Lexie Brown scored 11 of her 13
points in the first half to lead six Maryland players who scored in double figures as the No. 8 Terps women cruised to a 97-24 victory over visiting Wagner on Sunday. Lexie Brown scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half to lead six Maryland players who scored in double figures as the No. 8 Terps women cruised to a 97-24 victory over visiting Wagner on Sunday. Tubby Smith earns a win over his eldest son by leading Texas Tech to a 71-59 victory over Loyola Maryland in a season opener on Friday night in Lubbock. Low-income Baltimore residents can get help in applying for energy assistance grants from Baltimore Gas and Electric representatives at an expo on Saturday. By Carrie Wells Nov 11, 2014 Coppin State may be known for several things, but coach Michael Grant wants to ensure that the team is not known for being gun-shy. A list of every Division I men's basketball player from the Baltimore, Maryland area for the 2014-15 college season. The Board of Regents unanimously approved a policy Friday — believed to be among the first of its kind — denying bonuses to coaches and athletic directors whose players don't measure up academically. A proposed policy that would require teams to reach academic benchmarks before their coaches and athletic directors can cash in on performance-based bonuses has drawn mixed reviews. Luther J. Perry Jr., a retired state tax assessor and civil rights activist, died Oct. 11 at his Hunting Ridge home of cancer. He was 69. Lucille M. "Doonie" Brooks, a former longtime city music teacher who was also a well-known church organist, died Oct. 9 at her daughter's Catonsville home of congestive heart failure. She was a 102. The civil rights movement needed both King and the Panthers A Board of Regents committee approved a "fairly unique" policy on Tuesday that would deny University System of Maryland coaches lucrative performance bonuses if their players fail to meet academic benchmarks. By By D. Watkins Oct 14, 2014 In the wake of his team's fourth straight loss and its 13th in 14 games, Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden addressed a host of problems during his Monday news conference Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese were in Baltimore on Monday, having breakfast with boosters and talking about their teams' upcoming first season in the Big Ten. Owner-trainer King Leatherbury said Saturday that he is leaning toward entering Ben's Cat in the $100,000 Sprint at next Saturday's Jim McKay Maryland Million. By By Edward Ericson Jr. Oct 7, 2014 By By Joe Burris Oct 7, 2014 Today only a few of the police departments across the country require applicants to possess a college degree, despite numerous studies showing that better educated officers make better policing decisions and are far less likely to resort to force. By By John L. Hudgins Sep 30, 2014 Alaric I. "Al" Phillips, a counselor who was an outreach and volunteer coordinator for a Baltimore men's shelter, died Sept. 2 at his West Ostend Street home of a heart attack. He was 52. By By Frederick N. Rasmussen Sep 13, 2014 Samuel E. Jackson Jr., a retired research psychologist who was a longtime active member of Kappa Alpha Psi, an historically black fraternity, died Sept. 1 at Howard County General Hospital of heart failure. He was 80. By By Frederick N. Rasmussen Sep 12, 2014 The University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted Thursday to sell the vacant and deteriorated former Hebrew Orphan Asylum in West Baltimore to the Coppin Heights Community Development Corp. for redevelopment as a community health center, according to a university spokesman. By By Natalie Sherman Sep 11, 2014 University System of Maryland institutions have had mixed success in improving the graduation rates of minority and low-income students, according to an annual progress report released this week. By By Carrie Wells and The Baltimore Sun Sep 4, 2014 The University System of Maryland could expand its tuition remission program for the dependent children and spouses of employees. By By Carrie Wells and The Baltimore Sun Sep 4, 2014 Helena E. Wright, a retired city elementary school teacher who was an active member of Heritage United Church of Christ, died Aug. 18 at her Lochearn home of complications from heart disease. She was 93. By By Frederick N. Rasmussen and The Baltimore Sun Sep 4, 2014 By By Kate Drabinski Aug 26, 2014 A daily diary, chocolate rainbow cake and a gift basket with skin care products were just some of the $1,300 in gifts Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake claimed on her 2013 ethics forms, according to a review of the filings. Three campus police departments in Maryland now own surplus military gear ranging from "riot-type" shotguns to M16 rifles to an armored truck under a Defense Department program that's sparked new controversy this month. By By Carrie Wells and The Baltimore Sun Aug 23, 2014 Unlike Mark Turgeon's first three years at Maryland, the Terps should be more battle-tested when they start play in the Big Ten. By By Don Markus Aug 22, 2014 Just because UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski III says he doesn't want to be chancellor doesn't mean he isn't the ideal person for the job In the search for the next leader of the University System of Maryland, some stakeholders are looking for someone with star power, possibly a household name or outside-the-box candidate. By By Carrie Wells and Alison Knezevich and The Baltimore Sun Aug 21, 2014 Former Patterson star Aquille Carr is reportedly close to signing a deal with the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada. By By Alexander Pyles Aug 20, 2014 | 
The University System of Maryland has named Robert Caret, president at the University of Massachusetts System and a former president at Towson University, as its next chancellor, officials confirmed on Wednesday.
