Nolan RogalskiFri, November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM UTC·2 min readWith Thanksgiving celebrations occurring across College Park — and, aside from the women’s basketball team, not a lot of sports going on — we took time to check in on the family of perhaps the University of Maryland’s most influential character.
University president Darryll Pines’ son Donovan, a professional soccer player, had been playing for Barnsley in the English second division for two years, but in August, he joined Grazer AK 1902, a top-division team in Austria. He has played over 1,000 minutes so far for the team, starting all but two league matches.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThrough 13 matches, Grazer was bottom of the Austrian league table, having won just one match. But in their match away to second-placed SK Rapid Vienna Sunday, Grazer engineered an improbable, 2-1 upset victory. Pines played every minute in the heart of the defense, recovering the ball seven times and recording 12 clearances to help take the team off the bottom of the table.
Pines and Grazer will next be in action against last-place team Blau-Weiß Linz Saturday. That game could be crucial in pushing either side away from relegation.
In other news
No. 7 Maryland women’s basketball throttled Hofstra Thursday. Max Schaeffer covered the game and Ben Messinger gave his takeaways.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMaryland men’s basketball’s 105-72 loss to Alabama was a difficult watch. Ryan Alonardo gave his takeaways.
The Terps renewed an unwanted record by the end of their game against Alabama.
Maryland women’s soccer is making its mark on the Jamaican national team.
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