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Nineteen players from Baltimore are true freshmen on Division I basketball rosters this fall. There's a good chance this area will produce more DI players in the 2013 class. Below the chart of last year's DI signees is a comprehensive look at which local seniors have already signed, and which prospects remain on the market heading into the spring period. - 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.
- Sometimes Ivin Jasper's roots as a passer come to the surface in his current role as Navy's offensive coordinato, as they have in recent weeks during the remarkable rise of freshman quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who has led the Midshipmen to five straight victories going into Saturday's game at Troy.
- In hearing the news Tuesday that a program that has been a big part of his life since he came to Baltimore in the mid-1970s from Long Island will likely be cut as part of the athletic department's proposed reorganization, Gottlieb's emotions swirl in a mix of sadness and anger.
- There are 89 Baltimore-area football players on Division I Football Bowl Subdivision rosters this fall.
- CAA commissioner Tom Yeager has acted deliberately in search to replace VCU, Old Dominion, Georgia State.
- Devon Branch picked Oregon over offers from Kansas State, Rutgers and Virginia Tech, among others. He is ranked the No. 30 junior college prospect in the country by JUCOJunction.com.
- No. 2 Alabama (11-1) edged out No. 3 Oklahoma State (11-1) in Sunday's final Bowl Championship Series standings to earn the right to play No. 1 LSU for the national title Jan. 9 in New Orleans.
- Despite 6-game losing streak, Illini excited to play UCLA in San Francisco
- LSU and Alabama were Nos. 1 and 2 in Sunday's next-to-last release of the Bowl Championship Series standings, meaning we're one week away from the formal unveiling of a rematch.
- President Barack Obama's arrival at Towson University brings excitement to basketball game against Oregon State
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- Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk has helped build a strong football program as an independent, but doesn't rule out the possibility of the Midshipmen joining a conference — specifically the Big East — in the near future.
- Former Broadneck star Centrowitz brings his winning kick to the world championships Oregon rising senior is the U.S. champion in the 1,500 meters