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Baseball stories bring inspiration, laughs

Local Sports

A famous line from an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem asked the question, “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” When it comes to fans’ love of baseball, the reasons are countless. The recently released book “I Love Baseball” explores that very topic. The reasons include our ...

Rory McIlroy has one item still on his to-do list

National Sports

Rory McIlroy already has everything he wanted from golf. His dream was to be the best player in the game, which he fulfilled long ago by reaching No. 1 in the world nine times. The tallest mountain took 11 years to climb, and this was truly rarefied air when McIlroy won the Masters in April to ...

Venus to play in DC Open

National Sports

Venus Williams accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open, which would be the seven-time Grand Slam champion’s first tournament in more than a year. Williams, who turned 45 in June, is listed as “inactive” on the WTA Tour’s website. She hasn’t competed ...