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• Sports

Wizards make Hachimura 1st Japanese player ever in NBA first round

The Washington Wizards have forward Rui Hachimura from Gonzaga the first Japanese player ever taken in the first round of the NBA draft.

• Sports

Sports Digest (July 30): Two Maryland youth soccer teams win national titles

Two Maryland youth soccer teams earned US Youth Soccer National Championship titles this past weekend in Frisco, Texas.

• Sports

The Basketball Tournament, Carmelo Anthony Foundation make it a special day at Lake Montebello

The organizations hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration at the school, where an outdoor play space was unveiled featuring a new basketball court.

By Glenn Graham

Jul 24, 2018

• Sports

Carmelo Anthony (Towson Catholic) reportedly set to part ways with Thunder

The Thunder reportedly will either trade Anthony or use the NBA's stretch provision or a buyout-and-stretch combination.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jul 6, 2018

• Sports

Carmelo Anthony returns to Thunder, will make $28 million in last year of contract

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony plans to opt in and take the $28 million he is due next season.

• Sports

Already a pro, Euroleague standout Luka Doncic set to join college stars in NBA draft

Luka Doncic is about to become an NBA player, though he's unlike the other top prospects who will be drafted. He's already a pro.

• Sports Analysis

Schmuck: Carmelo Anthony scoring less, winning more, enjoying Thunder's resurgence in West

In a what-have-you-done-lately-for-me league, the Towson Catholic alumnus is reinventing himself as a key role player in Oklahoma City.

By Peter Schmuck

Jan 30, 2018

• Coaches

Carmelo Anthony ejected for flagrant foul, 'unnatural' basketball move

Carmelo Anthony ejected for flagrant foul, 'unnatural' basketball move

• NBA

Carmelo Anthony scores 22 points in Thunder debut against his former team

Carmelo Anthony scores 22 points in Thunder debut against his former team.

• NBA

The 10 things to know going into this NBA season

Happy New Year, NBA.

• NBA

Thunder earn 3-star rating

Paul George and Carmelo Anthony join Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City to make run at NBA title.

• NBA

Knicks have agreed to trade Carmelo Anthony to Oklahoma City Thunder

After months of speculation, the Knicks have agreed to trade Carmelo Anthony the Oklahoma City Thunder.

• Sports

Carmelo Anthony returns home to Baltimore 'at peace' with himself

Carmelo Anthony, one of the most dissected professional athletes in the country said he felt completely at peace when he returned to Baltimore Wednesday.

By Childs Walker

Aug 2, 2017

• College Sports

The Basketball Tournament is set to crown a champion in Baltimore

The Basketball Tournament will hold its semifinals and championship at Coppin State this week.

• Baltimore City Paper

Melo Returns: Carmelo Anthony adds to his Charm City legacy as host of The Basketball Tournament

Hoop dreams often incubate in dim, cramped gyms, much like the one at the Mount Royal Rec Center.

• High School sports

Baltimore native rated ESPN's No. 1 hoops prospect in Class of 2020

Isaiah Todd plays in Virginia now, and he's a rising star.

By Jonas Shaffer

Jun 23, 2017

• College Basketball

Digest: Arena Football League names Brigade lineman Dexter Davis Defensive Player of the Week

Brigade defensive lineman Dexter Davis was named Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.

• NBA

Digest: Wall helps Wizards edge Knicks, 113-110

John Wall had 29 points and 13 assists, scoring Washington's final four points in the last 32 seconds as the surging Wizards beat the host Knicks, 113-110, on Thursday night.

• Sports

Wizards could be back in Baltimore for preseason game; Capitals return more unlikely

Baltimore could get another preseason Wizards game soon. The wait for another Capitals game is another matter.

By Jonas Shaffer

Dec 14, 2016

• John Wall

Digest: Wall's 23 points, 11 assists lead Wizards over Knicks, 119-112

For the first time since his knee surgery in May, John Wall played in back-to-back games, and the result was a rare win for the Washington Wizards.

• College Sports

What to expect from Baltimore area men's basketball teams

Local men's basketball preview capsules

By C.J. Doon

Nov 10, 2016

• Baltimore City Paper

Carmelo's Way: How Baltimore's Carmelo Anthony found himself and countered critics at the Olympics

In the fifth grade, my lips were chapped and 50 Cent's debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" spun feverishly in my Walkman. I was finally able to shoot free

• Olympics

Five takeaways from my first Olympic basketball game

1. The atmosphere is incredible. 

By Childs Walker

Aug 18, 2016

• College Sports

Digest: C. Milton Wright grad Amanda Barnes named first women's lacrosse head coach at East Carolina

C. Milton Wright graduate Amanda Barnes was named the first head coach at East Carolina.

• Features

Carmelo Anthony to launch a 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' clothing line

Carmelo Anthony will release a 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'-inspired clothing line this May at Macy's.

By John-John Williams IV

Mar 3, 2016

• NBA

Baltimore native Will Barton maintains ties to hometown as he breaks out for Denver Nuggets

Baltimore product Will Barton is having a breakout season for the Denver Nuggets, and the ties that bind him to his hometown are as strong as ever.

