Wave Bye-Bye!

On the front page of today's sports section, Washington Post columnist Mike Wise has a long, interesting, and extremely flattering article about how media-savvy and accessible Coach B is, to the point of having allowed as much of the births of Markus and Tyler to be filmed for Under the Shell as could be shown on television. While Terps fans will know much of what Wise reports, this is still a piece that no Terps fan should miss. In fact, we did learn one important bit of news from Mike: the Twins are not making the trip to Spokane for the Sweet Sixteen. Guess they will be watching on TV along with the rest of us who aren't able to go either!

The team, of course, is already out there, and Gary Lambrecht of the Baltimore Examiner writes today about Maryland's extraordinary senior class, while Crystal Langorne is the subject of an article in the Burlington County Times. Meanwhile, Milton Kent of the Baltimore Sun focuses on one of the extraordinary junior stars, Marissa Coleman, who happens to have family out in Spokane. Apparently, Marissa had extra incentive to spark that winning run in the game on Tuesday!!

Photo Credit: Gail Burton, AP

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Speaking of flattering articles about (former) Maryland coaches . . . Another coach very familiar to Maryland fans and whose team has also made it to the Sweet Sixteen is Jeff Walz, whose success as an Assistant Coach on Maryand's Natty-winning team helped propel him to the head coaching job at Louisville. Graham Hays on ESPN.com has a very forthright feature about Jeff's lifelong struggles as a stutterer. It goes without saying that we wish Jeff and his Cardinals good luck against the Tar Heels this weekend!