Bud Harrelson, Mets shortstop in fracas with Pete Rose, dies at 79

Bud Harrelson, Mets shortstop in fracas with Pete Rose, dies at 79

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died Jan. 10 at a hospice center in East Northport, N.Y. He was 79. The Mets announced…

Maryland and Michigan meet in a matchup of struggling Big Ten teams

Maryland and Michigan meet in a matchup of struggling Big Ten teams

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Early in the second half of Maryland’s most recent game, forward Julian Reese picked up his fourth personal foul, prompting Coach Kevin Willard to replace the Terrapins’ second-leading scorer with reserve center Caelum Swanton-Rodger. The sequence was part of a second-half unraveling against Minnesota during…

Virginia has no shot clock, and some coaches think it’s a ‘travesty’

Virginia has no shot clock, and some coaches think it’s a ‘travesty’

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save After more than two decades around Northern Virginia high school basketball, Thomas Jefferson boys’ basketball coach Mark Gray-Mendes is still waiting for a shot clock. Until it arrives, he says, he’ll coach a different game than his peers in D.C., Maryland and 25 other state…