Front Office

Last week, Ravens coach John Harbaugh acknowledged that offensive coordinator Cam Cameron would be back with the Ravens next season. Bisciotti and Newsome also supported Cameron on Wednesday, though Newsome declined to say whether Cameron's contract was a one-year deal or longer. “I always look at a body of work,” Newsome said. “Are we headed in the right direction with this offense? And Steve has some unbelievable numbers that he just showed me that prove that we are headed in the right direction.

Wizards Baltimore's Connelly leaving for Suns job A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that Wizards director of player personnel Pat Connelly , a Baltimore native, is moving to Phoenix to take an unspecified front office position with the Suns. Connelly has been with the Wizards for the past seven years, including the past two seasons in his role as director of player personnel. He was preceded at that position by his older brother, Tim, who left to become assistant general manager for New Orleans in August 2010.

Five weeks after the Baltimore Mariners claimed their first American Indoor Football Association championship, the future of the team appears in limbo after its entire front office resigned Friday amid allegations that a member of its ownership group embezzled $1.6 million from a Laurel mechanical engineering firm. Dwayne Wells, 50, was charged with wire fraud for allegedly embezzling the money from his firm, Ryco Associates, then using $109,500 of it to purchase a stake in the Mariners, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

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New Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette has begun the reconstruction of his front office, announcing the hiring of a new amateur scouting director Monday while re-assigning pro scouting director Lee MacPhail IV, one of the top lieutenants in the club's previous regime. Long-time scout Gary Rajsich, who was most recently the Toronto Blue Jays professional crosschecker and spent years with Duquette in Boston, was officially named to replace Joe Jordan, who left the Orioles' amateur scouting post in October to join the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Orioles announced Friday that the director of international operations and the director of player development will switch roles, in a front office shuffle expected to be made official since earlier this week. David Stockstill, who has been with the the organization's minor league staff for 16 years, will oversee operations internationally, including in Asia and Latin America. John Stockstill, who has been with the Orioles for five years and with the Chicago Cubs as a front office executive before that, will run the team's player development.

Wizards Baltimore's Connelly leaving for Suns job A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that Wizards director of player personnel Pat Connelly , a Baltimore native, is moving to Phoenix to take an unspecified front office position with the Suns. Connelly has been with the Wizards for the past seven years, including the past two seasons in his role as director of player personnel. He was preceded at that position by his older brother, Tim, who left to become assistant general manager for New Orleans in August 2010.

The Orioles have taken another preliminary step in their search for the new executive who will replace Andy MacPhail as head of baseball operations. Manager Buck Showalter flew to Baltimore on Wednesday and met with owner Peter Angelos and other front office personnel to discuss possible candidates for the position. Now, club officials must get permission from the current employers of some of those candidates before setting up formal interviews. That process almost certainly is under way. The club is believed to be working from a list that includes Arizona Diamondbacks senior vice president for scouting and player development Jerry DiPoto, Texas Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine, Toronto Blue Jays assistant GM Tony LaCava, Florida Marlins assistant GM Dan Jennings, Los Angeles Dodgers assistant GM De Jon Watson, Detroit Tigers assistant GM Al Avila, Los Angeles Angels executive and former GM Tony Reagins and Dodgers assistant GM Logan White.

New jobs in front office Phil Savage New title: Director of player personnel Previous title: Director of college scouting Age: 37 Background: Twelve years in the NFL, all with Art Modell's franchise. Played football and baseball at the University of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.) and earned a B.A. in English. Has a master's degree in physical education from the University of Alabama. Born in Mobile, Ala. Responsibilities: Oversees pro and college departments. Will continue involvement with draft as well as analyze professional free agents.

The briefing was held at Memorial Stadium. An orange-and-white Baltimore Orioles banner was draped on the wall. The setting, it seemed, was perfect for Frank Robinson to stroll in and announce happily that, after much thought, he had decided to rejoin the Orioles in a front-office slot of one sort or another.It still might happen. But it didn't yesterday.Instead, after meeting for about an hour with team president Larry Lucchino and general manager Roland Hemond, Robinson announced that he wanted to weigh the Orioles' offer further.

