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A person familiar with the situation says the Washington Wizards have traded center Dwight Howard to the Memphis Grizzlies for forward CJ Miles.

Stephen Curry is using a foundation of faith to build a career away from the basketball court through his burgeoning production company.

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal was named the NBA Cares Community Assist Award winner at the league’s annual award show Monday night.

Here's what you need to know before the 2019 NBA draft begins Thursday night.

Expected to be selected in the second half of the first round of Thursday's NBA draft, here are five possible landing spots for Maryland center Bruno Fernando.

By Don Markus

Jun 20, 2019

Peter Schmuck's "News Item" column on a variety of subjects including an NFL preseason game in Canada, Le'Veon Bell's female problem and a Warriors prediction.

By Peter Schmuck

Jun 7, 2019

Peter Schmuck's takes on Drake and the Raptors along with a bunch of other news items from the past week.

By Peter Schmuck

May 31, 2019

The first domino has fallen in the wake of the news of John Wall's extended absence: The Wizards are breaking up what many believed to be their core for years to come, trading Otto Porter Jr. to the Chicago Bulls for Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis.

"I think what we’ve learned is that Kevin has a lot more swag than we’ve given him credit for," Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce said. "Soft-spoken, mild-mannered, and all of sudden he’ll dunk on you. And he’ll whisper something to you after he dunks on you."

By Don Markus

Feb 5, 2019

Serge Ibaka hit a 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in the second overtime, and the Toronto Raptors survived to earn their fifth straight win, 140-138 over the Washington Wizards on Sunday.

After the only off-the-board finish of his career in his debut outside the Mid-Atlantic, Linda Zang's stakes winner Lewisfield finds himself back in familiar

Former UMBC star and DeMatha standout Jairus Lyles signed with the Utah Jazz on Thursday.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jul 12, 2018

UMBC guard Jairus Lyles played in the Utah Jazz's summer league, hitting 3-pointers off the bench.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jul 12, 2018

Maryland guard Kevin Huerter became a hot item during workouts this spring — will he become a Laker, Timberwolf or fall to someone else?

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 19, 2018

Myla Abernathy, a 2018 graduate of Arbutus Middle School, was among the top finalists in the 800-meter run (girls age 15-16 division) at the USA Track & Field Potomac Valley Association Junior Olympic Championships on Saturday.

The Washington Redskins will honor their 1987 replacement team that won all three games by giving them Super Bowl rings next week.

Former UMBC guard Jairus Lyles is hoping that the attention he received at the end of his college career will catapult him into a professional career, possibly in the NBA.

By Don Markus

May 22, 2018

The 78th Annual McCormick Unsung Heroes Awards Banquet will honor 113 high school athletes from all sports Monday night at Martin’s Valley Mansion in Cockeysville. Two will receive scholarships worth $40,000.

By Katherine Dunn

May 7, 2018

DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards, 108-98, on Wednesday night in Game 5 of the first-round series.

John Wall had a hand in 10 of Washington's final 14 points and finished with 27 points and 14 assists as the Wizards tied their NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at 2-all.

DeMar DeRozan matched his career playoff-high with 37 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards, 130-119, on Tuesday night, taking a 2-0 lead in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history. 

A win would have pulled the Wizards up to seventh place and a first-round playoff series against the injury-marred Boston Celtics. Instead, they will play the Toronto Raptors in the opening round.

Monumental Sports and Entertainment on Thursday announced the details of a privately funded, $40 million renovation of Capital One Arena, which will include

The Basketball Tournament will hold its semifinals and championship at Coppin State this week.

The Basketball Tournament, a four-year-old, winner-take-all competition between pros from around the world, will come to Coppin State next week.

By Childs Walker

Jul 29, 2017

Rudy Gay discussed his Baltimore community service with ESPN.

Shooting coach and trainer Joe Abunassar talks about working with Melo Trimble

By Don Markus

Jun 22, 2017

A year ago, Justin Jackson was a relative unknown to most Maryland fans when he announced his commitment to play for the Terps. The 6-foot-7 forward was also

By Don Markus

May 24, 2017

Maryland forward Justin Jackson told reporters in Toronto Tuesday after working out with the hometown Raptors that he will meet with his family before deciding

By Don Markus

May 23, 2017

If Maryland's Justin Jackson needs a push in one direction or the other about whether to go pro, he should consider what happened to Diamond Stone and others.

By Don Markus

May 16, 2017

Melo Trimble told Maryland coach Mark Turgeon at a meeting this week that he will file for early NBA draft eligibility and sign with an agent.

By Don Markus

Mar 29, 2017

Former Arundel baseball coach Bernie Walter is among 11 individuals selected for the 2017 class of the National High School Hall of Fame administered by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Reporter Eduardo A. Encina, who covers the Orioles for The Baltimore Sun, has been named a first-time winner of the Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Rudy Gay, an Archbiship Spalding graduate who has gone on to a 10-year NBA career, could miss the rest of the season with a suspected torn left Achilles tendon.

Jairus Lyles had 22 points, six rebounds and four assists, and Joe Sherburne scored 18 points to help UMBC (9-3) hold on for a 62-61 win over host James Madison (1-11) on Friday.

Muggsy Bogues and Jim Phelan are among the first-time candidates announced Tuesday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Digest: Jets place LB Erin Henderson (Maryland, Aberdeen) on reserve list

The Johns Hopkins football team, ranked seventh in Division III, scored on six of its seven first-half possessions to build a 38-0 halftime lead and defeated visiting Gettysburg, 54-14, on Friday night to set a Centennial Conference record with its 34th straight league victory.

Former Maryland forward Jake Layman has signed a three-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.

By Don Markus

Jul 6, 2016

C. Milton Wright graduate Amanda Barnes was named the first head coach at East Carolina.

The place was the Physical Education Complex at Coppin State University, which happens to sit in the shadow of Mondawmin Mall, the flashpoint for the rioting that spread through West Baltimore a week after the death of Freddie Gray almost exactly a year ago. The event was called Shooting 4 Peace and the intent was to promote unity in the inner city. The game pitted a traveling Christian group of former NBA players called SportsPower International against a team of Baltimore All-Stars made up of

By Peter Schmuck

Apr 16, 2016

David Erebor, a Lagos, Nigeria native playing for Mount Carmel in Baltimore County, will play for the Brown Bears in the Ivy League.

By Matt Bracken

Sep 29, 2015

The Wizards on Thursday formally announced that they signed Gary Neal, a Calvert Hall and Towson product. The reported one-year, $2.1 million contract makes Washington his fifth NBA team and fourth since leaving the San Antonio Spurs in 2013.

By Jon Meoli

Jul 9, 2015

Former Maryland and Montrose Christian point guard Greivis Vasquez is on the move again, having been traded Thursday night from the Toronto Raptors to the Milwaukee Bucks, according to news reports.

Speaking to the media at Air Canada Centre on Sunday, Toronto Raptors guard Greivis Vasquez was asked about Paul Pierce.

The Washington Wizards' John Wall is the first player drafted by the franchise to be voted a starter in the All-Star Game since Earl Monroe

In its prime, Maryland-Duke was a series that emanated heat. While Duke fans professed indifference, the rivalry didn't fade away quietly at Maryland, not even after the school announced it would join the financially lucrative Big Ten beginning this July.

So now comes the speculation about where Alex Len gets picked in the NBA draft and how good a player the Maryland center might be.