Longtime NFL quarterback Earl Morrall, who filled in for an injured Johnny Unitas during the 1968 season and was named the league's Most Valuable Player for leading the Colts to the Super Bowl, died on Friday in Florida.. He was 79.

Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston answers Ravens questions from readers.

William Kenneth "Mac" McCardell, a retired United States Fidelity and Guaranty insurance executive and World War II veteran, died of congestive heart failure March 31 at the Stella Maris Rehabilitation Center. The Mays Chapel resident was 92.

On the cusp of Super Bowl XLVIII, one Campus Hills resident would like to see his neighborhood memorialized as the community where several football greats — Johnny Unitas, Alan Ameche, Gino Marchetti and Joe Campenella — called home when they were a part of the winning Baltimore Colts team in the 1950s.

Tom Matte, Ron Swoboda and Gino Marchetti are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Jan. 5-11

Rob Ambrose has led Towson to three straight winning seasons and to Saturday's Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) national title game in Frisco, Texas.

Believe it or not, Joe Flacco joined select company in 2013, doing something that all-time greats such as John Elway, Dan Marino, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning all did at least one point in their career. Heck, even the great Johnny Unitas pulled it off, but Flacco will have to do it a few more times to match him.

Quintin Dailey, Jean Ratelle and Lefty Driesell are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Dec. 22-28

A dentist in Parkville, Havrilak tends patients' chompers with the same hands that once passed, caught and cradled the football for the Colts. Every day finds him tackling a host of problems, from fillings to crowns to extractions to root canals.

A restaurant/sports bar in Portsmouth, Va., where Roger Browns lives bears his name. Brown, a onetime 300-pound All Pro defensive tackle, also owns establishments in Williamsburg and Newport News. On the menu is a club sandwich called the "Fearsome Foursome," a nod to the nickname given the celebrated defensive lines on which Brown played in both Detroit and L.A.

There was lots of mail on the Fox telecast of the Baltimore Ravens' epic win Sunday over the Minnesota Vikings.

Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron was named Monday morning as the winner of the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented annually to the top college quarterback in the nation.

Towson's offensive line that serves as a foundation for the No. 7-seeded Tigers (10-2), who will tangle with Fordham (12-1) in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision tournament Saturday at 1 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Craig Candeto, Jim Traber and Bobby Boyd are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Dec. 1-7

Effort to honor former Colts running back Lenny Moore with statue picks up steam.

A little less than four months after Jonathan Ogden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the lineman who was the Ravens' first-ever draft pick in 1996 will return to Baltimore to give another podium speech when he is inducted into the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation's Hall of Legends.

Towson has no shot at a third straight Colonial Athletic Association championship but can fortify its resume for an NCAA tournament berth with a win over James Madison.

Dennis Gaubatz, 25, the former LSU star immediately became the defensive signal caller for a team that would win an NFL championship and three division titles in the next four years.

Some sports stopped when John F. Kennedy was shot, but the NFL — and two local high schools — played on.

The list of finalists for the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award has been cut from 30 to five, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation announced today.

Torrey Smith, George Shaw and Vinny Testaverde are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Nov. 10-16

10 quarterbacks left in race for 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

Road games are supposed to be difficult. Try telling that to the Towson football team.

Bert Jones, Brooks Robinson and Debbie Meyer are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Oct. 20-26

Lil Shelton, Eddie Murray and Boog Powell are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Oct. 13-19

The Terrance West of old would have reacted to a pair of fumbles with a few choice words directed at anyone who happened to be nearby.

For 38 years Tom Brown has had their ear, in part because he has two Super Bowl rings and a resume to back him up. Green Bay's second-round draft pick in 1963, he initially spurned the Packers — then the NFL champions — to play baseball instead. An All-American at Maryland, where he led the Atlantic Coast Conference in hitting (.449), he was wooed by the Washington Senators who dangled a $12,000 bonus.

Sometimes, I get a little tired of extolling the Ravens front office for its uncanny ability to identify talent, but it¿s hard not to do that whenever Joe Flacco steps to the microphone for one of his podium sessions at the Under Armour Performance Center.

Each week, Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston will answer questions from readers about the Ravens.

Ryan Delaire, a junior defensive end, can expect a lot of attention, especially from No. 19 New Hampshire (1-2 overall, 0-0 Colonial Athletic Association), which will visit No. 3 Towson (5-0, 1-0) on Saturday at noon at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

At 68, Ray May -- a starting linebacker on the Baltimore Colts' 1971 Super Bowl championship team -- will need multiple surgeries to regain his footing.

Jamal Lewis, Eric Davis and Johnny Unitas are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Sept. 15-21

A pillar up front, Sullivan played 11 years with the Colts (1962-72), during which they went 104-45-5, reached two Super Bowls and won a world championship in 1971. Staunch and savvy, he starred at guard but played all five line positions, as needed, without missing a step.

Cal Ripken Jr., Bailey Howell and Johnny Unitas are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for Sept. 1-7

High expectations surround Towson, which was picked to finish second in the conference behind Villanova. A third consecutive CAA title is the first priority.

The Falcons took a 14-0 lead in a little over three minutes and while the youth continued to show at times, the Greyhounds settled down to make critical plays late and come away with their first win over Good Counsel in three years, 20-14, in the season opener for both teams at the ESPN High School Football Kickoff Classic at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Gilman coach Biff Poggi should patent his formula for producing winning football teams.

There are few athletes in sports that truly capture the heart of a town, and Baltimore has been lucky to have ones like Johnny Unitas, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr. and Art Donovan.

Harold Baines, Johnny Unitas and Pat Dobson are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for July 21 to July 27

Longtime Baltimore Sun sports and features columnist Kevin Cowherd says goodbye to the newspaper.

On the same day his long-time teammate Ed Reed returns to Baltimore, former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will be enshrined in the team's Ring of Honor.

Sixty-five people were treated for heat-related illness at Baltimore's African-American Festival over the weekend, as city health officials declared Sunday the first Code Red heat alert day of 2013.

The South bombarded the North with a game-seizing onslaught that held up to give the South a 28-24 victory.

A small piece from the rivalry in this year's NCAA women's lacrosse championship found its way to Towson's Johnny Unitas stadium, the site of Saturday evening's Under Armour Lacrosse Classic.

Colin Heacock, Mac Pons, Ben Pridemore will play for the South team in the All-America Lacrosse Classic at Johnny Unitas Stadium -- where the Lakers lost to Loyola in the MIAA A Conference title game in May

Four Eagles standouts, who never lost in high school careers, will represent South team in the eighth annual event at Johnny Unitas Stadium on Saturday

All-Metro second-team pick will play on South team in Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic on Saturday at Johnny Unitas Stadium