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The 2015 college lacrosse season is almost upon us, as Delaware plays at High Point on Sunday. Locally, the season begins in eight days when UMBC visits Johns Hopkins and Loyola Maryland welcomes Virginia. So it’s a good time to check in with ESPN analyst...

In an interview with The Baltimore Sun this week, former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis expressed optimism about the future of his old team, but not before offering this caveat: “They’re going to have to get it done real soon before things start to break...

While the two lucky teams who actually made the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, prepare for the game Sunday, a recent analysis shows just how close the Ravens’ roster was to carrying them that far. ESPN and Pro Football Focus...

ESPN television and radio host Scott Van Pelt, a former Maryland student and big-time Terps fan, had the rare kind word for an airport security team after the staff at Baltimore-Washington International Airport tracked down his stolen backpack and allowed...

Despite his boat grounding on an uncharted, underwater obstacle, Minneapolis skipper Hap Fauth and his Bella Mente crew continue to lead the IRC 1 class at the Quantum Key West sailing regatta off the Florida Keys. Tactician Terry Hutchinson of...

When the NCAA tournament brackets for men's basketball come out each March, there are usually a couple matchups -- or potential matchups -- that raise eyebrows and suggest that the selection committee was having some fun. Maryland and Georgetown being...

Offensive lineman Quarvez Boulware and defensive end Oseh Saine verbally committed to Maryland on Saturday, becoming the 17th and 18th members of the Terps' 2015 recruiting class in advance of National Signing Day on Feb. 4. Here is an updated list of...

Maryland is a 14-point underdog heading into its matchup against Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl, according to ESPN. While the Terps and Cardinal are both 7-5, Stanford is coming off of a 31-10 road win over then-No. 8 UCLA. All five of Stanford’s...

The question was about recruiting, asked during a conference call in early December after Maryland secured oral commitments from two top local prospects. Maryland coach Randy Edsall's answer, however, sounded true about more than just that one area:...

Two months ago, the Maryland men’s basketball team was picked to finish 10th by a group of more than two dozen members of the media covering the Big Ten. Trying not to get carried away with the hype surrounding freshman point guard Melo Trimble and the...

Maryland's football program has been trying to sell local recruits from the next two recruiting classes on the idea of banding together and helping to create something special at their homestate school. The Terps recently sent out pictures to those...

Ravens coach John Harbaugh vehemently denied Wednesday that family members are attempting to convince his brother, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, to take the University of Michigan job. Jim Harbaugh has been linked to Michigan throughout...

They have no marching band, no home arena and no shot at landing on ESPN, but the University of Maryland University College's cyberdefense team is among the world's best. The Cyber Padawans — a name that references Jedi knights in training in the...

Never Stop Looking hadn't won a race since last January, but past performances were of little matter as he steered wide into the stretch and ran down his foes to win the Fire Plug Stakes, the second of four $100,000 stakes Saturday at Laurel Park. The...

Since many of you spent Tuesday dealing with your first dose of winter, here’s a reason to think about early spring (if not late winter). The bracketologists have come out of hibernation and most of them believe in Maryland’s turnaround. Both ESPN’s Joe...

A lifelong Orioles fan who served two tours in Iraq and raises money for charity through his love for the team is one of 10 finalists for this year’s class of ESPN’s “Fan Hall of Fame.” Romeo Santos, a fan whose orange construction helmet with an...

You never know what you’re going to get when Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith holds court with reporters. After the Ravens’ 28-13 victory Sunday over the Miami Dolphins, Smith, who had a strong game with seven catches for 70 yards and a touchdown,...

The NFL unanimously passed a revised personal-conduct policy for all league employees Wednesday during the owners meetings in Dallas. The more extensive disciplinary policy comes in a year that had high-profile incidents that involved former Ravens...

In the winter of his discontent, Marquez Fernandez clung to a blanket of stress. He found no comfort. For as the Maryland men's soccer team's 2012 season spilled into December and a College Cup appearance, what had led him to College Park — talent,...

As he opened the broadcast of ESPN's College GameDay on Saturday morning from the Inner Harbor, ESPN's Chris Fowler said, "All of us are so proud to be here." The popular Saturday morning television show, launched in 1987 and hosted by...