Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with some reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.
Running it back:
The Orioles were swept by the Blue Jays, dropping them to 0-9 against Toronto this season. ... Joe Flacco is jacked up (well, as jacked up as Joe can get) about the Ravens' chances in 2010. ... Lloyd Christmas -- I mean Louis Oosthuizen -- won the British Open. Total domination. ... Michael Jordan weighed in on LeBron.
Los links!!!:
1. Joe Flacco didn't sound thrilled about the Marc Bulger signing [Baltimore Sun]
2. The Ravens look like a Super Bowl team [NESN]
3. Don Banks says Anquan Boldin won't put up monster numbers in Baltimore [SI]
4. Another scouting report on the Ravens from a Patriots scribe [Boston Globe]
5. Some interesting numbers since the firing of Dave Trembley [ESPN]
6. Ravens senior offensive assistant Al Saunders is crazy intense [Baltimore Sun]
7. John Wall was named the NBA summer league's most outstanding player [NBA.com]
You said it:
"Just when I was starting to think Ocho was funny, he totally became a sad characature of himself. Just dance your way into retirement already." - Mr. Deez in response to Chad Ochocinco saying "the Ravens suck"
Today's water cooler question (your response could be published in b):
Would you pay less attention to the Ravens if the Orioles were a great team?
Video of the morning:
The Ravens should hire professional badass Vinnie Jones to make sure Terrell Suggs arrives to training camp in shape.
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