Baltimore Sun Dec 17, 2018
Maryland's Jalen Smith gets second Big Ten Freshman of the Week award
For the second time this season, Maryland forward Jalen Smith (Mount Saint Joseph) was named Monday as the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Week. The award was the result of Smith scoring a career-high 20 points, to go along with eight rebounds and two blocked shots, in a 94-71 win over Loyola of Maryland...
Baltimore Sun Dec 14, 2018
Maryland men’s soccer’s ‘special’ run to NCAA title might open doors for Donovan Pines
Everything about the Maryland men’s soccer team’s march to its fourth national championship last weekend took on a magical feel for Donovan Pines — with one exception. The junior center back had capped the 11th-seeded Terps’ 2-0 upset of No. 2 seed Indiana in Friday night’s semifinal in Santa Barbara,...
Baltimore Sun Dec 13, 2018
Maryland football coach Michael Locksley's contract includes several performance-based incentives
New Maryland football coach Michael Locksley stands to make up to an additional $775,000 annually on top of the $2.5 million he will receive in base salary and guaranteed supplemental income should he turn the Terps into national championship contenders. Along with the $500,000 in base salary and...
Baltimore Sun Dec 12, 2018
Maryland standouts Bruno Fernando, Jalen Smith get first-round grades in NBA mock drafts
In its latest poll of the top 100 NBA prospects, ESPN lists Maryland big men Jalen Smith and Bruno Fernando at Nos. 31 and No. 75, respectively. It doesn’t mean that ESPN doesn’t think the 6-foot-10, 215-pound freshman from Baltimore and the 6-10, 245-pound sophomore from Angola wouldn’t be drafted...
Baltimore Sun Dec 12, 2018
DeMatha coach Elijah Brooks joins Michael Locksley's staff at Maryland as running backs coach
DeMatha Catholic High football coach Elijah Brooks sent several of his players to Maryland in recent seasons, including running backs Anthony McFarland Jr. and Lorenzo Harrison III. Now Brooks will be working with McFarland and Harrison as Terps running backs coach, as he became the first to confirm...
Baltimore Sun Dec 11, 2018
Maryland's Jalen Smith goes from season-low to season-high in rout of Loyola Maryland
Maryland men’s basketball freshman Jalen Smith didn’t have much fun in Saturday’s homecoming game against Loyola Chicago at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore. The former Mount Saint Joseph star picked up a couple of early fouls and never got into much of a flow, finishing with a season-low one point...
Baltimore Sun Dec 11, 2018
Instant analysis: Maryland men's basketball sprints past Loyola Maryland, 94-71
The biggest cheers during the Maryland men’s basketball game Tuesday night went to new Terps football coach Michael Locksley, who was introduced at halftime, and to a video showing the men’s soccer team’s celebration of its NCAA championship Sunday night in California. That’s not to say the men’s...
Baltimore Sun Dec 11, 2018
Late bloomer Ricky Lindo Jr. starting to grow up, get more playing time for Maryland basketball team
Had he stuck to his plans of playing this season at the tony Northfield Mount Hermon Academy prep school in Massachusetts, Ricky Lindo Jr. would be eight games into his postgraduate high school season, playing against the likes of the Harvard club team. Instead, the 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward,...
Baltimore Sun Dec 10, 2018
Digest (Dec. 10): Maryland's Tre Watson named All-American; Terps' 2019 Big Ten football opener on Friday night
Maryland senior linebacker Tre Watson was named second team All-America on Monday by the Football Writers Association of America. Watson is Maryland’s first All-American since William Likely III garnered first-team recognition by the FWAA and second-team accolades from USA Today as a return specialist...
Baltimore Sun Dec 10, 2018
Maryland football player Ellis McKennie never thought of himself as an activist until his friend Jordan McNair died
Ellis McKennie never thought of himself as an activist. But the University of Maryland football player — who walked out of a meeting with his head coach in the aftermath of the death of his close friend Jordan McNair — told an Aspen Institute panel Monday that he now embraces that title and believes...
Baltimore Sun Dec 10, 2018
Three takeaways from Maryland's 55-41 win over Loyola-Chicago in Charm City College Classic
Getting the confidence level of a young college basketball team back up quickly after a loss is a tricky proposition, but Maryland coach Mark Turgeon has done it successfully after both losses the Terps have suffered this season. While Maryland took a lot of positives out of its five-point defeat...
Baltimore Sun Dec 7, 2018
As Michael Locksley returns to coach Maryland football, police still seek his son's killer
As Michael Locksley returns to College Park as the new University of Maryland football coach, police in Howard County continue to search for his son’s killer. More than one year ago, Meiko Locksley, 25, was fatally shot in Columbia. Today, police say they have made no arrests, continue to investigate...
Baltimore Sun Dec 7, 2018
Three takeaways from No. 23 Maryland's 62-60 loss at Purdue
Losing on the road in the Big Ten, especially in a tough environment such as Purdue’s Mackey Center, is not an unusual occurrence. Unfortunately for Maryland, it’s something the Terps have done three straight times since winning here in 2014-2015 as a Big Ten newbie. The latest defeat came Thursday...
Baltimore Sun Dec 7, 2018
Three takeaways from Maryland football coach Michael Locksley's introductory news conference
Introductory news conferences for just-hired coaches often set the tone for the months — or even years — ahead. When Randy Edsall was introduced as Maryland’s football coach in 2011, he came off as stiff and somewhat defensive about the way he left his players at Connecticut. It didn’t help that...
Baltimore Sun Dec 6, 2018
Hot start, cold finish leaves No. 23 Maryland with 62-60 loss to Purdue for first Big Ten defeat
Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon expected his young team to have some growing pains, especially early in the Big Ten season. On a night when the Terps did enough defensively to beat Purdue at raucous Mackey Arena, a stagnant offense let a hot start turn into a disappointing finish. ...
