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Gary Williams, Lefty Driesell and other Maryland men's and women's basketball luminaries will return to Cole Field House on Friday night for Maryland Madness.

The Terps have played Virginia more than any other football opponent. The Maryland-Virginia border-state rivalry — which ends for the foreseeable future with Saturday's meeting at Byrd Stadium — never rose to the level of Ohio State-Michigan or Alabama-Auburn. The teams weren't prominent enough for that.

The football success of Maryland (4-0) and Towson (5-0) is not only rare, it is a sign their coaches view as a measuring stick for the talent within the state.

The department of defense has ordered the stoppage of all service academy intercollegiate athletics as a result of the government shutdown, putting Saturday's Navy-Air Force football game in question.

Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon -- along with women's basketball coach Brenda Frese -- as well as their respective teams will be stepping back in time for Maryland Madness. Rather than hold the preseason event at Comcast Center, the Terps will hold it at Cole Field House on Oct. 18. The men's team officially starts practice Friday.

The announcement Tuesday that Maryland Madness will be held at Cole Field House for the first time since the building was closed to basketball in 2002 was welcomed by two former coaches who spent a lot of time there and whose teams won many big games there.

Maryland unveils new generation of football uniforms with "no-grab" fabric

Maryland, West Virginia in talks to continue football rivalry in the 2020s

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Peter Ginsberg filed suit Tuesday in Cincinnati's Southern District Court of Ohio on Dez Wells' behalf, claiming that his client's expulsion from the school last summer for violating the school's student conduct code damaged his reputation.

Facing a $21 million operating deficit and a continuing legal skirmish with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the University of Maryland says it's not yet in position to restore any of the seven athletic teams eliminated in budget cuts last year as it had hoped.

The University of Maryland plans to launch a campaign to raise tens of millions of dollars to build an indoor practice facility that it believes it needs to compete successfully in the Big Ten in football.

In unusual move,University of Maryland directs $500 K in athletics funds to mental health counseling

As they enter the 61st and final year of their partnership, Maryland and the Atlantic Coast Conference are like a newly divorced couple that is forced by circumstances to continue to live together and makes a halfhearted pledge to remain friends.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

An attorney representing Maryland argued Thursday that the Atlantic Coast Conference has left the university's athletic department with a vast budget "hole" by improperly withholding millions of dollars in shared conference revenues after the school decided to join the Big Ten.

Big Ten is asking its member schools to stop scheduling games against Football Championship Subdivision opponents

Former Terps center Tom McMillen will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2013, the Maryland athletic department announced Tuesday.

Former Maryland standout Moise Fokou was back in College Park today for a charity cooking event.

No pause for Kevin Warne when Georgetown came calling

With Maryland's impending move to the Big Ten, the Terps' once-great series with Duke is about to come to an end.

'Special admissions' bring top athletes to college campuses like Maryland but give schools expensive academic challenges, interviews and documents show

The Maryland men's outdoor track team will be able to operate at least until the school enters the Big Ten in July 2014, Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson said in a release on Tuesday.

University of Maryland and Big Ten conference discussed travel costs

Diamonds and the Maryland men's soccer team have a lot in common. Coach Sasho Cirovski explained that this team has been forged by pressure, preparation and expectations.

Heading into this year's matchup, Navy owns a 10-game winning streak

Anderson says Terps' football moving 'in the right direction'

The University of Marylan's move to the Big Ten move could come too late for Maryland runner Kikanae Punyua of Kenya.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

The University of Maryland's move to the Big Ten could be a defining moment in the presidency of Wallace Loh.

The University of Maryland ruins a 60-year relationship with the ACC.

University of Maryland didn't ask its fans about the move to the Big Ten.

Former Terps football player will not pay $50 million ACC exit fee

Left in the dark and ignored, Maryland sports fans have a right to be angry — even if leaving the ACC for the Big Ten proves to be the right move

Maryland's decision to move from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big Ten not only caught its fans and students — and possibly ACC officials — by surprise. The stunning announcement that was first rumored late last week and was made official Monday also came as a shock to many of the school's coaches.

The Big Ten Council of Presidents has approved Maryland's application for admission.

If the University of Maryland moves to the Big Ten, its football and basketball teams would trade one set of big-time rivals for another. But what about lacrosse, perhaps the university's third signature sport?

The University of Maryland moved close Sunday to formally applying for admission to the Big Ten Conference, and an announcement could come as soon as Monday.

Board of regents will hear about Maryland's plan to leave for Big Ten today

Former Maryland coach Gary Williams said today that the school's proposed move to the Big Ten would be a tremendous boost for the Terps' athletic program.

The University of Maryland is in serious discussions to join the Big Ten, and the Board of Regents plans Monday to discuss the proposed move, according to two sources with knowledge of the talks.

Washington State is barely on anyone's radar when it comes to college football, so fans on the East Coast might not be following what has transpired in Mike Leach's first season in Pullman. It has a striking resemblance to Randy Edsall's first season in College Park.

Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson deserves some credit for helping get Dez Wells eligible before the Terps take the court at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday night against defending national champion Kentucky.