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Frederick Peightal Jr., retired Kaiser Aluminum salesman and former physical education teacher, dies
After teaching in Baltimore County schools, Frederick Peightal became a divisional sales manager for Kaiser Aluminum. - Former Poly star transferring to play basketball at Towson University.
- Loyola Maryland senior attackman Pat Spencer was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the top college lacrosse player, for a third time.
- Former Maryland players Byron Cowart, Ty Johnson and Derwin Gray were taken in the final three rounds of the NFL draft.
- Ravens first-round pick Marquise Brown has always faced doubts because of his size. But his rare determination and scintillating speed pushed him past those questions to the top of the 2019 receiver class and a vital place in the future story of the Lamar Jackson-led Ravens.
- Sophomore running back Javon Leake and linebacker Chance Campbell are among five players to watch in Maryland's annual Red-White spring game, scheduled for Saturday.
- Here's what the Ravens could do with their eight draft picks this week.
- Three-star cornerback Devyn King announced his commitment to Maryland on Tuesday night.
- The Colonial Athletic Association’s 2018 Offensive Player of the Year in football, Flacco has started 19 games for the Tigers baseball team and has nine runs and five RBIs in a round of competitive baseball for the first time in five years.
- Maryland opened spring practice under new coach Michael Locksley on Tuesday with many questions, but the offensive line appears set.
- Westminster High School on March 12, 2019 named Chris Bassler, a former all-county standout at Francis Scott Key, its new football coach.
- Tight end Tyler Mabry, who played his first three seasons at Buffalo and was an all-Mid-American Conference last season, announced Friday that he will play for Maryland in 2019 as a graduate transfer.
- McDaniel College football coach Mike Dailey is stepping down because of health reasons. Dailey spent three years as coach of the Green Terror, and compiled a 9-21 record.
- The Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will sponsor the 56th annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner on
- None of the top wide receivers in this year’s draft class were bashful about thumping their chest and proclaiming themselves the best wideout of the group.
- "Honestly, HBCU football has so much talent,” Randallstown resident and Morgan State football player Joshua said at the NFL scouting combine, referring to historically black colleges and universities
- From an imposing wide receiver who spent his childhood in Baltimore to a Delaware native who starred for the Terps, here's who could stand out in Indianapolis.
- The Ravens need a top wide receiver and pass rusher, but an offensive lineman and running back are worth watching, too.
- Fred Jackson's long relationship with new Maryland football coach Michael Locksley played a significant role in his son Josh's decision to play for the Terps as a graduate transfer.
- Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson announced on social media Monday night that he will transfer to Maryland after graduating this spring with two seasons of eligibility remaining.
- New Maryland football coach Mike Locksley has added his first two FBS transfers in Ohio State linebacker KeAndre Jones and Virginia Tech wide receiver Sean Savor, the school confirms.
- New Maryland coach Michael Locksley has announced the hiring of former East Carolina head coach Scottie Montgomery as offensive coordinator.
- Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts, who lost his starting job to Tua Tagovailoa after leading the Crimson Tide to a national championship in 2016, announced on The Players' Tribune on Wednesday that he will transfer to Oklahoma.
- Redshirt sophomore and Baltimore native Damon Hazelton Jr. led the Hokies in several receiving categories in 2018 and has considered making the transition to the NFL after next season.
- Late Johns Hopkins football coach Jim Margraff was named the American Football Coaches Association Division III National Coach of the Year on Tuesday.
- If new Maryland coach Michael Locksley brings his Alabama offense to College Park, here's how it might look.
- The soon-to-be free agent wide receiver said he believes the offense will be better balanced between the run and the pass if he returns to the Ravens.
- Jim Margraff, the all-time winningest coach in Johns Hopkins football history,died Wednesday at age 58. “He was more Man of the Year than Coach of the Year,” Blue Jays men's lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala said. “He really was a very special man.”
- New Maryland football coach Michael Locksley is finishing three-year run at Alabama while he gets prepared for return to College Park.
- Former Maryland assistant Aazaar Abdul-Rahim, who coached cornerbacks and safeties during his three seasons in College Park, will be going to Massachusetts as defensive coordinator under former Terps and Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell.
- Jared Ambrose, the younger brother of Tigers head coach Rob Ambrose, replaces Matt Simon for the Blue Hens.
- At its core, 2018 was defined not by games but by the complex and sometimes tragic stories that accompany them.
- Wide receiver Isaiah Hazel, who originally committed to West Virginia, became the first play to sign a national letter of intent at Maryland since Michael Locksley became the coach.
- Along with a base salary and supplemental income that will pay him $2.5 million annually, new Maryland football coach Michael Locksley can earn up to $775,000 in performance bonuses.
- According to a report on AL.com, former Maryland coach DJ Durkin has been working with the Alabama football program for the past week as a consultant.
- Maryland senior linebacker Tre Watson was named second team All-America on Monday by the Football Writers Association of America.
- Maryland “was the job I've coveted since the day I put a whistle around my neck as a coach," new Maryland coach Mike Locksley said Thursday.
- If Johns Hopkins is hoping to achieve another first in program history by advancing to the Stagg Bowl, the Blue Jays will have to get past No. 1 and 13-time national champion Mount Union in Saturday’s NCAA Division III tournament semifinal.
- Seven years after being fired at New Mexico amid losing seasons and off-the-field problems, Mike Locksley is returning to College Park to guide a football program recovering from the aftermath of offensive lineman Jordan McNair’s death.
- Maryland could have hired Mike Locksley the last time it was looking for head football coach, and the case can be made that the failure to do so put the Terps in the situation they're in now.
- Three members of the Big Ten champion Maryland field hockey team earned All-America honors Tuesday from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Senior
- Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley, a finalist to become the next Maryland coach, was named Tuesday as the winner of the Broyles Award, given annually to the top Football Bowl Subdivision assistant coach.
- Redshirt junior quarterback Tom Flacco picked up seven first-place votes for the Walter Payton Award, which recognizes the top offensive player at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision level.
- Andrew Kostecka and Isaiah Hart combined to score 43 points for host Loyola Maryland, which won, 75-65, in its 174th meeting with Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday.
- Former Maryland offensive coordinator Mike Locksley, now in his second year as the offensive coordinator at Alabama, and Michigan assistant head coach Pep Hamilton will be interviewed early next week for the head coaching job in College Park.
- Quarterback Trace McSorley runs for two touchdowns, passes for one more in 38-3 rout of Maryland at Beaver Stadium.
- Only three points in three trips inside Duquesne’s 20-yard line factored mightily in the Tigers’ 31-10 loss in an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision first-round playoff game on Saturday.
- The lessons Omar Abdul-Rahim taught his son, Aazaar, growing up have helped in the development of the Maryland secondary the past three seasons.
- Mansfield University freshman defensive back Brandon Allen, a Westminster High School graduate, finished the fall with 25 tackles and a team-best four interceptions and five pass break-ups.
- The redshirt junior quarterback is the Tigers’ third finalist for the Walter Payton Award, which recognizes the top offensive player at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision level.