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UCF is finally on the board with its first commitment of the 2014 recruiting class. Running back Chris 'C.J.' Jones of Port Orange Atlantic apparently committed last week to the Knights, but news finally got out this week. “They love him over...

College baseball Wade's 3-run triple in 7-run 5th helps Terps pull past JMU, 10-5 The Maryland baseball team broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the fifth inning with seven runs sparked by a bases-clearing triple by LaMonte Wade (St. Paul's) to defeat...

WASHINGTON — Although the prospect of drones flying over U.S. cities is generating cries of spies in the skies, groups from California to Florida are fiercely competing to become one of six federally designated sites for testing how the remotely...

In college baseball Friday, Ben Verlander and Gloucester High graduate Joey Burney belted home runs to help Old Dominion win 7-4 at James Madison in a series opener in Harrisonburg. Verlander, batting .398 this season, is showing he's much more than just...

A recently published study led by U.S. government climate researchers predicts warming global temperatures will mean more moisture in the air, and thus heavier precipitation extremes. The research, reported in the peer-reviewed academic journal...

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The Atlantic Coast Conference today announced that Maryland fullback Tyler Cierski, offensive lineman Bennett Fulper, linebacker Cole Farrand and punter Nathan Renfro were named to the 2012 All-ACC Academic Football team. It’s Fulper’s third...

The Final Four is more than a week away, but college basketball’s annual offseason intrigue already is at full boil, especially here in our little corner of paradise. We’ve got it all, from conference realignment to the coaching carousel and...

Seminole County might want to go ahead and put in an early public-works requisition for resurfacing major roadways next year. There is going to be quite a bit of extra traffic, especially in the next few months, on roads such as Ronald Reagan Boulevard,...

Louisville is the top seed in the NCAA tournament after a topsy-turvy season in college basketball, capped by another round of upsets over the weekend. That other team from the Bluegrass State won't even get a chance to defend its national title....

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Olivier Hanlan's season-high was 26 points. So the notion of the Boston College freshman scoring 26 more than Erick Green on Thursday bordered on preposterous. Green, after all, leads the nation in scoring. He is the ACC...

Our family moved from the Jersey Shore to Baltimore in the summer of 1970. The following winter, an irresistible character began frequenting our television. Lefty Driesell was equal parts coach, salesman and showman, and through sheer force of...