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Thirty-one years ago, Peter G. Angelos was his hometown’s hero — a tavern owner’s son who came of age in working-class Highlandtown, built a legal empire and used his fortune to purchase the Orioles. By all accounts, Angelos cared less about the mechanics of baseball than he did about restoring local ownership for a cherished civic institution. He knew how deeply the Colts had wounded his city ...

LAS VEGAS -- Saudi Arabia's most recent venture into the global sports scene -- purchasing a stake in the Professional Fighters League -- is yet another example of the oil-rich kingdom using athletics to increase its influence.

Saudi Arabia's most recent venture into the global sports scene — purchasing a stake in the Professional Fighters League — is yet another example of the oil-rich kingdom using athletics to increase its influence. The purchase was relatively modest — $100 million according to the Financial Times — but even in a minority role, Saudi-backed SRJ Sports Investments ensured mixed-martial arts events will take place in that country. The agreement also allows the PFL, which uses a regular season and playoff format more common to team sports, to encroach into the UFC&...

★ Brexiteer politicians – including those who hold high office – have elevated Brexit to the high principle of national sovereignty. Freed from the shackles of the treaties of Maastricht and Lisbon, and the architecture of the EU, Brexiteers trumpet supposedly regained sovereignty as only cause for celebration. This book includes discussion of United Nations, African, American and European treaty-based human rights instruments which prohibit the use of torture – and the mechanisms for the enforcement of these treaty obligations. They are a reminder that constraints on national soverei...

The 2021 THON line dance has officially arrived, and with that, Onward State is here to break down the lyrics and explain every reference noted in this year’s song. From plenty of Zoom jokes to the hot UPS guy and even a shoutout to Charli D’Amelio, this year’s line dance managed to mention plenty of what happened in the wild year that was 2020. Here are the meanings behind every lyric. Verse 1: Penn State Zoom takes over campus classes, // grab your sweats and blue light glasses Penn State students have officially entered their third semester of Zoom classes due to the coronavirus pan...