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- Former Oregon quarterback Morgan Mahalak has transferred to Towson and is expected to compete for the starting job next season.
- Lee Hull, who led the Morgan State football team to its first Football Championship Subdivision playoff appearance in school history, confirmed Monday night that he is leaving his head coaching post to become the wide receivers coach for the Indianapolis Colts.
- Her family had been torn apart by drugs and mental illness, and Rosalind Holsey had little hope for the future. Then her life took a new direction. She was shut out of cosmetology in high school and found herself among the boys in a barbering class. "This industry literally changed my life," she said.
- Jaylen Adams (Mount St. Joseph) hit a last-second 3-pointer to give St. Bonaventure a 65-62 victory over visiting Saint Louis (8-14, 3-7) on Sunday.
- Newton sported gold Under Armour 'MVP' cleats at Super Bowl pregame
- Mor Spirit won the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes by 11/2 lengths at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., reinforcing his status as the top 3-year-old in the barn of Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert.
- The Chesapeake Bayhawks received a 2017 first-round college draft pick and three players - midfielders Tyler German and Greg Coholan and attackman Ryan Young (Maryland) - from the Boston Cannons for goalie Tyler Fiorito (McDonogh) and a 2017 seventh-round supplemental draft pick.
- McDonogh's Kia Rankin was named Gatorade Maryland Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
- The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism will host an "Evening with Kevin Merida" on Feb. 17 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Eaton Theater of Knight Hall on Maryland campus in College Park.
- Dick Edell, Bob Scott, Willis Bilderback and eight others will be honored as the inaugural class of the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame on May 28 in Philadelphia.
- Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov was named the NHL's "First Star" for the month of January.
- An East Baltimore youth center that opened a decade ago after catching the eye of Baltimore-bred basketball star Carmelo Anthony has attracted a new celebrity benefactor: Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank.
- In awarding the latest subsidy for development in cash-strapped Baltimore, leaders of the City Council on Monday required the developers to set aside millions for the nearby community — a new standard they plan to begin imposing.
- In its first meeting this season, the Blast fell Sunday to the host Missouri Comets, 6-4, for its second loss in the past three games after starting the season 12-0 in the Major Arena Soccer League.
- Tony Donatelli scored two goals to lead the Blast (12-1) to a 6-1 victory over the host St. Louis Ambush (2-12) in the Major Arena Soccer League.
- Virginia soccer midfielder Jake Rozhansky has transferred to Maryland, effective immediately. Rozhansky, from Germantown, played two seasons with the Cavaliers, earning second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a sophomore.
- Bob Baffert is ahead of the pack again, leading all trainers with 35 horses nominated to the Triple Crown races.
- Loyola Maryland and Navy were picked to finish first and second, respectively, in the Patriot League in men's lacrosse in a preseason poll of the league's coaches and sports information directors.
- Beal didn't make the trip to Toronto late Monday night for the Wizards' game against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre on Tuesday night
- Maryland junior guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough was one of 16 players named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's Ann Meyers Drysdale midseason watch list.
- Cam Newton's talent on the field and easy embrace of showmanship has long made him an invaluable ambassador for Under Armour, the Baltimore-based athletic apparel and footwear brand. And his value to the company is about to skyrocket as the Panthers, who defeated the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, prepare for Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7.
- The Syracuse Silver Knights scored back-to-back goals in the fourth quarter to give the visiting Baltimore Blast its first loss of the Major Arena Soccer League season, 3-2, Sunday.
- Former Maryland men's lacrosse star Frank Urso has been named a 2016 Tewaaraton Legends recipient.
- aryland announced that all athletic competitions scheduled for this weekend have been postponed because of the impending winter storm.
- The Philadelphia Eagles hired Reich to oversee their offense, an NFL source told The San Diego Union-Tribune Wednesday.
- Clayton A. ¿Bud¿ Beardmore, the architect of the Terps¿ first two ¿ and only two ¿ NCAA lacrosse championships in 1973 and 1975, died Wednesday morning of complications related to Parkinson¿s at his home in Severna Park. He was 76.
- Maryland senior center Malina Howard was named Tuesday as one of 30 women's basketball candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
- Washington Wizards guards John Wall and Bradley Beal have been selected as two of 30 finalists for the 2016 men's Olympic team.
- MMG Racing Stable's Never Gone South returned to the winner's circle with a 71/4-length victory in the $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr. Stakes.
- Hundreds of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts converged on the grounds of the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster Saturday, braving the cold, windy weather to partake in some outdoor fun at the Carroll District of the Boy Scouts of America's annual Klondike Derby.
- Maryland junior center Brionna Jones (Aberdeen) and junior guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough were named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20.
- Arnaud William Adala Moto and John Davis scored 22 points apiece to lift Towson to a 79-77 win over host Delaware on Thursday night. The Tigers (12-6, 3-2
- Maryland named Severna Park native Ray Leone women's soccer coach.
- Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck and MASNSports.com reporter Roch Kubatko have been named co-winners of the Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award.
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- Wall, 25, has not missed a game this season despite dealing with a sprained MCL, bruised ribs, a sprained ankle and other injuries.
- Shawn Anderson scored 21 points and Will Kelly added 12 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks to help Navy beat host Colgate, 71-68, in overtime Saturday.
- The Washington Nationals accommodated reliever Drew Storen on Friday night, trading him to the AL East champion Toronto Blue Jays for outfielder Ben Revere.
- Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins was named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for his performance in December and one game in January.
- Two of Maryland's leading science and technology institutions are joining forces to invest $1.6 million in manpower and resources to enhance learning at a south Baltimore school.
- The Maryland Terps women's basketball team played three times in six days, with two on the road, and lost twice. Now they're rested for the Cornhuskers.
- Reservoir High School senior defensive lineman Shawn Hamilton earns Howard County football all-county Defensive Player of the Year honor for 2015 season.
- Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies have filed defamation lawsuits against Al-Jazeera America.
- Oakland Mills dual-threat quarterback Tre Hopkins is named Howard County football Offensive Player of the Year for 2015 football season.
- The two-time All-Star is the first Wizards player to receive the honor since Gilbert Arenas in December 2006.
- The Consensus All-State football team was announced Friday
- Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin will be the Metropolitan Division's captain in the NHL All-Star Game in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 25 after receiving the most fan votes of any player in the division.
- Triple Crown winner American Pharoah set a single-season earnings record of nearly $8.3 million for a memorable year in which he ended his career with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
- The Blast defeated the host Harrisburg Heat, 8-3, on Thursday night to remain undefeated in the Major Arena Soccer League.
- While the overall number of people going to the emergency room in Baltimore hospitals is down slightly from last year along with hospital admissions in general, the number of gun-related injuries has grown