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- The Washington Capitals have re-signed goaltender Philipp Grubauer to a one-year, $1.5 million contract. Grubauer, 25, posted a 13-6-2 record with three
- The Washington Capitals re-signed right wing Andre Burakovsky to a two-year, $6 million contract. Burakovsky, 22, had 12 goals and 23 assists in 64 games with
- Digest: Capitals sign Smith-Pelly, Albert to one-year deals
- Digest: Capitals re-sign Kuznetsov, trade Johansson to Devils
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- The Washington Capitals have re-signed left wing Brett Connolly to a two-year, $3 million contract, senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan
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- Digest: Katie Ledecky named nation's top female college athlete
- Digest: Capitals re-sign T.J. Oshie to eight-year, $46 million deal
- Digest: Local players well-represented on Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game roster
- Digest: Record white catfish caught in southern Potomac River
- The NHL plans to announce an outdoor game at the Naval Academy on Monday, and the Washington Capitals are expected to be the home team against the Toronto
- PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins found a way to survive without injured star Sidney Crosby.
- Digest: Capitals beat Penguins in OT after blowing late two-goal lead
- Marcus Johansson stuffed his second goal of the game past Frederik Andersen at 6:31 of overtime.
- Orioles notes: Right-hander Alec Asher tabbed to start Saturday in Toronto
- Orioles, playing in Toronto, wish Capitals good luck against Maple Leafs
- Digest: Owings Mills' Ford Bennett wins junior golf tournament
- With an eye on returning to New York for the Grade 2 Wood Memorial on April 8, M M G Stables' multiple Grade 3 winner El Areeb breezed Thursday at Laurel Park for trainer Cal Lynch.
- Digest: Ovechkin ends goal drought, Capitals beat Wild to snap skid
- Digest: Record-setting Sulmonte, Brookhart lead Towson women's lacrosse
- Digest: Stars ends Capitals' home win streak at 15
- Capitals acquire All-Star defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk from Blues
- Michigan announced the hiring of
- Baltimore is increasingly in the world of sports team owner Ted Leonsis, who is raising his profile in the city. He's best known as a Washington sports mogul but recently acquired Baltimore and Washington teams in the Arena Football League. He tells us why he expanded to Baltimore and what his vision is for success.
- Bob Milloy, Maryland's all-time winningest high school football coach, announced his retirement Wednesday after 50 years on the sidelines.
- Matt Rambo started a 6-0 run that spanned both halves as No. 2 Maryland beat host Saint Joseph's, 16-8, in men's lacrosse Tuesday.
- Less than a week after signing a consensus Top 20 recruiting class, Maryland football coach DJ Durkin has filled a position of need on his staff.
- Towson football coach Rob Ambrose announced the largest signing class in the history of the Tigers program.
- Speedskater Thomas Hong (Maryland, Atholton) won the silver medal in the men's 500-meter A final Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria, becoming the United States' first men's Short Track World Junior Championships individual medalist since 2012.
- Otto Porter Jr. had 21 points and 11 rebounds, John Wall scored 19 and the visiting Wizards moved within a half-game of the Southeast Division lead with a 112-86 victory over the Hawks on Friday night.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and the Capitals beat the host Devils, 5-2, on Thursday night to head into the All-Star break with the most points in the NHL.
- Table tennis player Han Xiao, a 2008 Maryland graduate, was voted chair of the United States Olympic Committee Athletes' Advisory Council.
- John Wall had 29 points and 13 assists, scoring Washington's final four points in the last 32 seconds as the surging Wizards beat the host Knicks, 113-110, on Thursday night.
- Will Darley (Dulaney) scored a season-high 29 points, including seven 3-pointers, as visiting UMBC earned an 84-68 men's basketball victory over Hartford (5-12, 0-2) on Wednesday night.
- Kyle Thomas (Milford Mill) matched his career-high with 19 points to lead visiting Morgan State (6-10, 3-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) to a 62-59 victory over Florida A&M (4-12, 2-1) on Tuesday night.
- Alex Ovechkin tied Canadiens great Maurice "Rocket" Richard with his 544th career goal and had two assists, leading the Capitals to a 4-1 victory over host Montreal on Monday night for their sixth straight win.
- Bradley Beal scored 26 points and Markieff Morris added 20 points with 10 rebounds, leading the visiting Wizards over the Bucks, 107-101, on Sunday.
- Crystal Dunn, a rising star with the top-ranked U.S. women's national soccer team, has left the Washington Spirit to sign with English club Chelsea, the second prominent player to depart since the National Women's Soccer League final three months ago.
- Three-star linebacker Bryce Brand committed to Maryland, he announced on Twitter on Saturday.
- Tony Donatelli scored two goals and the visiting Blast earned a 6-3 win over the Syracuse Silver Knights on Thursday night.
- Matt Niskanen scored two goals in the third period, lifting the visiting Capitals over the New York Islanders, 4-2, on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.
- The Kansas City Comets scored four goals in the second quarter and cruised to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Blast in a Major Arena Soccer League game Sunday.
- Vini Dantas had two goals and two assists as the Blast beat the Florida Tropics, 7-0, on Saturday night.
- Texas Rangers third base coach Tony Beasley has been declared cancer-free after missing much of the past season while going through extensive chemotherapy.
- Nicklas Backstrom scored 1:36 into overtime, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins, 4-3, to avert a disastrous defeat Wednesday night.
- Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award on Tuesday and will be honored Friday in Baltimore.
- With his goal in overtime, Johansson lifted the Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, ending the team's three-game losing streak.
- After a scoreless first half, Andrew Hoxie scored his fifth goal of the season on a power play in the third quarter and the visiting Blast added four fourth-quarter goals to beat the Tropics, 5-1, in the Major Arena Soccer League on Saturday night.
- Shane Prince's goal broke open a scoreless game in third period, and once the Islanders got their first, they poured it on, beating the Washington Capitals, 3-0.