Sam Gash

His name seemed a fitting allusion to what he did on the field. For two years, fullback Sam Gash cleared paths for Ravens running backs, bulldozed would-be tacklers and sprang Jamal Lewis and Terry Allen for sometimes hefty chunks of yardage. Gash was...

Chris, Baltimore: What's going on with the secondary getting beat with the early long balls? Is it coverage, or did the guys underestimate Charlie Frye and Philip Rivers? Mike Preston: I think cornerback Samari Rolle's foot hasn't completely healed...

On a national stage, in a throwback setting, the Ravens took their defensive dominance to a new level yesterday, thrashing the Denver Broncos in a 21-3 wild-card playoff victory at PSINet Stadium. Playing in frigid temperatures, the Ravens (13-4)...

PALM BEACH, Fla. - The start of this year's owners meetings was a mixture of smiles, tears and goodbyes for Art Modell. In his final league-wide event, the Ravens' outgoing owner was saluted at two meetings - the opening session before all league...

The winning drive bordered on the improbable. The comeback restored faith in a suffocating defense. Rallying around a 38-year-old backup quarterback and a series of fourth-quarter stands, the Ravens raced back from an 11-point deficit to edge the...

If this is the Ravens' road back to the Super Bowl, the path may seem like memory lane. Relying on a defiant defense and a one-trick offense, the Ravens opened their title defense with a 17-6 victory over the Chicago Bears before 69,365 at PSINet Stadium...

After 13 weeks, a change of quarterbacks and the arrival of a phenom running back, the Ravens' true offensive personality has finally emerged. This may be Brian Billick's passing offense, but it is suddenly Jamal Lewis' ball. And he's not giving it up....

On a weekend when AFC playoff teams were riddled by upsets, the Ravens proved bulletproof in a desert ambush. They survived a questionable replay reversal yesterday, got two huge turnovers by linebacker Jamie Sharper and just enough offense to squeeze...

Now there can be no doubt. The Ravens claimed their place in history last night with one final dissertation on great defense. A team that swaggered into Super Bowl XXXV delivered on its sound and fury of the past week with a 34-7 demolition of the New...

The most defiant defense in the NFL can't say the P-word, but it can use the S-word. And the Ravens speak the language of shutouts eloquently. Ravaging a once-proud Dallas Cowboys' offense, 27-0, before 69,416 at PSINet Stadium, the Ravens' defense...

In a postseason defined by defense, the Ravens struck an ominous pose yesterday. Super Bowl contender. On the heels of a 21-3 wild-card dismantling of the Denver Broncos, the Ravens suddenly look like a very tough team to beat. Maybe even the team to...