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High expectations surround Towson, which was picked to finish second in the conference behind Villanova. A third consecutive CAA title is the first priority.

Within days of the Ravens' 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl, LSU hired Cameron as its offensive coordinator, hoping he could help open up a Tigers offense that ranked 87th in yards per game and 59th in scoring in 2012.

When the Orioles make the 22nd pick overall in baseball's annual amateur draft Thursday night, it will be the latest they have had to wait in the first round since 1998.

I am in heaven. I know I am part of a minority, but I love college baseball the way the majority loves basketball. Forget the Final Four, the Road to Omaha is what gets my adrenaline pumping.

Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman has hit some rough patches through the first few weeks of his first full professional season while pitching at Double-A Bowie, but the 22-year-old right-hander¿s steady development continues to be more important than any pitching line.

Now that Lewis has retired, the Ravens are tasked with replacing him to bolster an inside linebacker spot weakened by Dannell Ellerbe signing with the Miami Dolphins and Jameel McClain still not medically cleared from a spinal cord contusion. Plus, trouble-prone middle linebacker Rolando McClain was arrested this week and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

With several players who could start immediately, team could address position this week

Nick Saban and Alabama have offered a scholarship to Dylan Moses, an eighth-grader from Baton Rouge, La.

The Ravens have done well in the past taking calculated gambles on players with legal issues. That includes former NFL Defensive Player of the Year outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, who was facing an felony aggravated assault case in Arizona when the Ravens drafted him 10th overall in the first round of the 2003 NFL draft. The case was later dismissed.

Free safety Ed Reed has been a presence in the NFL for nearly a dozen years, instinctively patrolling the Ravens' secondary and baiting quarterbacks into miscues.

The Ravens have set their radar on evaluating a deep class of defensive players. Among the meetings they've scheduled at the NFL scouting combine: towering SMU defensive end Margus Hunt and LSU junior inside linebacker Kevin Minter.

When Kevin Gausman, the Orioles¿ first-round pick (No. 4 overall) in last year¿s June draft, threw his second bullpen session on Saturday, Buck Showalter couldn¿t resist a peak.

Former Ravens offensive coordinator resurfaces at SEC power

Matt Bracken picks superlatives for the Maryland Terps' 2013 football recruiting class.

Matt Bracken rounds up the latest Maryland Terps recruiting news.

Will Likely, ranked the No. 32 cornerback in the country by 247Sports.com, pledged to the Terps on Friday, according to InsideMDSports.

A year after making the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the first time in school history, Towson (7-4) found itself left out Sunday.

School is being highlighted for using football to raise profile

Towson's defense has stepped up this football season, is having fun heading into Saturday's home game against Maine

No. 17 Towson hosts Maine on Saturday night at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

No. 12 Towson takes on No. 5 James Madison on Saturday in a crucial CAA matchup.

Three days after taking home a check for $510,000 from its nationally televised football game at Louisiana State on Saturday, Towson announced Tuesday that it was recommending cutting the school¿s baseball and men¿s basketball soccer as part of the athletic program¿s reorganization.

Towson will make more than a million dollars playing away games against national powerhouses in football and basketball

Towson University Tigers came out of Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday with a loss to No. 3 LSU, but gave their counterpart Tigers a game effort in a 38-22 contest.

When Towson athletic director Mike Waddell broached the idea with Rob Ambrose of taking his football team down to play LSU in Baton Rouge for the fourth game of the 2012 season, the Tigers' coach was decidedly lukewarm.

Towson University is hosting St. Francis (Pa.) University at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, as the Tigers' homecoming game at Unitas Stadium in Towson.

After transferring from Connecticut to Towson last summer, former Baltimore high school standouts Leon Kinnard and Gerrard Sheppard hope to make a bigger impact this season than they had in 2011.

Orioles' first-round pick takes hill for first time as a pro, tosses three perfect innings in IronBirds victory

Shades of Dylan Bundy. Orioles top draft pick Kevin Gausman made his professional debut for the Aberdeen Ironbirds and made it look too easy. Facing the State College Spikes, he retired nine straight batters before giving way to Cameron Coffey to start the fourth.

A pair of SEC rivals took the top two spots in USA Today's preseason college football coaches poll, which was released today.

The Orioles have agreed to terms with their top 2012 draft pick, Kevin Gausman, a right-handed pitcher from LSU.

Chris Tillman made his minor league transitional start Monday at Double-A Bowie in between the two-hit gem against Seattle that he threw Wednesday and his next Orioles outing Sunday against the Detroit Tigers.

Sometime around 2020 -- maybe a little sooner, maybe a little later -- we will get sick of the four-team playoff.

Robert Andino, who has played second base in 56 of the Orioles' first 60 games, was out of the lineup Tuesday, as Brian Roberts returned from the 60-day disabled list. And Andino said he's OK if he's no longer the starter there.

With Louisiana State University losing this weekend in a best-of-three series in the NCAA Super Regionals against upstart Stony Brook (N.Y.) University, the Orioles¿ top pick, right-hander Kevin Gausman, is now free to negotiate with the club.