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Bronny James' cardiac arrest should serve as a chilling reminder that no one is safe from the heart conditions that can slip beneath our radar. But the upshot is this: We can always be prepared.

Maryland alums and others are competing as Shell Shock in The Basketball Tournament, a winner-takes-a-million-dollar-prize competition. With a shifting roster, a shoestring budget and long odds to win, what else motivates them in this relatively under-hyped tournament?

The Terps basketball teams will finally have a dedicated practice facility. It’s just that fancy locker rooms and pricey amenities don’t go far in recruiting now that players are focused more on their possible name, image and likeness earnings.

The measure was introduced five years after Jordan McNair, a University of Maryland football player, collapsed due to heatstroke during practice and later died.

The announcement came after a successful 2023 event in Baltimore at CFG Bank Arena, which generated a total economic impact of $29.6 million.

Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone was a little-used reserve as a player at Loyola Maryland in the early ’90s, but he showed some of the spark that made him a successful NBA coach. To this day, he keeps up with his alma mater and roots for the Greyhounds.

Maryland was routed by No. 1 seed Wake Forest 21-6 late Saturday to land in Sunday’s elimination round.

The Terrapins will play in an NCAA tournament winner's bracket game Saturday.

McDonogh grad Jack Simmons helps Notre Dame win its first title; Salisbury takes the D-III men’s crown; and a controversial finish makes the case for more replay.

Big Ten champion Maryland will face Northeastern on Friday and could have to knock off top-ranked Wake Forest.

Kevin Keister and Nick Lorusso hit fifth-inning home runs and Maryland used five pitchers in a 4-0 victory in Omaha, Nebraska.

Johns Hopkins’ season is over, ending with a 12-6 record and an NCAA quarterfinal appearance for the first time since 2018.

Meanwhile, the Johns Hopkins men and Loyola women moved on to the next round.

On the men’s side, both Maryland (No. 4) and Johns Hopkins (No. 6) will host first-round games.

The sport’s most intense rivalry has increasingly bled into the Big Ten Tournament. Though the Blue Jays finally got a win against the Terps two weeks ago, Thursday night saw Maryland advance on Hopkins’ home field.

Stewart returns to the Northwest Baltimore university where he once played basketball after spending 14 years as an assistant coach at three of the other historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland.

A rule meant to help students regain playing time lost during the pandemic has completely reshaped college lacrosse this season.

Hopkins coach Peter Milliman finally got his first win against the Terps, as the Blue Jays held on late after a back-and-forth game.

“When we on the sideline have no idea what they’re about to do,” Greyhounds coach Jen Adams said, “it’s very difficult for the opposition to figure it out.”

An illegal procedure call based on glove color (for real) late in a close game became the talk of college lacrosse last week. Was it the right call?