Because of NFL scheduling rotations, the Ravens might not see Joe Flacco again for over two years. The Ravens won’t face the Denver Broncos, where Flacco’s reportedly set to be traded next month, in the regular season this year. It’s not known whether the two teams will meet next year, either....
On Wednesday, the Ravens reportedly agreed in principle to trade longtime starting quarterback Joe Flacco to the Denver Broncos for a fourth-round pick in April's NFL draft. Here’s what sports writers across the country are saying about the deal. » ESPN’s Bill Barnwell gives the Ravens a B-plus...
Running off at the typewriter ... First we found out on Thursday that Colin Kaepernick turned down a chance to play in the Alliance of American Football, and then on Friday the news broke that Kaepernick reached a financial settlement with the NFL concerning his collusion grievances against the...
The most welcome Dolphins coaching move of them all landed not with a big headline, or triumphant applause, or any public hoopla beyond a simple handshake Friday morning and nod of greeting. “Hi, Jim Caldwell,’’ he said. You might not be excited by a 64-year-old coach with comes with a quiet and...
A person with knowledge of the conversation tells The Associated Press that the new Alliance of American Football spoke with Colin Kaepernick during its development about joining the league. But Kaepernick wanted $20 million or more to consider playing with the league that had its debut last weekend....
Steve Spurrier got his first experience of assembling a roster from scratch 36 years ago in a spring football enterprise. And as with the Orlando Apollos, Spurrier had plenty of Florida talent to draw from in building the USFL’s Tampa Bay Bandits. After that — well, perhaps the similarities don’t...
Watch the video above for Orioles beat writer Jon Meoli’s Thursday update from spring training in Sarasota, Fla. jmeoli@baltsun.com twitter.com/JonMeoli
Maryland fans have complained since the Terps joined the Big Ten five years ago about the lack of rivalries, because of the league’s imbalanced schedule as well as the physical distance between their school and the other 13. In terms of how the games played out, the matchups between Maryland and...
Oakland Mills senior heavyweight Ernie Smith said he felt like he won two county titles: one for him and one for the team. While that’s not entirely true, as the Scorpions had 11 grapplers place among the top four of their brackets, the team title at the 50th annual Howard County wrestling tournament...
Junior guard Kaila Charles scored 22 points, Blair Watson added 17 and No. 7 Maryland used a big third quarter to roar past Nebraska , 89-63, Thursday night for its eighth straight victory. Standing alone atop the Big Ten, the Terrapins (23-2, 12-2) face No. 14 Iowa on the road Sunday with first...
Ben Wallace played for the Bulls for 1½ seasons after winning a championship and earning four All-Star berths for the Pistons. Jack Sikma went from little St. Anne in Kankakee County to Illinois Wesleyan University to seven All-Star appearances in 14 NBA seasons. They are two of the 13 people who...
Games of the Week MEN No. 6 Denver (1-0) @ No. 10 Duke (2-1) Saturday, 11 a.m. Outlook: The Blue Devils knotted the series at 6-6 after their 15-12 victory Feb. 16, 2018 ended a three-game losing skid to the Pioneers. Duke is 4-1 against Denver in Durham, which is the site of Saturday’s meeting....
The role of replacing Sid Ewell, a starting defenseman for the Towson men’s team whose eligibility ran out after last spring, went to Koby Smith, who was the program’s top long-stick midfielder as a freshman. But the position switch was not startling for the Lutherville resident and Loyola Blakefield...
Because of their academic and practice schedules, Pat Spencer and Livy Rosenzweig do not get to spend much time picking each other’s brains. But Spencer, the highly decorated maestro for the Loyola Maryland men’s lacrosse team, and Rosenzweig, a budding superstar for the Greyhounds women, have...
Jack Andrews grew up on Navy lacrosse. The Annapolis resident is the son of a former Navy lacrosse player and remembers spending spring Saturdays at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Andrews thought fleetingly about following in his father’s footsteps, but was not recruited by Navy. The St. Mary’s...
A couple of weeks before Morgan State would hire Tyrone Wheatley to helm the football program, athletic director Edward Scott and Wheatley engaged in a two-hour phone conversation. The topics during the first hour, according to Scott, bounced around from life to philosophy to children to family....
