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Craig Bohl says Towson junior Terrance West ¿ he of the FCS single-season record of 2,410 rushing yards and 41 total touchdowns ¿ is unlike any tailback his North Dakota State defense has faced. - Former Maryland point guard Pe'Shon Howard is having a terrific season with the USC Trojans, highlighted by his game-winning 3-pointer in overtime at Dayton.
- Walter Fletcher scored six of his team's nine points in the second overtime as host Centennial beat Atholton, 59-56, in boys basketball Friday night
- Towson's offensive line that serves as a foundation for the No. 7-seeded Tigers (10-2), who will tangle with Fordham (12-1) in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision tournament Saturday at 1 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium.
- After a 4-0 start, senior guard Phil Booth ran into a tough St. Frances team on Wednesday.
- The Towson football team's bid for a third straight Colonial Athletic Association title fell short, but enduring that conference has the team feeling confident about its chances in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision tournament.
- A year after being snubbed for a berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, Towson today received the No. 7 seed and a first-round bye this year.
- Maryland and Morgan State head to the Paradise Jam basketball tournament in the Virgini Islands with different priorities.
- Siena coach Jimmy Patsos didn't waste time praising his old coaching grounds once he arrived to speak at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront on Friday, a week before his first game since leaving Loyola.
- By the numbers: 2014 schedule for Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse
- The Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team will open the season with a pair of home games, hosting Ohio State in its only pre-noon start of the season Feb. 9 before Towson comes to Homewood Field on Feb. 15.
- Saturday's 45-35 loss to Villanova snapped Towson's 10-game winning streak and knocked it from the top of the Colonial Athletic Association.
- The Terrance West of old would have reacted to a pair of fumbles with a few choice words directed at anyone who happened to be nearby.
- Four programs remain undefeated in the Football Championship Subdivision, and No. 3 Towson (6-0 overall and 2-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association) is one of those teams.
- Watching Towson's Terrance West vs. New Hampshire is like watching "Groundhog Day" to Sean McDonnell
- Seeking its first 5-0 start since 1986, Towson – ranked No. 3 in the FCS -- opens play in the Colonial Athletic Association with a road contest at Stony Brook.
- Fresh off winning the Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup, the U.S. women¿s national team will return to the field for the first time on Oct. 12-13 in Annapolis and Towson.
- High expectations surround Towson, which was picked to finish second in the conference behind Villanova. A third consecutive CAA title is the first priority.
- Phil Booth committed to Villanova over Georgetown, Indiana and Temple, among others.
- Former Connecticut star Josh Boone will play on the Washington Wizards' summer league team after spending the past three years in China.
- 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.
- Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala announced Thursday that the Blue Jays will be adding Ohio State and Villanova to the 2014 schedule.
- Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
- Part one of a premature look at the 2014 rankings in college lacrosse
- Denver's move to Big East could force Johns Hopkins to look elsewhere for conference affiliation
- North Carolina's Sammy Jo Tracy scored the game-winning goal in triple overtime to lead the Tar Heels to their first NCAA women's lacrosse championship, 13-12, over No. 1 Maryland
- At the conclusion of Monday's NCAA tournament final between the Syracuse and Duke men's lacrosse teams, the winning squad will exult and exhale at the same time.
- Womens' lacrosse final presents all the cliches for Terps, UNC
- Maryland's high-octane offense couldn't quite hit every gear against Syracuse, but the No. 1 Terps had just enough in the tank to win Friday night's NCAA semifinal.
- When the call came from Maryland coach Cathy Reese, Kasey Howard was sitting in senior English class at Broadneck High pretty well convinced her days as a lacrosse goalie were just about over.
- Men's lax: Duke vs. Cornell, Syracuse vs. Denver, and Stevenson vs. RIT. Women's lax: Maryland vs. Syracuse and Northwestern vs. North Carolina.
- The Syracuse women's lacrosse team advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament final four with a 13-9 win over visiting Florida on Saturday.
- In February, Duke coach Kerstin Kimel said she wasn't sure any women's lacrosse team was better than Maryland. After Saturday's NCAA quarterfinal, she seemed pretty well convinced.
- Assessing which conference Johns Hopkins could call home in the very near future
- When coach Joe Breschi left Ohio State after the 2008 season to fill the same post at North Carolina, he took with him his network of connections with the Baltimore metropolitan area.
- For the second time this season, Stony Brook forced a Maryland women's lacrosse offense that loves to run and gun into a more deliberate attack. The strategy slowed the Terps, but it wasn't enough to beat them.
- Working in naval intelligence seems a perfect fit for Jasmine DePompeo's first assignment when she graduates later this month from the Naval Academy. For years, she's seen things on the lacrosse field that others don't pick up on.
- Leftovers from Q&A with CBS Sports Network analyst Evan Washburn, who answered questions concerning area teams
- Q&A with NCAA selection committee chair Jim Siedliski
- After 41 straight years, Johns Hopkins is left out of this year's NCAA men's lacrosse tournament
- Turner Evans scored his fourth goal, the game-winner, with 24 seconds left as No. 8 Ohio State upset No. 3 and top-seeded Denver, 11-10, in the ECAC men's lacrosse championship
- Cornell loss to Princeton in Ivy League tournament pushes Johns Hopkins further out of NCAA tournament picture
- Joe Lustgarten scored the final two goals, including the game-winner with 55
seconds left and an insurance goal 21 seconds later, to cap a 6-0 run as the third-seeded UMBC men's lacrosse team upset second-seeded Hartford, 15-13, in an America East Conference semifinal at Stony Brook's LaValle Stadium.
