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2013-05-23 00:00:00

THURSDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || NASCAR || Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600, Practice || SPEED3:30 || || Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600, Qual. || SPEED7 || || MLB || Washington@San Francisco (T) || MASN9 a.m. || || Yankees@Orioles (T) ||...

Maryland to play at Ohio State in ACC-Big Ten Challenge

2013-05-08 14:43:00

Combining Maryland’s seventh-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference last season and the recent decision by 7-foot-1 sophomore center Alex Len to leave early for the NBA, most figured that the Terps would not get a marquee matchup in next...

Big Ten academic committee reaches out to UM

2013-04-30 15:53:48

While the University of Maryland won't be able to reap most of the rewards of joining the Big Ten athletic conference until the move becomes official in July 2014, it will start benefiting from its academic counterpart — the Committee on...

Big Ten settles on divisions for football

2013-04-19 20:00:00

While the majority of the University of Maryland's athletic teams will be trekking all over the Big Ten beginning in 2014, the Terps will have a few shorter trips when it comes to football. As expected, the expanding Big Ten will divide its 14...

Terps' trip to MSG is an opportunity to play on 'world's most famous' stage

2013-03-31 12:48:00

COLLEGE PARK — Before playing at Madison Square Garden in the 1990 ECAC Holiday Festival, Walt Williams was considered an up-and-coming player for a down-and-out program. A junior, Williams had stayed at Maryland rather than transferring to...

Recruiting analysts weigh in on Maryland's 2013 football recruiting class

2013-02-05 10:00:00

There will be no mistaking Maryland's 2013 football recruiting class with a 2012 group that was highlighted by five-star receiver Stefon Diggs and four-star running back Wes Brown. Star power like that doesn't pass through College Park every year. But...

Reynolds & Co. enter Navy's final act of dramatic year

2012-12-28 19:27:00

A little more than a month into the season, Navy had lost to all three Football Bowl Subdivision opponents it had played, and the closest result in any of those beatings was 12-0 at home to San Jose State. Then came a road game against Air Force,...

'Special admissions' bring colleges top athletes, educational challenges

2012-12-22 11:22:00

It has become part of college sports -- as ingrained as dunks and FieldTurf -- for large universities to accept prized basketball and football recruits and other athletes under more forgiving admissions criteria than are used for other students. Less...

Commentary: The shifting college sports landscape has Laurel ties

2012-11-28 07:23:00

The month of November was an earthquake on the college sports landscape in Maryland. The big eruption, of course, came out of College Park on Nov. 19 when the flagship university announced that it was leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference – of...

A great move for Maryland and the Big Ten

2012-11-20 09:05:21

As a graduate of The Ohio State University, I would like to extend a warm Buckeye welcome to the Big Ten's newest member, the University of Maryland ("UM to leave ACC for Big Ten in '14," Nov. 20). The move is great for both the Big Ten and Maryland. I...

Move to Big Ten could create uncertainty for Maryland lacrosse

2012-11-19 14:39:00

Quint Kessenich equates the move to a college football power leaving the SEC. "I don't see any positive for the lacrosse program," the ESPN analyst says of the University of Maryland's jump to the Big Ten Conference. "You're talking about the potential...

Maryland considering a move to the Big Ten Conference

2012-11-18 07:43:00

COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland is in serious discussions to join the Big Ten, and the Board of Regents plans to meet Monday to discuss the proposed move, according to two sources with knowledge of the talks. The regents were told about...

Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan Wolverines, Illinois Fighting Illini

2013-03-18 17:23:00

Record: 27-6. How they got here: At-large bid. Strengths: The Hoosiers are deep and talented. Center Cody Zeller (16.8 ppg) and guard Victor Oladipo (13.7) play well off one another. Weaknesses: Indiana's opponents had their greatest success when they were physical and played relentless

2013-03-15 00:00:00

CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 15: Brandon Paul #3 of the Illinois Fighting Illini grabs the ball from the floor against the of the Indiana Hoosiers during a quarterfinal game of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 15, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

2013-03-15 00:00:00