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Ravens training camp highlights for Wednesday, Aug. 13

Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles players and coaches have taken part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

The Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers came out under clear, sticky skies at noon for a full-pads practice at the Under Armour Performance Center. The teams came in around 2:30 p.m.

The Ravens' overhauled offense got positive reviews in what amounted to a sneak preview considering that only a scaled-down version of new offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak's playbook was revealed Thursday night.

It was only one drive, lasting 10 plays and just under five minutes. But it was just what quarterback Joe Flacco and the first-team offense needed to kick off the preseason.

As wide receiver Deonte Thompson accelerated past rookie cornerback Sammy Seamster on Monday night, he displayed the rare extra gear that makes him arguably one of, if not the fastest player on the Ravens' roster.

Initially scheduled for 7 p.m., the Ravens¿ open workout at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium got underway about a half hour earlier than expected.

The Ravens have Pro Bowl nose tackle Haloti Ngata lined up as the first-team left defensive tackle at Arthur Jones' vacated spot.

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After struggling with drops in minicamp, Ravens wide receiver Marlon Brown has hit his stride and is making plays.

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Ravens offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak said one of the biggest competitions of training camp is at wide receiver.

Veteran left tackle Eugene Monroe and cornerback Jimmy Smith were the Ravens' only new absentees at practice Friday, while wide receiver Steve Smith was present at practice but had the day off.

The Ravens practiced in shorts and shells in a no-contact practice that began on a cool, sunny morning around 8:30 a.m. and extended until around 1 p.m.

Ravens rookie defensive linemen Brent Urban and Timmy Jernigan and veteran cornerback Lardarius Webb remained sidelined Thursday morning with injuries.

Despite the rough start as Brown auditions to replace Corey Graham as the Ravens' third cornerback, the former University of Texas player says he hasn't become frustrated and is focused on improving.

Ravens fans turned out in strong numbers Monday night for a practice held more than a month before the season's first game.

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Linebacker Terrell Suggs was dominant during Ravens practice Sunday

On the eve of his first training camp practice with the Ravens, Steve Smith remained in a reflective mood as veterans officially reported to camp Wednesday.

The Ravens' top decision makers are always preaching about the importance of roster competition. They want it at every position, not just for starting roles but for special teams units and back-end roster spots.

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco will spend the next month working out and keeping his right arm in shape through regular throwing sessions with friends, teammates and anybody else capable of catching a tight spiral

If the first two days of this week's minicamp are any indication, Terrell Suggs appears in some ways to be back in his 2011 form. His voice has reverberated around the practice field at the Under Armour Performance Center. He's traded barbs with a number of the Ravens' offensive players, including backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor and wide receiver Steve Smith, and even playfully challenged offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak.

The bond between Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones and offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak is deep enough that the former Pro Bowl kick returner jokes frequently that Kubiak is his real biological father.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joined Ravens players Jacoby Jones and Justin Tucker and crowds of local children for a workout at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday – and it was broadcast on national television.

And former Ravens star free safety Ed Reed was a crowd favorite during cornerback Lardarius Webb's annual charity softball Sunday with 15,000 tickets sold during the first year it's been held at M&T Bank Stadium with the game at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen previously.

Scott Studds, the general manager of Seacrets, has seen the video and read the various media reports about what happened to a few Ravens at his Ocean City bar over Memorial Day weekend and he said that he wanted to set the record straight.

Three defensive starters weren't present at the Ravens' organized team activity today at team headquarters.

When the Ravens drafted Wake Forest wide receiver Michael Campanaro, he immediately had something in common with a new teammate.

The Ravens devote a considerable amount of resources into scouting small-school draft prospects.

With Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice back in the news and Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling all over it this week, I have to revisit this post I wrote on TMZ in February, when the Rice-allegedly-knocks-his-then-fiancee-unconscious story first broke.

The question was about the importance of the Ravens' adding a running back, but coach John Harbaugh used it as an opportunity to launch into his wish list for next week's NFL draft.

The Baltimore Ravens may not be able to resist dipping in early to one of the best wide receiver draft classes in years.

There is no such thing as an ideal schedule, but there is a favorable one and the Ravens appear to have gotten just that with an early-season Thursday game, a late bye week and a soft finish.

Former Poly and Maryland standout LaQuan Williams will re-sign with the Ravens, rejoining the NFL after a year-long absence.

Ravens running back Ray Rice has made major progress since the end of a season where he struggled with hip and quadriceps injuries and played at the heaviest weight of his career.

The conditioning test that retired middle linebacker Rolando McClain was unable to complete during an unsuccessful workout for team officials Tuesday at the Ravens' training complex consists of six timed interval runs.

Since quarterback Joe Flacco last broke the huddle during a season-ending loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in late December, the Ravens have dramatically overhauled an offense that struggled mightily last season.

The Ravens' signing of Owen Daniels and veteran running back Justin Forsett continued the organization's offseason efforts to add depth to its offense which fell to 29th in the NFL last season.

Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith has accelerated his transition to a new team and is focused on exceeding everybody's expectations.

Torrey Smiths charity game has become so big that he moved the game to College Park, where almost 5,000 people showed up on Saturday.

Now, Smith is honoring his late brother, Tevin Jones, by announcing a scholarship fund in his name Saturday during halftime of a Battle of the Beltway charity basketball game at Comcast Center on the University of Maryland campus.

No team has been awarded more compensatory picks than the Ravens, who have shown that they are able to identify talent in the draft and unafraid to let talented but costly contributors leave in free agency.