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Campanaro, now an NFL wide receiver, played point guard on the Hawks' lone state championship team in 2007.

Maryland's worst home loss under Mark Turgeon included a rough night at both ends for Kevin Huerter, a lack of production from the big men and was a step back for the Terps heading into the Big Ten tournament

Maryland lost for the first time on senior day since joining the Big Ten, with an 85-61 defeat to No. 17 Michigan, the most lopsided home loss in Mark Turgeon's seven years in College Park and the worst for the Terps since the Comcast Center opened for the 2002-03 season.

The Washington Redskins signed cornerback Quinton Dunbar to a multiyear deal.

Maryland will get a chance to play the No. 1 team in the country for the first time in six years when the Terps play at Michigan State Thursday.

Cole Field House, or more formally the William P. Cole Jr. Student Activities Building, was the University of Maryland¿s home for basketball for 47 years.

Mike Barnes, Red Holzman and Don Ohl are part of This Week in Maryland Sports for Dec. 24-30.

The Maryland men's basketball team has won four straight holiday tournaments around Thanksgiving.

Zach Thomas, who graduated Oakdale High as Maryland's second-leading public school scorer, returns to his home state when Bucknell faces the Terps at Xfinity Center on Saturday.

Initially reported as $155 million, the Cole renovation cost increases by more than 25 percent with expansion.

When Maryland travels to Baltimore for the second straight season to face Charlotte at Royal Farms Arena on Tuesday, Graham and his son Jon will be the game's honorary captains.

Maryland to honor Lefty Driesell with banner at Xfinity Center

By now, you've probably learned about an appropriate time to do a Hillary Clinton Shimmy. In the hours after Monday night's presidential debate, when-to-shimmy

Even before second-ranked Maryland lost for the first time at home in the Big Ten and saw a school-record 27-game home winning streak end, coach Mark Turgeon said he didn¿t pay attention to what else was happening with the other two first-place teams.

Maryland coach Cathy Reese is no stranger to hosting and signing players from Carroll County and that doesn't appear likely to change in the future. In addition to Century grad Alice Mercer being a starter on the current squad, six other county players have committed either officially or verbally to play for the Terps.

Mark Turgeon's first three seasons with the Maryland men's basketball team were not devoid of memorable wins. Most of them happened for the Terps on their home court — against Top 10 opponents.

Centennial boys basketball beats Marriotts Ridge 60-29 to claim sole possession of this year's county championship

As the Maryland basketball team gets some time off before returning to action Wednesday against Penn State, here are three reasons for their recent struggles.

The combination of hard work, natural athletic ability and passion has made Milford Mill's Justin Jenifer the most complete and fun-to-watch point guard in the area.

When Maryland and Virginia meet Wednesday night at what is now the Xfinity Center, it will have a different kind of historical relevance. It marks the first game the Terps will play in the ACC-Big Ten challenge since switching leagues earlier this year.

Maryland's Cole Field House, former home of Terps basketball, may be transformed to house football practices and other activities.

The Baltimore Arena is slated to get a real fresh facelift real fast, with the city expected to select Royal Farms Wedneday as the new corporate sponsor of the venue.

Maryland is expected to announce later today that former men's basketball coach and recently enshrined Naismith Hall of Famer Gary Williams will oversee special projects geared toward increasing alumni support and athletic fundraising, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

Maryland fans looking to get their first glimpse at a men's basketball team that has undergone a radical overhaul to its roster and a women's team looking to replace its all-time leading scorer can mark Oct. 17 on their calendars.

Unlike Mark Turgeon's first three years at Maryland, the Terps should be more battle-tested when they start play in the Big Ten.

The ride from Collingswood, N.J., to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame takes about four hours by car. Fueled by a passion for the game very few possess, a South Jersey gym rat named Gary Williams arrived here in the class of 2014 after a four-plus-decade coaching journey.

Maryland guard Dez Wells first met Chris Paul during an Amateur Athletic Union tournament at the University of North Carolina five years ago. They've been working out every summer since.

The University of Maryland's Comcast Center, home of the school's basketball teams, is being renamed the XFINITY Center at the request of the media and technology giant, which is eager to promote its relatively new "Xfinity" brand.

Maryland's victory song wasn't playing as Alyssa Thomas jogged onto the court at Verizon Center for pregame warm-ups, and she and her team weren't welcomed with a standing ovation from the crowd.

A couple hundred alums, administrators and fans came to the Under Armour Brand House in Harbor East to celebrate Maryland officially joining the Big Ten.

On Tuesday, the University of Maryland officially leaves the North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference for the more prosperous Big Ten Conference, a Midwest-oriented league known for its football heritage and expanding television network.

This is not how Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon envisioned the Terps would enter the Big Ten Conference.

Justin Jenifer is a Cincinnati Bearcat. He was also recruited by Xavier, Texas Tech, Providence, Stanford, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton and Louisville.

Maryland has pulled out of the Jimmy V Classic against Villanova on Dec. 8 because of "scheduling issues," according to a news release from ESPN. The Terps, who were replaced by Illinois, will take part in the event in 2016.

The Class of 2014 from Laurel High School graduated May 27 at 9 a.m. at the University of Maryland Comcast Center.

Gov. Martin O'Malley told graduates of the University of Maryland, College Park to be ready for a world in the midst of rapid transformation from climate change, technological advancement and global connectedness.

The Maryland men's basketball team will host Virginia in next season's ACC-Big Ten Challenge, the Terps' first since switching conferences, a source with knowledge of the situation said Thursday.

Homeschoolers Joshua Driesman, Aidan Merryman, John Yalov, Jeremy School and Morin French have been racking up awards in a series of robotic competitions. Through the Howard County Horizon 4-H Club, the 12th grade students formed the robotic team Green Machine to attend local, regional and state competitions, including a recent win at the FIRST Tech Challenge State Robotics Championship.

The Brenda Frese who will coach Maryland in the Final Four Sunday is hardly the same brash up-and-comer who steered the Terps to a national championship in 2006.

That Brionna Jones' surgically repaired right knee is now healthy enough to take the Bridgestone Arena court in Nashville, Tenn., against the undefeated Fighting Irish is testament enough to a player who, at one point, was under consideration for a redshirt year. How a shy 18-year-old has come "out of her shell," as senior center Essence Townsend fittingly put it, is all the more remarkable.

The women's game is growing. Sunday night's Final Four at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., is sold out. The arena seats just under 20,000 for basketball. The Terps (28-6) play Notre Dame (36-0) in the first game followed by Connecticut (38-0) against Stanford (33-3).

Maryland women's basketball and their star forward are a state treasure

As Maryland prepares to play Notre Dame in the women's basketball Final Four in Nashville, Tenn., Terps coach Brenda Frese said she regards the teams' first meeting as a critical moment.

Ravens running back Ray Rice's felony aggravated assault case has been scheduled for an April 28 arraignment conference at Atlantic County Superior Court, according to a court spokesperson.