NEWS
By Andrew A. Green and Andrew A. Green,Sun reporter | March 26, 2007
Maryland's "structural deficit" - a roughly $1.4 billion shortfall between revenues and expenditures expected to persist for the next several years - can be traced back to two decisions the state government made in the past several years: passage of an income tax cut and a record education spending plan. Ever since Gov. Martin O'Malley and Maryland lawmakers arrived in Annapolis this year for the legislative session, they have talked almost obsessively about ways to fix the budget gap - a solution that will almost certainly mean higher taxes next year.
SPORTS
By HEATHER A. DINICH and HEATHER A. DINICH,SUN REPORTER | May 4, 2006
Maryland junior Ekene Ibekwe has declared for the NBA draft, according to a list of players released by the league, but he is expected to withdraw before the June 18 deadline and return for his senior year with the Terps. Maryland guard D.J. Strawberry is not on the list for the June 28 draft. Ibekwe, a 6-foot-9 power forward from Carson, Calif., led Maryland with 6.6 rebounds a game and averaged 11.1 points last season. Also, Maryland officially announced yesterday that former assistant coach Rob Moxley had accepted a position as associate head coach at the University of Charlotte.
SPORTS
By HEATHER A. DINICH and HEATHER A. DINICH,SUN REPORTER | November 25, 2005
LAHAINA, Hawaii -- It wasn't difficult to spot 7-foot-1 center Will Bowers plodding around one of the four pools here at the Westin Maui Resort and Spa, wearing a red Maryland visor and with a towel draped around his neck. As it turned out, a 2-1 finish in the Maui Invitational gave the men's basketball team a little time to relax. In between, there was some time to think. Bowers and a few of his teammates sat in lounge chairs around the pool Monday night after the Terps' 88-76 loss to No. 9-ranked Gonzaga, the eventual tournament runner-up.
SPORTS
By HEATHER A. DINICH and HEATHER A. DINICH,SUN REPORTER | October 26, 2005
College Park -- It's not as if Maryland's backup quarterback can't beat a team the caliber of 10th-ranked Florida State. Joel Statham has already done that, in last year's 20-17 upset of the Seminoles. It's just not the ideal situation for coach Ralph Friedgen heading into Saturday's pivotal game against the Atlantic Division-leading Seminoles. In Tallahassee. On Florida State's homecoming. "I want to have Sam," Friedgen said yesterday of his injured starting quarterback, junior Sam Hollenbach.
SPORTS
By Jeff Zrebiec and Jeff Zrebiec,SUN STAFF | January 12, 2005
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- When they boarded a plane in North Carolina three days earlier, just hours removed from a disastrous 34-point loss to the No. 3 Tar Heels, the Maryland Terrapins were humbled, embarrassed, and even a little shell-shocked. It's pretty safe to say similar feelings accompanied the Terps on their trip back from Winston-Salem early this morning. Again falling flat against one of the nation's elite teams and an Atlantic Coast Conference foe, the Terps were handled last night by fourth-ranked Wake Forest, 81-66, at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
SPORTS
By Kevin Van Valkenburg and Kevin Van Valkenburg,SUN STAFF | October 18, 2004
COLLEGE PARK - More than two months ago, Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen stood before a throng of media and gave a speech that seemed to be full of coaching cliches. We're a young team, he said. There are going to be growing pains. We're faced with a tremendous challenge, he added, and it's impossible to predict how we'll react to adversity. This season could be the biggest challenge I've faced in my thirty-plus years as a coach. For the most part, Friedgen's words were met with a collective yawn.