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  • College basketball preview: March 1, 2013

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

    Top five games 5 Harvard at Princeton » The top two in the Ivy League are battling for the conference title and an NCAA berth. Harvard (17-7, 9-1) captured the first meeting as guard Christian Webster (Landon) became the winningest player in Crimson history. Princeton (14-9, 7-2) looks to...

  • Maryland's at-large hopes essentially gone after loss to Georgia Tech

    Charles Odum

    Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

    Terrapins fall to 1-6 in ACC road games ATLANTA -- Robert Carter Jr. had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Georgia Tech beat Maryland 78-68 on Wednesday night, extending the Terrapins' road struggles. Carter, a freshman, posted his fourth double-double of the season and Brandon Reed had 17...

  • Rick Snider: Objections to a Len Bias status go public

    Rick Snider

    Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

    We celebrate great men with monuments and life-changing events with memorials. But in a region with more than 3,000 of them, one for fallen basketball legend Len Bias shouldn't be automatically approved. A bill for a Bias statue at his alma mater, Northwestern High in Hyattsville, was...

  • Four Terps football players earn ACC academic honors

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

    Maryland placed four players on the 52-man All-ACC football team. Senior guard Bennett Fulper (business finance) made it for the third time. Sophomore fullback Tyler Cierski (kinesiology) is a two-time selection and was joined by sophomore linebacker Cole Farrand (letters and sciences), and...

  • Maryland trying to find the road to consistent play

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

    Terrapins face key tests at Georgia Tech, Wake The road woes of the Maryland basketball team have been thoroughly documented. If the Terrapins fall short of the NCAA tournament, it will be because they failed to demonstrate that they could win away from Comcast Center. Losing on the road to...

  • Rick Snider: It's time for Mark Turgeon to light a fire under Terrapins

    Rick Snider

    Updated: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

    Maryland coach Mark Turgeon is a low-key personality who appears even softer given that predecessor Gary Williams went ballistic more often than a NATO missile commander. But as Maryland readies for Georgia Tech on Wednesday, the Terrapins needs to rekindle Williams' fiery style. They have to...

  • The 3-Minute Interview: Kerry McCoy, University of Maryland head wrestling coach

    Steve Contorno

    Updated: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

    McCoy is head wrestling coach at the University of Maryland and an executive board member for USA Wrestling, the national governing body for amateur wrestling. He spoke to The Washington Examiner about the International Olympic Committee's recent recommendation to drop wrestling from the 2020...

  • It's Ricardo Young's turn to spring into action for Maryland

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

    D.C. native will receive most of practice snaps at QB "Next man up" is a common mantra used to motivate reserves. Last fall, the Maryland football team took it to extremes, losing four quarterbacks to season-ending injuries until the next man up was a freshman linebacker. With three of those...

  • Alyssa Thomas, Maryland women have no answers for Duke

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Sun, Feb 24, 2013

    Huge crowd is no help as Blue Devils finish sweep Alyssa Thomas snatched a rebound under the Duke basket, turned and dribbled up the floor with speed and control that few in her sport can match. It was another of the end-to-end rushes that have become her signature in three spectacular seasons...

  • Maryland gets Nick Faust and furious in victory over Clemson

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Sat, Feb 23, 2013

    Guard helps Terrapins turn up pressure in win The musical chairs point guard job at Maryland is stable -- at least for one more game. Getting the call Saturday was Nick Faust, who led an offense that committed a season-low eight turnovers. The sophomore had a flawless afternoon in addition...