News in Greater Baltimore Area


  • Sun staff picks for Super Bowl XLVI - The Baltimore Sun's panel of football writers, plus WJZ's Mark Viviano, predict the winner and score of Sunday's Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots in Indianapolis. The predictions are far from unanimous.


  • Aquille Carr looks to elevate game as basketball legend grows - Patterson phenom builds a national profile as he prepares for Seton Hall

    You can count on one hand the number of players shorter than 5 foot 8 who have made it to the NBA. Even fewer have weighed as little as 140-pound Aquille Carr. Yet an impression is growing that Carr, an 18-year-old junior from East Baltimore with a 48-inch vertical leap, a worldwide following on the Internet and a nickname for the ages — "The Crime Stopper" — could make it.


  • Romney wins Nevada GOP caucuses - Gingrich, Paul look ahead to contests in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri


  • Terrell Suggs selected AP Defensive Player of the Year - The award that Terrell Suggs really wanted will be handed out Sunday as the New York Giants and New England Patriots play for the Lombardi Trophy. The Ravens outside linebacker got a nice consolation prize Saturday night when he was named the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year for the 2011-12 season.


  • Ravens' Birk named Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year - Veteran center recognized for play on field, commitment to community service

    Ravens veteran center Matt Birk was named the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year on Saturday night, recognition for his consistent play on the field and his commitment to community endeavors.