"Catch the Retrievers on the rise"

Jill leaves for Baltimore in a week.
To help her prepare for her journey to "Charm City," we have been listening to Baltimore radio stations online most mornings this week.
You can find WBAL here, WHFS here and WNST here.
My previous exposure to Baltimore was almost exclusively limited to Barry Levinson films.
Thanks to the radio stations, I have been able to catch up on all sorts of Baltimore current events.
For example, SportsTalk 1570 WNST broadcasters are currently complaining about how the Orioles have excluded the name "Baltimore" from their road uniforms.
That's not all I have learned from listening to B-More radio stations.
Here are some other things I have learned:
1) The University of Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers are enjoying one of their better seasons. Sixth-man Brian Hodges has scored in double figures in 20 games and the Retrievers finished the regular season with their best America East Conference record -- 7-9 (11-18 overall). The Retrievers tied with Maine for fourth place in the standings, and will face the same Black Bears this weekend in the America East Tournament.
2) The Jones Falls Expressway features some of the heaviest traffic in the Mid-Atlantic. Every morning, the WBAL traffic reports include news of congestion on the JFX, as well as stop-and-go progress on I-95 and both the outer and inner loops of the Baltimore Beltway.
3) Hunt Valley, Md.-based Sinclair Broadcast Group, which clashed with our local cable providers for months -- eventually pulling our local CBS affiliate from our cable package until the ugly corporate wrangling was resolved -- is now entangled in an almost identical dispute with Comcast in the Chesapeake Bay region.
See? Even in unfamiliar surroundings such as Baltimore, we can find common ground.