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  • Rick Snider: Maryland doing right by Lefty Driesell

    Rick Snider

    Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    Amen Corner has come to Comcast Center. Former Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell returned to College Park on Tuesday for the unveiling of a bas relief of him on the sideline. It hangs next to the large center court piece of the floor of Cole Field House, where Driesell spent 17 years...

  • Maryland honors Lefty Driesell with sculpture at Comcast Center

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    Lefty Driesell never quite lived up to his promise to make Maryland the "UCLA of the East." But with outsized ambition and foot-stomping audacity, he propelled the Terrapins to relevance, bringing big-time college basketball to the area and forever changing the Washington sports landscape....

  • Maryland center Alex Len heading to NBA Draft

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    When Alex Len committed to play for Maryland, his mother, Juliya, presented Terrapins coach Mark Turgeon with a tiny turtle figurine and asked him to take care of her son. Less than two years later, Turgeon helped Len grow from a 7-foot-1 boy to a man and a probable NBA lottery pick. In...

  • Georgetown's Otto Porter Jr. leaving for the NBA

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    Hoyas star 'prepared' to take the next step John Thompson III knew before the season began what its end might bring for Otto Porter Jr. The 6-foot-8 sophomore from Sikeston, Mo., announced Monday at McDonough Arena that he would forgo his remaining college eligibility and turn professional....

  • Alex Len could have used another year at Maryland

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    There was a congratulatory atmosphere Monday at Georgetown as Otto Porter Jr. announced his intention to enter the NBA Draft. It was the celebration of two seasons of progression and success. After being named a first-team All-American and Big East player of the year, the consensus opinion is...

  • Georgetown's Otto Porter Jr. expected to announce his intentions Monday

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Sun, Apr 14, 2013

    Hoyas sophomore is projected as lottery pick if he declares for NBA Draft Otto Porter Jr. appears ready to declare whether he's staying at Georgetown or heading to the NBA. The Hoyas announced that Porter and coach John Thompson III will meet with the media on Monday at 3 p.m. The...

  • Status of quarterbacks at Navy, Maryland quite different this spring

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    Midshipmen are set with Reynolds, while Terps still figuring it out Last season, the quarterback situations at Navy and Maryland were feast and famine, respectively. In Annapolis, the emergence of sensational freshman Keenan Reynolds left the Midshipmen with an overabundance of signal callers,...

  • Hey Kentucky, it's your turn in 2014

    John Keim

    Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

    The only thing worse for a Kentucky fan than the Wildcats not winning an NCAA title is having to watch rival Louisville win it. And vice versa. So Kentucky's championship in 2012 was followed by the Cardinals' this season. According to the early oddsmakers -- not to mention college basketball...

  • Indiana's Victor Oladipo leapfrogs teammate Cody Zeller again

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013

    It wasn't a surprise, but Victor Oladipo made it official. Cody Zeller didn't have the best season at Indiana this year. Just as Oladipo rocketed from a supporting role to All-American to overtake Zeller, he made his jump from the Hoosiers first, too, declaring for the NBA Draft on Tuesday....