highlights: Runge qualified for her first Olympics on the 4x200-meter freestyle relay team. She swam a 1:57.16 in the event final to finish fifth at the Olympic trials. … She also swam on the U.S. team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 2015 world championships, where the Americans won gold. At that event, Runge also swam individually in the 400-meter freestyle, finishing ninth. … Runge won a team national championship in her freshman season at California in 2014-15 before redshirting this past year to train at Arizona State. … Before starting college, Runge was the runner-up in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle events at the U.S. National Championships in 2014.
Did you know: After the Olympics, Runge will transfer from California to Wisconsin to swim for the Badgers starting this fall. … Her younger sister, 17-year-old Maddie, also swam for the NBAC at the Olympic trials. Maddie's time of 8:57.18 in the 800-meter freestyle was 65th-fastest at the trials.

Katie Ledecky is about to become larger than life

May 22, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

When Katie Ledecky arrived in Omaha, Neb., for the Olympic swimming trials, she was greeted by a colossal image of ... Katie Ledecky. The two-story Ledecky, grinning down from the...

Homeboykris died of heart attack on Preakness Day, had high level of anti-inflammatory drug, necropsy shows

June 30, 2019 at 5:39 a.m.

Homeboykris, one of two horses that died on Preakness day, was running with an elevated level of the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone in his blood, according to a necropsy report released...

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