My best Terps' predictions -- and one clunker

I don’t tend to make that many predictions. My thinking is that there is already enough material online that is less than certain, and I don't need to add to the morass. I try to confine my writing to topics with solid factual underpinnings and leave guesswork to others. I really want people to believe what they read here.

Antonio Barton expected to announce his choice Sunday

Antonio Barton’s decision about where he will finish his college basketball will come Sunday afternoon.

InsideMDSports: Maryland still has 2014 PF Jacquil Taylor on the radar

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Martin Breunig, one-time Terps recruit, transfers to Montana from Washington

Martin Breunig, the last Maryland signee of the Gary Williams era, is transferring to Montana after two underwhelming seasons at Washington.

Maryland won't play scheduled game at M&T in 2014 but likely will return soon

Maryland football is losing one game scheduled for M&T Bank Stadium. According to multiple officials, the Virginia Tech-Maryland game – which had been planned for 2014 – is now officially off the books since the Terps are departing the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 2013 season.

Terps have some competition for Antonio Barton from Tennessee

After visiting Maryland last week, it appeared as if Memphis transfer Antonio Barton was headed home. The senior point guard from Baltimore, who should be eligible to play right away next season after graduating this summer, said that he got a good feel from the coaches, players and athletic director Kevin Anderson.

Terps Trio: Big Ten schedule, previously scheduled games, road trips

Baltimore Sun reporters Don Markus and Jeff Barker and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

While the Maryland men's basketball staff waits on a decision from Memphis point guard transfer Antonio Barton, Baltimore Sun reporter Don Markus this week took a look at the Terps' 2013-14 roster with and without the Lake Clifton graduate.

2014 Big Ten schedule announced for Terps football team

The reality of Maryland's first season in the Big Ten became a little clearer Thursday, when the league announced the 2014 schedule for its 14 members.

Projecting Maryland's rotation, with and without Antonio Barton

As Maryland awaits word from former Memphis point guard Antonio Barton regarding his possible transfer to College Park, it might be interesting to look at the lineups Mark Turgeon could put on the floor next season with or without the 6-2 senior from Baltimore.

InsideMDSports: Donte Grantham talks Terps offer

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Jeff Barker's 2012-13 Maryland men's basketball scrapbook

The best part of being a reporter is being able to take readers -- figuratively -- to places they couldn't otherwise go. That was my goal as I snapped pictures (and borrowed a few from other media members) during Maryland's season. Here are some of the photos, with explanatory text:

Mass. RB Johnathan Thomas talks about his Maryland commitment

On his way to Virginia in January, Johnathan Thomas decided to make a quick stopover at Maryland. The three-star running back from St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Mass., got a tour of the campus and met with coach Randy Edsall, who offered him a scholarship “right on the spot.”

Antonio Barton calls visit to Maryland 'tremendous'

Former Memphis point guard Antonio Barton (Lake Clifton) wrote in a text Sunday to The Baltimore Sun that his visit to Maryland on Friday “went tremendous”.

Terps Trio: Alex Len's health, guard transfers, Johnathan Thomas

Baltimore Sun reporter Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

The Maryland football program landed its third commitment of the 2014 recruiting class when Johnathan Thomas pledged to the Terps on Thursday.

Alex Len's agent talks about ex-Terps center's ankle injury

Alex Len's agent said Thursday in an interview with The Baltimore Sun that the stress fracture and subsequent surgery that will sideline the former Maryland center for several months could impact where Len gets drafted next month, but added that many NBA scouts believe the 7-foot-1 player has "the biggest upside" of any of the big men available.

Andre Ware says Terps could be one of top 'bounce back' teams nationally in 2013

ESPN college football analyst Andre Ware said on “College Football Live” Wednesday that he expects Maryland to be one of the country’s “bounce back” teams in 2013.

Maryland to play at Ohio State in ACC-Big Ten Challenge

Combining Maryland’s seventh-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference last season and the recent decision by 7-foot-1 sophomore center Alex Len to leave early for the NBA, most figured that the Terps would not get a marquee matchup in next season’s ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

InsideMDSports: Dion Wiley updates his recruitment

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The Last Word with Kevin Dorsey

With the 18th pick in the seventh round of last month’s NFL draft, the first – and only – Maryland football player went off the board.

Will the Terps play in a bowl game in 2013 -- and if so, which one?

Though bowl games and Maryland Terrapins have been mutually exclusive terms in the first two years under Randy Edsall, many believe that will change in 2013. 

Former Terps center Alex Len has surgery for partial stress fracture

Departing Maryland center Alex Len underwent surgery for a partial stress fracture in his left ankle that was diagnosed after he declared for the NBA draft, according to his agent.

Terps Trio: Point guards, Big Ten football rivals and Will Ulmer

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

The list of 2014 prospects with reported offers from Maryland continued to expand this week.

Will Ulmer, four-star QB, 'at peace' with his commitment to Maryland

For as long as Will Ulmer can remember, Maryland has been his favorite college football team. The Terps’ well-documented struggles never seemed to bother the St. John’s (D.C.) quarterback.

InsideMDSports: Terps tracking Terry Larrier, emerging 2014 forward

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Rutgers transfer Eli Carter picks Florida over Maryland

Rutgers transfer Eli Carter announced this afternoon on Twitter that he "will be continuing my career at the University of Florida !! #Go Gators."

Joe Vellano, former Terps DL, signs with Patriots as undrafted free agent

Two days after the end of the NFL draft, former Maryland defensive lineman Joe Vellano has found a home.

Antonio Barton says Maryland is one of a few programs he's seriously considering

Antonio Barton’s trip home to Baltimore in a couple of weeks will center around the birthday party for his daughter, Skyy, who is turning 4.