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- Brigade wide receiver Joe Hills made Arena Football League history by catching a touchdown reception for the 100th consecutive game in a win over Columbus.
- Several local college athletes performed well at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships.
- A winner was determined in regulation for the first time in the NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal series as the Washington Capitals won their second straight game to pull even with the Columbus Blue Jackets at two games apiece.
- The Capitals blew a two-goal lead for the third straight game. They went to overtime for a third straight game. This time, they won.
- Bill Rabinowitz is the Ohio State football beat writer for the Columbus Dispatch. He's also the author of a book about the Buckeyes' 2014 national championship season titled "The Chase: How Ohio State Captured the First College Football Playoff." With Maryland set to play at the No. 1 Buckeyes for Ohio State's homecoming game Saturday, he was kind enough to answer a few questions to preview the game.
- With Melo Trimble playing on the U.S. team at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, sophomore from Springfield, Mass., is getting a chance to show Maryland coach Mark Turgeon how the offense looks when he gets to run it during the limited summer workouts allowed under NCAA guidelines.
- Even as Robert Carter's new team at Maryland gets all kinds of hype for a potential No. 1 preseason ranking with the emergence of star point guard Melo Trimble, the signing of five-star prospect Diamond Stone and the addition of fellow transfer Rasheed Sulaimon from Duke, the 6-8, 238-pound junior forward is rarely mentioned. Carter doesn't seem to mind.
- Maryland point guard Melo Trimble will return for his sophomore year, Terps coach Mark Turgeon announced Wednesday.
- Some familiar with the draft process, including two NBA scouts, said neither player is "a lock" to be a first-round draft choice.
- From the time they emerged from a team meeting in the basement of coach Mark Turgeon's home Sunday night, the Maryland players and Turgeon himself have tried to move forward from the shocking image they saw displayed on the living room¿s big screen television a few minutes before.
- Richaud Pack, a fifth-year guard who transferred after graduating last spring from North Carolina A&T, dyed his brown hair to support Team Pack, as his mother, Kaija, calls her large family.
- The Terps will play No. 13 seed Valapariso in the first NCAA tournament game under coach Mark Turgeon. Maryland last made the tournament in 2010 as a No. 4 seed and lost to Michigan State, 85-83, in the second round.
- This week's roundup will take a look at a shakeup in the WWE commentary teams, TNA's Destination America debut and the possible WWE pay per view schedule for 2015.