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The Annapolis Blues are a fledgling franchise competing in the National Premier Soccer League. The Blues are hoping to set the NPSL attendance record during Saturday night's home opener against FC Frederick at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Nikola Jokić had a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 on Thursday night.

Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta Davis, who was sentenced last month to 90 days of house arrest for charges from a Baltimore hit-and-run, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon and is incarcerated at Central Booking, according to his defense attorney and the sheriff's office.

Columnist Mike Preston offers his observations from Thursday's Ravens practice on a rough day for the offense and quarterback Lamar Jackson, the absence of star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and more.

When former Loyola Maryland teammates watch Michael Malone coach the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals, they see the same intense, funny, brilliant guy who played point guard for Greyhounds three decades ago.

Ravens linebacker Patrick Queen had a breakout season last year. On Thursday, he said he'd like to stay in Baltimore, even after the team declined his fifth-year option and drafted a linebacker in the third round.

TJ Develin has stepped down as coach after leading the Francis Scott Key girls basketball team to the Carroll County championship this past season. Liberty JV coach Mitchell Walther has been named his replacement.

Maryland baseball will likely have to defeat No. 1 Wake Forest on its home field in Winston-Salem to advance past the regional round of the NCAA Tournament. But the Terps, armed with some of the nation's most powerful bats, believe this is their time.