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- Maryland, which improved to 16-0 under Frese in first-round games, will face the winner of Saturday’s later first-round game between No. 6 seed UCLA and No. 11 seed Tennessee.
- The Maryland women’s basketball team received the No. 3 seed in the Albany Regional in the NCAA tournament and will open against No. 14 seed Radford in College Park on Saturday at 11 a.m.
- New Maryland athletic director Damon Evans said his wife, Kerri, encouraged him to join Kevin Anderson's staff four years ago after he was forced to leave Georgia in 2010.
- After interviewing Maryland acting athletic director Damon Evans, Temple athletic director Patrick Kraft and former Tennessee and Kansas State athletic director John Currie, Maryland could name Kevin Anderson's successor as soon as Tuesday.
- Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason Top 25, the first program in 12 years to take the top spot two years in a row.Â
- When President Donald J. Trump put his name to the first bill to repeal an Obama-era federal regulation four months ago, he framed the "big signing" as part of
- Two weeks away, the NFL Scouting Combine gives teams the most extensive look at the upcoming draft class.
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- Will Darley scored 24 points and made 5 of 6 3-pointers, Jarius Lyles scored 23 points and had six assists, and the UMBC men's basketball team held off host UMES, 77-73, on Sunday.
- Notre Dame earned the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball preseason poll as it received 14 first-place votes from a national media panel.
- With Pat Summitt's death Tuesday morning at age 64, that is how Briana Hutchen chose to remember her: as the icon whose goodness as a person and greatness as a coach prompted a postgame standing ovation in an opposing gym and a beeline of rival players to approach her and say: "As a little girl, I always wanted to play for Tennessee."
- A number of touted recruits have released lists of their top schools that feature Maryland.
- Establishment politics in both major parties are in crisis, says Jules Witcover.
- Maryland coach DJ Durkin finalized his coaching staff last week with the hiring of offensive line coach Dave Borbely. In the process of hiring nine assistants, Durkin combined elements of experience and youth, along with recruiting prowess and coaching talent. It¿s an impressive staff on paper.
- Maryland, picked to win the Big Ten by conference media and coaches, was ranked No. 9 in the preseason poll. The Terps return four starters from last year's 34-3 squad that went undefeated in the Big Ten and advanced to its second straight Final Four.
- When he was watching film of Bowling Green's offense in preparation of Saturday's matchup, one things caught Maryland middle linebacker Jermaine Carter Jr.'s eye: Speed. In one 90-second segment of the Falcons' 59-30 loss to then-No. 25 Tennessee last week, Carter watched Bowling Green run six plays. That's an average of 15 seconds for executing a play, making any substitutions and getting back to the line of scrimmage for the next snap. Overall, the Falcons ran 85 plays and rolled up 557 yards
- Maryland offensive coordinator Mike Locksley ticked off the areas where quarterback Perry Hills excelled in last week's season opening victory over Richmond on Wednesday afternoon. Hills had led a successful two-minute drill to score a touchdown before half, the Terps were six of 11 on third-down conversions while Hills was in the game and he led the Maryland offense to 36 points while he was at the helm. But with the season's second game against Bowling Green coming up this weekend, there's a
- When Arbutus resident Brooke Ripley arrived at St. Paul's School for Girls as a freshman in 2011, she had no idea of the direction she was headed athletically. Eventually settling on rowing, Ripley is making waves on a University of Tennessee scholarship.
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- The Preakness meet at Pimlico Race Course ends today with a bonus — a mandatory payout of its 10-cent Rainbow 6 with a carryover of $275,321.
- Former New Town guard and Lady Vol leaving program
- Will Missouri pass rusher Shane Ray fall to the Ravens at No. 26, and if he does will they take a chance on him after marijuana citation?
- Missouri pass rusher Shane Ray has grabbed the Ravens' interest, sparking conversations between coach John Harbaugh and general manager Ozzie Newsome.
