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Maryland jockey turning up the heat at Laurel Park
What a summer jockey Jeiron Barbosa is having at Laurel Park! And it’s not even half over!. Just take the last two weekends, for example, for this red-hot member of the very talented Maryland jockey colony. This past Saturday, the 21-year-old native of Puerto Rico won — count ’em...
Maryland high school football: Key dates for the 2024 season
The start of the high school football season is quickly approaching, and in just a little over four months, six teams will be crowned state champions by the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. Although official practices won't begin for a few weeks, teams across the state have been holding voluntary summer workouts, gearing up for the new season. ...
Sparkle Blue Repeat Winner of $100,000 Big Dreyfus
LAUREL, MD – Augustin Stable and Catherine Parke’s Sparkle Blue, exiting four consecutive graded-stakes, put her class on display by powering through the stretch and turning back stubborn longshot Cut From Class to win Sunday’s $100,000 Big Dreyfus at Laurel Park for the second consecutive year. The...
The Factor Colt Named MHBA Grand Champion
David and JoAnn Hayden's Dark Hollow Farm came away victorious in three of the four classes at the 90th annual Maryland Horse Breeders Association's Yearling Show held Sunday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Dark Hollow Farm's colt by The Factor, co-bred and owned with Ellen Charles of Hillwood...
Football Player Capsules: Kellan Wyatt
Fall camp begins in August, and to preview the upcoming 2024 season we take a look at each scholarship player on Maryland’s roster, from jersey No. 0 to No. 99. RECRUITING: Wyatt, a class of 2022 recruit out of Spalding (Severn, Md.), earned his first major offer from Maryland in 2019 from Brian Williams and ex-assistant Brawley Evans.
6A Boys Preseason Team Preview: No.4 College Park
Yannick Broos (L) and Charles Hall (R) cross the finish line at the 2023 Region 2-6A Cross Country Championships. We're back again this week to resume our coverage of the upcoming 6A Boys team title race. This year promises to be one of the closest years we've seen in the last half-decade as several teams look poised to challenge Southlake Carroll's dominance at the front of the field. This week, we'll dive into the No. 4 team on our list, The Woodlands College Park, and see how they stack up against the state's best.
Maryland athletics to offer streamlined ticket system, new premium options at basketball and football games
The University of Maryland athletics department is announcing a revamped ticketing system and new premium options at Terps basketball and football games, the school is announcing today. The moves come in response to fans asking for more straightforward ticket pricing and college sports' rapidly increasing nationwide emphasis on offering premium experiences to lure fans to stadiums.
Summer mailbag: Answering your questions on the Terps
Before the beginning of fall sports, we asked readers to submit questions for a summer mailbag last week, and there were a number of engaging inquiries that will be answered in detail. Thank you to those who sent in questions! If you didn’t get a chance to submit one, don’t...
2024 Know Your Opponent: Maryland Terrapins
Each Monday this summer, we’re taking a look at Northwestern football’s opponents for the upcoming 2024 season. This week, we’re focusing on the Maryland Terrapins, the ‘Cats’ week seven task. The Terps are coming off a streaky season in which they finished with an 8-5 overall record, and a 4-5 record in conference play in the now defunct Big Ten East. Northwestern will head to College Park on October 11, with the game currently scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. CT under the lights.
Football Player Capsules: Gavin Marshall
Fall camp begins in August, and to preview the upcoming 2024 season we take a look at each scholarship player on Maryland’s roster, from jersey No. 0 to No. 99. RECRUITING: The Frisco, Texas, native Marshall was a five-star recruit, per Kohl’s Kicking, in the 2022 class. Marshall, who spent three years at Frisco High before transferring to IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.
Leveling the field: MoCo Lacrosse celebrates 25 years of expanding sport’s access
Hidden away from the oppressive heat on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-July, gaggles of young girls chased brightly colored balls with lacrosse sticks around the East County Community Center gym in Silver Spring, laughing and yelling as they tried to win a real-life version of the children’s board game “Hungry Hungry Hippos.”
Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky says she prides herself on consistency
Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Bethesda native and star swimmer Katie Ledecky says she prides herself on consistency. “I challenge myself to stay consistent. Yeah, I mean sometimes it can be tough feeling like you’re not having a breakthrough. But to be really consistent is something I’m really happy with,” she told the Associated Press. [WTOP]
Football Player Capsules: Dillan Fontus
Fall camp begins in August, and to preview the upcoming 2024 season we take a look at each scholarship player on Maryland’s roster, from jersey No. 0 to No. 99. RECRUITING: Fontus was a three-star class of 2023 recruit out of Canarsie (Brooklyn, N.Y.), accumulating offers from the likes of Maryland; Kansas; Indiana; BC; Arizona; Louisville; Wake; Illinois; Nebraska and more.
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