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Keith Booth introduced as Dunbar's new boys basketball coach. - More than a quarter-century after leaving Dunbar High, Keith Booth will return as coach of the Poets with hopes of bringing the program back to prominence.
- As turnarounds go, it was a lulu. Fifty years have passed since the Baltimore Bullets won their first National Basketball Association division title — after finishing last the year before.
- The first domino has fallen in the wake of the news of John Wall's extended absence: The Wizards are breaking up what many believed to be their core for years to come, trading Otto Porter Jr. to the Chicago Bulls for Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis.
- Ben Coleman, who died Sunday at age 57, was an all-ACC player as a junior and senior after transferring from Minnesota to Maryland in 1983.
- Maryland used a zone defense, along with a career-high-tying 27 points from Anthony Cowan and a career-high 21 points from Jalen Smith, to beat Minnesota, 82-67.
- There was a power outage at Super Bowl XLVII, and not just when the Louisiana Superdome’s lights blacked out for 30 minutes shortly after halftime.
- Maryland guard Kevin Huerter became a hot item during workouts this spring — will he become a Laker, Timberwolf or fall to someone else?
- Michael Yeboah, who grew up in Manchester and lives in Hampstead, is making a name for himself through through music, putting his community on the map as “Da Kid Emm,” and headlining his first tour this summer.
- The No. 2 Maryland men's lacrosse team defeated No. 20 North Carolina, 11-7, on Saturday night in the Pacific Coast Classic in Costa Mesa, Calif.
- C.J. Fair has appeared in 47 G-League games (25 starts) this season, splitting time between the Windy City Bulls and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
- Diamond Stone played one season, 2015-16, at Maryland before leaving for the NBA Draft. He had some highlights for the Terps, but wasn't the dominant center he was supposed to be as a Top 10 national recruit.
- Five years ago, the Ravens completed a remarkable playoff run that capped the careers of some of the franchise’s greatest stars and seemed to seal the legacies of coach John Harbaugh and quarterback Joe Flacco. But their attempts to reload for another run have not gone as planned.
- The Bulls will be the fourth NBA organization Stone has been affiliated with since leaving Maryland
- Digest: Shoulder surgery sidelines standout jockey Trevor McCarthy six months
- Thomas played just a day after attending the funeral for his sister, who died in a car accident last month outside of Tacoma, Wash.
- The NBA Summer League ended its three-city, six-week run Monday night with two former Terps, Dez Wells and Rasheed Sulaimon, celebrating as part of the Chicago
- Maryland-bred gelding Ben's Cat is set to make his 57th career start in Saturday's Parx Dash Handicap, a Grade 3 race.
- Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal has withdrawn from consideration for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, indicating Friday via Twitter that he plans to use the time to focus on getting healthy for the regular season.
- The Washington Capitals will begin their 2016-17 NHL season on Oct. 13 on the road against the Pittsburgh Penguins, who will raise their 2016 Stanley Cup championship banner before the game.
- Stephen Curry had 37 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs 92-86 Sunday night for their 72nd victory this season, tying the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for the single-season record.
- This week 20 years ago, Dow-Jones hit a record 4,069.15, Michael Jordan announced he was ending his NBA retirement after just 17 months and rejoined the Chicago Bulls, virus thriller "Outbreak" topped the box office and the following songs were the most popular in the U.S. according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.
- Miami University's Quinten Rollins has emerged as a legitimate NFL draft prospect at cornerback after intercepting seven passes for the RedHawks last year.
- The expectations have been raised, perhaps higher than they've been in a decade. The roster has been bolstered, with the additions of aging superstar Paul Pierce and blue-collar power forward DeJuan Blair. Are the Washington Wizards for real, or was last season just a nasty tease for the team's long-suffering fans?
- Ben's Cat has a chance next Saturday at Laurel Park to become the first horse to win Jim McKay Maryland Million races in four different years.
- Franchon Crews of Baltimore captured the National Police Athletic League middleweight championship Saturday in Oxnard, California
- Franchon Crews of Baltimore captured the National Police Athletic League middleweight championship Saturday in Oxnard, California
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- Bradley Beal scored a game-high 25 points and Trevor Ariza had 22 as the Wizards won their fourth straight road game in the playoffs and took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven 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.
- Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps has quite predictably come to realize that living the good life isn't going to be enough to keep him entertained.
- Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
- Maryland center Alex Len could go to the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft.
- Former Maryland basketball star and assistant coach Keith Booth, who has spent the past two years as an assistant women's coach at Loyola, was added Tuesday to the men¿s staff by newly named men's head coach G.G. Smith.
- Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan teed off against each other on the golf course at the 12th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas this weekend.
- Andy Enfield set scoring records at Johns Hopkins before he became head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, the darling of the tournament. His assistant, Kevin "Stink" Norris, grew up in East Baltimore and starred at Lake Clifton.
- Former University of Maryland standout leading No. 7 Cavaliers into Baltimore Catholic League quarterfinals
- The flu that has reached epidemic proportions and sickened people across the country has also infected Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis — who didn't let the illness stop him from bringing down a few Denver Broncos last weekend.
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