- Lexie Brown scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half, Brionna Jones added 14 points and nine rebounds and top-seeded Maryland advanced to its second straight Final Four with a 58-48 win over Tennessee on Monday in the Spokane Regional final.
- Maryland (33-2) advanced to Monday night's Spokane Region final with a, 65-55, victory over former Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke Saturday afternoon. No. 2 seed Tennessee (30-5) erased a 17-point deficit with 6:34 left in regulation to force overtime and emerge with a 73-69 win against No. 11 seed Gonzaga.
- After a season with the Tennessee Volunteers, cornerback D'Andre Payne decided he wanted to play at home.
- After winning last season's Lou Groza Award, Maryland kicker Brad Craddock will have plenty of eyes on him in his final year in College Park.
- The Ravens have scheduled a visit with Missouri outside linebacker Shane Ray, according to league sources.
- Maryland's credentials include a No. 6 ranking in the Rating Percentage Index, a dozen wins against opponents in the RPI top 50 and 24 straight victories overall,
- Brene Moseley no longer is a starter, but the guard knows she still can help out No. 4 Maryland, which opens Big Ten tournament play today.
- Ed Modzelewski, the star fullback on Maryland's undefeated 1952 Sugar Bowl champions, died Friday of congestive heart failure at his home in West Sedona, Ariz. "Big Mo," as he was known, was 86.
- Student-athletes and coaches with ties to Laurel will take part in Division I conference tourneys in the coming days. And a conference tourney title means an automatic bid to March Madness and the national tourney.
- The majority of Maryland¿s 2011 recruiting class is no longer playing for the Terps, having either graduated, given up football or transferred to another school.
- A day that began with the news that one of Maryland's top recruiting targets had committed orally elsewhere ended with the Terps adding a former four-star cornerback to their secondary.
- After playing a road game Jan. 7 at Mississippi State, the University of Tennessee men's basketball team arrived back in Knoxville around 3 a.m. the following morning.
- The blond hair has grayed and Jack Scarbath wears glasses now. Remember the laser arm that Maryland's football team rode to fame more than 60 years ago?
- In some ways, losing to the fifth-ranked Buckeyes, 34-17, before a pro-Buckeye crowd of over 57,000 at M&T Bank Stadium should help the Midshipmen focus on their next opponent and the rest of their season. But Saturday's game at Temple could be even more difficult for Niumatalolo and his staff.
- Beretta's move to Tennessee is about more than gun laws, and that should be the focus of debate in the Md. governor's race.
- Navy will host the inaugural Veterans Classic at the Naval Academy men's basketball event on Friday, Nov. 14. The Midshipmen will welcome 2014 NCAA tournament teams Michigan State, Tennessee and Virginia Commonwealth to Alumni Hall in what they anticipate will be the first of an annual event running through 2017.
- Tariq Owens chose the Tennessee Volunteers over Seton Hall, Temple and Dayton.
- The Ravens met with Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, the Alabama junior free safety, according to a league source.
- Tonight, Frese and Walz meet for a third time as adversaries in the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight, but both coaches indicated the showdown will be more about the players than the teacher-mentor dynamic.
- Terrapins have a shot at the Final Four thanks to the greatest basketball player in school history who has been widely ignored by fans
- If Maryland's 2012-13 season was a struggle against attrition and doubt, this season is a celebration of renewed hope.
- Given how Maryland finished the season Mark Turgeon's Terps might have not had too much left to play in what most consider a third-level tournament.
- Maryland (24-6) will be a No. 4 seed in their region and will open the tournament at Comcast Center on Sunday against 13th-seeded Army (25-7). The two teams have never met.
- Pam Shriver, Jack Marin and Ed Fullerton are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Dec. 29 to Jan. 4
- Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds will get another chance to impress Ric Stockstill when Navy (8-4) plays Middle Tennessee State (8-4) in Monday's Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas.