Colleges

In 2024, the Pirates faced N.C. State in this bowl. East Carolina blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter before a late touchdown gave the Pirates a 26-21 victory. Then a brawl broke out.

To the delight of the screaming kids in attendance for the team’s annual Field Trip Day game, Terrapins coach Brenda Frese wore a jersey with the number 67 on it before tip-off.

The U.S. Naval Academy Athletic Association proposed a golf course at Greenbury Point in 2022.

Diggy Coit made eight 3-pointers and scored 31 points for the Terrapins (6-5, 0-2), who lost center Pharrel Payne to a right leg injury late in the first half.

Navy edged Army 17-16 in a dramatic, last-minute finish that capped a day defined by tradition, tension and spectacle in the 126th game between the teams.

The Midshipmen had to ride out two turnovers from their star quarterback, but in the end, Blake Horvath delivered the go-ahead touchdown pass when they needed him to.

“He’s clutch,” head coach Brian Newberry said. “He’s big-time clutch, and he’s been that way his whole career. That’s stuff you can’t coach.”

Long before Biff Poggi made his way into national headlines this week in the wake of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore’s termination, the former Gilman and Saint Frances coach was a “larger-than-life” figure in the Baltimore area.

Blake Horvath has led Navy to two great seasons as an elite dual-threat quarterback. Behind a wholesome image is a relentless competitor who could help his senior class tie a record for the most wins in school history.

COLUMN | President Donald Trump will attend the Army-Navy game on Saturday in Baltimore. There will be protests outside, but probably none within M&T Bank Stadium. Maybe there should be.

Is Baltimore really as bad as Donald Trump says it is? Of course not. This weekend, as troops flood in for football, they have a chance to see for themselves.

Maryland’s previous record for fewest points allowed was 22, set Feb. 5, 1974, in a 60-22 win over Morgan State.

Poggi guided a dominant Gilman program and built St. Frances into a national powerhouse.

“It’s a special place and it’s one of the best jobs in the country, because of the kind of young men we have, because it still is, truly, a developmental program,” Newberry said.

The Navy is “taking over” the ride-sharing app Lyft for a day as part of a marketing and recruitment push.

Oluchi Okananwa had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Terrapins (11-0, 1-0 in the Big Ten), who trailed 99-90 with less than a minute to play in the second overtime.

Pharrel Payne had 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for his third double-double this season for the Terrapins.

The Terrapins are 10-0 for the second consecutive year and the fifth time in 11 seasons.

St. Frances Academy star Zion Elee is the highest-ranked recruit ever to sign with the Terps football program. But embattled coach Mike Locksley is stacking up expectations with his incoming class and has to turn around his 4-8 program quickly.