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Wearing a Houston Texans hat and holding up a blue No.20 jersey, Ed Reed officially started a new chapter in his professional career and bid goodbye to the only NFL organization that he had ever known.

Brian Billick was the head coach of the Ravens the last time the team had a chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions so we were interested to hear his thoughts on what the Ravens are doing the second time around.

Steve Blake, Shannon Sharpe and Stan Smith are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for February 17 to February 23

The usual faces were present in the auditorium at the team's practice facility Thursday but there was a constant reminder that this wasn't the typical "State of the Ravens" address.

CBS broadcaster Phil Simms can't deviate from the script

Several veterans could join Ray Lewis on way out of Baltimore after Sunday night's Super Bowl.

Harman is the last remaining member of the Ravens' staff from the Super Bowl XXXV team and the longest-tenured coach

Brian Billick is 58 and he's been out of coaching since he was fired by the Ravens following the 2007 season. Now an analyst for Fox and the NFL Network, Billick still lives in the Baltimore area. Like everyone else, he admits to being caught up in the Ravens' run, from losers of four of five games to close the regular season, to their three playoff victories that have them facing the San Francisco 49ers here Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII.

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis denied today that he used banned substances to accelerate his return from his tore triceps injury earlier this season.

John Harbaugh joked with reporters, playfully encouraging them to ask repetitive questions to his younger brother, Jim, the head coach of the 49ers. He thanked team officials and fans who turned out in droves on a cold and wet day in Baltimore to send the team off. He then promised that his Ravens would be business-like and focused as they try to win their second Super Bowl in franchise history

As the Baltimore Ravens make their final preparations before leaving for New Orleans on Monday, comparisons to the 2000 squad are inevitable. That's what happens when a community has waited 12 years for a return to the Super Bowl.

CBS Sports will cover the Super Bowl with 62 cameras, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said in a teleconference Thursday promoting the Feb. 3 game between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers.

It almost seems wrong to complain about the telecast of a game that ended as happily as Sunday¿s AFC championship victory by the Baltimore Ravens 28-13 over the New England Patriots.Almost.

For more than a decade, Priscilla Lollar struggled to face the realization that her son had been killed in a brawl outside an Atlanta nightclub. But these days, her emotions are raw again, as Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis attracts national attention for his impending retirement.

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.

Ray Lewis might not be that hard to replace as a guy running around the field making tackles. But as a leader? Teammates say no one man can fill his shoes.

Ray Lewis, the Baltimore Ravens linebacker, announced his retirement to the media today at the Under Armour Performance Center.

A few weeks ago, it seemed little more than an intriguing late-season test against a fellow divisional leader. But after a tumultuous seven days for the Ravens, Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos sets up as a key scene in the uncertain plot of the 2012 season.

As the Ravens prepare for Sunday's AFC North showdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers and the latest chapter of what many consider the NFL's best rivalry, The Sun caught up this week with several participants from the series to get some of their memories from past meetings.

Every week, the opposing team makes available a player to be interviewed by Baltimore media via conference call. On Wednesday afternoon, Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas was the interview participant.

Cowboys tight end has 21 receptions this season

Mark Manges, Tom Phoebus and Jack Fisher are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for September 9 to September 15

As Ray Lewis and Ed Reed approach the late stages of their Hall-of-Fame careers, they might appear to be on divergent paths.

The new Ravens owner was sitting on stage at the Inner Harbor, and looking quite uncomfortable. On Nov. 6, 1995, Art Modell announced that he was moving the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore, and while local politicians couldn't hide their enthusiasm, Modell appeared embarrassed.

HBO is reportedly iinterested in the Ravens and San Francisco 49ers in this year¿s season of "Hard Knocks," its documentary-style training camp TV series.

Making a splash by throwing around cash on talent from other teams isn't usually the Ravens' style, though that's not to say that they haven't made significant signings in their 16-year, going-on-17-year history.

For those who were left out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2012, the road to Canton won't get any easier in 2013. A bunch of strong Hall of Fame candidates will be eligible next year, including former Ravens left tackle and franchise cornerstone Jonathan Ogden. Also up for possible enshrinement are defensive end Michael Strahan, offensive guard Larry Allen, defensive tackle Warren Sapp, and quarterback Steve McNair, who played two seasons in Baltimore.

President Sean McManus says Subway sponsorship not a factor.

Once you got past the pre-game show and the outrageous attempt by CBS Sports to use the telecast to try to rehabilitate the reputation of Detroit Lions stomper Ndamukong Suh, TV coverage of the Baltimore Ravens 20-13 victory over the Houston Texans wasn¿t too bad at all Sunday.

Step into the rivalry: Ravens vs. Steelers. Baltimore players tell you what it feels like to be part of perhaps the best matchup in sports.

But I also can't let the CBS pre-game gang off without pointing out what an act-like-you-know bunch of hotdogs they were in their unanimous picks of the Steelers to beat the Ravens.

Shannon Sharpe led the Ravens' 2000 Super Bowl team in receiving; Deion Sanders finished his career with the Ravens

Pro Football Hall of Fame: Sanders, Sharpe, Dent, Faulk, Hanburger, Richter, Sabol to enter Saturday