Thirty-five years after the Orioles announced their arrival in Baltimore, then-Gov. Negotiations are ongoing for a new Orioles lease for Oriole Park at Camden Yards before the current one expires at the end of December. Just by signing a lease, the Orioles would unlock a promised $600 million of new state funds for improvements at the ballpark, but the club wants...

Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus met with reporters Tuesday at Halas Hall to recap his team’ s 12-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on“ Monday Night Football.”. Bears players have a six-day break for the bye week before reporting back to Lake Forest on Monday. Quarterback Justin Fields, who completed 27 of 37 passes for 217 yards with three sacks, no touchdowns,...

Both before and after Félix Bautista’ s season-ending elbow injury, several Orioles players, coaches and executives referred to him as the best closer in baseball. Wednesday, he was recognized as the best in the American League as the recipient of the AL Reliever of the Year Award, named for Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera. A panel of former relievers— including...

There hasn’t been much snow for plows to clear this winter in Minnesota — but that won’t stop the annual “Name a Snowplow” contest. The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that its plow-naming event will return for a fourth year. The contest offers people the chance to submit ideas and vote to pick eight […]

Darien Harris was an 18- year-old high school senior with a clean criminal record when prosecutors charged him in an ambush-style shooting that left one man dead and another seriously injured in June 2011. Now 30, Harris has long maintained his innocence, saying he was at home watching LeBron James play in the NBA finals between the Miami Heat and the Dallas...

Matt Boldy scored twice, and Mats Zuccarello extended his points streak to 10 games in a 5-2 victory in Calgary.

President Jed Hoyer and the Chicago Cubs still believe they are in the mix for two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani. Hoyer denied a USA Today report that claimed the Cubs had balked at Ohtani’ s 10- year price tag of at least $500 million and they appeared to be out of the bidding. The Cubs’ silence on the Ohtani front extended to manager Craig Counsell, who kept his answers...

Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston will answer fans’ questions throughout the Ravens season. Coming off Baltimore’ s 20-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 12, plenty of questions remain heading into their bye week. Justin Tucker is having one of his worst seasons since 2015.

Virnig, a member of the Rosemount-Apple Valley Eagan School Board, will represent Dakota County’s House District 52B in the upcoming legislative session.

The good news for Chicago Cubs fans is Shohei Ohtani remained unsigned late into the second day of the MLB winter meetings. But whether the Cubs were still among the teams in the mix for the baseball unicorn was a question president Jed Hoyer repeatedly avoided, even after a social media report claimed the Cubs were out. He declined to talk about any discussions...