Alexander spent two years in the sports departments of The Baltimore Sun and The News Journal in New Castle, Del., covering beats from semi-pro racing to the National Football League as an intern reporter. Before that, he covered the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament for national college sports website CSTV.com. As an undergraduate at UMBC, Pyles was the sports editor of the student newspaper for two years before being hired as the paper's Editor in Chief his senior year. Pyles currently is a graduate student at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Contact Alexander.