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Ravens and Orioles combine for $10 million donation to Baltimore fund aiding recovery after bridge collapse

The NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and MLB’s Baltimore Orioles are both stepping up with massive donations to help recovery efforts following the city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Both professional sports organizations announced their donations of $5 million each to the Baltimore Community Foundation’s Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Fund, which was established to support families, port workers, first responders, …

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Ex-Red Sox president Larry Lucchino, who helped break 'Curse of the Bambino,' dead at 78

Larry Lucchino, the former president of the Boston Red Sox who helped break the “Curse of the Bambino,” has died, the team announced Tuesday. He was 78. The Red Sox posted about Lucchino’s death on X. “The Red Sox & the sports world have lost a giant,” the team said. “Larry was a visionary whose competitive spirit & strong will …

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New Orioles owners buy fans beer on opening day: 'It's on us'

Free beers on opening day? Good day to be a Baltimore Orioles fan. Nearly 46,000 fans packed Oriole Park at Camden Yards Thursday for opening day, and they were treated to a nice surprise. Mike Arougheti, a new owner of the team, met a flock of fans in the concourse to introduce himself. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON …

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Mike Trout opens 2024 MLB season with home run in first at-bat

The baseball player who is arguably the greatest of his generation hit the first home run of the 2024 season. Mike Trout took Corbin Burnes deep in Baltimore in his first at-bat of the year. Burnes threw an 88 mph slider to Trout on a 1-1 count, but he made a costly mistake by trowing a low strike to the …

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Orioles honor Maryland Transportation Authority’s quick response to bridge collapse before opening day

Before the first pitch at Camden Yards to kick off the 2024 MLB season, the Baltimore Orioles honored the Maryland Transportation Authority for its quick response after the cargo ship crash that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The vessel struck the Baltimore bridge, named after the man who wrote America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” March 26. Two bodies …

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Longtime Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94

The Baltimore Orioles announced that longtime owner Peter Angelos died Saturday at the age of 94. Angelos and other investors bought the franchise in 1993 for $173 million, and, due to his health in recent years, his sons, John and Louis, took over primary operations in 2019. “Mr. Angelos had been ill for several years, and the family thanks the …

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