There’s a pretty good chance that the Maryland Terps football team will finish this difficult season next week with nowhere to go but back to the proverbial drawing board, but that doesn’t mean they need to wipe it clean and start over from scratch. If the Terps have been frustratingly inconsistent...
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to practice Friday, one day after an illness left the team with only one quarterback available ahead of Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Jackson joined Robert Griffin III on the team’s indoor practice field and was a full participant. Absent...
As Mike Elias takes the reins of an Orioles team at the start of a rebuild after a franchise-record 115 losses, here’s a look at the similarities (and differences) between the Astros’ assistant general manager and the Orioles’ former top executive, Dan Duquette, who was let go in October. Similarities...
Urban Meyer is the football coach at Ohio State, and he will be on the sideline Saturday, when his 10th-ranked Buckeyes play at Maryland. In 17 years as a head coach, his record is 183-32, including 79-9 at Ohio State. That's an .851 winning percentage, better than Nick Saban or Bobby Bowden, the...
Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, one of the University of Maryland’s leading boosters, said Wednesday that “there’s fault everywhere around” for the developments that led to the ouster of football coach DJ Durkin and the resignation of the chairman of the university system’s Board...
Wednesday began the early period for high school athletes to sign National Letters of Intent to accept athletic scholarships from Division I and Division II college programs. This period includes all sports except football, which has a later signing date. Following is a list of local student-athletes...
The game never was in doubt. Florida’s future at quarterback is sure to be. During the Gators’ 63-10 rout of Idaho, Emory Jones saw his most extensive action this season. While an announced crowd of 81,467 Saturday looked on during UF’s Senior Day in the Swamp, the first-year freshman flashed his...
Penn State didn’t devise a classic but still managed to beat Rutgers, 20-7, for the fifth consecutive time in Big Ten play. Here’s the breakdown of a bland day in Piscataway. How it happened Penn State avoided giving in to frustration over the result, calling Rutgers a hostile destination despite...
Tua Tagovailoa passed for 340 yards and three touchdowns but No. 1 Alabama struggled for 30-plus minutes before putting away The Citadel in a 50-17 victory on Saturday. The Crimson Tide (11-0), which had coasted against Southeastern Conference opponents, went into halftime tied 10-10 with the FCS...
Northwestern managed to avoid a letdown with a 24-14 victory against Minnesota a week after the Wildcats’ emotional Big Ten West-clinching win. Before the game Saturday, the No. 22 Wildcats (7-4, 7-1) rushed onto the field shirtless in frigid weather at TCF Bank Stadium, then played a solid game...
The Nuggets have added a Sue-perior baseketball mind to their front office. Denver announced Friday that it has brought WNBA legend Sue Bird into the franchise as a Basketball Operation Associate, according to NBA.com. “We are very excited to have Sue join our organization,” said President of Basketball...
Discussing Jimmy Butler’s assimilation into the Sixers before Friday night’s game against the Utah Jazz, coach Brett Brown said, “The ecosystem is rocky right now.” Brown said the situation is “evolving” and “going to take time” and called the environment “uncomfortable.” “We’re all figuring stuff...
Kyrie Irving had a season-high 43 points, scoring 17 in the last 8:06 of the fourth quarter to force overtime and then making or recording an assist on every basket in the extra period Friday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 123-116 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Irving had 11 assists,...
NAVY MEN’S BASKETBALL WHAT: Division I men’s basketball WHEN: Sunday, 2 p.m. WHERE: Alumni Hall, Naval Academy MATCHUP: Navy (1-2) vs. Bryant (1-2) OUTLOOK: Navy closes out a three-game homestand with this Sunday matinee against Bryant, a member of the Northeast Conference. These two schools have...
Peter Miller won the 1,000th race of his thoroughbred training career Friday, and of course he reached the milestone of the track most dear to him: Del Mar. “If I could pick the place to win my first two Breeders’ Cup races and my 1,000th race, this would be the spot,” a beaming Miller said after...
An early arrival of winter forced the cancellation of Thursday's nine-race program at Laurel Park . Horses were at the gate for the first race when the decision was made to cancel racing because of deteriorating weather conditions from Winter Storm Avery. Early morning snow turned to sleet and...
