“Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer has become the sports world’s favorite adopted son, his stats tracked daily like an All-Star slugger’s, his rise to fame profiled by ESPN, his day job making him the face “of the American sports bettor.” On Monday night, he also drew attention from New England...
From the Ravens' decision not to break the bank for C.J. Mosley to the surprising departure of all-time franchise great Terrell Suggs, here are five things we learned in the run-up to NFL free agency. The last few weeks have given us a telling glimpse of how Eric DeCosta will operate. Go back to...
With the No. 22 overall pick in the NFL draft, the Ravens will not be selecting Nick Bosa. Or Quinnen Williams. Or Dwayne Haskins Jr. The teams picking ahead of the AFC North champions are there for a reason. The Ravens have needs this offseason, but so do other organizations, and trading away...
Former Ravens safety Ed Reed was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Here's a look back at his career in Baltimore.
Stories, columns, pictures and videos covering the playing career and post-retirement life of the legendary Ravens safety.
The Ed Reed era is officially over in Baltimore, though the safety will always be considered one of the greatest Ravens players of all-time -- and arguably the most entertaining, as my colleague Childs Walker wrote today. In this excellent piece on Reed, Childs explained why he can’t help but feel...
Photos of Ravens safety Ed Reed's interceptions from throughout his NFL career.
It is a curious coincidence that at a time when Baltimore is struggling mightily to forge a new identity, the city’s major sports entities are all in the process of doing the same. Of course, it’s a risky business conflating the life-and-death problems of a city in perpetual crisis with the issues...
First-year Ravens executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta announced several changes to the team’s personnel and scouting department Thursday, including the title for former GM Ozzie Newsome. Although the team has not clearly defined the oversight of Newsome’s new role, he’ll retain...
The NFL’s mostly frozen free-agent market is set to thaw soon. Starting Wednesday, the signing of unrestricted free agents will not count against teams in the NFL’s compensatory-pick formula for 2020, accelerating the pursuit of players who have not found a home since the league year began in mid-March....
Even if a player doesn’t fit the NFL prototype, the league will find him. Teams will find a way to look under every rock or into any crevice to find a player, and the New Orleans Saints found receiver/returner Deonte Harris at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. New Orleans signed the 5-foot-6,...
The resurgent rivalry between the Ravens and Cleveland Browns does not stop for the offseason. Or for construction, apparently. On Tuesday, a Browns fan tweeted images of a “friend” who had done “a little redecorating at M&T Bank Stadium.” They showed a poster of Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield...
The second phase of NFL free agency begins after Tuesday, and the Ravens plan to be active, even though their motto is the same. It is still “right player, right price.” The mantra was started by former Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome, and the philosophy will continue with new GM Eric DeCosta....
The Ravens added two former players from the now-defunct Alliance of American Football on Monday in a series of roster moves. The team added 6-foot-6, 260-pound defensive end Aaron Adeoye, who had a half-sack for the Birmingham Iron, and 5-9 cornerback Terrell Bonds, who had 16 tackles for the...
The partnership between the two wide receivers the Ravens hope will come to represent a new era began months ago, when neither could’ve known the other would end up in Baltimore, much less both of them. After declaring early for the NFL draft, Oklahoma’s Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and Notre Dame’s...
One day into their rookie minicamp, the Ravens' draft class has one obvious strength: nicknames. Four of the team’s draft picks are known by more evocative monikers, headlined by former Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown, whose “Hollywood” nickname is a Gus Johnson-inspired nod to his Hollywood,...
Former Miami defensive tackle Gerald Willis is the headliner of the Ravens’ class of undrafted-free-agent signings, which the team announced Friday. One of 17 signings, Willis was widely expected to be drafted, possibly as early as Day 2. A second-team All-American who had 18 tackles for loss and...
Ravens first-round draft pick Marquise Brown is fast, that much is certain. A 5-foot-9, 166-pound receiver doesn’t become the No. 25 overall pick without blazing speed. But just how fast? It’s unclear. Brown didn’t run the 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine, nor Oklahoma’s pro day, as he...
Former Ravens tight end Maxx Williams is signing a free-agent deal with the Arizona Cardinals, he tweeted Thursday. Terms of the contract have not been disclosed, but it’s reportedly for one year. “Thank you @Ravens organization for giving me a chance,” Williams wrote. “I wouldn’t be who I am today...
Defensive tackle Michael Pierce will return to the Ravens on a one-year deal after signing his restricted-free-agent tender Wednesday. Like inside linebacker Patrick Onwuasor, who signed his tender in mid-April, Pierce will make $3.095 million in 2019, a significant raise on his $650,000 base salary...
NFL teams have their way of putting out direct messages to players, and the Ravens sent some last week through the annual draft. Nearly 23 years ago, former Ravens offensive tackle Tony Jones got one when the Ravens drafted Jonathan Ogden with the No. 4 overall pick. A year later, Jones was gone....
The natural comparison to make for newly drafted Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown is with retired wideout Mark Clayton. Both are from the University of Oklahoma and were drafted in the first round by the Ravens, and neither is very big. Clayton had a disappointing career in Baltimore, catching...