Maryland baseball
Former All-Star pitcher Eric Milton has joined the Maryland baseball team's coaching staff, coach Erik Bakich announced Thursday. Milton, a left-handed pitcher who played for the Terrapins from 1994 to 1996, won 89 games in his 11-year major league career with the Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers. "Eric is just a tremendous resource of baseball knowledge," Bakich said. "He loves the game, and for our players to have somebody who has been in their shoes, gone to the same school, been through the same classes and done the same things, he is where they all want to be."
Varsity
Howard Co. football games rescheduled for Monday
All Howard County league football games scheduled for this week have been moved to Monday because of weather. The Howard County Invitational cross country meet, scheduled for Saturday, has been canceled. Also, the boys soccer game between No. 1 McDonogh and No. 2 Gilman has been moved to Monday at 4:15p.m. And Saturday's Pikesville Invitational tournament was canceled. For a full list of reschedulings, go to baltimoresun.com/varsityletters.
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IndyCar official suspended over Grand Prix incident
IndyCar announced Thursday that it has suspended a member of its Holmatro Safety Team for two events for not following on-track protocol during the start of Sunday's IZOD IndyCar Series Baltimore Grand Prix. The safety team member, whom IndyCar will not identify, was driving a safety truck when it pulled into Turn1, narrowly missing the field as it was accelerating after taking the green flag. The truck had been readjusting tire barriers on the pace laps of the event and was to move to its station between turns 2 and 4.
Laurel Park: On Saturday afternoon, trainer Tim Keefe will send stakes winner Eighttofasttocatch to the starting gate as one of the favorites in the $75,000 Japan Racing Association Stakes, the co-feature on a card that also features the $60,000 Jameela Stakes. With regular rider Sheldon Russell away, Malcolm Franklin picks up the mount. Eighttofasttocatch is the second choice in the morning-line with odds of 4-1 in the Japan Racing Association Stakes, which drew 11 older runners. Nacho Friend, trained by Kelly Breen, is the 7-2 favorite and leaves from the outside post under J.D. Acosta. Stakes winners Indian Dance (9-2) and Sumacha'hot (20-1) are scheduled to make their 2011 debuts.
Men's college lacrosse: Anthony Gilardi, who spent the past three years as an assistant coach with Navy, has been named as an assistant at Towson. Gilardi will serve as the Tigers' offensive coordinator.
—From Sun staff and news services