Ralph Friedgen

Preakness notes: I'll Have Another gives Pimlico bettors plenty of reasons to celebrate

2012-05-19 18:29:00

They might not have rivaled the revelry in the winner's circle after Saturday's Preakness, but the lines in front of the tellers' windows at Pimlico Race Course were abuzz with fans shouting in excitement about their winning tickets. Rick Digrigoli, of...

A distinct Terps flavor at Preakness 2012

2012-05-19 12:40:00

University of Maryland fans made their presence felt Saturday through their ownership of horses whose names clearly showed their allegiance to the Terps. Among the Terps fans involved with horses is Fred Greene Jr., a Maryland grad and a Terps football...

The Last Word with Austin Walker

2012-05-09 04:00:00

At Maryland, Austin Walker lived the dream of walk-on football players everywhere. The 6-foot, 195-pound safety from Langley High in Northern Virginia joined the Terps in 2007 and redshirted as a freshman. Over the course of the next two seasons,...

O'Brien continues Penn State tour in Maryland

2012-05-01 16:20:00

Bill O'Brien looks right out of Football Coach Central Casting: thick neck, hulking shoulders, receding hairline and a mug that looks like it caught a few forearms back when he played linebacker and defensive end at Brown. The new face of Penn State's...

Tough decisions have marked Anderson's 18-month tenure in College Park

2012-04-18 17:09:00

The first months of a college athletic director's tenure are typically spent getting a feel for the landscape. For Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson, his first seven months included leading a major overhaul that included the messy divorce with a...

Interview with Kevin Anderson has changed this writer's opinion

2012-04-19 04:00:00

As a reporter, you are taught to keep your opinions out of the stories you write. But the blogosphere has allowed certain freedoms that didn’t exist before. As someone who has covered and followed University of Maryland athletics since coming to...

The Last Word with Cameron Chism

2012-04-19 09:00:00

Maryland cornerback Cameron Chism started 32 straight games from 2009 until being benched near the end of last season. He is one of just three players in school history -- Curome Cox and Bob Haley are the others -- with two interception returns for...

Our Take: The week in Maryland sports

2012-04-20 10:23:00

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland football and basketball. For the first edition of this feature, Barker, Markus and Bracken each give their take on...

Terrapin football in a shell of a bad place

2012-04-20 12:45:00

Although I graduated from another university, I have followed the University of Maryland's sports teams for 40 years. Having been born and raised in the Baltimore area, I suppose it emanates from a "Maryland pride" mind-set. What does Maryland Athletic...

The Last Word with Tim Downs

2012-04-26 06:52:00

When he was in fifth grade, Tim Downs arrived at an important life decision: he would play football at Maryland. Growing up in Latrobe, Pa., Downs idolized Kyle Schmitt, an offensive lineman at Derry Area High School who had accepted a football...

Turgeon is off to a good start with Terps

2012-03-09 17:03:00

Mark Turgeon’s first season at Maryland likely ended with an 85-69 loss to top-seeded North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament Friday in Atlanta.� Despite the Terps losing four of their last five games and with seemingly little...

Next challenge for Kentucky? The new-look Maryland Terrapins

2012-04-03 06:57:00

The next time college basketball fans see Kentucky, the newly crowned national champions will look a lot different. So will the team the Wildcats will be facing – Maryland. Neither the countdown nor the buildup for their Nov. 9 matchup at the...

The key playmaking positions under new defensive coordinator Brian Stewart (pictured) will be manned by linebackers Alex Twine and Darin Drakeford.

2012-02-08 00:00:00

Maryland hires Randy Edsall to replace Ralph Friedgen as head coach and Terps go 2-10 his first season, with players leaving in droves.

2011-10-29 00:00:00

Ralph Friedgen

2011-10-01 18:30:43