Kevin Anderson

Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson said he spent much of Monday putting out “a lot of fires” after a San Francisco newspaper reported - erroneously, Anderson said - that he was on the verge of being hired as Stanford's AD. “I spent the majority of this afternoon calling - talking to my president and to supporters of the athletic department and staff members. I had to put out a lot of fires,” Anderson told the Baltimore Sun . Anderson said all of his phone calls were the product of “somebody putting some inaccurate information on the Internet.” The San Francisco Chronicle reported Stanford was to name Anderson as athletic director “assuming the two sides can agree on contract terms.” In a written statement, Anderson said: “I am not in discussions nor have I been with Stanford University regarding their open athletic director position as I am committed to being the director of athletics at the University of Maryland.” The Chronicle's report was widely disseminated via Twitter and other sources.

Et cetera Maryland coaches caravan comes to Baltimore May 29 Maryland's 2013 Coaches Caravan will stop in Ocean City , Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington. Each event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and features a short program followed by an opportunity for attendees to mingle with the coaches and athletes, take photos and get autographs. The sites are: Ocean City , May 20, Galaxy 66 Bar and Grille (football coach Randy Edsall , wrestling coach Kerry McCoy and deputy director of athletics Nate Pine )

Two days after denying a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that said he was set to become Stanford's athletic director , Maryland AD Kevin Anderson spoke to The Baltimore Sun about a hectic Monday in which he spent a lot of time dealing with repercussions of an "irresponsible" story. Anderson, who was Stanford's director of annual giving for athletics from 1993-95, reiterated Wednesday that the report in the Chronicle was erroneous and that he hasn't "talked to anybody at Stanford, period.

Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson said Friday that he has faith in the direction and leadership of the Terps' football program and that he was encouraged by the team's performance in the final game of a difficult, injury-ravaged 4-8 season. “I feel confident that we're moving this program in the right direction,” Anderson said. Maryland lost its last six games. Anderson, who likes to take the pulse of the team on road trips, traveled to the University of North Carolina for the final game.

Kevin Anderson has taken his share of criticism since coming from Army to Maryland 27 months ago. The athletic director got off to a rocky start with Maryland fans - and many in the local media - for the clumsy way he handled the firing of Ralph Friedgen in December 2010 and the subsequent hiring a few days later of Randy Edsall as the school's football coach. And that was before the Terps were a disastrous 2-10 in Edsall's first season. Then there was the cutting of seven sports to help trim a multi-million dollar deficit Anderson inherited from his predecessor, Debbie Yow. Given the timing of the announcement - in the middle of that nightmarish 2011 football season - Anderson became something of an easy target.

As a reporter, you are taught to keep your opinions out of the stories you write. But the blogosphere has allowed certain freedoms that didn't exist before. As someone who has covered and followed University of Maryland athletics since coming to The Baltimore Sun more than 25 years ago, I have the unique perspective of not only comparing coaches but athletic directors as well. I think it's too soon to judge Kevin Anderson's tenure in College Park, but in talking with Anderson for a story that appeared on the Sun's website Wednesday night and in the newspaper on Thursday, my feelings for the job he has done over the past 18 months have certainly changed.

Et cetera Maryland coaches caravan comes to Baltimore May 29 Maryland's 2013 Coaches Caravan will stop in Ocean City , Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington. Each event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and features a short program followed by an opportunity for attendees to mingle with the coaches and athletes, take photos and get autographs. The sites are: Ocean City , May 20, Galaxy 66 Bar and Grille (football coach Randy Edsall , wrestling coach Kerry McCoy and deputy director of athletics Nate Pine )

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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Dell Demps scored 23 points to lead Pacific to a 90-82 victory over Loyola last night in the consolation game of the Apple Invitational tournament.Mike Reese, who led the Greyhounds (0-2) with 34 points and eight rebounds, brought Loyola to within 38-35 with 19 minutes, 46 seconds remaining. Pacific (1-1) then out-scored the Greyhounds 20-3 in the next 5:28 to gain a 20-point lead with 14:18 remaining. Demps had nine points to key the Pacific rally.Loyola trailed 79-58 with 5:37 left before beginning a late rally that would bring the Greyhounds within six points in the game's final minute.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Loyola College made up all but one of a 17-point second-half deficit, but the University of Richmond hung on for a 68-64 non-conference victory at the Robins Center last night.Down by 59-42 when Kenny Wood followed a shot with 6 minutes, 47 seconds left, the Greyhounds closed to 65-64 with 35 seconds to go. Michael Reese had 10 of the 22 Loyola points, and Tracy Bergan and Kevin Anderson completed the run with six points each. They wrapped it up with a 12-1 run in a four-minute span.

