by Ian Quillen | Mar 14, 2022 | College Basketball
First things first: teams like Wright State and Texas A&M Corpus Christi are essential to the “Madness” part of March. And I’m not trying to eliminate them from the NCAA Tournament. Far from it. Both teams finished fourth in their respective conference regular...
by Ian Quillen | Sep 23, 2021 | Soccer
Frustratingly — but perhaps predictably — FIFA’s official site visit to Baltimore earlier this week to evaluate the city as a potential host of 2026 World Cup matches has been met with misinformation on all sides. The Baltimore Sun, in a column...
by Ian Quillen | Aug 17, 2021 | Soccer
Of all the soccer players to come from the Baltimore area, few have had a more accomplished career than Zach Thornton. After growing up in Edgewood, Md., and playing high school soccer at John Carroll and college ball at Loyola University of Maryland, Thornton...
by Ian Quillen | Jun 2, 2021 | Soccer
In one form or another, “Christos” has been a leading name in Maryland amateur men’s soccer since the 1990s. Now, the club originally founded by a small group of friends has grown too big for just one league. After taking the reins of the NPSL league side in 2018, in...
by Ian Quillen | May 25, 2021 | Soccer
It’s been a year and change since USL Commissioner Jake Edwards most recently identified Baltimore as a highly desirable market for an expansion club in the USL Championship. For fans getting worried by the silence since, Justin Papadakis has some familiar and...