By Childs Walker

Jan 29, 2016

• Sports

Forward Kiah Gillespie brings transcendent talent to Terps women as season gets under way

The game has different values now. A forward who can rebound and defend and post up remains a commodity, same as it has been since the sport's early days. But a forward who also can shoot 3-pointers and lead fast breaks and handcuff opposing guards — the kind of player James Naismith might have conceived of only in a science-fiction setting — has become like basketball's analog of the smartphone. Everyone wants one, and it's getting increasingly difficult to imagine life without.

By Jonas Shaffer

Nov 10, 2015

• Howard County

Chapelgate's Jason Murphy relishes trip to Africa with NBPA

Incoming Chapelgate freshman Jason Murphy experiences NBA Africa

By Tim Schwartz

Aug 10, 2015

• Sports

Hunt Valley's Patel wins Leadbetter golf

Rij Patel of Hunt Valley shot his third straight 2-under-par 70 on Thursday to win the three-round Jos. A. Bank/David Leadbetter Championship, an American Junior Golf Association event at Cattail Creek Country Club in Glenwood.

• Sports

Local coach leads City of Gods to ESPN tournament semifinals

City of Gods, which is named after a Baltimore clothing store, includes several players with local ties, including former Maryland star James Gist and Omar Strong, a former two-time All-Metro guard at Douglass High who played collegiately at Texas Southern.

By Don Markus

Jul 31, 2015

• Features

Dogs ready to have their day -- and nights -- at Westminster

Owners of 2,711 dogs set to take part

• Sports

Fans vote Wizards' Wall starter for East in NBA All-Star Game

The Washington Wizards' John Wall is the first player drafted by the franchise to be voted a starter in the All-Star Game since Earl Monroe

• Maryland

New-Look NBA: A player's perspective, Paul Pierce

• Sports

As Wizards return to city for preseason game, many recall glory days

The Wizards returned to Baltimore on Monday night to play against the New Orleans Pelicans at the newly renamed Royal Farms Arena, and it seemed like the memories came flooding back more than the fans came storming into the antiquated venue.

By Don Markus

Oct 20, 2014

• NBA

Washington Wizards will play preseason game in Baltimore on Oct. 20

The Washington Wizards will play a preseason game at Baltimore Arena for the second straight year, hosting the New Orleans Pelicans on Oct. 20.

• NBA

Otto Porter, Glen Rice Jr. ready for summer with Wizards

All Otto Porter Jr. and Glen Rice Jr. could do last season was sit, watch and wait. T

• Maryland

Free agency opens in the NBA

• Maryland

Dallas gets Chandler back in 6-player deal with NY

The Mavericks and New York Knicks agreed Wednesday to a six-player trade that returns center Tyson Chandler to Dallas three years after he helped win a championship only to leave right away in free agency.

• NBA

C.J. Fair has put in the work to hear his name called at NBA draft

C.J. Fair, the Baltimore-born Syracuse star, has prepared for the NBA draft by training with George Gervin and John Lucas.

• NBA

Nene's jumper proving crucial in Bulls series

"I take what they are giving to me," said Nene, who is averaging a team-best 20.5 points on 63.3 percent shooting in the first two games.

• High School sports

Carmelo Anthony's 62 points for Knicks bettered his best at Towson Catholic

Carmelo Anthony had the full attention of basketball fans on Friday, when the New York Knicks forward and best basketball player to come out of Baltimore scored a franchise-record 62 points in the Knicks' 125-96 win over the Charlotte Bobcats.

• NBA

Wizards fall to the Knicks in preseason Baltimore Basketball Classic

Forward Carmelo Anthony scored 22 points to lead the Knicks to a 98-89 preseason win over the Wizards in his return to his hometown.

• Pro Basketball

In NBA's long-awaited return to Baltimore, Carmelo Anthony is best in show

Baltimore basketball fans got a taste of something old and something new Thursday as the city hosted an NBA game for the first time since 1999.

• Sports Analysis

Response to Wizards game in Baltimore highlights need for new arena

The Washington Wizards were banking on a number of constituencies to pack the Baltimore Arena for Thursday night¿s exhibition game against Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks ¿ and they couldn¿t have been disappointed.

• NBA

Carmelo Anthony looks forward to playing at home

Carmelo Anthony will don a pro uniform in Baltimore for the first time when his New York Knicks meet the Washington Wizards at the Baltimore Arena.

• NBA

City has major hurdles to clear to bring NBA team here

Lack of modern, NBA-sized arena big obstacle to Baltimore attracting team

• High School sports

Sam Cassell and two Wizards players put on hoops clinic at Dunbar

Washington Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell and guards Bradley Beal and Garrett Temple hosted a basketball clinic at Dunbar High School in Baltimore on Thursday.

• NBA

Wizards to play preseason game in Baltimore for the first time since 1999

Washington to face New York Knicks and Carmelo Anthony on Oct. 17

• Sports

Ravens well represented among ESPY Awards nominees

Having already collected the Lombardi Trophy and their Super Bowl rings, the Ravens could take home some more hardware at next month's ESPY Awards.

• NBA

NBA family tree from Baltimore's Connelly brothers is growing

Brothers Tim Connelly (Denver Nuggets), Pat Connelly (Phoenix Suns), Joe Connelly (Washington Wizards) and Dan Connelly (Utah Jazz) grew up in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and now work for NBA franchises.