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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland coach Brenda Frese is still tinkering with her lineup before the Terrapins head into a more challenging part of their schedule.A deep and talented roster has given her plenty of options.Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 19 points and No. 6 Maryland routed Maryland-Eastern Shore 106-61 on Wednesday night.Maryland (2-0) got another big game from two of its highly touted freshmen, Kaila Charles and Destiny Slocum, both of whom got their second straight start. Slocum had 10 points, hitting three 3-pointers. Charles scored 14 points. Another freshman Jenna Staiti scored all 10 of her points in the second half and had 14 rebounds.We spend a lot of time talking about when youre number is called be ready to play, Frese said. I think you see that we have a lot of combinations that we can go with. Defensively, we have to get a lot better.Maryland shot 45 of 80 (56 percent) from the field and scored 22 points off 12 turnovers. Brionna Jones had 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, two shy of 34th career double-double.The Terrapins beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 106-30 last year and were never threatened in this one. Walker-Kimbrough made six of seven shots from the field for 16 points and Maryland led 54-29 at the half.I thought we played together, Walker-Kimbrough said. Coach called some pretty good sets in the beginning. We just took what the defense gave us. We have so many weapons.The Hawks were just 10 of 29 (34.5 percent) from the field and were outrebounded 29-12 in the opening two quarters.Maryland continued to pull away in the third quarter and a jumper by Charles at the buzzer boosted the margin to 80-50. Kiah Gillespie had six of her 12 points the final quarter for the Terps.Ciani Byrom led the Hawks (1-1) with 14 points, Mariah McCoy finished with 10.I thought the kids showed a lot of character, a lot of fight, Hawks coach Fred Batchelor said. They knew we were playing against a team where we were an inferior opponent. I was really impressed with the ability of our kids to keep their heads up and continue to have some confidence.BIG PICTUREUMES: Despite the loss, Maryland-Eastern Shore has an experienced lineup that could make a run for a title in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.Maryland: The Terrapins high-powered offense has completely overmatched their opening two opponents and scored at least 100 points for the second straight game.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Terrapins did nothing to hurt their ranking. With a couple of the top teams playing each other over the next few days, they could move up.SPREADING THE WEALTHNo player on Maryland has been on the floor for more than 25 minutes in either of the opening two games. Frese has been able to freely rotate players and gotten contributions from almost her entire roster. At least 12 players have scored points in both of the Terrapins victories this season.HELP ON THE WAYMaryland-Eastern Shore guard Moengaroa Subritzky won an appeal for another year of eligibility but must sit out the first three games. The New Zealand native was a First Team all-MEAC selection and led the team in numerous offensive categories last season, including three-point percentage (.326), three-pointers made (44) and steals (29).UP NEXTUMES: The Hawks play the second of a three-game road trip Saturday against in-state rival UMBC.Maryland: The Terps host another local school as they play Mount St. Marys on Friday.Adidas NMD R1 Clearance . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. Adidas NMD Black And White . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. 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The World Anti-Doping Agency provisionally suspended the Moscow Antidoping Center on Sunday, saying its operations must improve or a six-month ban on the facilitys accreditation will be imposed.Everyone had their own theories for why Al Horford left the Atlanta Hawks for the Boston Celtics. Two of them -- that Hawks fans werent good enough and he didnt want to play with Dwight Howard -- can be taken off the list.?After Horford agreed to a four-year, $113 million contract with Boston on July 2, his father spoke about Atlanta.There wasnt as much motivation for him when he saw all the empty seats when they were winning, he told the Boston Globe. He said to me, Dad, when we were playing Boston, they were down 15 points and they were cheering their team like they were winning the game. Theyre so into the game. This is special for us, especially for him.In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that was posted Monday, Al Horford said he didnt have any problems with Atlantas fans and that he was disappointed in his fathers comments.That made me really upset, he said. I was angry when I heard about that because I never felt that way. Ive been here a long time. Ive actually gotten to know a lot of our fans, a lot of our season-ticket holders with the Hawks. Theyve always been great to me. Ive always been very content and happy with the way theyve treated me and my family.Parents are sometimes a little more passionate about their sons and daughters. I can relate because I have a son now. So my dad, with him, sometimes he would come to the games and get frustration. His frustrations dont reflect on me with the fan base.The other big idea circulating was that Horford jumped ship after the Hawks agreed to a deal with Howard, whose reputation has taken a hit after failed stints with the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers. CBS Sports cited a person familiar with the situation ass saying that Horford didnt want to play with Dwight.ddddddddddddNo, no, no. Not at all. I dont have a problem with Dwight at all, Horford told the Journal-Constitution. I think that he is a great player and he has a lot of ability and a lot of potential. It has nothing to do with not wanting to play with Dwight. I dont know if you remember but there was a time when I wanted to play power forward. With a guy like him, that would have been easier. It had nothing to do with Dwight. Hes a good guy.Horford said that as free agency loomed, his first option was always to stay in Atlanta, the only NBA team the 29-year-old has played for.I started to see that when the team stepped up and did what they had to do, I didnt think we were on the same page, he told the newspaper. Thats when I was forced to start looking at other options.And it wasnt fans or Howard that forced that, it was from a financial standpoint, Horford said.When that door opened, Boston stepped in.When I took the meetings with the other teams, I met with Boston and other teams as well, when I sat with them I just saw the roster and their vision, Horford said. There was a lot of impact on me with [general manager] Danny Ainge and coach [Brad] Stevens. It was a very positive meeting. Two of their owners were in the meeting and three or four of their players were there too. They seemed like a very close group and were focused on what their goal was and they got my attention.I wasnt sure in what direction I was going to go. But I knew in order to leave Atlanta it was going to take a very special situation. ' ' '