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After eight seasons, the Mike Locksley era at Maryland is over. Aazaar Abdul-Rahim will be the Terps' interim coach when Maryland takes the field again Oct. 31 against Illinois.
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Evgeni Malkin (1,416) surpassed Doug Gilmour (1,414) for 21st place on the NHL's career scoring list.
Gilmour remains the standard for sassy red scarves, however.
On Pharrel Payne, Buzz Williams says "The metamorposis of who he became of a person because of that setback" injury last season has made him even better as a person and a player.
Maryland coach Buzz Williams says freshman Baba Oladotun took 47,236 shots "in the first seven weeks" he was with the program. Yes, he cited that specific number.
"The calendar we are functioning from is archaic" in regards to the new rules in the sport, says Buzz Williams when I ask about the expanded preseason this year.
"I like the timing. I like the quality of the opponents."
"Soon, I anticipate you'll be able to play summer league"
Maryland men's basketball coach Buzz Williams, speaking at media day today, says "I think we've found ways to improve our development."
"It's hard for me to think through [comparing last year to this one]. But I do think that 100 years of experience on your staff is important."
Welcome back to men's basketball season in College Park, where Maryland will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its 2001 national championship, including with these throwback jerseys for three games - the opener 11/2 against Bucknell, 1/16 vs Illinois and 2/13 vs Indiana.
Maryland men's basketball coach Buzz Williams announces the changing of titles for some of his assistant coaches and staff ahead of this season.
“None of this is about a title for its own sake, but about improving and adapting together as an organization," he said in a statement
Hopping on the @fox5dc Live Zone at the bottom of the hour to discuss Maryland firing football coach Mike Locksley and the Wizards opening their season tonight.
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Emergency District of Sports #podcast this evening as me and @ByLiamGriffin discuss Maryland firing Mike Locksley and what that looks like for the immediate and long-term future of Terps football.
On Apple (below) and wherever you get podcasts:
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Quick hit with the great @RealChadRicardo at 6:05 tonight on @fox5dc on Maryland firing football coach Mike Locksley.
If he starts sounding like he's from Smith Island, that's when you'll really know he's interested in the Maryland job.
Both of Maryland's lead coordinators now with (tangential) WVU connections. OC Clint Trickett, of course, was the Mountaineers' QB from 2013-14
Zac Spavital, elevated to DC, was DC at Texas State (2019-22) under his brother, Jake, who was WVU QB coach (2011-12) and OC (2017-18)
Students standing on a public sidewalk at a public university. This athletic department never ceases to amaze. And @merrillcollege students - as we've seen lately - always know their rights and act with the utmost professionalism.
For @testudotimes, @JudeWilkenfeld and I were outside Jones-Hill House trying to get players to comment. An athletics staffer took pictures of us, and a police dispatch was called for suspicious activity; a cop and 2 cop cars pulled up, and officers ID’d us and asked us to leave.
In the Locksley era (2019-26), Maryland finishes 38-49 overall, 16-47 in the Big Ten. Only two of the 16 B1G wins were over teams that finished above .500; five were against Rutgers.
Terps never finished with a winning record in league play and are 2-20 in the B1G since 2024.
Terps won three-straight bowl games under Locksley from 2021-23, and his leadership out of the scandal surrounding Jordan McNair's death will forever be remembered.
But the sands of the sport shifted late in his tenure, and he wasn't able to deliver even modest results.
“I am proud of the work we have done together and remain deeply invested in the success and well-being of the young men in this program. They deserve our continued support, and I will always want the best for them and Maryland football," Mike Locksley says in the same statement.