Community sports reporter

Taylor Lyons

Taylor Lyons is a community sports reporter for The Baltimore Sun and The Aegis focused on Harford County high schools. He's also reported on the Orioles, Ravens and Terps since joining The Sun as a summer intern in 2024. Taylor was born in Baltimore, raised on the Eastern Shore and graduated from the University of Maryland, where he was a sports editor for the student newspaper.

Maryland men's basketball has bolstered its nonconference schedule under new coach Buzz Williams. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

Maryland men’s basketball could win millions of NIL money at 18-team event

July 1, 2025 at 6:20 p.m.

The Terps will take part in the Player’s Era Festival in Las Vegas in November and can earn millions of dollars in NIL money.

Flanked by coaches, University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines, new athletic director Jim Smith and football coach Michael Locksley pose with a jersey presented to Smith at the end of a news conference in May. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Maryland colleges can begin paying athletes Tuesday. Here’s what to know.

June 30, 2025 at 2:17 p.m.

Starting Tuesday, colleges in Maryland will be allowed to pay athletes directly in yet another seismic shift for the NCAA.

John Carroll shortstop Will Rhine put together a remarkable senior season after recoverin from hip surgery to be named The Aegis baseball Player of the Year. (Brian Krista/Staff)

The Aegis 2025 baseball All-County team

July 3, 2025 at 11:52 a.m.

John Carroll shortstop Will Rhine put together a remarkable senior season to be named The Aegis baseball Player of the Year.

Patterson Mill softball player Lily Baldwin hit .500 at the plate, and was 6-0 in the circle. (Brian Krista/Staff)

The Aegis 2025 softball All-County team

June 26, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

Patterson Mill's Lily Baldwin made the most of her final season with the Huskies and became Player of the Year.

Fallston's Ian Swartzendruber finished his senior season with 44 goals and 12 assists, and has been named The Aegis boys lacrosse Player of the Year. (Brian Krista/Staff)

The Aegis 2025 boys lacrosse All-County team

June 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Fallston's Ian Swartzendruber finished his senior season with 44 goals and 12 assists, and is The Aegis boys lacrosse Player of the Year.

Bel Air girls lacrosse's Paige Feick is The Aegis Player of the Year after 65 goals, 23 assists, 87 draw controls and 51 caused turnovers to be named Player of the Year. (Brian Krista/Staff)

The Aegis 2025 girls lacrosse All-County team

June 23, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Bel Air's Paige Feick, a Temple commit, totaled 65 goals, 23 assists, 87 draw controls and 51 caused turnovers to be named Player of the Year.

Kevin Willard speaks to reporters during a press conference, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in San Francisco, California.

Kevin Willard responds to Maryland fans: ‘I know they hate me’

June 15, 2025 at 11:14 p.m.

Former men's basketball coach Kevin Willard acknowledged that Terps fans are right to have frustrations over how his tenure ended.

Former Maryland guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie reacts after making a basket against Grand Canyon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in March. Gillespie is taking Blueprint Sports, an NIL collective that Maryland partners with, to mediation court this month over an unpaid contract. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

Former Terps star guard to take Maryland-partnered NIL collective to court

June 9, 2025 at 6:01 p.m.

Former men's basketball star Ja'Kobi Gillespie is taking a Maryland-partnered NIL collective to mediation court. Here's why.

Athletic director Damon Evans, center, and men's basketball coach Kevin Willard, left, both left the University of Maryland in March. Several key decision-makers with knowledge of their relationship described a tandem that never coalesced. Also pictured, from top to bottom on right, are new men's basketball coach Buzz Williams, University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines, new AD Jim Smith and football coach Michael Locksley. (Staff photos/Illustration by Kevin Richardson)

Inside Kevin Willard’s and Damon Evans’ chaotic exits: ‘Maryland got screwed’

June 13, 2025 at 6:42 p.m.

Inside the messy breakup between former men's basketball coach Kevin Willard and athletic director Damon Evans, a duo that never coalesced.

North Harford grad Lily Macatee just finished a stellar four-year career at Gettysburg College in which she was a three-time All-American and two-time Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year. (David Sinclair/Gettysburg College)

Varsity Q&A: Former North Harford lacrosse star Lily Macatee concludes college career

June 5, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

North Harford grad Lily Macatee was a three-time All-American and two-time conference Defensive Player of the Year at Gettysburg College.

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