(BALTIMORE – September 15, 2026) – Cornell Tilghman. Jackie Green. Leroy Wilson. Denise Sims. Catherine B. Orange has been far more than a teacher to me. She has been a mentor, a friend, and someone I could always talk to. Truthfully, she is like a mother. Ms. Orange was patient with me. She believed in me and helped shape the person I would become. I first met her when she taught me seventh- and eighth-grade English at William Hugo Lemmel Junior High School. Lemmel had a tough reputation. It was the kind of school where you had to know how…

(BALTIMORE – September 14, 2026) — Timmeeka Pettus, a longtime Baltimore City Public Schools employee, labor leader, and community advocate, will be honored at the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at COLIN’S Seafood & Grill. A Baltimore native, devoted mother, and woman of faith, Pettus has built a life defined by resilience, perseverance, and service. Pettus became a mother at 16. Despite the challenges she faced as a teenage parent, she remained determined to raise her sons, provide for her family, and build a meaningful career serving Baltimore. In 2008, Pettus began working for…

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(BALTIMORE – September 8, 2026) – Having completed about a dozen full-length interviews for the Legends of Baltimore series—and given a series of television and podcast interviews—one observation I’ve made is how much pride Baltimoreans take in their high schools. As a matter of fact, one of the first questions we ask is: “What school did you go to?” From that point forward, a true Baltimorean has already started calculating who you are, what side of town you come from, and who you might know. If you’re not from here, don’t worry. It’s a Baltimore thing. I’m sure you understand. Simply…

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(BALTIMORE – September 7, 2026) – East Baltimore has its annual Legends Tournament at the Dome. A few weeks later, West Baltimore closes out the summer with the Labor Day cookout at Cloverdale. For me, you could not ask for a better combination. Down on the basketball court, young people compete, develop their skills, and begin building their own reputations. They are the legends to be. Up on the hill, beneath the tree, sit the legends who came before them. Scales. Mr. Rocky. Doc. Stacey Fowlkes. Al Leslie. George Pinchback. Roger Dickens. Timmy Greene. Brother Rasul. These are men whose…

From Eastern Shore crab pickers and Baltimore ship caulkers to Raymond Haysbert, Otis Warren, and my mother’s three rules (BALTIMORE — Labor Day 2026) — America. North America, specifically. The East Coast. The Mid-Atlantic. More specifically, travel up the Chesapeake Bay, and you will find a city of firsts. It is the place many of us call home. New York City has pizza. Philadelphia has cheesesteaks. Baltimore has crab cakes loaded with jumbo lump, lightly breaded, with a dash of yellow mustard and two crackers on the side. Mmph. Watch your mouf! I can smell a skillet with about five…

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BASKETBALL GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DICKIE KELLY The Dunbar great, playground scoring machine, and Baltimore Bullets draft pick remembers the long road from Turner Station to the edge of the NBA (BALTIMORE – September 6, 2026) — Before there was Skip, there was Dickie. That is not meant to diminish the greatness of Skip Wise, one of the most celebrated basketball players ever produced by Baltimore. It is a reminder that this city’s basketball history did not begin with the names most people remember. Long before Skip electrified crowds at Dunbar High School, Dickie Kelly was already giving Baltimore basketball fans…