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Harbaugh is up to three infractions in his NFL career, but he's still not at Pete Carroll's level.

Mediocre NFL teams can make for compelling drama.

His 18-year-old son was home for the weekend, and Tim Gaia expected to have "The Talk." It was July 2012, and Brian Gaia had driven back from State College,

Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien, a rumored candidate for Maryland football's coaching job, seems happy with the Texans.

Former Calvert Hall football player Da'Quan Davis has been dismissed from the Penn State team, after his May 9 arrest for marijuana possession and possession of alcohol by a minor.

Penn State offensive tackle Donovan Smith is in Chicago for the NFL draft.

Penn State offensive tackle Donovan Smith visited the Philadelphia Eagles, according to league sources.

The Ravens met with Iowa offensive tackle Brandon Scherrf, one of the top offensive line draft prospects.

After earning his degree from Penn State a year early, Owings Mills graduate Donovan Smith is seeking to realize his untapped potential and be drafted by an NFL team.

Houston Texans linebacker J.J. Watt has emerged as one of the decade's most dominant NFL defensive players. He was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year two years ago when he recorded a career-high 20.5 sacks. He's regarded as the frontrunner to win it again this year with 16.5 sacks and five touchdowns, including three touchdown catches as a red-zone tight end along with an interception return for a touchdown and a fumble return for a score.

With six winnable games remaining after bye week, Baltimore Ravens have control of their playoff destiny.

Penn State's 4-0 start this season might have led some to believe that new coach James Franklin was simply putting the finishing touch on a masterful rebuilding job former coach Bill O'Brien started before he left for the Houston Texans after only two years.

McDonogh offensive lineman Jared Cohen on Tuesday announced plans to play football at North Carolina next season, apparently concluding a recruitment that took a turn late last year when the four-star prospect decommitted from Maryland.

Troy Vincent Jr. has decided he'd rather play football at N.C. State than Penn State last season.

At Penn State, James Franklin would find himself competing with the Maryland in the Big Ten's East Division and — perhaps more importantly — in recruiting the Baltimore-Washington region.

Exploring the potential return of Maryland running back Wes Brown next season and his impact on the team, plus the Terps' basketball team's nonconference schedule and the recruiting fallout from Bill O'Brien's departure from Penn State.

Ravens offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell is expected to interview for the Detroit Lions' head coaching vacancy next week, according to Fritz Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten. Wooten told The Baltimore Sun that he's been talking regularly with Lions general manager Martin Mayhew and anticipates Caldwell interviewing Wednesday or Thursday.

With Maryland and Rutgers set to join the Big Ten beginning in 2014, second-year coach Bill O'Brien said Wednesday that he is looking forward to having new, closer neighbors to battle with for recruits and ultimately in the league's recently aligned East Division.

Low-key Joe Linta is on a whole new stage with Joe Flacco's contract, the most lucrative in league history.

Dave Cottle had a very successful nine-year run as the head coach of the Maryland men's lacrosse team. During Friday night's Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft, the connections between the Chesapeake Bayhawks coach and president were on full display.

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday.

Navy came into Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon hoping to add to Penn State's collective misery from the past 10 months. The Midshipmen had designs on keeping the Nittany Lions and their new coach, Bill O'Brien, winless.

Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said that his Midshipmen played near-perfect games to beat Notre Dame in 2009 and 2010, and came close to nirvana again before losing last season to nationally ranked South Carolina on the road.

Son of former Oriole Mickey Tettleton lead Ohio University to upset of Penn State

To those on the outside, it would appear that much has changed for Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo and the Midshipmen over the past year.

There were times Gary Williams second-guessed his decision to help rebuild a Maryland program still reeling from the scandal surrounding the cocaine-induced death of All-American Len Bias three years before, and the turmoil that enveloped the Terps during Bob Wade's tenure.

Former Maryland baskeball coach Gary Williams knows what Bill O'Brien is facing at Penn State

Penn State has enjoyed a fertile recruiting pipeline into Maryland high school programs during the past decade, and the most recent classes have been no different.

Over the past week, Penn State and Wisconsin have been mentioned in connection with Danny O'Brien, the former Maryland starter who will graduate in May and have two years of NCAA eligibility remaining.

Report suggests former Maryland quarterback could be target of new Penn State staff

Bill O'Brien's brief time with Terps helped him prepare for the challenge ahead. As Patriots offensive coordinator and Penn State's new head coach, O'Brien is smack in the middle of the two biggest sports stories in the country.