Kevin Anderson has taken his share of criticism since coming from Army to Maryland 27 months ago. The athletic director got off to a rocky start with Maryland fans - and many in the local media - for the clumsy way he handled the firing of Ralph Friedgen in December 2010 and the subsequent hiring a few days later of Randy Edsall as the school's football coach. And that was before the Terps were a disastrous 2-10 in Edsall's first season. Then there was the cutting of seven sports to help trim a multi-million dollar deficit Anderson inherited from his predecessor, Debbie Yow. Given the timing of the announcement - in the middle of that nightmarish 2011 football season - Anderson became something of an easy target.

Two days before opening the season against defending national champion Kentucky, the Maryland basketball team scored its first significant victory Wednesday when transfer Dez Wells was declared eligible by the NCAA. Wells, a 6-foot-5 sophomore guard from Raleigh, N.C., was initially ruled he had to sit out a year after he transferred to Maryland from Xavier, where he had been expelled this summer for a “serious violation” of the student conduct code. But local prosecutors declined to go forward with the case and dropped a charge of sexual assault against Wells.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and intern Connor Letourneau -- co-sports editor of The Diamondback -- weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. How did the Kevin Anderson-to-Stanford story get started, and has it really been put to rest? Jeff Barker: I don't know quite how it began. Was somebody trying to get Anderson in the mix for the Stanford athletic director position by floating his name like a trial balloon?

Two days after denying a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that said he was set to become Stanford's athletic director , Maryland AD Kevin Anderson spoke to The Baltimore Sun about a hectic Monday in which he spent a lot of time dealing with repercussions of an "irresponsible" story. Anderson, who was Stanford's director of annual giving for athletics from 1993-95, reiterated Wednesday that the report in the Chronicle was erroneous and that he hasn't "talked to anybody at Stanford, period.

Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson said he spent much of Monday putting out “a lot of fires” after a San Francisco newspaper reported - erroneously, Anderson said - that he was on the verge of being hired as Stanford's AD. “I spent the majority of this afternoon calling - talking to my president and to supporters of the athletic department and staff members. I had to put out a lot of fires,” Anderson told the Baltimore Sun . Anderson said all of his phone calls were the product of “somebody putting some inaccurate information on the Internet.” The San Francisco Chronicle reported Stanford was to name Anderson as athletic director “assuming the two sides can agree on contract terms.” In a written statement, Anderson said: “I am not in discussions nor have I been with Stanford University regarding their open athletic director position as I am committed to being the director of athletics at the University of Maryland.” The Chronicle's report was widely disseminated via Twitter and other sources.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland football and basketball. For the first edition of this feature, Barker, Markus and Bracken each give their take on all three questions. In an interview with The Sun , Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson defended his hiring of Randy Edsall and spoke about the challenges he faced during his first 18 months on the job. What's your main takeaway from Anderson's comments?

Loyola College outscored Niagara by 18-3 during a six-minute stretch midway in the second half as the Greyhounds won, 67-65, last night before 1,850 at Reitz Arena.It was the fifth victory in six games for the Greyhounds, (11-11 4-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), and their sixth straight game in which the outcome has been decided by six points or fewer."I think we try to keep it interesting," Loyola coach To Schneider said. "Tonight, we just couldn't hit the foul shots to put it away.

''Sleeping With the Enemy'' has been beautifully photographed and has Julia Roberts in the leading role. The film is also loaded with implausibilities and, at times, looks like a hokey scare movie.It is, however, good fun. Some films are just bad and not worth seeing. ''Sleeping With the Enemy'' is not a good film, but it does entertain. It's a crowd pleaser. You'll find yourself talking to it now and then, but you'll enjoy it.Roberts is a definite asset. She didn't win that Academy Award nomination (''Steel Magnolias'')

As a reporter, you are taught to keep your opinions out of the stories you write. But the blogosphere has allowed certain freedoms that didn't exist before. As someone who has covered and followed University of Maryland athletics since coming to The Baltimore Sun more than 25 years ago, I have the unique perspective of not only comparing coaches but athletic directors as well. I think it's too soon to judge Kevin Anderson's tenure in College Park, but in talking with Anderson for a story that appeared on the Sun's website Wednesday night and in the newspaper on Thursday, my feelings for the job he has done over the past 18 months have certainly changed.

It's interesting that Kevin Anderson was on the Maryland sideline during the 56-41 defeat at North Carolina State in the season-ending football game. Anderson is usually up in a stadium box. But he said he wanted to gauge for himself what was going on with this team. It's not that Anderson was going to fire Edsall. The athletic director is absolutely behind the first-year Maryland coach. But the AD said he will meet with Edsall Saturday night as part of a "top to bottom" review of Edsall's program.