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Vanderbilt is talking to Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin about becoming its next head football coach, and Franklin has indicated he wants the job, according to officials with knowledge of the process. If Franklin signs with Vanderbilt, it would mean the end of Maryland's nearly two-year-old plan to have him succeed Ralph Friedgen as Maryland coach when Friedgen's contract expires at the end of the 2011 season. It would raise questions about whether Maryland would grant Friedgen an extension once his planned replacement left the school.

While the Navy football team was enjoying the Thanksgiving break away from practice, offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper had his weekend turn unexpectedly eventful when reports erroneously linked him to Vanderbilt's vacant head coaching job. Jasper's name surfaced on Twitter on Saturday afternoon via a tweet by Tony Barnhart, who wrote, "Hearing Ivin Jasper of the Naval Academy will be the new head coach at Vanderbilt. " Then Nashville radio personality George Plaster said Saturday night: "It looks like Ivin Jasper appears to have emerged as the guy they're going to hire, and it looks like it's going to be done no later than in the next 48 hours.

Chaminade point guard Steven Bennett ran as fast as he could with the ball in his hands Monday in the opening round of the Maui Invitational. He treated each and every possession as a timed obstacle-course run, jetting left and right to avoid Maryland defenders before ending up at the basket. Bennett's plan - his team's plan, really - was born out of necessity. He stood just 5 feet 6, and his teammates, though taller, paled in comparison to the Terrapins in terms of size and stature.

Gertrude P. "Trudy" Vanderbilt Private services were held Wednesday, July 8, in Parishville, NY. Arrangements for a celebration of her life are incomplete at this time.

The 11th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores scored the game's first seven goals en route to an 18-8 win over visiting Johns Hopkins on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays have lost four straight and slipped to 4-8 overall and 0-2 in the American Lacrosse Conference. The Commodores (7-3, 2-1) won their fourth straight. The Commodores needed just 10:15 to put the game's first seven goals on the board as six players scored in the opening run. Junior Brett Bathras stopped the run and put Hopkins on the board when she scored unassisted with 17:31 to play.

RALEIGH, N.C. -The box score will forever show that Marissa Coleman lit up the scoreboard like a fireworks celebration. Highlights will prove she did what no Maryland player before her managed to do. And history will remember that she carried her team into the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. But what Coleman did Saturday afternoon is hard to quantify with numbers and difficult to capture with cameras. She could've started flapping her arms at midcourt and floated to the rafters and it would have been easier to rationalize than the closing minutes of Maryland's emotional 78-74 come-from-behind win over Vanderbilt.

RALEIGH, N.C. -When the final buzzer sounded and top seed Maryland had finally put away fourth seed Vanderbilt, 78-74, in a heart-stopping NCAA Raleigh Regional semifinal Saturday afternoon, senior Marissa Coleman dropped to the RBC Center floor and squatted with her head down for a couple of seconds. The normally exuberant senior forward needed to catch her breath and rest for a moment. "I was exhausted," she said. And with good reason: Coleman played all 40 minutes, scored 42 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and made countless clutch plays in a game in which Maryland trailed by 18 points and didn't take its first lead until 2:17 remained.

NFL Culpepper retires; Burress gets new deal Daunte Culpepper, who starred for the Minnesota Vikings before a major knee injury in 2005 curtailed his career, announced his retirement in an e-mail yesterday, saying he has simply grown tired of fighting for one more opportunity. Culpepper completed 64 percent of his passes in a nine-year career, with 142 touchdowns. He tried to resuscitate his career with the Miami Dolphins in 2006 and the Oakland Raiders last season, struggling in both of those stops, and he wasn't in training camp with any team this year.

Stylish Brigit Bowers has a philosophy about fashion: "Fashion is a means of individual expression, transforming and changing along with your life's phases and experiences." Right now, this 21-year-old Roland Park resident is experiencing her summer job as a hostess at Salt Restaurant before beginning her senior year at Vanderbilt University. But, we'd say her fashion reflects an individual expression that promises a chic future. Age: : 21 Residence: : Roland Park Job: : Vanderbilt University senior, part-time hostess at Salt Self-described style: : "Individualized, neutral, dynamic and classically contemporary."

SPOKANE, Wash.-- --In March, every senior feels it. By this point, it's as much a fear as it is a reality. But Crystal Langhorne never even let on. Sure, it crossed her mind before the game, but there wasn't a single second last night anyone in Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena could have thought that Langhorne might be playing her final game. Langhorne was prepared to single-handedly carry the Maryland women's basketball team to victory over Vanderbilt, even though she didn't really have to. There were plenty of willing contributors in last night's win in the NCAA tournament's regional semifinal.