Maryland’s Joe Vellano and Stefon Diggs earned weekly honors from the ACC for their play against Boston College, the league announced Monday.

Vellano was named the defensive lineman of the week, while Diggs was named Rookie of the Week. It’s the first weekly honor for Vellano this season and the fourth for Diggs; he has earned Rookie of the Week honors three times and Specialist of the Week honors once. from umterps.com

Everyone used to complain how difficult it was to learn Ralph’s playbook. Scott McBrien once told me it took one year to really get a grasp on the playbook. Several QBs never did master it. Shawn Petty has had 10 days , and by the way he has never taken a snap in college. Think about it.

Wearing an orange Orioles Adam Jones Jersey, Greg Merson clearly established himself as the best remaining player in the WSOP chase for 8 million and the coveted Gold Bracelet. The final begins tonight at at 9PM Semi Live-15 minute delay — on ESPN 2.

As Merson entered the arena, his fans chanted “Let’s Go Maryland”

Let me see if I remember correctly it was Mike Ricklen who used to tell me how bad Senor Vasquez was. In all seriousness this is tremendous honor for the great Maryland Legend.

The Maryland women’s basketball team is ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press preseason poll, released Saturday. The Terps have started the season ranked in each of the last eight years.

Head coach Brenda Frese’s Terps have started the year in the AP’s top five in four of her 11 seasons. This is their first preseason top five appearance since 2008.

Maryland will play seven games against preseason Top 25 teams. First, the Terps will play at No. 18 Nebraska on … Read More »

And in the end they were nothing but Paper Tigers. Part of that breeze you feel outside is Cabrera and Fielder whiffing over and over again. 

Next year belongs to the O’s

Rant on the unfair NCAA Decision on the eligibility of Dez Wells