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Could a professional outdoor soccer team come to Baltimore? Many hope the city could support one.

While the Major League Soccer’s interest in Baltimore is unclear, the United Soccer League has expressed a desire to position a franchise for Charm City.

By Edward Lee

Jun 26, 2019

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Four Orioles prospects from Double-A Bowie to play in Eastern League All-Star Game

Left-handers Zac Lowther and Alex Wells and infielders Rylan Bannon and Mason McCoy will represent Bowie at the Eastern League All-Star Game next month.

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Blast re-sign All-Star defender; Capitals to open season against Stanley Cup champs

The Baltimore Blast announced the re-signing of 2018-2019 First Team All-Major Arena Soccer League defender Adriano Dos Santos to a two-year extension.

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Maryland goalie Megan Taylor named Division I women’s lacrosse Player of the Year

Maryland’s Megan Taylor was recognized Thursday by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association as Division I’s Player of the Year.

By Edward Lee

Jun 13, 2019

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Digest (April 24): Loyola Maryland's Pat Spencer first pick in Premier Lacrosse League draft

Loyola Maryland's Pat Spencer, who ranks in the top-five all-time of both points and assists in NCAA Division I, was selected first overall by the PLL’s Archers to become the first collegiate player ever selected by the new league.

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Digest (April 14): No. 3 Maryland men's lacrosse surges past Rutgers, 16-13

The No. 3 Maryland men’s lacrosse team stormed back in the second half to earn a 16-13 win over host Rutgers on Sunday night.

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Digest (April 7): Mount St. Mary's women's lacrosse wins seventh straight

The Mount St. Mary's women's lacrosse team shut down visiting Robert Morris in a 14-3 win Sunday. The victory was the seventh straight for the Mountaineers, which marks the team's longest winning streak since the 2007 season.

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Digest (March 19): Severna Park grad Paul Ruppert leads Frostburg men's lacrosse past McDaniel

Paul Ruppert (Severna Park) scored five goals to lead Frostburg State (6-1) to a 17-12 victory over visiting McDaniel (2-6) in men's lacrosse on Tuesday. The

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Digest (March 17): Blast top Heat, 8-2, clinch MASL playoff spot

With an 8-2 victory over the host Harrisburg Heat on Sunday, the Blast clinched a spot in the Major Arena Soccer League Ron Newman playoffs.

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Digest (March 3): Blast beat MetroStars behind Melo, Dantas

The Blast recorded their 11th win of the Major Arena Soccer League season with a 5-4 victory over the host Mississauga MetroStars (3-14) in Ontario, Canada.

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Digest (March 1): Terps hosting pregame women's basketball clinic

The eighth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (25-3, 14-3 B1G) will host Illinois (10-18, 2-15) in both teams' regular-season finale today at 2 p.m. at

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Digest (Feb. 19): No. 3 Terps cruise past No. 16 Colgate, 11-6, in men's lacrosse

Jared Bernhardt scored four goals and Logan Wisnauskas added three goals and two assists to lift the No. 3 Maryland men’s lacrosse team to an 11-6 win over visiting No. 16 Colgate on Tuesday.

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Digest (Jan. 30): Thursday racing canceled at Laurel Park due to cold

Because of the polar vortex moving across the eastern United States with dangerously cold temperatures and high wind gusts, Laurel Park announced it has

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Now cancer free, former Terp Chris Odoi-Atsem seeking return to soccer with D.C. United

Chris Odoi-Atsem, a former Maryland standout and first-round draft pick of D.C. United, is free of cancer and clear to resume a soccer career that was derailed last year.

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Digest (Jan. 27): Jockey Weston Hamilton wins first race as Eclipse champion

Jockey Weston Hamilton won his first race as an Eclipse Award champion Sunday at Laurel Park, guiding Weekend Flyer to a 3 ½-length win in the fourth race.

