Brandon Hyde will be the 20th manager in Orioles history, the club announced Friday, solidifying the selection that was first reported Tuesday at baseball's winter meetings but was deemed premature by executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias as it beamed from the television screen...
Ravens starting safety Tony Jefferson ended a streak of missing seven consecutive practices and participated on a limited basis Thursday afternoon, validating coach John Harbaugh’s assessment Wednesday that Jefferson was “close” to coming back. “Much better, man,” Jefferson said of his health before...
The Orioles' corridor of rooms in the league hotel at this week's baseball winter meetings weren't exactly penthouse-level heights. Yet the fact that Sig Mejdal stood in the team's suite with the title of assistant general manager is just one way to describe the lofty status he's climbed to since...
A video of a Terps men’s basketball fan singing along to Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” to her mortified son has gone viral. The moment was captured during Maryland’s win Tuesday over Loyola Maryland at Xfinity Center in College Park. It was tweeted by the Terps team and has garnered more...
There’s no way of knowing what would have happened if the University of Maryland had hired Mike Locksley to be its head football coach the last time the job was open, but it’s fair to wonder. Locksley was the offensive coordinator under Randy Edsall and served as interim coach for the final six...
Winters Mill coach John Lowe said his team was anxious to take the mats Thursday at Centennial. The Falcons went 3-0 on the first day of their own Grindstone Duals but faltered on the second day and lost all four matches, including two by six points or less. Safe to say, it left a bad taste in...
With the regular season over, the Los Angeles Times’ college football “experts” move to making their picks for the first week of bowl games. National college football writer David Wharton was the regular-season champion with a record of 100-40, just ahead of deputy sports editor Mike Hiserman (98-42)....
Injured UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton is going to the Fiesta Bowl. Milton was cleared to undergo another surgery after an ultrasound Thursday and is slated to travel to Arizona to cheer on the Knights in the Fiesta Bowl, according to a post by his mother on Twitter. Teresa Milton posted Thursday...
The Florida Gators’ series with the South Florida Bulls will begin in 2021, a year earlier than originally scheduled. UF announced Thursday the first meeting in the three-game series between the schools will be contested Sept. 11, 2021, in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium. The Gators then will host...
Moments after he was officially introduced as Temple’s new head coach, former Hurricanes defensive coordinator Manny Diaz — wearing a cherry-and-white tie and a Temple lapel pin on his suit — said he still had a bit of unfinished business in Miami. And so, when the Hurricanes take the field against...
For 12 NBA seasons, Clippers center Marcin Gortat has been elbowed in the stomach, punched in the groin and pushed in the back as opponents try to fight through and around his screens. He, in turn, dishes out his own muscle. There is a time and place, he allowed, to set a “dirty … screen and hold...
The 31st and final meeting between LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, held Monday at Staples Center, was an assault on the senses — a dizzying double tribute to a future Hall of Famer and to a friendship that produced two titles and four NBA Finals trips. With retirement beckoning after this season,...
What a week it has been for Spencer Dinwiddie. After going off for a career-high 39 points in the Nets’ win over the Sixers on Wednesday, Dinwiddie was rewarded with a three-year, $34 million contract extension one day later. Though the 39-point explosion of course wasn’t the only reason for Brooklyn...
Head women's basketball coach Phil Stern is on leave from UMBC, the school said in a statement Thursday. Assistant coach Carlee Dewey is serving as acting head coach and has done so for the past two games, against Mount St. Mary's and Hofstra. "The university cannot provide additional details regarding...
A new Maryland Stadium Authority study suggests a $424 million demolition and rebuilding of Pimlico Race Course, the dilapidated home of the Preakness Stakes in Northwest Baltimore. What’s in the study? Here are some highlights. ‘Demolition and removal of all existing structures’ Pimlico, the second-oldest...
After dismissing two less ambitious options, the Maryland Stadium Authority on Thursday proposed replacing the faded Pimlico Race Course with a stylish — and costly — track designed to open its amenities to the surrounding community year-round and encourage development in a distressed area of Baltimore....
In the four decades Maurice Braxton has been cutting hair in Park Heights, he said he’s watched the neighborhood change for the worse. But the master barber at Park Heights Barber Shop is hopeful the latest proposition to revitalize Pimlico Race Course could reverse the surrounding community’s...
Edward Lee breaks down the 2019 schedules for men's college lacrosse teams in Maryland
Mount St. Mary’s has released its schedule for the 2019 season. Here is a breakdown of the slate that awaits the Mountaineers, who went 5-9 last year and finished fifth in the Northeast Conference. 10: In its past 10 season openers, Mount St. Mary’s has a 3-7 record. Scheduled to face Delaware...
Five Baltimore-area players are among the 34-player roster selected by coach Kelly Amonte Hiller for the U.S. under-19 women's lacrosse team that will compete during the Spring Premiere at Stanford University from Jan. 25-27. Baltimore area players on the team are: Sarah Cooper, defense, Lutherville,...
Loyola Maryland has released its schedule for the 2019 season. Here is a breakdown of the slate that awaits the Greyhounds, who went 13-4 last spring, collected their third straight Patriot League championship, and lost, 8-7, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament to eventual national champion...
This weekend’s top televised action from Europe will feature Manchester City trying to rebound from its first league loss Saturday against Everton and Liverpool seeking to remain unbeaten and protect its spot atop the EPL table when it hosts City’s crosstown rival, Manchester United, on Sunday....
Former Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid, the winningest coach in MLS history, was in intensive care at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Monday, confirmed the hospital, which refused to release any other information. Schmid, 65, has battled both weight and heart issues in recent years, and his health...
One of the most anticipated matches in South American soccer finally came to a conclusion in Madrid on Sunday, with River Plate celebrating victory over fierce Argentine rival Boca Juniors in the twice-suspended final of the Copa Libertadores. Nearly a month after the first leg was played in Argentina,...
Rachael Denhollander, who sent a message that was heard by hundreds of other women when she refused to remain silent about the sexual abuse of former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar, was presented with Sports Illustrated's "Inspiration of the Year" award. And she was introduced...
The U.S. Olympic Committee fired chief of sport performance Alan Ashley in the wake of an independent report released Monday that said neither he nor former CEO Scott Blackmun elevated concerns about the Larry Nassar sexual abuse allegations when they were first reported to them. The 233-page independent...
An emotional six-year journey proved worth every step for Patricio Manuel on Saturday when he climbed into the ring at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio to become the first transgender male boxer in U.S. history. Twelve minutes later he climbed out with a win in his professional debut,...
Eighteen-time major champion Jack Nicklaus and his grandson, GT Nicklaus, headline a field of some of golf’s greatest champions during the 21st playing of the PNC Father/Son Challenge. Scheduled for Thursday through Sunday at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes, the field will feature...
Louis Oosthuizen won his first title at the South African Open on Sunday, running away from his challengers with a final-round 67 for a six-shot victory. Oosthuizen led from the front on the final day at Randpark Golf Course and although his three-shot overnight lead was cut to one after three...
Sports is moving to the internet. But the internet still isn't ready for sports. Media giant AT&T was forced to make a pay-per-view golf match between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods free to watch on Friday after suffering a glitch processing customers' online purchases. It marked the latest botched...
The Baltimore & Annapolis Trail has lost its mayor. Thomas H. Caraker III, 84, died on Sunday. Caraker had been fighting pancreatic cancer since February. Caraker had a few nicknames. He was Crackerbox Tom, Tomboy or Trailblazer Tom to some, but the nickname he lived up to most was “Mayor of the...
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...