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Former John Carrol star Immanuel Quickley lost his starting job seven games into his freshman year at Kentucky, but he's playing much better as he and the Wildcats enter the NCAA tournament Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla.

Pink Pearl forged a short lead after a half-mile and drew off to a 4 ¼-length upset of Sunday’s opener at Laurel Park to give jockey Victor Rosales his first career riding victory.

Havre de Grace resident Immanuel Quickley has gone from being The Sun’s All-Metro Player of the Year, a top-five point guard by several national scouting services and a McDonald’s All American to coming off the bench for the No. 13 Wildcats.

Former Maryland coach Lefty Driesell and former North Carolina and NBA star Charlie Scott have been close since Driesell, then the coach at little Davidson College, recruited a mostly unknown prospect at Laurinburg Institute in 1964.

Reisterstown resident Olivia Gruver recently completed her junior year at Kentucky by capturing her second NCAA championship in a row.

G.G. Smith went 56-98 at Loyola and failed to lead the Greyhounds to a winning record in five years. He'll be on dad Tubby Smith's staff at High Point.

Navy men's basketball senior guard Shawn Anderson has been named to the 2017-18 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Senior CLASS Award All-America first team.

The Baltimore native will help lead the Mountaineers in their Sweet 16 game Friday against Villanova.

Kamau Stokes, who often plays well against big-name opponents, will try to help Kansas State get past Kentucky in NCAA South Regional semifinal in Atlanta.

Debated more than the presidential election, the NCAA Tournament gives fans something to argue about endlessly and cause great consternation when filling out your bracket.

With NCAA looking more unlikely with each loss, Maryland's chances of playing in NIT is not a lock given the number of Power 5 teams having disappointing seasons.

Kentucky coach Bob Stoops is "working on it."

The five-star prospect will join John Carroll's Immanuel Quickley in Kentucky.

He's picking between Maryland, Kentucky, North Carolina State and Texas.

With AFC North flailing, Sunday’s game between Ravens, Steelers could bring back some credibility to the division.

One of the top basketball players in Class of 2018, John Carroll point guard Immanuel Quickley, commits to Kentucky.

The Washington Wizards added guards Carrick Felix and Donald Sloan to their training camp roster, bringing the roster total to 19. Sloan has appeared in 218

The blue-chip point guard is expected to be headed to Kentucky.

As a junior, Jesse Aniebonam led Maryland in sacks and tackles for loss despite not playing every down

John Carroll's Immanuel Quickley keeping busy as college decision gets closer

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With an eye on returning to New York for the Grade 2 Wood Memorial on April 8, M M G Stables' multiple Grade 3 winner El Areeb breezed Thursday at Laurel Park for trainer Cal Lynch.

Maryland made it official Monday in announcing the hiring of Jimmy Brumbaugh as defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator.

Less than a week after signing a consensus Top 20 recruiting class, Maryland football coach DJ Durkin has filled a position of need on his staff.

Maryland hunters reported taking 35,078 deer during the state's most popular hunt, the two-week firearm season. The total was 12 percent greater than last year's harvest of 31,304.

A number of touted recruits have released lists of their top schools that feature Maryland.

There is a general assumption that Maryland will be an NCAA tournament team if point guard Melo Trimble returns for his junior year in College Park and a rebuilding team if he opts to sign with an agent to take his chances on next month's NBA draft.

Maryland men¿s basketball coach Mark Turgeon knows firsthand how good the two teams in Monday¿s NCAA tournament final are.

Several coaches who've watched the league closely — including one Hall of Famer who's coached in the league and one who has taken his lumps coaching in it the past two years — were surprised by some of the Big Ten teams' seedings.

Willie Worsley said he didn't really grasp the historical significance of Texas Western's NCAA championship until later.

In upsetting the heavily favored Wildcats, the Miners became the first team to win a championship with five African-American starters.

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak didn¿t cause a stir when he took his seat at the back of press row an hour before tip-off Tuesday night at Xfinity Center. It was Kupchak¿s first trip back to the Maryland campus since his days as a Washington Bullet playing summer pickup games at Cole Field House. Yet Kupchak¿s presence for No. 7 Maryland¿s matchup against Northwestern was an indication of his interest in at least one of the game¿s participants. Considering how little Maryland freshman Diamond Stone was on the floor for Maryland¿s 62-56 overtime win -- a total of 15 minutes -- Kupchak might have to come back.

On a team in transition after DeAngelo Russell left for the NBA and Shannon Scott as well as Sam Thompson departed, Kam Williams is providing a spark off the bench for the Buckeyes, who play No. 3 Maryland on Saturday in College Park. In five Big Ten games, Williams is averaging 11.4 points in just over 23 minutes per game. Williams sees the similarities between his high school career at Mount Saint Joseph in Baltimore and his college career at Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.

Maryland men's basketball team drops in polls

Devin Thomas had 21 points and 17 rebounds and Wake Forest relied on inside muscle to hold off hot-shooting UMBC, 78-73.

By the time the Maryland Terps might play the Kentucky Wildcats, they'll be much better than they are now.

Maryland, picked to win the Big Ten by conference media and coaches, was ranked No. 9 in the preseason poll. The Terps return four starters from last year's 34-3 squad that went undefeated in the Big Ten and advanced to its second straight Final Four.

The World Series title for Turgeon's favorite Major League Baseball team came a few hours before his favorite college basketball team was picked third nationally in a preseason poll for the second time in less than a month.

Maryland men¿s team is No. 3 in the Associated Press media poll, matching its ranking in the coaches¿ poll.

As of Sunday, college basketball analytics guru Ken Pomeroy has the Terps 24th in the country in his preseason rankings, and sixth among Big Ten Conference teams

Five-star forward Wenyen Gabriel, a longtime top Maryland target, committed to Kentucky over the Terps on Thursday.

Point guard Melo Trimble, incoming center recruit Diamond Stone and forward Jake Layman all have received attention as possible first-round picks in next year's draft.

Minnesota selected Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns with the first pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night, the first of three straight freshmen chosen before New York chose Latvian forward Kristaps Porzingis, triggering loud, long boos from their fans inside Barclays Center.

When the Terps open next season, perhaps as the No. 1 team in the country and probably no lower than No. 3, only forward Jake Layman, center Damonte Dodd and former walk-on Varun Ram will be left over from the team two years ago.

Baltimore Ravens fourth-round draft pick Za'Darius Smith turned to football over basketball and the team is glad he did. They selected him with the 122nd overall pick last Saturday, believing that the University of Kentucky outside linebacker/defensive end could replace some of Pernell McPhee's production and give them a young pass rusher to groom behind Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil.

Entering the final day of the NFL Draft, the Ravens still have needs at running back, cornerback and defensive end/outside linebacker.

The Arundel graduate is pursuing an NFL career after exhausting his eligibility for Kentucky and has been invited to the Ravens' local prospect day today

In ranking all 69 Division I men's lacrosse teams, a handful are contenders, but it's the teams in the middle of the pack that find out how important one-goal games are.

Leonard Pitts Jr. calls out cowardly male Internet trolls who threaten women with rape for having opinions.