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Freshman midfielder Ara Atayan of Bronxville (N.Y.) High has committed orally to North Carolina, becoming the first boys lacrosse player in the class of 2017 to publicly make such a commitment. - Maryland has agreed to work with Virginia and New Jersey on research into unmanned aircraft, a move that could strengthen the state's bid to land one of six drone test sites to be awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration.
- The University of Maryland, College Park was included on a list of the "Top 25 LGBT-Friendly Colleges and Universities" released by national advocacy group Campus Pride.
- Nearly two months after announcing it would convene a panel to study what it called a "disturbing trend" of declining attendance at NCAA Division I men's lacrosse Championship Weekend, the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association has issued a paper with recommendations for solving the problem.
- After 60 years in the ACC, one of the conference's original members, Maryland, will make its long-anticipated exit at the end of this upcoming academic calendar year. The Terps will be joining Rutgers in making a move to the Big Ten.
- Maryland achieved several milestones Tuesday as Gov. Martin O'Malley named the first woman to lead what will be the first female-majority on the state's top court.
- The differences between G.G. Smith and Jimmy Patsos are too numerous to list. Those dissimilarities, Smith says, are what made their working relationship so strong.
- Johns Hopkins announce that the men's lacrosse program will join the Big Ten.
- Evelyn O. Kampmeyer, a retired educator who was active in Republican politics, died May 14 from complications of diabetes at Abington Hospice in Warminster, Pa. The former Severna Park resident was 81.
- Matt Bracken rounds up the latest Maryland Terps basketball recruiting news.
- Johns Hopkins to seek conference affiliation in men's lacrosse after 130 years as independent
- 4 Maryland Terrapins highlight the Intercollegiat Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-America team
- Matt Bracken rounds up the latest Maryland Terps recruiting news.
- With Maryland and Rutgers set to join the Big Ten beginning in 2014, second-year coach Bill O'Brien said Wednesday that he is looking forward to having new, closer neighbors to battle with for recruits and ultimately in the league's recently aligned East Division.
- While the University of Maryland won't be able to reap the rewards of joining the Big Ten athletic conference until July 2014, when it becomes official, it will start benefiting from its academic counterpart — the Committee on Institutional Cooperation — a full year earlier.
- Baltimore Sun reporter Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
- Rutgers men's lacrosse players and parents expressed loyalty to suspended coach Brian Brecht at a meeting with university president Robert Barchi on Tuesday.
- Greg Parker is convinced that if you begin erasing bullying during childhood, it will pay rich dividends in the future. So the lawyer and Laurel resident has assembled a nonprofit called the Brighter Future Anti-Bullying Foundation. His plan: to become more interconnected with lawmakers at all levels, school boards, principals, PTAs and kids. Here's how his color-splashed website lays it out: "Ensuring kids can go to school, learn and reach their full potential without fear of intimidation from
- Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of April 11
- The father-and-son tradition of pro football means merit is often a secondary consideration in hiring, and minority coaches often have trouble getting in at the ground level.
- A longtime Towson University professor has resigned his post as the head of the city school system's ethics panel amid allegations that his published academic articles contain content from dozens of sources without proper — or in some cases any — attribution.
- The University of Maryland's deal to join the Big Ten includes not only the lucrative annual payouts that all members receive, but also a significant concession obtained by the school — a subsidy worth tens of millions of dollars from the conference to offset athletic teams' anticipated higher travel costs, according to multiple sources.
- With her latest production, Annapolis Shakespeare Company founder and artistic director Sally Boyett-D'Angelo is expanding the young company's horizons, both artistically and physically.
- Matt Bracken rounds up the latest Maryland Terps recruiting news.
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- Henry S. Baker Jr., a retired banker and community leader, died Saturday from complications of a tumor at Keswick Multi-Care Center. The longtime Monkton resident was 86.
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- Musical and cultural diversity are at the heart of what the Harlem Quartet is all about. This string ensemble brings an eclectic program to Columbia when it performs for the Candlelight Concert Society series on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre.
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- Milan Collins, a Maryland safety recruit, talks about playing for the Terps.
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