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- UMBC guard Jairus Lyles played in the Utah Jazz's summer league, hitting 3-pointers off the bench.
- The Washington Wizards announced the signing of free agent forward Jeff Green on Tuesday. Green (6-feet-9, 235 pounds) has averaged 13.2 points and 4.6
- The Washington Wizards and Dwight Howard have both seen better days. Two springs ago, the Wizards fell one game shy of playing in the Eastern Conference finals
- Riverdale's Frances Tiafoe, a product of the Junior Tennis Champions program in College Park, saved 13 of the 15 break points he faced to upset 30th-seeded
- A 2011 graduate, Richman worked as a practice player for coach Brenda Frese and the Terps women before joining coach Mark Turgeon’s staff as a graduate assistant.
- Wayne Rooney knows where D.C. United stands right now. It's not the team that won three of the first four Major League Soccer Cups after the league began in
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Digest (June 29): McDonogh, UMBC alumnus Kansaye joining Loyola Maryland men's soccer coaching staff
Mamadou Kansaye will join the Loyola Maryland men's soccer program as an assistant coach. Kansaye won two Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association - Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony plans to opt in and take the $28 million he is due next season.
- 6-foot-7 Troy Brown Jr. provides the Wizards with needed wing depth, a versatile defender and a potential playmaker for their second unit.
- For the first time in four years, the Major League Lacrosse All-Stars will face off against Team USA. MLL announced the 30 players who will represent the
- “I’ve been waiting for this for 20 years,” Anderson said ahead of Game 3 against the Vegas Golden Knights. “I’m super excited."
- 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.
- Washington Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld received a contract extension months before the team concluded its inconsistent 2017-18 season and bowed out in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs as the eighth seed.
- 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.
- Holly J. Lanahan, a businesswoman whose company Locations Etc. Ltd. assisted movie and advertising companies filming the Baltimore area, died April 15 of a gioblastoma at her Ruxton home. She was 75.
- 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.
- Despite being located near one of the meccas of the sport, close to Baltimore, the professional game hasn’t caught on strongly even though the Chesapeake Bayhawks are one of the league’s flagship franchises having won an unprecedented five championships. But Kelly said he has seen a turning point.
- Former Morgan State and Edmondson basketball star Marvin Webster will enter the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame this fall, thanks to the efforts of the newly-formed Edmondson Sports Analytics Club.
- Several NBA teams have played the so-called "Negro National Anthem" at games during Black History Month thanks to the urging of retired Howard University professor Eugene Williams.
- Washington went on a 42-15 run to tie the score at 83 with 3:32 left in the third quarter.
- Monumental Sports and Entertainment on Thursday announced the details of a privately funded, $40 million renovation of Capital One Arena, which will include
- The longtime Ravens middle linebacker is considered a near lock to be part of the 2018 class.
- In a what-have-you-done-lately-for-me league, the Towson Catholic alumnus is reinventing himself as a key role player in Oklahoma City.
- The Westminster High School Class of 2019 has held a Chocolate Festival for several years now to raise funds for 2019 senior activities, but this year, they decided to flip things a bit. Instead, they are bringing the Harlem Wizards to town.
- Former Maryland star Greivis Vásquez will be back on campus Sunday hoping to raise awareness and funds for his foundation.
- John Wall, peering over the heads of reporters, checked to see whether his teammate Otto Porter Jr. was across the locker room.
- Digest: Ex-Terp Steffen called up by U.S. men's soccer team
- Digest: US Lacrosse announces 23-man FIL World Cup roster
- Extreme cold temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic region has caused the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel live racing Friday. Forecasts call for a high of 19 degrees
- Coppin State put a scare in host Georgia Tech for two-thirds of the game before fading, 76-62, on Wednesday night. The Eagles, who fell to 0-21 all-time
- The Arena Football League has just four teams lined up for next season.
- The Blast's four-game winning streak came to an end as they fell in a shootout to the Heat, 6-5 in Harrisburg on Saturday night in a Major Arena Soccer League
- Knowing what to expect didn't make things any easier for Steve "Cowboy" Hamilton when his youngest son, Weston, decided he wanted to follow in dad's footsteps
- Students from Edmondson-Westside's football team have formed the school's first Sports Analytics Club in order to get Morgan State and Edmondson legend Marvin Webster into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Digest: Wizards suffer second-worst loss in franchise history, 116-69 to Jazz
- Washington Wizards All-Star point guard John Wall had an MRI exam on his sore left knee Friday, reports Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington.
- Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal in seven games, Jakub Vrana had two goals for the first time in his career and the Washington Capitals defeated the Ottawa
- The Washington Wizards waived point guard Donald Sloan and retained wing Carrick Felix on Saturday, according to several sources familiar with the move. The
- Digest: Mets buying Nationals' Triple-A affiliate Syracuse Chiefs
- Digest: Wizards fear backup guard Mac suffered torn Achilles tendon
- Former Raven and co-founder of the Brigance Brigade Foundation O.J. Brigance will celebrate his 48th birthday at a party aimed at supporting people battling
- The Washington Capitals started training camp with 65 players and 20 days to whittle the roster to no more than 23. On Thursday afternoon, Washington cut four
- “We want to thank you, Mr. President, for showing where your heart lies."
- Wizards forward Markieff Morris is expected to be out six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia. The Wizards announced Friday that
- The Washington Wizards added guards Carrick Felix and Donald Sloan to their training camp roster, bringing the roster total to 19. Sloan has appeared in 218
- The Washington Wizards will retire Phil Chenier's No. 45 on March 23 before the Wizards' game against the Denver Nuggets. Chenier played nine seasons with the
- Sixteen former Maryland players were selected in the inaugural Women's Professional Lacrosse League on Wednesday night. The Terps feature the most players in
- The Brigance Brigade Foundation, an ALS patient support organization founded by former Ravens player O.J. Brigance and his wife, Chanda, announced the Million