Saratoga Bob, a half-length winner of the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic in his previous start, makes his return in a $45,000 second-level optional claimer for 3-year-olds and up that serves as the feature of a nine-race program when live racing resumes at Laurel Park today. Owned by Wayne Harrison,...
San Diego will have to wait a little longer for professional lacrosse. The National Lacrosse League on Thursday canceled the first two weeks of the 2018-19 season due to an ongoing labor dispute with its players’ union, wiping out the San Diego Seals’ first game in franchise history. San Diego...
Kaleigh Thereault is at an age when everything should be simple in her life. At 8 years old, she loves mint chocolate chip ice cream, the feeling of Jonathan the Husky’s fur under her fingertips and the special VIP badge she’s been given to wear around her neck for the day. It’s Tuesday and Kaleigh...
Towson has released its schedule for the 2019 season. Here is a breakdown of what awaits the Tigers, who went 7-8 last spring and finished second in the Colonial Athletic Association. 10 In the past 10 years, Towson has advanced to seven CAA tournaments and four NCAA postseasons — all since 2012,...
Former Johns Hopkins All-American Paul Rabil formally announced his intention to form a new professional outdoor lacrosse league by issuing a press release on Monday. Rabil and his brother Mike are co-founders of the Premier Lacrosse League, which intends to launch its inaugural season on June...
Christian Pulisic played just his second match with the U.S. national team in 13 months, and the Americans failed to muster much of an attack in a 3-0 loss to England on Thursday night that marked Wayne Rooney's farewell with the Three Lions. Jesse Lingard and Trent Alexander-Arnold scored in a...
With the club season taking its final pause of 2018, the spotlight for televised soccer turns to international matches this weekend. Latin America: While many countries have used the post-World Cup period to audition young talent, Brazil has continued to call up the core of the team it took to...
Soccer official David McNamara realized he had forgotten to bring a coin with him onto the field before a recent Women’s Super League game between Manchester City and Reading. So instead of the using a coin toss to determine which side would kick off, as required by rule, McNamara had the captains...
Longtime USA Gymnastics chief operating officer Ron Galimore resigned Friday, the latest high-profile departure for the embattled organization in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. The move came as USA Gymnastics is facing decertification of its status as the national governing body for the...
They were to gather at Saturday’s Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame induction to share hugs, swap tales and take bows for having brought a national title to Baltimore in 1994. Back then, a septet of girls from the North Baltimore Aquatic Club — some still in middle school — stunned their college-age...
Donnell Whittenburg was hurting. Aloft on the parallel bars, he had glided through the first couple moves of his routine somewhat cleanly. He had picked a challenging one, rated a 6.300. There was none tougher in the 30-man field at the U.S. gymnastics championships on the opening Thursday night...
Patrick Reed and Danny Willett each put on a green jacket the last time they won a tournament. Now they have their eyes set on another significant prize this weekend in Dubai. Reed, the reigning Masters champion, and Willett, who won that event two years earlier, closed Saturday at 14-under 202...
Lee Westwood was finally back in the winner's circle on Sunday and it was in a familiar setting, clinching his third title at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa by coming from behind to overhaul a three-shot deficit in the final round. Westwood denied Sergio Garcia a wire-to-wire victory...
Baltimore Municipal Golf Corporation, also known as Baltimore's Classic Five, announced 10 percent of all greens and carts fees at Carroll Park, Clifton Park, Forest Park, Mount Pleasant, and Pine Ridge golf courses Monday will be donated to the Links to Freedom Foundation. The Links to Freedom...
Canada goose season Nov. 17-23: AP Canada goose season, first split. Check DNR website for complete regulations. Turkey shoot golf outings Nov. 22: The Baltimore Municipal Golf Corporation, also known as Baltimore’s Classic Five, will host its 23rd annual Turkey Shoot outings. The outings will...
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...
As Washington Valor players rejoiced around the Arena Football League’s Foster Trophy on the field at Royal Farms Arena on Saturday night, the owner of the team, Ted Leonsis, was grinning — even while his other team, the Baltimore Brigade, walked back to its locker room empty-handed. “Both [Baltimore...
After pounding the two-time defending champion Philadelphia Soul last week, ArenaBowl XXXI was the Brigade’s battle to lose — and they sure lost it. The Washington Valor were supposed to be an easy meal — the team went 2-10 in the regular season, the kind of mark that, had there been more than...