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Andy Enfield set scoring records at Johns Hopkins before he became head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, the darling of the tournament. His assistant, Kevin "Stink" Norris, grew up in East Baltimore and starred at Lake Clifton.

Here is what other news outlets are saying about the Baltimore Ravens, the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl XLVII today.

It wasn't exactly a repeat of Broadway Joe Namath's bold prediction, but Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco did express confidence in the AFC North champions' chances Sunday against the New England Patriots.

Even as CBS told the story of this remarkable linebacker's final home game from the point of Lewis and his Ravens teammates, it missed way too much of another huge storyline: The fans of Baltimore bidding an emotional farewell to a beloved and honored athlete.

The Sun and the Greater Baltimore Committee are reviving the paper's annual Marylander of the Year award.

After enduring a tough grind of playing four games in 18 days, the Ravens got back to work Monday following a three-day weekend.

A stellar night for the Orioles

The Orioles returned to Camden Yards from their road trip unsure of the reception they¿d receive for this weekend¿s critical four-game series against the division-leading New York Yankees.

Jean Marbella: As Orioles fight to be No. 1 and honor No. 8, we're on cloud 9

Cal Ripken turned both the center field unveiling and the pre-game ceremony into a total endorsement of this budding new era of Baltimore Orioles baseball.

Cal Ripken Jr. will make his in-booth color commentary debut during the Orioles¿ game against the Yankees on Sunday afternoon on TBS.

The Orioles released a little teaser of what the Cal Ripken Jr. sculpture is going to look like, but good luck guessing the pose.

Cal Ripken Jr., Brooks Robinson and Johnny Unitas are part of The Sun remembers This Week in Sports for September 2-8.

Cal Ripken Jr. announced today that he'll be auctioning off the 1994 Chevy Suburban that he drove for several years during his Hall of Fame career with the Orioles.

Hall of Famer Eddie Murray had his sculpture unveiled at Camden Yards on Saturday.

Peter Schmuck: Michael Phelps' record will stand the test of time

Earl Weaver, David Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. are part of The Sun remembers This Week in Sports July 29-August 4.

For twenty year, Vi Ripken has served her hometown of Aberdeen by volunteerting with Boys and Girls Clubs of Harford County

If you want to meet the matriarch of baseball in Maryland, just go to a minor league game in Aberdeen. There she is, plain-spoken and tough as leather but also open, happy to talk about the thousands of games she watched as the wife of a manager and the mother of infielders.

Matt O'Reilly of White Hall was recently diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease and to help Matt and wife, Michelle, who have astronomical medical bills, dozens of friends descended on the O'Reilly's house July 20 to paint the 134-year-old structure badly in need of paint.

As an usher for the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Gordon Huggins has witnessed six World Series, Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,131st consecutive game, and many of the best players in the game's history.

As an usher for the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Gordon Huggins has witnessed six World Series, Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,131st consecutive game, and many of the best players in the game's history.

Sports columnist Ken Rosenthal discusses a moment that wrote itself

Baltimore Sun's Top 175 athletes: Despite his big-time power and three American League Most Valuable Player awards, 1930s slugger Jimmie Foxx of Sudlersville has been overshadowed

One of the people I reached out to when I was working on the Brady story was Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, who refered to Brady during his Hall of Fame induction speech in Cooperstown as "simply my best friend," which is pretty high praise from a guy who is considered a friend by just about everybody in these parts.

The new ABC reality TV series "Ball Boys" opens with the motto: "Every great moment in sports leaves something behind." This network series set in a Baltimore sports memorabilia shop tells the stories of what happens to some of the stuff left behind.

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column

Autographed memorabilia that once belonged to legendary athletes, actors and musicians now fill the hallways, giving Howard prosecutors a set of conversation pieces that help "break the ice" in interviews.

In his latest effort to use baseball to communicate with young people around the world, Cal Ripken Jr. will host 16 students from Japan who live in areas affected by the March earthquake and tsunami.

He has more hits than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, a higher career batting average than Mickey Mantle and a higher postseason average than Joe DiMaggio. And it won't be long before Derek Jeter is a new lord of New York Yankees lore.

Fans at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards before the Orioles' match against the Reds learned the basics of keeping the official score for a game.