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Friday, April 12, 2013  The New York Yankees turned a triple play to quash a rally attempt by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth inning Friday night, their first at home in 45 years.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  SU Basketball fans are just excited they can check out the Orange on the East Coast, as opposed to 3,000 miles away last week. But for a couple Orange stars, the location in Washington D.C. couldn't have been much better

Sunday, February 03, 2013  The Syracuse Orange Football program can now claim two more of its own are Super Bowl champions. The Baltimore Ravens employ defensive specialists Arthur Jones (Union-Endicott, NY) and Jameel McClain and those two now, will have some new rings to wear.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Sunday's Super Bowl showdown between brothers Jim and John Harbaugh will certainly dominate the headlines, but there's an angle for everybody.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Brother of Ultimate Fighting star Jon "Bones" Jones, and fellow former Syracuse star and current New England Patriot Chandler Jones, Arthur admits this is undoubtedly one of the great highlights of his sporting life.

Sunday, January 20, 2013  It'll be Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh when Big Bro John's Baltimore Ravens (13-6) play Little Bro Jim's San Francisco 49ers (13-4-1) in the Super Bowl at New Orleans in two weeks.

Thursday, October 25, 2012  The Syracuse Silver Knights got their exhibition season started on Thursday night against the Baltimore Blast, but the action did not last long.

Saturday, October 13, 2012  CC Sabathia and his New York teammates saw Nate McLouth's long drive called foul by the slimmest of margins - hello, Jeffrey Maier - and then hung on to beat Baltimore 3-1 Friday in the deciding Game 5 of the AL division series.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  Raul Ibanez lined a ninth-inning home run while pinch hitting for slumping Alex Rodriguez, then hit a leadoff homer in the 12th, giving the New York Yankees a stunning 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night for a 2-1 lead in their AL division series.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Alex Rodriguez carried the New York Yankees to the 2009 World Series title with an amazing power display. His more recent postseason memories all too often involve ending with a swing and a miss.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  Chris Davis homered for the sixth straight game and the Baltimore Orioles overcame a club-record 15 strikeouts by James Shields to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 Tuesday night, pushing the AL East race to the final day of the season.

Monday, October 01, 2012  Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin and Mark Teixeira homered in a nine-run second inning, and the New York Yankees routed the Boston Red Sox 10-2 Monday night to open a one-game lead over Baltimore in the AL East with two games to play.

Sunday, September 30, 2012  After holding onto the AL East lead for more than 3½ months, the Yankees appeared set to fall out of first place on Sunday. Then they rallied from a four-run deficit and headed home still tied with Baltimore. "Tonight was a season-defining game for us," New York's Nick Swisher said after a 9-6 win at the Toronto Blue Jays. "We could have gone down big like that and just packed it in, but that's not this team's M.O. That's not how we approach it."

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Brandon Morrow and two relievers combined on a five-hitter, pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-0 victory over New York on Thursday night that trimmed the Yankees' tight lead in the AL East.

Sunday, September 09, 2012  New York finished 9-9 against Baltimore this season. Had the Orioles won Sunday, they would have received home-field advantage in a playoff game if the teams finish tied atop the division. Baltimore would have also had home-field advantage if the Yankees and Orioles finish tied for both wild-card berths.