By Corey Johns
You can argue that it was just a scrimmage and you can argue that Crystal Palace Baltimore is a Division II team, but Crystal Palace is still a professional program, and anytime a college team wins against the pros, it’s an upset.
Seven minutes into the first half Andrew Bulls capitalized on [...]

George Alinsod, the former manager of construction services at UMBC, was charged today for bribery and fraud. He will serve concurrent three year prison terms and pay $206,069 in restitution to UMBC.
Alinsod would solicit bribes from contractors and subcontractors and steer construction projects to them. Once they had the contract they were allowed to [...]

By Erica Balanc
Staff Writer
Tonight we can temporarily forget that the nation is in an economic recession. The red carpet will be rolled out, the most beautiful gowns and expensive suits will be worn, and golden statuettes will be handed out to honor the outstanding film achievements of 2008. The first Academy Award was awarded in [...]

By Corey Johns
While no loss is good, it is not horrible to lose to the number one team in the conference, as the men’s basketball team did on Tuesday night. With the loss UMBC stays in fifth place in the conference while Vermont has won 12 of their last 13 games.
Last time the two teams [...]

On Wednesday, February 18, the UMBC Bookstore will be opening a Retriever Fan Zone that will feature new Retriever athletics-themed apparel and other merchandise. To kick off the Fan Zone, the Bookstore will be holding drawings every hour from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Among the prizes offered will be radios, an MP3 player, t-shirts, hats, [...]

By: Corey Johns
UMBC soccer extended their streak of having players sign pro contracts following their UMBC careers to five years as Dan Bulls and Kevin Gnatiko both signed professional contracts.
Last year’s captain Dan Bulls finished his career with 4 goals and five assists but showed excellent ball handling skills and tremendous leadership during the season. [...]

This All Star weekend in Phoenix, the NBA for the first time added a game of H-O-R-S-E for this years competition.
Forward Kevin Durant won the game against rookie O.J. Mayo and Atlanta Hawks swing-man Joe Johnson. When the game of H-O-R-S-E was made known a couple of weeks ago someone brought up the idea [...]

This past weekend five of the UMBC sports teams had a great deal of success away from home. For some teams the road has not been good to them but this weekend proved to be the opposite.
Which team was the most impressive this past weekend?
Men’s Lacrosse: 14-9 win at Delaware as three different Retrievers had [...]

By Brandon Wright
On Wednesday, UMBC looked to break their three-game losing streak by returning to the safe haven of the RAC Arena. The Retrievers were 8-1 at home coming into last night’s game. Their opponents were the Vermont Catamounts, who entered the game in third place in the America East.
The results were not what the [...]

By Corey Johns
Once again, a short-staffed UMBC squad stepped out on the court against the down one. For the second time this season UMBC dressed only seven players with Justin Fry out with a right knee injury suffered late in the game against Maine (He should be back for Hartford). Last time that happened UMBC [...]