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Salisbury women win CAC basketball title game in 2OT
Anna Hackett had a game-high 26 points and host Salisbury outscored Mary Washington 8-3 in the second overtime to win the Capital Athletic Conference championship game, 74-68, on Saturday. Kathy Albornoz (Dulaney) made a jumper for a 70-68 Sea Gulls lead with 4:08 left in the second overtime. Salisbury (24-2) held the Eagles (20-6) scoreless the rest of the way. More Division III: Kayla Kelly had 17 points and host Stevenson (22-3) won, 54-50, over Albright (20-6) in the Commonwealth Conference championship game. ... Steph Perez had 18 points, but host McDaniel (24-3) lost, 68-64, to Muhlenberg (20-7) in the Centennial Conference title game. Division I: Braennan Farrar scored 25 points...
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Salisbury women win CAC basketball title game in 2OT
Anna Hackett had a game-high 26 points and host Salisbury outscored Mary Washington 8-3 in the second overtime to win the Capital Athletic Conference championship game, 74-68, on Saturday. Kathy Albornoz (Dulaney) made a jumper for a 70-68 Sea Gulls...
3-pointers lift Coppin State to 88-77 win over Morgan State in men's basketball
The Coppin State men's basketball team loves to shoot 3-pointers. The Eagles have relied heavily on them throughout the season, and they again helped them to a victory Saturday.
Sterling Smith scored a game-high 21 points and Taariq Cephas added 20 as...
Laurel High basketball junior makes his points on the court
As the lone defender under the Laurel High School basket, junior Kirk Hawkins braced himself as Bowie High began a three-on-one fastbreak against the Spartans.
Hawkins, who is quick but only 5 feet 7, managed to steal an entry pass and feverishly began...
White House-sponsored event at UMBC probes help for students in juvenile justice system
Students and administrators from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, participating in a White House-sponsored education symposium Wednesday, promoted a program that they say helps youths in the juvenile justice system, particularly...
Terps women rout Penn State for 19th straight win
The fifth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team knew before tip-off at Monday night's game against Penn State it would be receiving the Big Ten regular-season trophy in a ceremony following the final whistle.
The Terps played with the moxie of not just...
South Carroll alum Slifer lifts Princeton over Loyola in women's lacrosse
Senior Erin Slifer (South Carroll) had a career-high five goals to power No. 14 host Princeton (1-0) to a 10-8 victory over No. 11 Loyola Maryland (0-1) in women's lacrosse Saturday. Senior Erin McMunn (Winters Mill) added two goals. Taryn VanThof had...
State men's basketball roundup: UNC Wilmington able to fend off Towson, 73-69
Addison Spruill scored 26 points to help visiting UNC Wilmington hold off a spirited upset bid by Towson, 73-69, on Saturday.
The Seahawks (16-11, 11-5 Colonial Athletic Association) bounced back after losing to Delaware, 70-59, on Thursday night, and...
Aubrey Maurice Murphy
Aubrey Maurice Murphy, an acclaimed pianist, organist, conductor and vocal coach who had been a fixture on the Baltimore music scene since the 1960s, died Jan. 27 of prostate cancer at the Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital on Loch Raven Boulevard in...
Merlene Adair
Merlene Adair, a retired Baltimore City Community College dean, died of congestive heart failure Feb. 10 at Northwest Hospital. She was 78 and lived in Pikesville.
Born Merlene Elmira Day in Heathsville, Va., she was the daughter of James Day and...
Host of workers, volunteers helping in the extreme cold
Baltimore will be colder than nearly all of Alaska on Friday.
The National Weather Service reports temperatures will start near zero and aren't expected to rise above 15 degrees, with wind chills as low as minus-17 degrees. In Alaska, the high Friday...
Pimlico spring schedule has 21 stakes, two new bonuses
Pimlico Race Course announced Wednesday a spring schedule featuring 21 stakes races, including eight graded on Preakness Weekend May 15-16, and two bonuses for owners and trainers. The 140th Preakness, the $1.5 million middle jewel of thoroughbred...
State basketball: Hampton crushes Morgan State, 93-65, in nationally televised MEAC game
Brian Darden scored a career-high 23 points and visiting Hampton crushed Morgan State, 93-65, in a nationally televised conference game Monday.
Darden hit a 3-pointer on the first possession of the game, made another two minutes later...
Sam's Sister to carry high weight in Fritchie
Grade 1 stakes-winning Sam's Sister is scheduled to carry high weight of 123 pounds against 10 rivals in Saturday's $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (Grade 2) at Laurel Park. The Jerry Hollendorfer-trained 4-year-old filly arrived at Laurel on Wednesday...
Couples talk about love on Valentine's Day
Each year Feb. 14 marks the celebration of Valentine's Day, a holiday that began as a Christian celebration and evolved into a day of romantic expression.
And for those who have spent their lives together, the holiday is just as special as for those in...
Towson alum Neal traded to Timberwolves
Gary Neal (Towson University, Aberdeen, Calvert Hall), a shooting guard who has been splitting time recently with Lance Stephenson at backup point guard, was traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday for veteran point...
Forest Hill's Pursley completes first two marathons in global quest
Kim Pursley, 44, of Forest Hill has completed the first two steps of her inaugural Triple 7 Quest, an event in which runners compete in seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. She said in an email to The Baltimore Sun that the weather for her...
State hoops: Blossom leads Morgan State men to 55-43 win over S.C. State
Cedric Blossom scored 17 points and had six rebounds to lead the Morgan State men's basketball team past visiting South Carolina State, 55-43, on Monday.
Blossom, coming off a career-high-tying 26-point performance, was 8-for-18 from the field.
Rasean...
Morgan State lacks toughness in 65-58 loss to Bethune-Cookman
Morgan State coach Todd Bozeman remembers when his team was called the "Baltimore bullies" by opponents in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference because of its toughness.
Now, Bozeman is worried the Bears have lost some of that edge.
While...
Restoration of Constellation gives ship — and former inmates — a fresh start
Inside a cavernous dry dock on the waters of Curtis Bay, beneath the raised hull of Baltimore's tall ship Constellation, William Jackson worked with his hands Thursday learning a trade he never imagined he would.
Released last month after serving 24...
State hoops: Cephas' late 3-pointer lifts Coppin State men to 77-74 win
Taariq Cephas scored 18 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final seconds, and the Coppin State men's basketball team edged South Carolina State, 77-74, on Saturday.
The host Eagles (5-18, 4-6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) led by 15 points...
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