mason plumlee
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For the first three games of his rookie season, and the first 40 minutes of the fourth, Jake Layman was no more than a paid spectator. That changed Tuesday. - Steve Blake has heard the same line for more than a decade, as the NBA careers of three of his former Maryland teammates came to an end.
- The Detroit Pistons have acquired former Terps guard Steve Blake from the Brooklyn Nets in a trade for forward Quincy Miller.
- 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.
- Former Maryland and Montrose Christian point guard Greivis Vasquez is on the move again, having been traded Thursday night from the Toronto Raptors to the Milwaukee Bucks, according to news reports.
- The battle lines between the Orioles and Portland Trail Blazers were drawn late Thursday night, when 6-foot-5 Notre Dame shooting guard Pat Connaughton was taken in the second round.
- Maryland center Alex Len could go to the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft.
- Recent interview suggested the 7-foot-1 sophomore delayed MRI until after Maryland's season was complete, but university spokesman said Len told coaches pain decreased after X-ray in March
- What has been anticipated around the Maryland basketball season for months has become reality: sophomore Alex Len will forego the last two years of his college career, a source with knowledge of the situation said Sunday night.
- This had all the makings of the day after the day after New Year's, when the hangover is still lingering. In Maryland's case, it was getting over the memories from Tuesday's deflating loss at Boston College that followed what had a chance to be a season-defining win over then No. 2 Duke.
- 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.
- Don Markus takes a closer look at the Maryland basketball team's upset of No. 2 Duke.
- Freshman guard hits both attempts with 2.8 seconds remaining to give Maryland victory over Blue Devils at Comcast Center
- With Maryland set to join Big Ten in 2014, there's no guarantee that teams will meet again in College Park
- 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.
- Dez Wells, Charles Mitchell score 13 points each for Terps in lopsided defeat
- Shortly before the season began, Maryland men's basketball players sat down at computers, logged in with special passwords and began answering seven probing questions not only about basketball, but about themselves.
- Most college basketball coaches never like their teams to play an opponent that has just been blown out. As much as Maryland fans enjoyed seeing Duke get embarrassed at Miami on Wednesday night, I¿m sure Mark Turgeon did not.
- The Terps certainly answered some of their skeptics who questioned the soft non-conference schedule Turgeon put together for his young team. Again, the second-year Maryland coach showed that he knew what was best for his team.
- In his 40th game in College Park, Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon finally relaxed a little. He started a new lineup that included three freshmen and vowed to do something like that Saturday against Delaware State.
- Maryland's game at Duke produced plenty of jostling and intensity -0 even a shouted admonition by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski at the Cameron Crazies -- that made Duke¿s 73-55 victory feel like the rivalry is still breathing.
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