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Mike Locksley, Alabama’s offensive coordinator, who was introduced as Maryland’s head football coach Thursday. He is a former Terps assistant.

My No. 1 priority and focus will be in the health, development and safety as the head of this family. Just like any family, as the leader of it, every decision I make with these kids will be made as if they were my own child.”

Alex Rodriguez didn’t raise half a billion dollars and try to save a bunch of people’s lives. That’s kind of the irony of this.”

Lance Armstrong, in an interview on “Today” during which he said he doesn’t understand why the New York Yankees third baseman has been able to rehabilitate his image after a doping scandal and he can’t.

Staff and wire reports