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:
It wasn't pretty, but the Ravens beat the Jets, 10-9, on "Monday Night Football" due in large part to their bend-but-don't-break defense. ... Ray Lewis didn't talk to Rex Ryan after the game. ... The Orioles finally beat the Blue Jays. ... Brandon Snyder got his first major-league hit. ... Rafael Nadal won the U.S. Open on Monday night, completing the career Grand Slam.
Los links!!!:
1. Five things (heck, make it six) we learned in the Ravens' win [Ravens Insider]
2. Mike Preston: The Ravens have prized possession receivers [Baltimore Sun]
3. This random columnist in Montana is not a fan of Ray Lewis or his commercials [MT Standard]
4. The Ravens' receivers flew past the Jets' secondary [Purple Chaos]
5. Monday night was one of Ray Lewis' finest nights [CSN Baltimore]
6. Remember the Ravens' defense? [ESPN]
7. Jarret Johnson: "Teams had better stop calling us out" [MASN]
8. In an ugly defeat against the Ravens, reality set in for the Jets [New York Times]
9. Rex Ryan deserves the blame [ESPN]
10. Michael Phelps has been hitting the links instead of the pool [Baltimore Sun]
11. Dear John letters: Baltimore Orioles [Yahoo!]
You said it:
"The Ravens have already won a game that they would not have won last year." -- Ed D. makes a great point about the Ravens' win
Today's water cooler question (your response could be published in b):
What did we learn in the Ravens' season-opening win?
Video of the morning:
I figured you wouldn't mind watching Ray Lewis' hit on Dustin Keller one more time
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