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Former Maryland basketball star signs new deal in a new setting
After becoming a second-round pick back in 2019, former Maryland basketball star Bruno Fernando has signed a new basketball deal — but in a different setting. Fernando has signed an overseas contract with Real Madrid CF, the club announced.
“Real Madrid CF has reached an agreement with Bruno Fernando, an Angolan center from Toronto Raptors, which will keep him tied to the club until the end of the 2025-2026 season.
“Trained at the University of Maryland, Bruno Fernando began his career in the NBA in 2019, where he played for the Atlanta Hawks, in two stages, and for the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. At 26 years old, Bruno Fernando joins Real Madrid to face his first experience in European basketball after 6 seasons in the NBA.”
Fernando was in his eighth season of NBA play before he agreed with Real Madrid. The Philadelphia 76ers selected Fernando, but he began his career with the Atlanta Hawks where he played two seasons. He would go on and play with the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, and the Toronto Raptors during his NBA stay.
His best season came back in 2023 during his second stint with the Hawks. The Maryland big man averaged 6.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in 45 games while starting two games. Fernando has a career average of four points and 3.2 rebounds in the league.
Fernando played with the Terrapins for two seasons in 2017 and 2018. During his sophomore season, he put up 13.6 points and over 10 rebounds per game for Maryland. He has the second-best field goal percentage in Maryland men’s basketball history connecting on 59.5% of his shots.
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Police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
The driver of a car involved in a crash with a Prince George’s County school bus in Accokeek, Maryland, on Friday has been identified.
Prince George’s County police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Bryans Road in Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive around 7:20 a.m. when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
Investigators said the crash happened in the intersection, causing the school bus to flip onto its side. Gravely died at the scene.
The school bus driver was transported to a hospital and treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police said no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Investigators said they believe debris from the collision damaged a third vehicle. The driver of that vehicle “declined medical attention,” police said.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 301-731-4422.
WTOP’s Acacia James contributed to this report.
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A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Talk about a birthday surprise! A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in D.C., claimed the first top prize on a $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off. He had used his $50 winnings from a previous LUXE scratch-off ticket to buy a new one the next day.
In a release from the Maryland Lottery, Williams said he didn’t know he had won until he scanned the ticket: “It’s crazy because the matching number was 59 and I just turned 59 the other day.”
Williams said he sat in shock for a while before calling his mother.
He said he plans to buy his mother a house with the winnings and then save up.
Two more top prizes from the scratch-off have yet to be claimed, the Maryland Lottery said, as well as nine $200,000 prizes, 10 $50,000 prizes and thousands of prizes ranging from $50 to $10,000.
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