COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Atlanta Braves executive James Smith has been hired as Maryland's athletic director, the school announced Thursday. Smith, the Braves' senior vice president of business ...

The Braves are losing one of their top executives, Jim Smith, to Maryland, where he will be the school’s athletic director, according to Pete Thamel. The Terps were interested in Smith because of his ...

MARYLAND — The University of Maryland (UMD) announced Thursday that it has named former Atlanta Braves executive James E. Smith as its new athletic director. Smith was the Braves senior vice president ...

Jim Smith was named athletic director at Maryland, the school announced Thursday morning, bringing to College Park a longtime executive in both the professional and college sports ranks who most ...

"It is a great honor to be chosen to lead the athletics department at the University of Maryland and to guide UMD's storied programs into the next era. I am highly motivated to build upon excellence ...

Maryland has hired Jim Smith as its next athletic director, the university announced Thursday, offering some stability to an athletic department that weathered several high-profile departures this ...