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    Baltimore to Angola: Nick Faust’s Basketball Journey leads to a championship game
    Today, Nick Faust will play in a championship game over 7,000 miles from his hometown Baltimore neighborhood. He’ll represent a pro team from Angola as it plays in the title game of Basketball African League.
    Nicholas Faust’s career never took off after his time in College Park. He’s shining in the Basketball African League.
    Maryland men’s lacrosse falls in national title game
    After sitting through a weather delay and taking an early lead, the Terps were swarmed by Notre Dame and fell short, 15-5, in Philadelphia.
    Daniel Kelly of the Maryland Terrapins looks on against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Terps lost the national title game 15-5 in Philadelphia on Memorial Day.
    In Bill Walton, college sports lost its unique voice and true believer
    Bill Walton's psychedelic wackiness was one of a kind, but so was his generous heart and dedication to the highest ideals of sports. The NCAA was better for having him, even if it never lived up to what he believed it could be.
    TUCSON, ARIZONA - JANUARY 04: Sportscaster and former NBA player Bill Walton (center) calls the game between the Arizona Wildcats and the Colorado Buffaloes on Jan. 4. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
    Terps advance to NCAA lacrosse final with 12-6 victory over Virginia
    Maryland will play reigning champion Notre Dame on Monday in Philadelphia.
    Maryland coach John Tillman will be seeking his third national title and the fifth in program history.
    Maryland men’s lacrosse is back in the Final Four after taking an unusual route to get there
    Maryland will play Virginia at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia in the rich program’s 29th NCAA semifinal round appearance since the tournament began in 1971.
    Faceoff specialist Luke Wierman in Maryland's quarterfinal win over the Duke Blue Devils.
    Virginia, paced by McCabe Millon, edges Johns Hopkins in double-OT to advance to Final Four
    The Cavaliers ended Johns Hopkins’ season and prevented the Blue Jays from matching up with Maryland in the national semifinals.
    Virginia scored the last four goals to beat Johns Hopkins 11-10 in two overtimes. (Carolin Harvey/University of Virginia)
    Howard Community College is getting a new women’s sport
    Competitive flag football is coming to Howard Community College next year.
    In part driven by the popularity of a homecoming flag football game, intercollegiate women's flag football is coming to Howard Community College next year.
    Johns Hopkins advances in NCAA lacrosse tournament, but it wants more
    The Blue Jays will play sixth-seeded Virginia next Sunday in the quarterfinal round at Towson University.
    Hopkins Lehigh 3
    Callum Robinson arrived in America like a legend. Then his adventures began.
    Callum Robinson was a standout lacrosse player at Stevenson University, a hulking figure who was hard to miss. But friends remember the former Locust Point resident, who was found fatally shot in Mexico last month in a robbery attempt, for his big hugs, big heart and zest for life.
    Callum Robinson (right) is shown with his college lacrosse coach, Paul Cantabene, in October 2023. He had returned to Stevenson University to mark the induction of the 2013 lacrosse team into the school's sports hall of fame.
    Baltimore-area native Angel Reese stuns in seafoam frock at Met Gala
    Angel Reese, the Randallstown native turned WNBA player, left her Chicago Sky practice early and stunned during the Met Gala, which is one of fashion’s most iconic events.
    Angel Reese departs The Mark Hotel for 2024 Met Gala.
    Former Stevenson, pro lacrosse player Callum Robinson found dead in Mexico
    Robinson, a native of Australia, his brother Jake and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad went missing last weekend on a camping and surfing trip on Mexico’s Baja California coast.
    Callum Robinson, an alum of Stevenson University in Baltimore County, was one of three people found killed near the township of Santo Tomás in Mexico on Friday.
    After topping the Terps, Johns Hopkins lacrosse is hungry for more
    No. 3 Johns Hopkins came away with victory in the century-old "Rivalry" with Maryland, a 7-5 defensive scrap that it hopes heralds championships.
    No. 3 Johns Hopkins finished a 5-0 run in Big Ten play with the victory over No. 5 Maryland on Saturday.
    Angel Reese and her new WNBA cohort present full-court fashion
    Angel Reese and her new WNBA cohort shone sartorially at the draft.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 15: Angel Reese arrives prior to the 2024 WNBA Draft at Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
    Angel Reese helped college basketball reach new heights. Can she do it for the WNBA?
    Women’s college basketball’s popularity — and therefore the earning power of its players — is soaring. So why would Reese, a Randallstown native, skip her final season?
    Angel Reese joined other expected WNBA draftees at The Empire State Building on April 15, 2024 in New York City.
    UConn, Cam Spencer smother Purdue shooters to win national title
    Spencer, who played at Boys’ Latin and Loyola University, finished with 11 points and a team-high 8 rebounds.
    Cam Spencer of the Connecticut Huskies celebrates after beating the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament National Championship. Spencer played at Boys’ Latin and Loyola University.
    Terps football will take its lumps without a clear-cut quarterback
    Was Taulia Tagovailoa the thing keeping the Terps afloat for the last three seasons? Maryland and Mike Locksley are about to find out.
    Maryland coach Michael Locksley speaks on SiriusXM at Super Bowl LVIII on a Feb. 8.
    Angel Reese and the perils of being a Black female athlete
    Randallstown native Angel Reese is headed for the WNBA. Can she get ahead of the double standards for Black women in sports?
    Angel Reese is expected to be a first-round pick in the WNBA draft.
    The keys to Monday night’s national title game between UConn and Purdue
    Davidsonville’s Cam Spencer, a Boys’ Latin School graduate, starts for Connecticut. He is in his first season at UConn after stops and Loyola and Rutgers.
    UConn forward Samson Johnson celebrates a basket against Alabama in the national semifinals.
    UConn has a chance to repeat as national champion. The Huskies’ Cam Spencer will go for his first title.
    Spencer, who started his college career at Loyola Maryland, aided the Huskies with 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
    UConn guard Cam Spencer celebrates a three pointer against Alabama during the first half of the NCAA college basketball game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson )
    ‘She’s a winner’: Basketball analysts predict Angel Reese’s impact in the WNBA
    “She, of course, is going to bring viewers. She’s got a huge following," Rebecca Lobo of ESPN said. “She’s such a lightning rod for interest in women’s basketball.”
    Angel Reese spent her college career as a dominant player near the basket. WNBA analysts expect her game to expand in the pros.
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