Unless the Ravens sign other veteran receivers, they will need rookies Marquise Brown and Miles Boykin to exceed expectations in 2019. It’s unwise to put a lot of stock into offseason training activities and mandatory minicamp practices, but after watching the team work out for three days last...
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After being pulled from practice at mandatory minicamp last week over health concerns, Ravens defensive nose tackle Michael Pierce said Friday that he blames himself. In an interview with Alabama’s WNSP (105.5 FM), Pierce said he “mismanaged” his offseason workouts. “Throughout the offseason, I...
A former University of Maryland basketball player accused of having sex with a drunk woman without her consent was acquitted Thursday of all rape and sex offense charges after two hours of deliberations by a Prince George’s County jury. The case against Damonte Dodd, 25, turned on whether the 18-year-old...
Magnus Dunn was too scared to walk onto the baseball field when he was 5 years old. He was shy and didn’t like talking to strangers, and only after some encouragement from his mom and her help running the bases did he play in his first game. “I didn’t want to get out there but she really pushed...
The hangover hit quick. Hours after LeBron James agreed to join the Lakers last summer, with fans throughout Los Angeles still raising toasts to the King, he was followed into town by a misfit court. Showing up first was Lance Stephenson. What? Here came JaVale McGee. Seriously? Next up was Rajon...
The Lakers became favorites to win the NBA championship next season, at least in the eyes of Vegas, when they agreed to a blockbuster trade to acquire Anthony Davis. Teams don’t hang banners for having the lowest betting odds in June, but this is a long overdue transaction for a franchise that...
Jarrett Culver made himself a top-flight NBA prospect by pushing Texas Tech to within a win of its first national championship. Culver is regarded by many as the top shooting guard in Thursday's draft, part of a rapid rise from solid freshman contributor to Associated Press All-American. He could...
“Today, the basketball gods smiled upon the Nets.” In the summer of 2013, Mikhail Prokhorov, the Nets’ billionaire owner, took a victory lap in the news release announcing his team’s trade for a pair of future Hall of Famers. The cost to get Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn was extreme...
JP Dellacamera broadcast his first Women’s World Cup in 1995. And when he showed up in Sweden for the start of the tournament, U.S. star Michelle Akers had one question for him. “Where you forced to do this event?” she asked through an intermediary. “Or did you want to do it?” Dellacamera, then...
Gary Woodland won the U.S. Open on Sunday, stepped off the 18th green at Pebble Beach and made a beeline for his parents. Swarmed by photographers, he first embraced his mother, Linda, then delivered a hug to his father, Dan, that was so emotional and vigorous it was closer to a football collision....
The stage was among the best in the land. Thousands were watching him. Victory was in his grasp. Gary Woodland didn’t just dream of such a moment, he genuinely expected it would happen. Just not like this. Woodland always imagined being at Allen Fieldhouse, not Pebble Beach. He had a basketball...
Gary Woodland is big on hoops, so let’s put this in the language that will resonate with him. On Sunday in the 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the 35-year-old former Division II college basketball player canned the equivalent of at least three game-winning shots. The daring and spectacular three-wood...
Mack Brown is back and hoping to lead the UNC Tar Heels to success in the same way he did the University of Texas. Back in the late 1980s, Brown inherited a 1-10 UNC team and turned it into a respectable 7-4 squad before his departure to Texas. He then led the Longhorns to a national title in 2005....
This season is the 150th anniversary of college football and, as usual, fans can’t wait for the season to kick off. For those eager to get ready for the upcoming season, there are numerous preview magazines on the market providing plenty of insight, analysis and projections. Here is a breakdown...
Texas A&M is expanding the sale of alcoholic beverages in Kyle Field to the general public, becoming the first school in the SEC to take advantage of the league lifting its ban on alcohol sales at athletic events. The school will offer a variety of domestic and imported beers as well as a selection...
A new era is set to kick off in Manhattan as Chris Klieman takes over the Kansas State program following in the footsteps of legendary coach Bill Snyder. Klieman won four national titles at North Dakota State and now faces the challenge of helping the Wildcats return to football relevance. Orlando...
Former Duke star Zion Williamson, who is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the June 20 NBA draft, is suing to terminate his contract with a sports marketing company, saying the agency violated the state's sports agent law. A lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Greensboro says the star...
HEMPSTEAD, NY – Star attackman Lyle Thompson put forth an impressive display to lift the Chesapeake Bayhawks to their second straight road victory to start the 2019 season. Thompson scored five goals and dished off two assists as Chesapeake took control in the second half and beat the New York...
Two weeks after becoming the first goalkeeper to take home the Tewaaraton Award as college lacrosse’s top player, Maryland’s Megan Taylor was recognized Thursday by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association as Division I’s Player of the Year. The Terps’ Julia Braig was named Defender...
Former Loyola-Maryland lacrosse star Pat Spencer has committed to play basketball at Northwestern of the Big Ten Conference. Bruce Spencer told The Capital of his son’s decision on Thursday afternoon. Bruce and Pat Spencer traveled to Chicago together to visit the school and meet with head coach...
Three Maryland seniors in goalkeeper and 2019 Tewaaraton Award winner Megan Taylor (Glenelg), defender Julia Braig (St. Paul’s) and midfielder Jen Giles (Mount Hebron) were among the 16 players named first-team All Americans by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Wednesday...
The California Horse Racing Board and Santa Anita, at odds over the weekend because of the CHRB’s desire to immediately suspend racing at the track, announced enhanced protocols designed to keep unsound horses from running. A panel of five, including Dr. Rick Arthur, equine medical director of...
Having confidently glided up to the top pipe on a ramp nearly 10 feet high, skateboarder Sky Brown lost her footing while trying a trick and tumbled down the slick concrete. Coming to a stop at the bottom of the course, her right arm already wrapped in a pink cast from a spill two weeks prior,...
A former dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University was found guilty Wednesday of neglect of duty and misconduct in office but acquitted on a more serious criminal sexual conduct charge. William Strampel, the ex-dean of the College of Osteopathic...
Growing up in Baltimore, Giles Smith’s summers were spent swimming and following the Orioles. But as Smith began to develop into a top swimmer at McDonogh, he wondered whether he’d have the chance to extend his career professionally, like baseball, football and basketball players. “I kind of was...
In conditions I’d call a tune-up before Friday’s big blow, I took a father and son kayak fishing for part of their Father’s Day weekend celebration. There wasn’t much to celebrate on the fishing or weather front. We struggled to find willing piscatorial participants, and were even less successful...
The Baltimore Brigade defeated the Columbus Destroyers, 44-39, on Saturday at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Brigade wide receiver Joe Hills made Arena Football League history by catching a touchdown reception for the 100th consecutive game. Hills finished with six receptions for 54 yards...
Joe Hills’ run of 99 consecutive games with a touchdown catch is already an Arena Football League record that might never be matched again. But the Baltimore Brigade wide receiver balks at the idea of comparing his achievement to “The Streak” compiled by former Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr.,...
Quarterback Shane Boyd threw for 154 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Baltimore Brigade to a 45-30 win over the Philadelphia Soul (2-3) in an Arena Football League game at Royal Farms Arena on Sunday. Defensive back Josh Victorian had 5 1/2 tackles (five solo) and five pass breakups for the...