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Heading in to the Maryland State level eight gymnastic championships last March, nine-year old Azaraya Ra-Akbar wanted to score all 10’s. She didn’t quite get a

A Howard County youth gymnastics coach faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to distribution of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced.

University of Maryland trio to test their mettle on 'Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness.'

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On Episode 3 of "Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X," there's another blindside at Tribal Council.

A dozen young gymnasts at Rebounders Gymnastics Center in Timonium took a break from practice Tuesday to watch the U.S. women's gymnastics team tumble, twirl

New rules will help Under Armour tell its story during Rio Games

Catonsville residents are excited for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Baltimore gymnast Donnell Whittenburg was named one of three alternates for the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team Sunday morning.

Baltimore gymnast Donnell Whittenburg was not named to the five-man men's gymnastics Olympic roster.

After a late push to finish Thursday¿s competition in St. Louis, the Baltimore native is fifth out of 18 U.S. national team members.

The pressure will be back on the U.S. men's national gymnastics team Thursday night.

A federal judge has ordered a Howard County gymnastics coach to remain behind bars pending trial on child pornography charges, writing in a court filing that "the danger to the community is obvious."

A Howard County gymnastics coach previously charged with child pornography in Baltimore County is now facing federal charges.

Emma Bentov-Lagman, Cristin Connerney and Lilianna Dyer of 1st Class Gymnastics Inc. in Annapolis won the women's group acrobatic gymnastics title at the USA Gymnastics Championships in Providence, R.I.

A day after the Boston Red Sox selected Maryland right-hander Mike Shawaryn in the fifth round with the 148th overall pick, two more Terps pitchers were selected Saturday in the Major League Baseball draft.

Maryland junior right-hander Mike Shawaryn was selected in the fifth round with the 148th overall pick by the Boston Red Sox in the Major League Baseball draft Friday.

Michael Phelps was a scratch in the 200-meter individual medley final, his fourth event, at the Longhorn Elite Invitational in Austin, Texas.

Baltimore native Donnell Whittenburg is one of 18 men's gymnasts who will vie for spots on the U.S. Olympic team in this month's team trials in St. Louis, Mo.

Eric Schuler, 23, of Laurel was the overall winner and top male finisher and Megan DiGregorio, 28, of White Marsh finished first among females among an estimated 5,000 runners at the ninth annual Baltimore 10 Miler on Saturday between the Maryland Zoo and Lake Montebello.

A gymnastics coach based in Columbia was arrested Wednesday and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, Baltimore County police said.

The status of Dom Starsia, the winningest coach in Division I men's lacrosse history, was uncertain Tuesday after an email circulated through the Virginia Lacrosse Alumni Network stated he would not return to the Cavaliers in 2017.

Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg won gold in the still rings with a score of 15.925 to edge American John Orozco (15.325) and also took first place in the parallel bars with a 15.800 ahead of silver medalist Cai Weifeng of China (15.750). In the vault, Whittenburg earned silver with a 15.075 while American Eddie Penev won gold with a 15.100.

Donnell Whittenburg's slide out of bounds in the floor routine at Friday night's Pacific Rim Championships cost him the all-around gold medal.

Ohio State sophomore Kyle Snyder, a Woodbine native who went to high school at Good Counsel in Olney, defeated two-time defending national champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State with a takedown in overtime to win the 285-pound NCAA national championship Saturday night in New York.

In USA gymnastics uniforms, Under Armour wants some element of surprise

Japan's Ryohei Kato won the AT&T American Cup men's gymnastics competition Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., taking advantage when Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore struggled on the high bar, letting a nearly 1.6-point lead get away in the last event.

Under Armour offers "behind the scenes" look at USA women's gymnastics team

After competing at the highest levels of both the interscholastic and collegiate versions of girls and women's lacrosse, Natalie Glanell was looking for more ways to express herself. Her energy now goes full throttle into her position in business development with the Lutherville-based Choice One Urgent Care, as an assistant varsity lacrosse coach at Bryn Mawr School and as a Baltimore Ravens cheerleader.

Rec Sports submissions for Howard County for the week of Feb. 25.

Since then, Dyer has teamed with Cristin Connerney and Emma Bentov-Lagman, and in the two years they have worked together, the trio has enjoyed considerable success in acrobatic gymnastics. In only their third competition as a team last May, they captured the silver medal in the Women's Group (age 13-19) at the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) ACRO World Cup in Geneva, Switzerland. They won their group again at the USA Gymnastics Championships in Greensboro, N.C., in June and are

Azaraya Ra-Akbar is only 8 years old but is already turning heads as a talented gymnast that is working out of the Hills Gymnastics program

Five individuals to be inducted into Howard County Women's Athletics Hall of Fame on January 30

What happens when you ask the children at Rodgers Forge Elementary School if they have anything worthy to share? Plenty!

Xavier Lundy scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds as visiting Rider rolled over Morgan State, 71-49, in men's basketball on Wednesday night.

Towson's Kilee Taflinger, 30, is believed to be just one of two female strength and conditioning coaches working with a Division I men's basketball program. Along with Kansas' Andrea Hudy, Taflinger is carving a path in a field populated by men, but she doesn't view herself as a pioneer.

"We never want to come here empty-handed," said Whittenburg.

St. Albans Boy held off a closing Perfect Title inside the final 70 yards to win the 52nd running of the $100,000 Laurel Turf Cup by a nose Saturday at Laurel Park.

Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg finished in eighth place in the men's all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships on Friday at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Washington Nationals intend to hire former San Diego Padres manager Bud Black to become the sixth full-time manager in the team's history, The Washington Post reports.

Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg misses all-around finals at world gymnastic championships

Victor Carrasco rode five winners on Laurel Park's 12-race program Saturday.

Baltimore's Toni-Ann Williams, the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year last season for the University of California, realizes that regardless of whether she reaches the Rio Games next August, she has done plenty to boost the sport in her parents' homeland where megastar sprinter Usain Bolt is the most well-known and popular Olympian.

Howard County rec sports for the week of Oct. 22

As a gymnast competing in the boys' Level 7 for ages 11 to 12, Alex took first place at the USA Gymnastics Maryland state championship competition last March. This year, he'll move to Level 8. The highest level is Level 10. Beyond that is the collegiate level.

Mikulak posted a two-round score of 183.650, a whopping 4.35 points ahead of Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg.

Mikulak closes in on 3-peat at US gymnastics championships; Whittenburg second

Zemeir is one of three competitors from Maryland, along with Crownsville's Maggie Musselman and Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg.

Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore won a silver medal in the men's vault final on the final day of artistic gymnastics at the Pan American Games in Toronto.