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Super Bowl XLVII: Big gambles by both Harbaughs put their teams in the final game Jan 22nd 2013, 01:26 The Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh matchup is definitely the most intriguing story line of the Baltimore-San Francisco Super Bowl. That's what happens when head coaching brothers — Baltimore's John and San Francisco's Jim — meet for the first time in the NFL's biggest event. And the guts the Harbaughs displayed in leading their teams to the championship game should only add to the interest. Read full article >> Washington Capitals need Alex Ovechkin, top line to get in sync Jan 21st 2013, 23:52 For the first 11 minutes of the new NHL season, Alex Ovechkin was hard to miss. The Capitals star winger set up on the power play against Tampa Bay, creating quality scoring chances and recording four shots on goal. Read full article >> Terps seek to reclaim offensive mojo: 'It's all gone bad at once' Jan 21st 2013, 22:55 The numbers aren't pretty. Four Maryland guards are shooting under 30 percent from three-point range this season. Trips to the free throw line have dipped during conference play. Even Logan Aronhalt hasn't made a three-pointer in the past two games, and when your sharpshooting, shining example of consistency is experiencing a slump, the issue is officially widespread. Read full article >> Low scores and parity in ACC basketball Jan 21st 2013, 22:41 Coach Roy Williams returned to his alma mater 10 years ago, seeking to restore a struggling North Carolina program to its former glory. Since then, he has seen three national champions come from the ACC — two of them Tar Heel teams — six Final Four appearances by ACC members and 12 coaching changes. But this season the conference just might be the most balanced since he returned. Read full article >> Maryland will play George Washington in 2013 BB&T Classic Jan 21st 2013, 21:50 The Maryland basketball team has committed to face George Washington in next season's BB&T Classic, extending its partnership with the mid-winter event to a 19th year just one month after Coach Mark Turgeon expressed his trepidation over future participation. Read full article >> Soccer and society Jan 21st 2013, 21:09 Seeing RFK Stadium, D.C. United's home, in the backdrop of aerial views during President Obama's inauguration ceremony Monday -- 20 blocks directly behind the Capitol on East Capitol Street -- reminds us that soccer and society intersect in America more often than one thinks. Read full article >> Taquan Mizzell's Virginia recruiting trip ends in arrest Jan 21st 2013, 21:06 Virginia hosted a bevy of high school football prospects this past weekend, but one of the program's high-profile recruits ended his visit in custody. A Charlottesville police spokesman confirmed Monday that Virginia Beach running back Taquan Mizzell was arrested on charges of underage possession of alcohol on Sunday morning around 2:30 a.m., on the 100 block of 14th Street near campus. An officer spotted Mizzell, 19, standing in the middle of the street trying to kick a moving vehicle, Lt. Ronnie Roberts said, before determining Mizzell had been drinking. Read full article >> Na'Ty Rodgers of McDonough orally commits to South Carolina Jan 21st 2013, 19:31 After a lengthy and thorough recruitment, McDonough All-Met Na'Ty Rodgers took to Twitter Monday morning and announced his oral commitment to the University of South Carolina. The 6-foot-5, 280-pound offensive lineman made the decision on the heels of an official visit to the Southeastern Conference school over the weekend. Read full article >> Nationals hope to avoid arbitration with Jordan Zimmermann Jan 21st 2013, 19:28 Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo says he hopes to avoid an arbitration hearing with Jordan Zimmermann, the only remaining arbitration-eligible National yet to agree to a deal for his 2013 salary, and could be open to multi-year-deal talks with Ian Desmond and Zimmermann. Read full article >> Tom Brady slide: Was it a dirty play? Jan 21st 2013, 18:37 New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady looked more like a baserunner trying to break up a double play than a quarterback when he slid with Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed closing in during Sunday night's AFC championship game. Read full article >> Super Bowl XLVII: Joe Flacco or Colin Kaepernick will join elite quarterback fraternity Jan 21st 2013, 18:14 In less than two weeks, the club will have a new member, and just in time, because the group was beginning to look like an old boys' network. Either the Baltimore Ravens' Joe Flacco or the San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick will soon be a Super Bowl champion, a member of the NFL's most elite fraternity. In the last 11 Super Bowls, the Vince Lombardi Trophy has been passed around among seven quarterbacks. New England's Tom Brady has three and the New York Giants' Eli Manning and Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger each have two titles. Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers each have one, along with former Tampa Bay quarterback Brad Johnson. Read full article >> Mark Turgeon expects another lineup change for Terps vs. BC Jan 21st 2013, 17:54 Maryland's lineup remained stagnant throughout non-conference play, adjusted only against two particularly weak opponents (South Carolina State and Maryland-Eastern Shore) to give its younger players starting experience. Read full article >> Capitals place Jack Hillen on injured reserve, recall Tomas Kundratek Jan 21st 2013, 17:52 The Capitals made a pair of roster moves Monday, placing defenseman Jack Hillen on injured reserve and recalling prospect Tomas Kundratek from the AHL's Hershey Bears. Hillen, who is formally listed as week-to-week, did not finish the season opener Saturday night in Tampa Bay after a check from Vincent Lecavalier sent him crashing hard into the end boards. The 5-10, 190-pound blue-liner went off favoring his left shoulder, which took the brunt of the impact. Read full article >> Phil Mickelson says "drastic changes" coming over taxes, hints at retirement Jan 21st 2013, 16:35 Phil Mickelson said "drastic changes" are ahead for him because of increases in the federal and California tax rates. "It's been an interesting offseason," Mickelson said Sunday after finishing in a tie for 37th in the Humana Challenge. "And I'm going to have to make some drastic changes. I'm not going to jump the gun and do it right away, but I will be making some drastic changes." Read full article >> Monday Terps Mailbag: Point guard edition Jan 21st 2013, 16:28 Welcome to the Monday Terps Mailbag, the latest edition of a weekly installment where you ask questions and I write answers to those questions. A pretty simple formula, I'd say. (Submit your questions via email to alex.prewitt@washpost.com or on Twitter. Thanks, friends.) Read full article >> Practice update: Caps stick with same line combinations Jan 21st 2013, 15:50 The Capitals are back on the ice for practice Monday morning following an off day on Sunday. Their forward lines remain the same as they were last week. The only players not taking part in the workout are Brooks Laich (groin) and defenseman Jack Hillen, who left the season opener at Tampa Bay after he was checked into the boards shoulder-first by Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier. After the game, Coach Adam Oates said Hillen suffered an upper-body injury. Read full article >> Super Bowl XLVII: Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh Jan 21st 2013, 15:24 Oh, those Harboys. Good Lord, they must have been a handful. You may have read something about this, but the Harbaugh brothers, John and Jim, have managed to coach their respective teams to Super Bowl XLVII. Separated by only 15 months, their dad, Jack, says they were more like twins than brothers. When they'd fight, Jack would draw a line down their room and tell them not to cross it. Which, of course, they did immediately. Read full article >> Undaunted by criticism and his past, Joe Flacco leads Ravens into Super Bowl XLVII Jan 21st 2013, 04:34 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Unacknowledged as a real counterpart to Tom Brady, unconvincing in his quest for platinum membership in the NFL quarterback club, unemotional, unfunny — often unloved by many of his own fans — Joe Flacco walked into Gillette Stadium with dubious distinction as the quarterback with the most playoff victories who had never been to the Super Bowl. Read full article >>

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