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Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa enters transfer portal
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After a decorated Maryland career that left him atop the leaderboards for most of the Terrapins’ passing records, quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa entered the transfer portal Friday, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Baltimore Banner.
Tagovailoa solidified a quarterback position in College Park that often resembled a revolving door over the last decade. He arrived as a transfer from Alabama for the 2020 season and steadily built his credentials from there, finishing as the Big Ten’s all-time leading passer with 11,256 yards. In 2023, he also paced the conference in passing yards (3,377) and passing touchdowns (25).
Tagovailoa opted out of this season’s Music City Bowl, which the Terps won against Auburn, and coach Mike Locksley told 105.7 The Fan at the time that Tagovailoa was weighing his options — whether that be the NFL draft or the transfer portal.
“We certainly thank him and his family for all he’s given this program over the last four years,” Locksley said last month.
Tagovailoa has exhausted his college eligibility, so a transfer would require a waiver from the NCAA to grant him a sixth season. Should the waiver be granted, Tagovailoa would be considered a graduate transfer and would be eligible to play immediately for another program.
Without Tagovailoa during the bowl game, Maryland tested Billy Edwards Jr. and Cameron Edge. It served as an audition, of sorts, as a quarterback battle begins again at Maryland. The Terps also landed their own quarterback from the portal, sophomore MJ Morris from NC State.
The 23-year-old Tagovailoa threw for a program-record 3,860 yards in 2021 and finishes as Maryland’s leader in career passing touchdowns (76), career completions (955) and career 300-yard passing games (15).
A Republican-backed proposal to tighten oversight of nonprofits that receive taxpayer funding is moving forward in Annapolis, marking what supporters describe as a rare win for House Republicans.
The measure comes as recent estimates show about 9,000 Maryland nonprofits are listed as noncompliant with the state, despite many of them still receiving taxpayer dollars.
The proposal is not final. It still must pass the Senate before it can reach the governor’s desk.
David Williams of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance joined the broadcast to weigh in on the measure.
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The Water Lantern Festival is underway at Maryland’s National Harbor, where hundreds of people turned out Friday to participate in the opening event.
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Hundreds of people took part in the first night of a weekend Water Lantern Festival at National Harbor in Maryland.
According to organizers, the festival is a community-centered experience where you can decorate a floating paper lantern with personal messages of love, hope, remembrance or intention, and release them onto the water.
Jack Hawkins came all the way from Richmond, Virginia, to take part in the event.
“You’re with friends, family and loved ones. You can put your dreams and hopes and everything in the lantern and, hopefully, they come true,” he said.
Hawkins wrote a special wish for his children on his lantern which read, “The kids to have a bright and meaningful life with all the happiness in the world.”
A woman named Tee said the lantern release represents hope for her. “Life has been hard the last couple of months, and just the thought of being able to write it down and watch it flow away kind of connected with me,” she said.
One of the lanterns quoted scripture from the book of Psalms: “God is with her, she will not fail.”
Alyssa Bailey expressed gratitude on her lantern.
“I actually just served a mission for my church and so I wrote about how Jesus loves me and how he cares for me and loves other people,” she said.
Jessica Hawkins sees the event as a way to express what’s inside.
“I like the idea of getting your hopes and wants out, and putting it out in the world and watching what the future brings from there,” she told WTOP.
The festival runs through the weekend, with water lanterns launched each night at about 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available online.
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