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This Sunday, the group will join a dozen other current and former National Football League players — including Ravens' wide receiver Torrey Smith — at a four-day conference in Baltimore on getting started in consumer products sales. While the NFL has held "boot camps" on broadcasting and other topics, this is its first focusing on product pitches, and it's the first hosted by Baltimore.

Record-setting Prairie View A&M pass rusher excited about joining Ravens' practice squad

Maryland coach Randy Edsall was ranked 65th among the 125 Football Bowl Subdivision coaches by The Sporting News.

On a night when three former Ravens return to M&T Bank Stadium, the spotlight on Friday will fall on four new starters making their home debut for the team. ... Joe Flacco said he thinks of himself as a top-five NFL quarterback. ... Orioles first baseman Chris Davis will continue to rehab his right shoulder rather than have surgery to repair a small tear. ... Ed Norton's birthday wish is for Cal Ripken Jr. to save the Orioles.

Six months after narrowly missing out on the Maryland head coaching job, controversial former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach is back in the news. This week, Leach, who was fired at Texas Tech following alleged player misconduct during the 2009 season, released a tell-all book titled Swing Your Sword.

Many angry Maryland fans handed out a big red "F" when the Terps hired Randy Edsall to be their football coach last month -- mainly because they wanted Mike Leach. But Yahoo's Matt Hinton liked the move, giving the Terps a "B" for the Edsall hire.