This was Pete Alonso’s night. But Alonso made sure it was those Mets fans’ night, too. He made sure it was Coby Mayo’s night when he shouted him out. He made sure it was Alex Hoppe’s night when he shared the beer shower. And he made sure it was the Orioles’ night. www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

Orioles' Pete Alonso hits his 300th career home run at Citi Field

Fans cheered then chanted Alonso’s name until he exited the dugout and waved his hand to his longtime home crowd.

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A Commanders special teams player went viral for his incredible effort. His response was even better.

Commanders coach Dan Quinn discusses the viral play of gunner Tyler Owens

"It was one of my favorite plays on special teams in a long time," Dan Quinn said.

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David Rubenstein says he is making moves to redevelop the area around Oriole Park at Camden Yards

David Rubenstein takes step toward redeveloping land near ballpark

Orioles ownership has engaged a real estate firm to begin a multiyear effort to develop land next to Camden Yards, David Rubenstein wrote in a new book.

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Cade Cavalli knew he needed to "figure something out for my career" while rehabbing in 2025. Through his NeuX machine, improved nutrition and better monitoring of his workload, Cavalli is showing the promise the Nationals envisioned when they drafted him. www.thebanner.com/sports/natio...

How the Nationals are finally getting the full Cade Cavalli experience

Cade Cavalli leads Nationals starters in just about every category. His recovery routine has played a big role in his ascent.

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NEW | Orioles owner David Rubenstein has engaged sports real estate firm Seregh and begun “the multiyear effort to try to redevelop the immediate area around Camden Yards." www.thebanner.com/economy/rube...

David Rubenstein takes step toward redeveloping land near ballpark

Orioles ownership has engaged a real estate firm to begin a multiyear effort to develop land next to Camden Yards, David Rubenstein wrote in a new book.

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Jesse Minter’s team began its new chapter by answering some of the very questions that haunted its previous one.

5 things we learned: Ravens’ new regime passes first test

Jesse Minter’s team began its new chapter by answering some of the very questions that haunted its previous one.

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Tonight, Pete Alonso returns to Citi Field. “New York will always be special, because it will always feel like a homecoming,” Alonso said. “There was a lot of life lived.” www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

Pete Alonso returns to Citi Field: ‘It will always feel like a homecoming’

The former Mets star returns needing one home run to reach 300 in his career.

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COLUMN | Every offseason is a slog through Lamar Jackson hot takes. As soon as the ball is snapped, though, he takes over the narrative.

Kyle Goon: Lamar Jackson's otherworldly play transcends tiresome discourse

COLUMN | Every offseason is a slog through Lamar Jackson hot takes. As soon as the ball is snapped, though, he takes over the narrative.

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“The opener obviously sort of feels like that first real opportunity to be the type of team we want to be,” Ravens coach Jesse Minter said after a 41-23 over Indianapolis.

In dominant win vs. Colts, Ravens ‘take the vision’ of Jesse Minter

“The opener obviously sort of feels like that first real opportunity to be the type of team we want to be,” Ravens coach Jesse Minter said after a 41-23 over Indianapolis.

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where did John Harbaugh coach before New York — i wish someone on the NBC broadcast would just remind us already

Instant analysis: Commanders miss late conversion, fall to Eagles

Instant analysis: Commanders miss late conversion, fall to Eagles

Jayden Daniels settled in after a difficult start, but the Commanders fell short.

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At last, our long offseason purgatory of discourse about Lamar Jackson has ended. Football can finally take over. With one miraculous scramble out of a sack, Jackson reminded us why he draws so much attention — and how much his play transcends the talk: www.thebanner.com/sports/raven...

Calais Campbell on Jesse Minter: "I think the preparation was really well done tonight. Now we had a long time to prepare. We did a good job preparing. But I think he has a brilliant football mind, and he's a natural born leader. And I was happy to get the first win for him."

Kyle Hamilton said he would grade the Ravens' defensive performance against the Colts as a C-plus. "I think there's a lot of room for improvement. I think the turnovers saved a lot of it. But there were good parts. There were bad parts. Cs get degrees."

After coming off the podium and back into the locker room, one of the first people Lamar Jackson dapped up was kicker Tyler Loop. Loop was 2 for 2 on FGs today including a career-high 57 yarder.

Ravens respond to the Colts' TD drive with a clock-gobbling 10-play, 6:17 scoring drive ending in a Tyler Loop field goal. The Ravens lead 41-23 with 4:09 to go, and while we've seen them have some massive chokes, this one feels more or less put away.

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as we speak, thousands of Fantasy Bros are picking up Chris Moore on the waiver wire

The Ravens have drawn eight penalties for 70 yards, and we're only halfway through the third quarter.

With their receiver depth shattered, the Ravens now have to hold onto a double-digit lead. Piece of cake. 🙃

Everyone on offense standing the sideline has either their helmet on or in their hand -- except Zay Flowers. Just a subjective thought here but he doesn't have the body language of someone reentering the game.

Big moment for Tyler Loop in a road game on a 57-yard attempt. He nails it. Ravens lead 31-13 after one half.

Two holding penalties so far for rookie Vega Ioane. Spotty offensive line play and overall protection has been the glaring weakness for this unit so far.

Marlon Humphrey is soaring after that pass breakup that showed his vintage ball skills. He's earned that hype. The entire Ravens team has to this point. Statement half of football here.

Everyone considers the AFC pretty wide open, but I think Baltimore is showing they're in the upper echelon of that mix today against a clearly overwhelmed Colts team.

Zay Flowers made the entire Colts defense look like it was running at half speed there. He has showed why the Ravens paid him in the first half alone. Baltimore up big 21-6 with 6:54 left in the second quarter.

A little surprising the Ravens try to go for it on 4th and goal at the three. Maybe they thought they have been rolling so hard they could dust the Colts in the first half, but Lamar throws an incompletion under duress and a very promising drive ends with no points.

Rookie mistake: Ja'Kobi Lane busts out an energetic dance to celebrate his first NFL TD ... which is called back for holding. Oof.

Beautiful set up on a first down blitz. Kyle Hamilton snakes in quickly and the tight end has to sweep in. As Jones is worried about Hamilton, he runs right into Tavius Robinson coming on the other end. A very clever pincer move using Hamilton as the versatile piece.

I have seen Lamar Jackson do many incredible things -- popping out of that sack pile is still one of the most impressive tbh. No idea how he got out of that.