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Maryland (10-15, 3-11 Big Ten) had won its previous two games.

“It was a blow to the clubhouse in the sense of, yes, he was a really good pitcher who helped us win a lot of games, but then also he’s one of your boys, right?” Albernaz said of his former team. “You’re in it together.”

Pérez brings major league experience and has a strong chance to make the opening day roster if he can recapture some of his success with the Orioles earlier in his career.

Bassitt signed with the Orioles on a one-year, $18.5 million deal because he believes they can win the World Series.

The Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina have plenty for Maryland sports fans to follow.

“I’m anxious to get back,” Westburg said. “I wouldn’t call it a goal, because I try not to set too many goals, [but it] is to be as healthy as I possibly can be and try to put together a full season.”

In just over a month, the Ravens have remade their staff. Here’s what we can learn from Jesse Minter’s coaching and support staff hires.

There will be six months of baseball to determine if the club spent enough, or well enough, or on the right things.

The pardons were announced by White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson. Ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon were granted the clemency.

Jordan Westburg was frank in his assessment of the clubhouse in August when he said it would behoove the Orioles to add a leadership presence in the offseason. In Pete Alonso, they have one.

Maryland joined No. 2 UCLA, No. 7 Michigan, No. 8 Ohio State and No. 13 Michigan State as 20-win teams in the Big Ten.

The Banner has kept track of Minter’s staff as he built since being hired Jan. 22.

Fans of Major League Baseball’s streaming package of out-of-market games learned Tuesday what ESPN’s takeover means for them.

Baltimore is one of the nation’s few major cities without a professional outdoor soccer team, and soccer-starved residents have long pined for one.

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s (CIAA) annual basketball tournament returns to CFG Bank Arena Feb. 24-28 with a star-studded lineup of entertainers slated for official events.

Bassitt, 36, doesn't profile as a top-end rotation piece.

COLUMN: On the infield dirt and outfield grass, in the covered bullpens and batter’s boxes, much felt like business as usual — just a bunch of ballplayers and coaches preparing for the start of the season.

Injuries suffered by Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg mean opportunity for Mayo.

Bassitt, 36, pitched to a 3.96 ERA last year in 170 1/3 innings for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Andre Mills scored 24 points and David Coit added 19 off the bench as the Terps won for the third time in 13 Big Ten games.