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Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal was named the NBA Cares Community Assist Award winner at the league’s annual award show Monday night.

Here's what you need to know before the 2019 NBA draft begins Thursday night.

Former Maryland center Bruno Fernando's name can be found all over the various mock drafts, from a top-10 pick to middle of second round.

By Don Markus

Jun 13, 2019

Former Maryland standout Kevin Huerter was named one of the NBA's top 10 rookies this season, becoming the first former Terp to do so in nearly 20 years.

By Don Markus

May 21, 2019

Maryland guard Kevin Huerter went from being a fringe NBA prospect after his sophomore year to a first-round pick at No. 19 overall by the Atlanta Hawks in Thursday night's NBA draft.

By Don Markus

Jun 21, 2018

One day out, it seems like Maryland guard Kevin Huerter will end up as a mid-to-late first-round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Forward Justin Jackson, who struggled last season due to injury, is likely to be a second round pick.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 20, 2018

Maryland guard Kevin Huerter became a hot item during workouts this spring — will he become a Laker, Timberwolf or fall to someone else?

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 19, 2018

Under Armour adds to roster of young NBA talent with signing of Dennis Smith Jr.

By Jeff Barker

Aug 9, 2017

Players not selected in the NBA draft turn to development leagues such as the newly renamed NBA Gatorade League and overseas leagues.

By Don Markus

Jun 20, 2017

The lead was long gone, the comeback was short-lived and the Maryland men’s basketball season was about to end.

By Don Markus

Mar 17, 2017

Crystal Dunn, a rising star with the top-ranked U.S. women's national soccer team, has left the Washington Spirit to sign with English club Chelsea, the second prominent player to depart since the National Women's Soccer League final three months ago.

M & D Stables homebred Eyeplayeveryday ($19) took the lead in midstretch and held off a closing English Minister to capture the $75,000 Find Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday.

Robert Carter Jr. seemed to be off the radar of most NBA scouts when he regained his eligibility last season at Maryland. He had sat out a season because of

By Don Markus

Jun 21, 2016

Terdema Ussery II, a longtime top executive of the Dallas Mavericks, is joining Under Armour as president of global sports categories, accordiing to the company and the NBA team.

By Jeff Barker

Jul 16, 2015

In its annual list of most valuable sports teams, Forbes ranked the Ravens 22nd overall with a value of $1.5 billion.

By Jeff Zrebiec

Jul 15, 2015

Ending a frantic few days of courtship ¿ and perhaps cementing the Spurs as the preseason favorites to win yet another NBA title ¿ Aldridge announced Saturday that he will sign with San Antonio and align with Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard to form what would figure to be among the league's most-formidable frontcourts.

In 2012, while playing professional basketball in Turkey, former Georgetown University stand out Chris Wright learned that he had multiple sclerosis. The next year he began the Chris Wright Foundation to provide education and awareness of multiple sclerosis, as well as to provide charitable giving to other nonprofit organizations.

The education of Maryland freshman Michal Cekovsky is a daily grind that includes five hours of learning English in the classroom and two more hours with a tutor in study hall at night.

By Don Markus

Oct 22, 2014

The expectations have been raised, perhaps higher than they've been in a decade. The roster has been bolstered, with the additions of aging superstar Paul Pierce and blue-collar power forward DeJuan Blair. Are the Washington Wizards for real, or was last season just a nasty tease for the team's long-suffering fans?

By Don Markus

Oct 19, 2014

C.J. Fair wasn't selected in last month's NBA draft, but the Baltimore native and former Syracuse star has started to make at least something of an impression in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

The Mavericks and New York Knicks agreed Wednesday to a six-player trade that returns center Tyson Chandler to Dallas three years after he helped win a championship only to leave right away in free agency.

$85 million facility to open in 2017-2018 school year

Former Lake Clifton star Josh Selby was named co-MVP of the Las Vegas Summer League, the NBA announced Sunday.

Will Barton has heard all about his perceived detractors: He's too skinny, too unorthodox and too undisciplined. But Thursday night, he was an NBA draft pick.

Will Barton has done the research. He's poured over the numbers, he's tracked the stocks and he's talked with the experts. Something just doesn't add up. How could the most efficient swingman in college basketball not be considered a lottery pick in Thursday's NBA Draft?

Ravens wide receiver Donte¿ Stallworth, who will become a free agent whenever the NFL lockout is finally lifted, is not very happy with basketball fans on Twitter who bashed Chris Bosh and other Miami Heat players for crying after they lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the sixth and deciding game of the NBA Finals.

Orioles starter Brian Matusz retired just three of the 13 hitters he faced, allowing four runs on five hits and four walks in 1 1/3 innings during Sunday's 9-6 loss to the Rays. ... Wanting Zach Britton's rookie season to prolong into September, the Orioles have pushed back his next start a couple of days. ... The Mavericks beat the Heat on Sunday night to capture their first NBA championship. ... A wild and unpredictable Triple Crown season came to an appropriately stunning conclusion Saturday as 24-1 long shot Ruler On Ice won the Belmont Stakes.

Baltimore's most prominent basketballer, Carmelo Anthony, has been the subject of trade talk since his wedding this summer. So where will Carmelo be playing two weeks from now?