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Almost three weeks after NBA player Jason Collins became the first openly gay active male athlete in a major American sport -- and yes, all those qualifiers are necessary -- new polling data shows a majority of Americans wouldn't care if their favorite athlete was gay. In a comprehensive survey conducted by Reason-Rupe, only 12 percent of those polled said they would be less likely to support their favorite jock if he or she came out, while 77...

Boys lacrosse No. School Record Prev.  1.Loyola 13-8 4 2. Boys' Latin 19-1 1 3. Calvert Hall 11-6 3 4. McDonogh 14-4 2 5. Hereford 18-2 5 6. St. Paul's 15-5 6 7. Gilman 12-4 7 8. Westminster 18-0 8 9. South River 17-3 10  10. Glenelg 16-2 11 11. Arch. Spalding 12-9 9 12. St. Mary's 6-9 12 13. Chesapeake-AA 15-3 13 14. Arundel 15-2 14 15. Fallston 15-4 - Other teams considered: Bel Air (12-4)

No. School Last season 1. Atholton — 2. Gilman 1 3. Mount St. Joseph — 4. Archbishop Curley 5 5. Carver 4 6. Hereford — 7. Oakland Mills 9 8. Century — 9. Old Mill — 10. Glenelg ...

Maryland Jockey Club senior vice president for communications Mike Gathagan credentialed more than 1,600 media members for the 138th Preakness. We talked to a few of them to get their take on how Saturday's race might end up. Not surprisingly, they went heavy on even-money favorite Orb, with a healthy dose of Mylute, the top challenger out of the Kentucky Derby ridden by former Maryland leading rider Rosie Napravnik. Jennie Rees, Louisville Courier-Journal 1. Orb 2. Departing 3. Itsmyluckyday Jerry Bossert, New York Daily News 1. Orb 2. Itsmyluckyday 3. Goldencents Tim Wilkin, Albany Times Union 1. Itsmyluckyday 2. Orb 3. Goldencents Gary Mihoces, USA Today 1. Mylute 2. Orb 3. Goldencents Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times 1. Goldencents 2. Orb 3. Mylute Claire Novak, Blood Horse 1. Orb 2. Departing 3. Mylute Gabby Gaudet, Maryland Jockey Club analyst in waiting 1. Orb 2. Mylute 3. Goldencents Richard Migliore, HRTV 1. Orb 2. Departing 3. Will Take Charge

1. Severna Park 2. River Hill 3. Century 4. McDonogh 5. Hereford 6. Bel Air 7. John Carroll 8. Oakland Mills 9. Broadneck 10. Liberty OTHERS CONSIDERED: Broadneck, Dulaney, Howard, Mount Hebron, South Carroll

Team (record)/Last season's rank 1. Northwestern (21-2)/1 2. Maryland (21-2)/2 3. Florida (16-4)/5 4. Duke (15-5)/4 5. North Carolina (15-6)/3 6. Princeton (12-7)/9 (tie) 7. (tie) Loyola (17-3)/6 7. (tie) Penn (11-6)/9 (tie) 9. Dartmouth (11-5)/13 10. Boston College (12-7)/12 11. Virginia (9-9)/15 12. Syracuse (10-8)/16 13. Georgetown (9-8)/18 14. James Madison (15-4)/11 15. Harvard (10-6)/NR 16. Albany (18-1)

A new internal poll released by Democratic congressional candidate John Delaney on Thursday shows that the Potomac businessman has a commanding lead in the 6th Congressional District primary election race. The poll, conducted March 26-27, shows Delaney with 49 percent of the vote compared with 23 percent for state Sen. Rob Garagiola of Germantown. That's an increase over a poll the campaign conducted earlier in March that showed Delaney with 41 percent compared with 24 percent for Garagiola.

No. School Record 1. McDonogh 23-2 2. Winters Mill 25-2 3. John Carroll 29-1 4. Owings Mills 16-5 5. Archbishop Spalding 22-5 6. Glenelg 15-2 7. River Hill 25-4 8. Mount Hebron 20-7 9. South River 27-5 10. Reservoir 10-3 11. Hereford 20-3 12. Wilde Lake 21-9 13. Mount St. Joseph 8-6 14. Oakland Mills 20-5 15. Loyola 12-6 Other teams considered: Bel Air (24-4), Broadneck (13-3), Catonsville (11-4), Fallston (15-2), Manchester Valley (17-9)

Inside Lacrosse women's Top 20 No. School Rec. Prev. 1. Northwestern 6-0 1 2. Maryland 8-0 2 3. Duke 9-1 3 4. Penn 6-1 4 5. North Carolina 7-1 5 6. Virginia 6-2 6 7. Syracuse 4-2 7 8. Notre Dame 4-1 9 ...

Three local teams made the cut for Inside Lacrosse writer and Baltimore Sun contributor Quint Kessenich's Top 20 poll. Click here to see the poll

Almost three weeks after NBA player Jason Collins became the first openly gay active male athlete in a major American sport -- and yes, all those qualifiers are necessary -- new polling data shows a majority of Americans wouldn't care if their favorite athlete was gay. In a comprehensive survey conducted by Reason-Rupe, only 12 percent of those polled said they would be less likely to support their favorite jock if he or she came out, while 77...

A new poll released today shows the largest measured gap between Americans who believe individuals are born gay and those who believe sexual orientation is caused by external factors. According to Gallup , 47 percent of Americans chose "nature" over "nurture" when asked about same-sex orientation, while 33 percent say they believe being gay is a product of an individual's upbringing and environment. As recently as 2011, public opinion on the causes of sexual orientation were about equally split.

McDonogh's girls lacrosse team remained No. 1 in this week's Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls' Lacrosse National Top 25 poll as the Eagles increased their winning streak to 85 games with Monday's 22-5 win over Mount de Sales. The Eagles, who have been the national No. 1 every week this season, are 16-0. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, from Alexandria, Va., is No. 2 and is 17-0. As for other Baltimore-area teams, St. Paul's ranks No. 7 with Maryvale, No. 9; C. Milton Wright, No. 10; Mount Hebron, No. 11; Bryn Mawr, No. 12; and Century, No. 13. Undefeated Marriotts Ridge is among the teams receiving votes.