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Rawlings-Blake on 'Deflategate': Ravens should play Seahawks in Super Bowl
On NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake weighed in on the controversy surrounding the New England Patriots, who are being accused of cheating for using underinflated footballs during their 45-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game. The Patriots narrowly beat the Ravens, 35-31, in the second round of the NFL playoffs a week earlier. Addressing the controversy on the national politics show "Meet the Press," host Chuck Todd told Rawlings-Blake: "I know you want the Patriots totally disbarred from the Super Bowl." The mayor responded: "I think there is a very simple way to resolve this...
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Rawlings-Blake on 'Deflategate': Ravens should play Seahawks in Super Bowl
On NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake weighed in on the controversy surrounding the New England Patriots, who are being accused of cheating for using underinflated footballs during their 45-7 win over the...
Let the NFL's air out
Professional sport being a gentlemanly pursuit in which participants would surely step forward at the slightest possibility that even the most minor of rules had been bent, let alone broken, it's difficult to imagine anyone associated with the New England...
Gary Kubiak thankful for year with Ravens, but he couldn't resist homecoming
Gary Kubiak said he sat down with his wife, Rhonda, shortly after the Ravens’ AFC divisional playoff loss to the New England Patriots, and they decided that he was going to turn down other head-coaching interview requests because he wanted to remain the...
What they're saying about Deflate-Gate and the New England Patriots
According to multiple reports, the NFL found that the New England Patriots used underinflated footballs during their 45-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game.
Here is a collection of stories about the situation.
* The...
NFL playoffs a mess, just like the weather [Commentary]
Well, well, well.
If you recall what I said about the NFL conference championship games last week, then you know that I was right. Me pushing for the Packers and Colts in both games was a sure sign that the games were certain to end just the way they...
Ravens 'did not notice anything' about Patriots' footballs, John Harbaugh says
Ravens coach John Harbaugh said on a conference call Wednesday that the team didn't notice if the New England Patriots deflated their offensive footballs in the teams' AFC divisional playoff game, as the Patriots have been accused of doing a...
Deflated football controversy just the latest reason to question integrity in sports
The New England Patriots "deflategate" controversy would be a silly pre-Super Bowl sideshow if it wasn't such a sad commentary on the current state of the scandal-ridden National Football League.
If you believe the latest reports, 11 of 12...
Ravens featured heavily in NFL bad lip-reading video
With all of the Patriots-hating and offensive coordinator hand-wringing lately, it's probably time for a laugh when it comes to the Ravens. This year's edition of the Bad Lip Reading NFL video should do the trick.
The Ravens, along with the Dallas...
Joe Flacco declines chance to play in Sunday's Pro Bowl
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco turned down the opportunity to play in the Pro Bowl because his wife, Dana, is due to give birth to the couple’s third child this month.
Flacco was invi
Joe Flacco jumps to top-10 in jersey sales
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, it appears, is finally emerging as the marquee player on the team -- at least when it comes to jersey sales.
The season-ending Dick's Sporting Goods jersey report, which tracks sales at the store and its website, has Flacco...
After rookie season, John Urschel wonders: 'What more could I have done?'
When the Ravens selected offensive guard John Urschel in the fifth round of the NFL draft out of Penn State last May, he was something of a curiosity -- a math scholar with a 4.0 grade-point average who had won the academic equivalent of the Heisman...
Ravens QB coach Rick Dennison is a contingency plan if Gary Kubiak leaves, sources say
Ravens quarterbacks coach Rick Dennison is regarded as a strong contingency plan if offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak leaves the organization to coach the Denver Broncos, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
The Broncos have requested...
Ravens assistant Steve Spagnuolo hired as Giants' defensive coordinator
The New York Giants made it official, hiring Ravens secondary coach Steve Spagnuolo as their defensive coordinator.
The Giants announced the hire after sources told The Baltimore Sun that Spagnuolo had landed the job.
Sources said that Spagnuolo emerged...
Patriots sign ex-Terp Vellano to roster from practice squad
The New England Patriots signed defensive lineman Joe Vellano (Maryland) to the 53-man roster from the practice squad ahead of today's AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. The 6-foot-2, 300-pound Vellano, 26, joined the Patriots as an...
Tom Brady says a Ravens player poked him in eye Saturday
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady held his weekly Thursday news conference with a bloodshot right eye that he said came via an eye-gouge from a Ravens defender after the whistle in Saturday's 35-31 Patriots win in the AFC divisional round.
Brady...
Mike Preston's key matchups for Ravens vs. Patriots
Columnist Mike Preston picks three key matchups in the Ravens' AFC divisional round playoff game vs. the New England Patriots.
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski vs. Ravens defense: The Ravens have to keep an eye on Gronkowski because he is the key to the...
NFL says Patriots' formations, reporting were legal in Ravens' playoff loss
Although the New England Patriots’ offensive formations, substitutions and reporting of which players were eligible or ineligible enraged Ravens coach John Harbaugh, the NFL confirmed Sunday that the Patriots didn’t break any rules during their 35-31...
Frustrated Eugene Monroe 'just needed more time' for ankle injury to heal
Ravens left tackle Eugene Monroe was limited to special teams action in Sunday’s 35-31 playoff loss to the New England Patriots, a frustrating end to a season stunted by injuries that limited him to just 11 starts.
Monroe practiced all week ahead of...
NFL Rule 5, Section 3 -- Changes in Position
Ravens coach John Harbaugh argued that the Patriots offensive substitutions qualified as "deception," while the NFL has said the changes were legal.
Here's a breakdown of the rule in question, via NFL.com:
NFL Rule...
Ravens safety Matt Elam's tackling woes continue in playoff loss to Patriots
Ravens strong safety Matt Elam lost his starting job earlier this season partially because of his poor tackling.
Tackling was supposed to be the strength of the 2013 first-round draft pick’s game, but that hasn’t always been the case in the NFL.
Elam...
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