SARASOTA, Fla. - This is the time of year when every best-case scenario seems plausible, so you can't really blame Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette for trotting out just about every one available to him on Tuesday. The Orioles will open spring workouts with much the same team that reached the playoffs last year, and without a dynamic offseason acquisition to juice up the starting rotation or the batting order. The front office apparently is convinced - or just wants to convince you - that there is enough talent already in place to replicate last year's success.

While the Ravens front office contemplates Joe Flacco's agent's insistence that his client should be the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL, Flacco's teammates have a pretty good idea of where Flacco stands with the rest of his peers. “He deserves to get paid,” outside linebacker Terrell Suggs said as a guest on The NFL Network's “NFL Total Access” program Friday night. “Where he scales at, that's between our front office and his agent. But he definitely deserves it. The man has a championship ring and you reward your champion by paying him.” Wide receiver and return specialist Jacoby Jones appeared on the same program and voiced a similar opinion.

The usual faces were present in the auditorium at the team's practice facility Thursday but there was a constant reminder that this wasn't the typical "State of the Ravens" address. The Lombardi Trophy was propped next to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, team president Dick Cass, general manager Ozzie Newsome and head coach John Harbaugh. The Ravens' reward for beating the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31, last Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans was hard to miss.

The Orioles are holding open tryouts for ballboys and ballgirls for the 2013 season March 9 at noon at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. People trying out must be 18 or older and be "outgoing and athletic. " Those interested should dress casually and bring their own gloves. Resumes are also recommended. They can use complimentary parking in Lot A of Camden Yards and enter the ballpark at the Home Plate Plaza entrance. The tryout isn't intensive -- you won't have to prove you can turn a double play or anything -- but you should be able to field ground balls. Candidates should also be personable, customer-service oriented and able to work the entire 2013 season.   Judges for the tryouts will include members of the Orioles' front office, former Orioles catcher Chris Hoiles and MASN broadcaster Jim Hunter.

Fifteen months ago, Dan Duquette was still outside looking in, trying to get back into major league baseball after nearly a decade away. Now, after a whirlwind stretch in which he was the surprise hire for the Orioles' top executive post and then put together a patchwork roster that made the playoffs for the first time in 15 years, Duquette is near the top of the fraternity that had shut him out. On Thursday morning at a news conference at...

The Orioles are looking to further bolster their amateur scouting department by adding a second national crosschecker, and they are focusing on a candidate that has strong ties to the organization and executive vice president Dan Duquette. The Orioles have asked for and been granted permission to interview Matt Haas, the Eastern U.S. crosschecker for the Miami Marlins. Teams typically permit their staff to interview with other clubs only if it signifies a promotion, which this would.

Orioles managing general partner Peter Angelos, who promised to restructure the club's front office after he acquired the team Oct. 4, made several moves official yesterday.He named author and minority owner Tom Clancy the club's vice chairman of community projects and public affairs, officially handed the title of vice chairman of business operations and finance to Joe Foss and named Fred Arscott the club's chief administrative officer.None of this comes as a surprise, nor does it signal an immediate change in the way the Orioles do business.

The father of a student at the Academy for College and Career Exploration in Hampden was arrested in the school about 10 a.m. Wednesday after allegedly bringing a handgun to a disciplinary meeting for his son, according to Baltimore police. Rodney Parker, 39, had taken a "hack" or unlicensed cab to the school after his son was brought into the front office for a disciplinary infraction and a parent meeting was scheduled, said Detective Vernon Davis, a police spokesman. As Parker exited the cab, he allegedly fumbled and then dropped a .22 caliber gun, which was noticed by the cab driver, Davis said.

Though it certainly must seem longer, it was just a couple of weeks ago that everyone was drawing comparisons between the surprising Orioles of 2012 and the team that enchanted Baltimore during the magical "Why Not?" season of 1989. Now, that's starting to feel like a cruel joke. The Orioles appear to be in full retreat after a two-week slump that has knocked them off the top of the American League East standings and still threatens to send them quickly to the bottom of their tightly packed division.