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Several NBA players will be in Baltimore on Tuesday for an exhibition game at St. Frances. Dwayne Wise , Under Armour B'more Finest's director of basketball operations, told The Sun that a team of Under Armour-sponsored pros will take on a team made up mostly of Baltimore players. Brandon Jennings (Milwaukee Bucks), Kemba Walker (Charlotte Bobcats), former Terps star Greivis Vasquez (New Orleans Hornets), DeAndre Jordan (Los Angeles Clippers) and Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves)

The Ravens are adding another member to the front office whose primary role will be to look beyond the numbers. Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome announced today that the organization has hired Sandy Weil as their director of football analytics. With the Ravens, Weil, who earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Yale University and a computational finance master's degree from Carnegie Mellon, will assist the Ravens' player personnel department and coaching staff in producing and studying date about game trends, statistical analysis, NFL scouting and player production.

Former Lake Clifton star Josh Selby was named co-MVP of the Las Vegas Summer League, the NBAannounced Sunday. The second-year Memphis Grizzlies guard averaged 24.2 points on 55.7-percent shooting in five summer-league games. He shot 64.3 percent on 3-pointers, and exploded for a summer league-best 35 points last Tuesday against Washington. It was a notable stretch for a player who has struggled to find a steady NBA role. Selby, 21, averaged just 2.3 points in 8.5 minutes his rookie season.

  Undefeated MMA fighter and Strikeforce women's champion Ronda Rousey is never one to not speak her mind. The two-time Olympian and bronze medal winner in judo, recently talked with Elie Seckbach about her experiences in Beijing and hanging out with her fellow American Olympic teammates -- with the exception of Michael Phelps. Rousey doesn't seem to be a fan of the Baltimore native. Rousey was asked if there was an Olympian that wasn't nice, but their image is that of a nice person.

— Tim Donaghy says he doesn't bet on basketball anymore. But basketball gambling is what pays his bills these days. Like a recovering alcoholic tending bar for his old drinking buddies, the ex-NBA referee has been breaking down game tape and analyzing point spreads for a shady sports handicapper in Allentown, Pa., known as "Danny B," who uses the information to sell gambling tips to his clients. "Meet the man who generated millions of dollars betting on basketball, as seen on '60 Minutes' and documented by the NBA and FBI," Danny B.'s website, sportsconnectionwins.com, says of Donaghy.

Josh Selby emerges from the Stevenson University locker room, his hot pink sneakers with silver trim sparkling as he takes the floor. The Lake Clifton graduate's eye-catching shoes - which he says he wears to raise breast cancer awareness - quickly become an afterthought once play begins and his flashy game is on display. In the first quarter of Ravens wide receiver LaQuan Williams' charity basketball game late last month, Selby finds himself stuck in a corner beyond the arc, tightly guarded.

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 sports. Maryland finalized the elimination of seven athletic teams, but managed to preserve men's outdoor track through private fundraising . Any chance that some of these sports will return in the future? Jeff Barker: Schools do occasionally bring back sports as budget numbers or other circumstances change. Villanova once eliminated - then restored - football.

Just a guess: Henson Brian Schmitz Orlando Sentinel You're asking me? I got Jay Bilas on speed-dial for you. Here's the best-kept secret when NBA writers talk about college players: They have no idea. They can only tell you who their coaches are. And only at Duke, North Carolina and Kentucky. Actually, funnier than asking NBA writers about college kids are asking NBA coaches, past or present. Jeff Van Gundy looked like a guy who didn't have answers to a pop quiz Thursday night.

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 sports. The Maryland football staff held a “get to know us better” event this week with the media. Does the school and its PR firm want us to see a new Randy Edsall? Jeff Barker: Not new. A little repackaged, maybe. The Maroon firm isn't trying to reinvent the coach. Good public relations firms know you don't try to make clients anything that they are not. You don't want them to appear forced or phony.

Will Barton has done the research. He's pored over the numbers, he's tracked the stocks and he's talked with the experts. Something just doesn't add up. How could the most efficient swingman in college basketball not be considered a lottery pick in Thursday's NBA Draft? "The numbers don't lie," Barton said last week. "I mean, if you look at my production, it'll show you that there's no way I'm not the best or at least up there in the top range of the draft." He's right.