The Sanctuary Collective is a nonprofit facility with the backing of Carmelo Anthony that today aims to bring high-level basketball coaching to the heart of Baltimore — and tomorrow hopes to bring a whole lot more.
We’ve seen enough from Mike Locksley to know the seventh-year Terps coach isn't taking the football program any higher. And now programs such as Indiana are jumping Maryland in the conference pecking order.
For weeks, the spotlight has glared grimly on Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr, but his head coach and players have leapt to defend him. Now that Todd Monken is getting grilled for offensive shortcomings, it seems the decorated OC is getting less public support from those around him.
Linebacker Jay Higgins’ biggest backer is his father, Roy, an outsize character who immediately ingratiates himself to the fans of his son’s teams. His positive presence is a needed force in a season that has started ugly.
The Terps just unveiled the Barry P. Gossett Basketball Performance Center. Maryland had been the only Big Ten team without a standalone basketball facility.
Plenty of Ravens fans blame the team’s 1-3 start squarely on the head coach. But the best thing for the franchise is to stick with their longtime leader for now — at least until this season is actually lost.
Even as the defense loses some of its leaders, in Hamilton, the Ravens have a foundational safety who is maturing quickly and whose leadership shows in good times and bad.
Baltimore’s interim manager has guided the club through a turbulent season and even played about .500 baseball. But an organization known for being insular sorely needs to challenge itself with an outside voice.
The team's most underwhelming run-stopping performance in eight years highlighted a fundamental shortcoming that will prevent the Ravens from reaching a championship level ... unless they change their trajectory.
As a runner — sometimes even a reluctant one — it always surprises me how many people, and how many newcomers especially, are out there in our local public park.