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Maryland Minute - 6.20.14 - Diggs the best B1G receiver?

A Terrapin football star receives ever more hype heading into the season. Plus: rap-beefs, 7-foot Europeans and baseball money.

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Take Two debate: Big Ten football's top receiver in 2014 - ESPN
ESPN Big Ten reporter Brian Bennett thinks our beloved Turtle Lord Stefon Diggs is the best receiver in the conference next season. His partner Adam Rittenberg votes for something called a "Funchess". Sounds made up.

Maryland Terrapins-Penn State Nittany Lions a simmering new rivalry? - ESPN
ESPN tackles the oft-discussed, potential rivalry between Penn State and Maryland. Really nothing new here, just another interesting article.

THE MORNING CONSTITUTIONAL PREPARES FOR BEEF - Every Day Should Be Saturday
A very serious, important article concerning the brewing tête-à-tête between Randolph P. Edsall and Jamison Q. Franklin.

Michal Cekovsky Arrives at Maryland

He's here! By here I mean College Park, Maryland. That's where he is. For real, he's there (here). That's means all of the basketball players expected to play for Maryland next season are on campus. The only remaining intrigue is with WVU-transfer Terry Henderson, and we should know about him by the end of the month.

Maryland baseball: Stinnett signs handsome contract with Cubs - Testudo Times

Our own Andrew Kramer talks about now-former Terp ace Jake Stinnett officially signing with the Chicago Cubs. Keep this article in your files to dig up when Jake pitches the clinching game of the 2020 World Series win for the the Cubbies.

2015 5-Star says Terps are his leader

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>2015 F Danjel Purifoy told me that Maryland is now No. 1 on his list and he&#39;ll visit College Park after this summer.</p>&mdash; Ben Roberts (@NextCats) <a href="https://twitter.com/NextCats/statuses/479789567433007104">June 20, 2014</a></blockquote>

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This is awesome news and I'll have more on it latter. The short story: Purifoy is a 6-6 forward and a top 20-50 player, depending on the recruiting service. Here's some video:

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