Area high school coaches said head coach Mark Turgeon and his staff are more visible at local high schools than his predecessor Gary Williams.
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Maryland Football Faces Recruiting Challenge if Losing Continues
With his job potentially on the line, head coach Randy Edsall replenished his coaching staff with a highly-touted recruiter with local ties and secured an incoming class with more than double the number of in-state players as last year.
#8 Maryland Terrapins Look to Slow Down #5 Duke in ACC Men’s Lacrosse Semifinal
The #8 Maryland Terrapins (7-3, 1-2 ACC), and 4-seed in the ACC Tournament, will play the top-seeded #5 Duke Blue Devils (11-3, 2-1 ACC), who are coming off eight wins in a row.
#10 Maryland Terrapins Beat #3 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, 9-6, in Battle of Maryland Lacrosse Powerhouses
The #10 Maryland Terrapins beat #3 Johns Hopkins at the Blue Jays’ home field for the first time since 2006.
Ann Koger, One of Maryland’s Tennis Pioneers
In 1963, playing in her first tournament at age 12, Koger said, her opponent was cheating by incorrectly calling balls out of bounds. Koger lost the match. But she vowed to come back – vowed to get good enough to win whether someone was cheating her or not.
Claude “Buddy” Young, One of Baltimore’s Black Pioneers
Claude “Buddy” Young was part of a trio who became the first African-Americans to play for the Baltimore Colts. Young was also a football and track star at the University of Illinois.
First Black Preakness Winner All But Erased From History
In 1889, George “Spider” Anderson became the first black jockey to win the Preakness. In those days black jockeys were not uncommon. Not much is known about Anderson, said Dr. Kenneth Cohen, a professor of early American history at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Taliaferro, One of Colts’ First Black Players Recounts Times in Baltimore
Taliaferro said he walked into the lobby of the Lord Baltimore hotel to pick up his key. When he learned his white teammates were staying but he and his black teammates were leaving, he was incensed.
That was Taliaferro’s introduction to Charm City.
Move Over Satchel Paige, Hello Jehosie Heard
In 1954, when the St. Louis Browns landed in Baltimore and became the Baltimore Orioles, Satchel Paige could have been the franchise’s first black player. Instead, the Orioles let Paige walk, paving the way for Jehosie Heard.
NBA’s First Black All-Star a Bullet and a Celtic
In February, Barksdale was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame by the Early African-American Pioneers Committee. Barksdale, a Berkeley, Calif. native, was influenced greatly by baseball great Jackie Robinson, who played college football at UCLA, a school Barksdale would later attend. “I was about 14 years old when I first saw Jackie, and I’d have to say he was my first big hero,” said Barksdale.