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Digest (Jan. 21): Wizards sign Gary Payton II, son of Hall of Famer

The Washington Wizards announced that the team has signed guard Gary Payton II to a 10-day contract.

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Digest (Dec. 21): Towson's Shane Simpson, Aidan O'Neill named football All-Americans

Two Towson players were named American Football Coaches Association FCS All-Americans. Shane Simpson has been selected on the All-America First Team as an

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Digest (Dec. 20): Johns Hopkins leads Directors' Cup standings after strong fall

For the second consecutive year, Johns Hopkins sits atop the final Learfield Directors' Cup Division III standings at the end of the fall season. With seven

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Digest (Nov. 27): Long Reach graduate Kiana Williams earns MEAC Rookie of the Week honors

Bethune-Cookman's Kiana Williams (Long Reach) was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week. Williams, a 5-foot-6 freshman guard from Columbia,

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Rooney stopped in shootout as D.C. United's season ends with playoff loss to Crew

Wayne Rooney was stopped on a shootout attempt in his MLS playoff debut, Nick DeLeon skied D.C. United's final kick over the crossbar and the Columbus Crew beat D.C. United, 3-2, on penalty kicks after they tied 2-2 on Thursday night.

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Digest (Aug. 29): Terps' Big Ten football schedules announced for 2022-2025

The Big Ten announced its football schedules for the 2022-2025 seasons Wednesday afternoon. As part of the Big Ten's schedule rotation, Maryland will host five

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Digest (Aug. 21): Washington Spirit fire Gabarra as coach, GM

The Washington Spirit, which has not won in three months and scored once in the past 11 matches, fired Jim Gabarra as its coach and general manager Tuesday.

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Digest (Aug. 17): Bye Bye Bertie soars to win at Laurel Park in second start

Bye Bye Bertie, owned by Jerry Romans, Charlie Spiring and Zoom & Fish Stable, continued trainer Hamilton Smith's strong summer meet by soaring to a 5½-length

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Digest (Aug. 15): Wayne Rooney scores twice as D.C. United top Portland Timbers

Wayne Rooney scored two goals and D.C. United beat the Portland Timbers, 4-1, on Wednesday night to move out of last place in the Eastern Conference. D.C.

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Digest (Aug. 14): Loyola Maryland dominates preseason Patriot League men's soccer selections

For a second-straight season, the Loyola Maryland men's soccer team has been selected the preseason favorites in the Patriot League. Junior Barry Sharifi was

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Sports Digest (Aug. 4): Brazil to play El Salvador in soccer friendly Sept. 11 in Landover

Brazil will meet El Salvador in a friendly next month at FedEx Field in Landover on Sept. 11, four days after coach Tite's team takes on the U.S. in a previously announced friendly at East Rutherford, N.J.

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Sports Digest (Aug. 2): Gilman offensive lineman Zachary Franks commits to Penn State

Three-star offensive lineman Zachary Franks of Gilman committed to Penn State, he announced Thursday on Twitter.

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Sports Digest (July 31): D.C. United's Rooney available to play despite broken nose

D.C. United's Wayne Rooney returned to work Tuesday looking as if he had stepped into a boxing ring over the weekend.

• Horse Racing

Sports Digest (July 29): Jockey Toledo has three-win day at Laurel Park

Jockey Jevian Toledo completed a three-win day at Laurel Park on Sunday.

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Sports Digest (July 28): Toliver has game-high 23 points in 119-112 loss in WNBA All-Star Game

Team Delle Donne 's Kristi Toliver of the Washington Mystics led all scorers with 23 points in a 119-112 loss to Team Parker in the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday in Minneapolis.

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Sports Digest (July 27): Capitals give Wilson six-year contract

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Digest (July 21): Delle Donne scores 30 as Mystics rout Liberty; Brigade to host ArenaBowl

Elena Delle Donne had 30 points and 10 rebounds to help the Washington Mystics beat the New York Liberty 95-78 on Saturday in a WNBA game. The All-Star captain

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Digest (July 11): Women's Professional Lacrosse League title game set for US Lacrosse facility on Saturday

US Lacrosse will host the Women's Professional Lacrosse League championship game Saturday at 5 p.m. at Tierney Field on the national governing body's campus.

