Sports

Work could start as early as next summer on a multi-use sports and events center in downtown Hagerstown-a new home for the Hagerstown Suns.

Baltimore Fire Chief James Clack has been appointed to a new term, which means he'll lead the city's fire department until at least 2018. But he's received criticism for his decision to close disband several fire companies in the city.  We'll talk with him this morning.

The University of Maryland is developing a robot to explore the Chesapeake Bay's Dead Zone.  We talk with marine science professor Don Boesch, who says it's more like a drone than anything else.

In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.   The idea was to prevent another global recession. But has it worked?  We ask former regulator and University of Maryland law professor Michael Greenberger.

Concussions are permanently damaging college and professional athletes, and the organizations that govern their play are beginning to acknowledge the problem.

But what about youth athletes?

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Start your engines! The second Baltimore Grand Prix is just days away. We check in with Tim Mayer, general manager of the Grand Prix of Baltimore for Andretti Sports Marketing and J.P. Grant, the Columbia-based financier heading Race On LLC (which has a five-year contract to put on the city's IndyCar race,) about how the race is shaping up, speak with Team Baltimore Racing driver Marc Bunting, and get listener questions and comments about the big Labor Day weekend event.

This segment originally aired on August 11, 2010.

Two summers ago, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published an article titled, "Is Jousting the Next Extreme Sport?"

Jousting, of course, is the Maryland state sport, and the article briefly mentioned a Maryland-based jouster named Paul Schneider.

Loretta Reynolds grew up just off Erdman Avenue on the eastern edge of Baltimore as the youngest of five girls. Today she is Brigadier General Reynolds, and commands Parris Island, the famous training grounds for the U.S. Marine Corps. She'll tell us her story.

Then – The Olympics are over, but the Paralympics are just gearing up!  We'll talk with Baltimore’s own Jessica Long, who'll be going for the gold in swimming.

The Olympics are over--but there are still world renowned athletes to watch.  Next week in London, the Paralympics begin.  They’re a series of international sporting events in which the competitors have physical disabilities.

Marylanders, including Mr. Phelps, are making waves (sorry, couldn't help ourselves) over in London.  We talk about his medal count, and check in on on other Olympians from the Old Line State, including penathlete Suzanne Stettinius (her event's on Sunday, August 12) and kayaker Caroline Queen (who came in 17th in the slalom kayak).