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For the third time in four seasons, Maryland’s season ended in the second round. The Terps (29-5) have been to the Sweet 16 once since 2015. - 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.
- Jordan Lasley had multiple suspensions and arrests while at UCLA.
- In September, Brown's father told reporters that Maryland was the front-runner for the New York star.
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- 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.
- UCLA gets record $280 million in apparel deal with Under Armour
- UCLA linebacker Myles Jack has become the first prospect in this year's NFL Draft class to clinch a major apparel and footwear deal, signing with Under Armour.
- Terps recruit Billy Phillips fighting leukemia, pulling for the team that roots for him.
- Maryland (42-22), which had made the NCAA tournament only three times until last season, will travel to face third-seeded Virginia this weekend in its second straight super-regional appearance.
- The game set up a winner-takes-the-regional rematch at 11 p.m. Monday.
- When Maryland baseball coach John Szefc returns to the dugout Sunday night, he will find his team a victory from advancing in the NCAA Division I tournament.
- The list of accomplishments by Stanford (7-5) in recent years has served as motivation for Maryland (7-5), which is a 14-point underdog heading into Tuesday's matchup in the Foster Farms Bowl.
- Playing Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl on Dec. 30 is an opportunity for the Terps to add to the buzz, a chance for Maryland to build on the momentum it has generated through a competitive first season as a member of the Big Ten, its recent success in recruiting and the finalization of plans to construct a state-of-the-art indoor practice facility.
- Maryland coaches have begun constructing their game plan for their Foster Farms Bowl matchup with Stanford, schemes they hope put the Terps in position to upset the heavily favored Cardinal.
- As Boys' Latin's Dom Maggio impressed the coaches at Wake Forest's kicking camp last June, he had no idea that the Demon Deacons' recruiting coordinator knew his name well, and not just because he stood out at the camp. Thirty years ago at UCLA, Bill Rees recruited another local Maggio who could kick pretty well, too.
- Jerry Rice Jr. broke into his pattern, caught the football cleanly and didn't stop sprinting until he reached the end zone before hustling back to the huddle Saturday afternoon.
- The son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice has been invited to audition for the Ravens during their rookie minicamp that starts Friday
- The Ravens take their recruiting and signing of undrafted rookie free agents extremely seriously, enlisting coach John Harbaugh to personally convince players to sign with them.
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- The idea of playing professional soccer first hit Chante Sandiford in the fall of 2009 while helping UCLA to a 21-2-1 record and an NCAA Division I tournament championship berth.
- Jamal Lewis, Terry Reardon and Norm Bulaich are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for December 23 to December 29
- Former Ravens offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden selected for College Football Hall of Fame.
- The roughly 300 people who gathered Saturday at Towson University's West Village Commons Ballroom were all members of Team Giovanazzi — honoring the life of Greg Giovanazzi, a NCAA volleyball champion, college and Olympic coach and Catonsville resident.
- 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.
- A tradition that began at the University of Maryland 40 years ago and eventually became known as Midnight Madness will take place across the country Friday.
- After more than three decades at the pinnacle of collegiate volleyball, Greg Giovanazzi has called it quits. Luckily, the celebrated coach saved his best for last.
- Stuck in a cubicle and tasked with hammering out my weekly Five for Friday post, I¿m going to make the most of it by highlighting the five most memorable NCAA tournament moments of the past 20 years. Why the past 20 years? It¿s a nice, round number, and I didn¿t start storing stuff in my sports memory bank before 1990. But if you can remember March Madness memories from before then, please share them in the comments section.