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Digest (July 2): Wayne Rooney on joining D.C. United: 'I'm here to win'

Wayne Rooney knows where D.C. United stands right now. It's not the team that won three of the first four Major League Soccer Cups after the league began in

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MLS player Collin Martin from Chevy Chase comes out as gay

Minnesota United midfielder Collin Martin is the second openly gay player in Major League Soccer history.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 29, 2018

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Digest (June 16): Carrasco begins his comeback at Laurel Park

Journeyman rider Victor Carrasco, the Eclipse Award-winning apprentice of 2013 sidelined for the past nine months by injury, will launch his latest comeback

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Digest (June 9): Seth Goldberg named AD, boys basketball coach at John Carroll

John Carroll has named Seth Goldberg athletic director and boys basketball coach, effective July 1.

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Digest: CCBC Essex reaches second round of NJCAA DII World Series

Freshman outfielder Nelson Laviosa went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and the CCBC Essex baseball team beat No. 7 seed Scottsdale (Ariz.) CC, 7-6, in the first round of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series on Saturday in Enid, Okla.

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Digest: Gary Russell Jr. defends featherweight title at National Harbor

Gary Russell Jr. successfully defended his WBC featherweight championship Saturday night, unanimously outpointing mandatory challenger Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jr.

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Digest: English star Wayne Rooney, D.C. United inch closer to deal

Wayne Rooney and D.C. United have resolved major issues in their negotiations and could soon finalize a deal that clears the way for the English soccer superstar to join the Major League Soccer club this summer.

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Digest: Irish War Cry to run in Pimlico Special

Isabelle de Tomaso's homebred Irish War Cry gets another chance to regain that winning form as an older horse in Friday's $300,000 Pimlico Special at Pimlico Race Course.

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Digest (April 14): Segura leads D.C. United to victory over Columbus Crew at Naval Academy

Ulises Segura scored his first MLS goal and Steve Clark had a shutout in his first action of the season to help DC United beat the Columbus Crew 1-0 on

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Digest: Biondic hits go-ahead homer, earns save in Terps' win

Senior Kevin Biondic hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning before recording the final out of the ninth on the mound to push the Maryland baseball team to a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over visiting Northwestern on Sunday.

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Digest: Trainer Gonzalez has 4-win day; Karamanos victorious in comeback at Laurel Park

Laurel Park winter-spring meet-leading trainer

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Digest (Feb. 7): Freshmen ignite Loyola Maryland in men's basketball win; Navy turns up defense in victory

Freshmen Isaiah Hart and Brent Holcombe scored 17 points each and host Loyola Maryland defeated American, 72-69, on Wednesday night.

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Digest (Feb. 1): Northwestern's Amonte Hiller to coach U.S. women's U19 lacrosse team

Former Maryland standout Kelly Amonte Hiller, a three-time U.S. Women's World Cup team member and a nine-time NCAA champion as a player and coach, has been

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Digest (Jan. 31): Jarren Jasper progressing after heart transplant

Jarren Jasper, the 14-year-old son of Navy offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper, is "progressing as expected" one day after receiving a heart tranasplant at

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Digest: MLS might force D.C. United to move home opener from SoccerPlex

Major League Soccer does not want D.C. United to play their home opener at Maryland SoccerPlex because of facility and security concerns, sources told The Washington Post.

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Digest: Ex-Terps coach Locksley reportedly to become Alabama’s OC or leave for Florida State

Digest: Ex-Terps coach Locksley reportedly to become Alabama's OC or leave for Florida State

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Digest (Jan. 3): Laurel Park cancels racing on Friday because of cold

Extreme cold temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic region has caused the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel live racing Friday. Forecasts call for a high of 19 degrees