Brenda Frese, the Terrapins’ women’s basketball coach, was last season’s AP Coach of the Year.
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PGA Championship: Mickelson shares lead with Oosthuizen
Phil Mickelson shoots a 69 to reach 5 under, putting the 50-year-old lefty – who hasn’t won a major since the 2013 British Open – in the lead.
Sports Digest: Sea Dogs routed by Fisher Cats, 12-4
Portland allows 12 runs for the second straight game, dropping to 2-2 in a six-game series in New Hampshire.
Nets have abundance of talent, but chemistry may be lacking
In a seven-game series, Boston might be able to take advantage of the fact that Brooklyn’s star trio of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden has played just eight times together.
Patriots team plane delivers China’s vaccine to El Salvador, and stokes political fires
China’s top diplomat greets the plane upon arrival in San Salvador and adds a not-so-subtle dig at the Biden administration. For the Patriots, it “wasn’t a political mission.”
NHL roundup: Smith’s extra hustle on forecheck puts Boston in control
The Bruins have a 2-1 series lead over the Capitals thanks to Craig Smith’s improbable goal in the second overtime.
Sports Digest: USM forces third game in Little East baseball championship series
The Huskies will play for the title Friday against Eastern Connecticut State after splitting two games on Thursday.
PGA Championship notebook: DeChambeau proud of first-round comeback
Bryson DeChambeau makes four straight bogeys early in his opening round, but salvages an even-par 72.
Nationals fuming over another ‘brutal,’ ‘awful,’ ‘terrible’ and ‘just bad’ ump decision
“Honestly, I am beside myself now with this whole out-of-the-baseline thing. I think it’s awful,” Washington Manager Dave Martinez said.
Lee Evans, record-setting sprinter and 1968 Olympic activist, dies at age 74
Lee Evans won gold in the 400 meters in Mexico City shortly after teammates Tommie Smith and John Carlos were sent home for raising their fists on the medals stand.