Steve Francis

Terps Trio: Dez Wells, Signing Day, football recruiting sleeper

2013-02-01 08:28:00

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 sports. Is Dez Wells Maryland's next great player? Don Markus: A generation of Maryland basketball has...

The Sun remembers: Dec. 2-8

2012-12-02 14:18:00

Dec. 3, 1998: The No. 2-ranked Terps make their first 14 shots en route to a 92-69 victory over Wake Forest in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener at Cole Field House. Obinna Ekezie (19 points), Steve Francis (18) and Laron Profit (16) lead...

Terps face reeling Lafayette squad that was just routed by Kentucky

2012-11-19 16:57:00

Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon had to reschedule this team's practice Monday in preparation for Tuesday's game against Lafayette in order to attend the campus news conference to announce the school's move to the Big Ten from the Atlantic Coast...

Maryland announces signings of Roddy Peters, Damonte Dodd

2012-11-14 15:18:00

Maryland has made it official with Roddy Peters and Damonte Dodd. The Terps announced Wednesday that they received letters of intent from the two 2013 recruits. Peters, a 6-foot-4 guard from Suitland, and Dodd, a 6-foot-9 center from Centreville, make up...

Terps Trio: Maryland's defense, fallout from Harrison twins, other hoops targets

2012-10-05 10:18:00

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� sports. Maryland's�defense is ranked eighth in the nation, giving up 261.2 yards per game. Is the defense really...

Michigan transfer Evan Smotrycz commits to the Terps

2012-04-16 17:21:00

Other than watching Juan Dixon and Steve Francis play while he was growing up, Evan Smotrycz “really had no connection” to the Maryland basketball program.� Smotrycz wasn’t recruited by Gary Williams’ Terps or Mark Turgeon’s...

10 years after the national title, Juan Dixon says he's 'going to get back to the NBA'

2012-03-31 13:23:00

The biggest overachiever in Maryland basketball history -- maybe in the modern college game -- is trying to beat the odds again. At age 33, a decade after leading the Terps to the NCAA men's championship, three years removed from his last NBA game and...

Despite the mystery, Alex Len has Maryland fans buzzing

2011-12-28 11:15:00

The debut of Maryland center Alex Len tonight against Albany brings to mind other first games for former Terps.�Coming into College Park,�most were more celebrated than�7-footer from the Ukraine,�but few were as important as Len could be to this season&...

Former Terps stars Ernest Graham, Johnny Rhodes to be honored in Comcast Center rafters

2011-12-29 15:57:00

Maryland has told former basketball players Ernest Graham and Johnny Rhodes that they will soon join 16 other Terps whose names and numbers appear on banners hanging from the Comcast Center rafters. The players — from different eras —...

No longer at midnight, Maryland Madness survives 40 years later

2011-10-13 15:03:00

Lefty Driesell had already promised that Maryland would become the "UCLA of the East" when he was hired away from Davidson two years before. Now, with a talented team led by Tom McMillen and Len Elmore about to become eligible for varsity as sophomores,...

Terps' Turgeon gets his first taste of Maryland Madness

2011-10-14 21:19:00

For his inaugural Maryland Madness, new men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon assembled a blend of old and new Friday night. He acquired the "old" by inviting former Terps such as Greivis Vasquez, Steve Francis, Steve Blake and Byron Mouton to the event,...

Walk-ons fill their role and Maryland's roster

2011-10-29 15:31:00

They are an eclectic group, more typical of college students who find themselves living in the same dormitory than basketball players who wind up on the same Division I team. As they hung out together during Maryland's Media Day earlier this month at...

Kasey Kahen (L), driver of the #5 Time Warner Cable Chevrolet, speaks with crew chief, Steve Francis during testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway on December 11, 2012 in Concord, North Carolina.

2012-12-11 14:20:00

Former Magic guard Steve Francis watches from the bench during the D12 Foundation All Star Charity Basketball Game at the UCF Arena on November 13, 2011.

2011-11-13 00:00:00

Former Terps star Steve Francis acknowledges the crowd as he is introduced at Maryland Madness.

2011-10-14 00:00:00