California authorities have filed criminal charges against Nebraska running back Maurice Washington, who is suspected of possessing a video of his underage high school girlfriend being sexually assaulted by two other people and sending it to the girl less than a year ago. Clarissa Hamilton, supervisor...
Morgan State on Wednesday announced the hiring of former Michigan star and NFL running back Tyrone Wheatley as its 22nd head football coach. Wheatley, who will take over Feb. 21, comes to the Bears after serving the past two seasons under coach Doug Marrone as the running backs coach for the Jacksonville...
As his newest neighbor was being led into one of the spacious stallion runs at Ballena Vista Farm on a recent afternoon, 8-year-old Texas Ryano poked his head above the fence and watched intently. Ears pricked, the chestnut horse with a white blaze on his head expressed himself in loud snorts and...
A little more than an hour before Sunday’s $200,000 San Vicente Stakes for 3-year-old horses at Santa Anita, the Kentucky Derby Future Pool 2 was closed to bettors. You could have put down a wager on Coliseum and gotten 15-1 odds. Those who decided to wait to see how the highly regarded son of...
Baltimore’s lawmakers are hoping to draw the reluctant owners of Pimlico Race Course into discussions about redeveloping the aging horse racing track. Del. Samuel I. “Sandy” Rosenberg, a Baltimore Democrat whose district includes the track, is among the sponsors of legislation that would require...
This is what the Sockers’ fascinating, unprecedented signing of American legend Landon Donovan means: The Major Arena Soccer League changed coverage of his 7:35 p.m. opener Friday at Pechanga Arena against Tacoma from YouTube TV to a network (Eleven Sports), available on DirecTV and U-verse. It...
Lindsey Vonn walked off with her career haul of medals in her right hand, the gold, silver and bronze clinking together almost weighing her down. Or was it the bulging knee braces and metal support rods inside her vast array of broken bones? Whatever it was, the sound was a reminder of what Vonn...
Somewhat unexpectedly, the United States has become a beacon of ice dancing excellence. Americans Colleen O’Connor and Jim Millns won a bronze medal in the discipline’s 1976 Olympic debut but no Americans cracked the top three at the Winter Games again until 2006, when Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto...
Vincent Zhou’s personality is quiet and understated. He describes himself in his Twitter profile as a poet, existential contemplator, and bookworm, among other gentle pursuits. He’s not usually demonstrative after he performs, which made his fist pump noteworthy after his spectacular short program...
Justin Thomas was playing well enough to want to keep playing, with six birdies in a seven-hole stretch before it was too dark to continue Friday at the Genesis Open. It also was raining. It was cold. And he already had been slogging through Riviera for nine hours. “It's hard playing 30 holes,...
LOS ANGELES — Matt Kuchar apologized Friday for what he said were insensitive comments about the caddie he used at the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico last fall and said he would pay the $50,000 the caddie requested. He also said he would make a donation to the tournament to be distributed to charities...
On a day of first-round reboots and muddy boots, the Riviera Country Club grounds crew was under pressure Thursday to get the course in playable condition after torrential rain. “The rain wouldn’t stop,” said Matt Morton, in his 20th year as Riviera’s superintendent. “The course was already at...
Annapolis Anglers’ Club Feb. 20: South River keeper Jesse Iliff discusses Arundel Rivers Federation’s mission, water quality issues and oyster restoration projects. Vendor is Nancy Cann Shimer of Coastal Impressions Studio. Starts at 7 p.m., American Legion Post 7, 1905 Crownsville Road, Crownsville....
The Arena Football League announced its 2019 season schedule, along with rule changes for the upcoming season. The Baltimore Brigade will kick off the season in a rematch of last year's championship game at Royal Farms Arena, hosting the defending AFL champion Washington Valor on April 26. The...
Indoor football The Arena Football League , which includes franchises in Baltimore and Washington, is launching a team in Columbus, Ohio, to begin play this spring. The team will play its home games at Nationwide Arena , and will play a total of 12 games during the regular season. The Columbus...
The Arena Football League will be relocating its business headquarters to Philadelphia next month. The League offices had previously been located in Las Vegas. The Arena Football League will be led by Ron Jaworski, who will serve as chairman of the executive committee, Randall Boe, who will serve...