World rowing championships in France
The world rowing championships makes its way through the French Alps.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment Sports, The Baltimore Sun, World France, French Alps, rowing
The world rowing championships makes its way through the French Alps.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment Sports, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Baltimore Orioles, baseball, Cal Ripken, Orioles
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,131st consecutive game, we selected 25 of the most memorable Baltimore Sun covers highlighting the record-breaking Orioles shortstop’s career.
Coming soon: Order “Iron Man: Moments in Cal Ripken Jr’s Storied Career,” the new special edition book showing key moments from Ripken’s career in the pages of The Sun.
ALSO SEE: Twenty Years Later: 2,131 [Special section] | How The Sun covered 2,131
Matt Bracken 0 Comment Sports, The Baltimore Sun, World Beijing, China, track and field
Photos from the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing on August 25, 2015.
Denise Sanders 0 Comment Sports, The Baltimore Sun
Several current and past big names in tennis, including Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, John McEnroe, and Pete Sampras played in Nike’s ‘NYC Street Tennis’ event in Greenwich Village in New York City.
Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment Sports, World Egypt, soccer, ultras, Zamalek
CAIRO — Chanting slogans, carrying signs and waving flares, these eager young men who gather in Egypt could be mistaken for Arab Spring demonstrators.
And in this country, the recently-banned hardcore soccer fans known as ultras have played a political role.
Ultras, whose name comes from the Latin word for “beyond,” started in Latin America and Europe in the 1950s before coming to Arab countries. The first to form in Egypt, Ultras White Knights, emerged in 2007 to support the Zamalek team. Groups backing archrival al-Ahly and others followed.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Sports auto racing, cars, NASCAR, NASCAR Sprint Cup series, New York, Watkins Glen
Drivers participated in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355 on Sunday in Watkins Glen, New York. They also practiced leading up to the event at Watkins Glen International.
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Olympics, Sports, Travel, World
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said “we are literally making a miracle happen here.”
Jon Sham 0 Comment Olympics, Sports, World Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, triathlon
Triathletes compete during the men’s and women’s triathlon ITU World Olympic Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. The World Olympic Qualification is a test event for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Sports Andre Greipel, Chris Froome, cycling, Tony Martin, Tour de France
2015 Tour de France – Simon Geschke of Germany wins Stage 17, Froome retains yellow, Tejay van Garderen abandons
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Sports, The Baltimore Sun Brazil, Espinho, FIFA, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Tahiti
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup continues Sunday in Espinho, Portugal. Here is a look at the games so far.