In January of ’68, nobody was hotter than Jim O’Brien
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In January of ’68, nobody was hotter than Jim O’Brien

Fifty years ago this week, Washington’s sports pages were full of stories on the Green Bay Packers’ recent Super Bowl II victory over the Oakland Raiders. In sports news closer to home, local basketball fans were starting to notice a kid named Jim O’Brien, who kept showing up in the Stuart High School boxscores with…

Brey now winningest coach in Notre Dame history
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Brey now winningest coach in Notre Dame history

For years, a string of Notre Dame football coaches has tried to duplicate the sustained success of the program’s  glory days.   Notre Dame’s basketball program, meanwhile, doesn’t have that problem. Mike Brey has seen to that. The Bethesda native and former DeMatha point guard, now in his 18th season as head coach of the…

Mixed bag for Maryland transfers
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Mixed bag for Maryland transfers

The Internet is now Tweeting a different tune about Md Coach Mark Turgeon; but what about those players who left the program that summer and opted for the court not taken? Unable to find anything on-line or anywhere else on this, this is for Maryland fans who are interested to know whatever became of Charles Mitchell, Seth Allen, Nick Faust, Rody Peters, Shaquille Cleare and Trayvon Reed.