COLLEGE PARK — Maryland women’s lacrosse coach Cathy Reese was not happy that her team gave up four goals in the final seven minutes Saturday against Duke.

Jason Hammel was rocked for a season-high seven runs on 10 hits over 4 2/3 innings as part of a 17-hit Tampa Bay hit parade Friday, and a furious Orioles late-inning rally fell just short in a 12-10 loss to the Rays in the series opener at Camden Yards.

The number of sexual assaults in the armed services has risen to an astonishing and alarming level.

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation has posted road closures and traffic modifications for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes and InfieldFest at Pimlico Race Course .

Morgan Madonna scored a game-tying goal with 37 seconds remaining in regulation and Mike Walsh scored just seconds into overtime as St. Mark's defeated Tower Hill 7-6 on Saturday night at DeGroat Field.

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski recently underwent an MRI on his back to check on a disk issue he had dating back to last season, a person informed of Gronkowski's medical status told USA Today Sports.

Carroll County Head Start students were allowed to get a little dirty prior to dismissal Friday.

The Carroll County Board of Education is expected to approve its Fiscal Year 2014 budget at its 1 p.m. meeting Wednesday in the Charles I. Ecker Boardroom at the Board of Education offices, located at

Thousands converged Saturday to celebrate their Scottish heritage, no matter how distant, with bagpipe music, games, dancing and traditional food like meat pies, turkey legs and, yes, haggis.

Four current, former officers file federal lawsuit

Four former and current African-American Annapolis police officers have filed a federal racial-discrimination lawsuit against the city, claiming that they were unfairly treated, subjected to harassment, wrongly turned down for promotions and, for two of them, given walking papers.

The Carroll County Board of Education is faced with passing its Fiscal Year 2014 budget Wednesday with the possibility that some uncertainty may still surround the level of funding schools will receiv

 MARDELA SPRINGS — Brett Ireland picked the right time to take a chance.

PP Horse (Jockey, weight) Last 3 Comment Odds 1 Orb (JRosario 126) 1-1-1 Hard to go past 4-5 6 Oxbow (GLStevens 126) 6-5-2 Improves on Derby 12-1 4 Departing (BJHernandez Jr. 126) 1-3-1 Rallies for share 9-2 9 Itsmyluckyday (JRVelazquez 126) 15-2-1 Threat on top stuff 10-1 5 Mylute (RNapravnik 126) 5-2-7 Factor in stretch 8-1 2 Goldencents (KKrigger 126) 17-1-4 Contests the pace 10-1 8 Govenor Charlie (MGarcia 126) 1-1-2 Gets class test 6-1 7 Will Take Charge (MESmith 126) 8-1-6 A tad too erratic 20-1 3 Titletown Five (JRLeparoux 126) 4-9-2 Stamina a question 30-1