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Maryland basketball players do ‘running man’ on ‘Ellen’

By Noah Frank

WASHINGTON — If you haven’t heard, the hottest dance making the rounds of Instagram these days is the #RunningManChallenge. Started by a couple high school kids from New Jersey, it was popularized by Maryland basketball players Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens. And now, it landed all four of them on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” The video posted by Nickens and Brantley has over 12,000 likes on Instagram, but has inspired more than 30,000 posts with the #RunningManChallenge hashtag. This is their video that sparked the craze.

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The episode aired Tuesday afternoon. Watch a clip from their appearance:

Maryland women to represent US in World University Games

By The Associated Press
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — After dominating the Big Ten for three straight years, the Maryland women's basketball team is ready to take on the world. Maryland was selected by the United States International University Sports Federation to represent the U.S. in Taiwan at the World University Games.
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