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Sterling Smith, who averaged a team-high 13.9 points for Copping State last season, said Friday that he has committed to Pittsburgh for his senior year.

Baltimore native Jaquan Smith will played basketball at Stephen F. Austin after also considering Abilene Christian, Coppin State, East Tennessee State, Louisiana Tech and Rider.

Drexel transfer Damion Lee (Calvert Hall) is transferring to Louisville, rather than Maryland, Arizona, Gonzaga or Marquette.

A year ago, Chas Brown installed cable for Comcast and had given up on basketball. Now he's headed to Albany.

A quarter century after his call to treat drugs as a public health crisis rather than as a criminal justice matter the passage of time has vindicated former Mayor Kurt Schmoke's view

About 300 people gathered at Coppin State University to air grievances over years of harassment, beatings and other mistreatment they say they have endured from city police.

The Baltimore police official who oversees internal affairs, including officer discipline and use-of-force investigations, will step down, the department said Wednesday.

In order to accommodate more people who want to talk about the Baltimore police, the U.S. Department of Justice has changed the location of Thursday evening's town hall meeting at Coppin State University.

Two men were shot dead in Baltimore Monday night, police said.

Jessica Long made an off-balance jumper as time expired Wednesday to give eighth-seeded UMES a 52-50 victory over top seed Hampton in the MEAC quarterfinals in Norfolk, Va.

Sterling Smith had 14 points and Coppin State beat Bethune-Cookman, 64-60, Tuesday in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basketball tournament in Norfolk, Va.

Carolyn Anne Watts had committed suicide at 56. Her family didn't know of Watts' secret art hoard until after her death.

Matt McMullen scored 18 points and had 15 rebounds as second-seeded Colgate rolled past seventh-seeded Navy, 72-62, in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament Thursday night.

Sterling Smith scored a game-high 21 points and Taariq Cephas added 20 as the two combined to hit nine 3-pointers.

As the lone defender under the Laurel High basket junior Kirk Hawkins braced himself as Bowie High began a three-on-one fastbreak against the host Spartans.

The University of Maryland Baltimore County on Wednesday joined officials from a White House-sponsored education initiative to probe ways to better support students, particularly African-Americans, in the juvenile justice system

Addison Spruill scored 26 points to help visiting UNC Wilmington hold off a spirited upset bid by Towson, 73-69, on Saturday.

Merlene Adair, a retired Baltimore City Community College dean, died of congestive heart failure.

Aubrey Maurice Murphy, an acclaimed pianist, organist, conductor and vocal coach who had been a fixture on the Baltimore music scene since the 1960s, died.

An army of public and private workers and volunteers has been on the job looking out for the most vulnerable — before official notice that the start to the weekend in Baltimore would be two degrees colder than Boston, where more than seven feet of snow has fallen since late January.

Brian Darden scored a career-high 23 points and visiting Hampton crushed Morgan State, 93-65, in a nationally televised conference game Monday.

Each year Feb. 14 marks the celebration of Valentine's Day, a holiday that began as a Christian celebration and evolved into a day of romantic expression.

Blossom, coming off a career-high-tying 26-point performance, was 8-for-18 from the field.

Taariq Cephas scored 18 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final seconds, and the Coppin State men's basketball team edged South Carolina State, 77-74, on Saturday.

Inside a cavernous steel dry dock on the waters of Curtis Bay, beneath the raised hull of Baltimore's iconic Constellation, William Jackson worked with his hands Thursday in a trade he never thought would be his.

Coppin State finally got a win against Morgan State after dropping the past six games in the heated series, dating back to 2012. Arnold Fripp scored 14 of his 22 points in the first half to lead the Eagles to the 80-67 victory in a nationally televised game on ESPNU.

Four McGlynn scored 22 points and five Towson players reached double figures in an 86-72 victory over host Hofstra on Saturday night.

Police said a man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in the Mondawmin area of West Baltimore.

Family and friends said Samuel Leon Winder Jr., who died of lung cancer at age 84 on Jan. 18, was a people person.

Damon Sherman-Newsome scored 16 points, including the winning basket in the final seconds, as host Colgate edged Loyola Maryland, 59-58, on Saturday.

A Harford County man is suing the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, alleging he was hazed when he joined the fraternity's Coppin State University chapter in 2013.

Christian Kessee scored a career-high 23 points and the Coppin State men's basketball team extended the nation's longest losing streak by beating winless Florida A&M, 87-75, on Monday.

While Morgan State was outmuscled in part of its game against visiting Bethune-Cookman, it was ultimately poor shooting that doomed the Bears in a 65-58 loss in a matinee game Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

When the Morgan State women's basketball team beat Florida A&M, 57-50, on Saturday, the program made school history.

Carolyn V. Jacobi, whose work as a cemetery consumer advocate led to the founding of the Maryland Office of Cemetery Oversight, died.

Coppin State men's basketball coach Michael Grant says morale hasn't dipped despite 11-game skid

Eric Laster hit two free throws with five seconds left to make it a two-possession game and finished with 17 points as visiting Loyola Maryland defeated Lehigh, 65-60.

Two nights after losing, 61-52, at James Madison in the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both teams, Towson nearly gave up an 18-point lead in the first half before holding on for a 57-53 win against Elon at SECU Arena on Monday night.

Walter Foster scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, both career highs, to help Towson beat visiting Elon, 57-53, on Monday in the first meeting between the schools.

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 24 points, Laurin Mincy added 22 and the No. 14 Maryland women's basketball team used a big second half Saturday to beat 12th-ranked Nebraska, 75-47.

Denzel Richardson made a 3-pointer as time ran out to give Eastern Kentucky a 66-63 victory over host Coppin State on Tuesday afternoon.

The Eagles (1-12) have averaged 33.0 rebounds per game, which is tied for 250th out of 345 Division I programs.

Michael Grant trying to find silver lining in rut for Coppin State men's basketball

Maryland is set to play its first conference game against Ohio State (8-4) Monday night at Xfinity Center.

Morris "Piggy" Turner Street Jr., who served nearly 20 years as chief pretrial service officer of the U.S. District Court of Maryland, died on December 16 at Sinai Hospital of chronic lung disease and congestive heart failure. The Randallstown resident was 73 years old.

Freshman Ricky Doyle scored a career-high 16 points and Zak Irvin added 13 points and seven rebounds as Michigan routed visiting Coppin State, 72-56, on Monday night to end a four-game losing streak.

In automotive terms, Big Ten basketball in the last few seasons has been the steady, reliable car that you rarely had to take in for repairs.

Coppin State men's basketball intent on trying to make a living behind 3-point arc so far