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- The Ravens have hired retired linebacker Jarret Johnson and retired cornerback Duane Starks, a starter on their Super Bowl XXXV championship team who scored a touchdown against the New York Giants in that win, as scouting interns for camp.
- Ravens outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil, approaching 100 career sacks, has two goals: break the single-season NFL sack record and win a Super Bowl.
- Retired former Ravens star middle linebacker Ray Lewis has been nominated again for the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Retired former Ravens star middle linebacker Ray Lewis has been nominated again for the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Ray Lewis is releasing a memoir about his childhood, his football career and the murder charges that threatened to lock him up.
- Former Ravens practice squad linebacker Nigel Carr's Super Bowl XLVII ring was auctioned off for $43,560, according to Goldin Auctions.
- Retired Ravens star free safety Ed Reed had a measured take on the controversy surrounding the New England Patriots and Tom Brady following an investigation that found the Super Bowl winning quarterback probably was aware of team employees deflating footballs.
- Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu were Super Bowl-winning safeties and fierce competitors who changed the games they played in.
- The Baltimore Warhawks, a semipro football team of police officers and firefighters, honored Ravens senior advisor of player development O.J. Brigance on Saturday.
- Former Ravens wide receiver and kick returner Jacoby Jones is visiting the Cincinnati Bengals today, according to a source. The Tennessee Titans are Jones' next scheduled visit, per a source.
- The Ravens made their first of what promises to be several roster moves today by releasing former Super Bowl XLVII hero Jacoby Jones.
- Jamal Lewis' commemorative Super Bowl XLVII has been auctioned off by Goldin Auctions to a Maryland collector for $50,820.
- It seems to be fitting for the Super Bowl champion to be possibly still involved in a cheating scandal because this has been a year of turmoil for the NFL, whose image has been tarnished and integrity challenged.
- A day after his Seattle Seahawks fell just short of earning defensive coordinator Dan Quinn a second Super Bowl ring, the Atlanta Falcons on Monday announced the former Salisbury defensive lineman as their new coach.
- A day after Super Bowl XLIX, Bovada put out odds for next year's Super Bowl champion and the Ravens are listed at 33-1.
- Super Bowl parties are much like other parties. Good food, good company, and usually more than a few drinks are some of the similarities. The biggest difference is the Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event in the U.S. – and as most people know, sports have a way of polarizing people.
- Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors share their thoughts after the New England Patriots' 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX.
- The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will square off in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday night at University of Phoenix Stadium. Here's Baltimore Sun reporter Aaron Wilson's checklist of things to watch:
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- Move over Pepsi, Budweiser and Coca-Cola. Such national brands, known for big-budget, attention-grabbing advertisements during the Super Bowl, will share the stage this year with regional advertisers looking to make a splash in a more targeted, lower-cost way.
- The American Gaming Association says bettors will "illegally" spend $3.8 billion on a dizzying array of Super Bowl bets.
- What makes a great Super Bowl ad? Sexy celebrities? A great soundtrack? Slapstick humor? Puppies?
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- Seattle's formula of pairing a fierce defense with a strong running game is a tried-and-true measure to winning Super Bowls.
- A game-worn Johnny Unitas jersey from the 1967 season is a last-minute addition to a Super Bowl week auction in Phoenix, Ariz., and is expected to sell for anywhere between $50,000 and $100,000.
- When NBC Sports executives began planning their Super Bowl XLIX pregame show before the season even began, Ravens coach John Harbaugh was their top choice as a guest analyst. The Ravens¿ 35-31 AFC divisional round loss to the New England Patriots was NBC¿s, and the Super Bowl viewers¿ gain.
- While the two lucky teams who actually made the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, prepare for the game Sunday, a recent analysis shows just how close the Ravens' roster was to carrying them that far.
- Terrell Suggs famously refuses to say New England Patriots¿ quarterback Tom Brady¿s name, but now, he might have to. The star Ravens outside linebacker has been appearing on the NFL Network as part of its Super Bowl coverage, and Brady is basically the star attraction.
- Ravens coach John Harbaugh will have a role in NBC's coverage of Super Bowl XLIX.
- Former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has stayed busy since his retirement in 2013 and his latest project is a television series about coaches with anger issues.
- The Ravens' pending release of defensive tackle Terrence Cody, who is under investigation for animal cruelty, isn't necessarily a statement but it is a departure from how the Ravens have done things in the past.
- On NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake weighed in on the controversy surrounding the New England Patriots, who are being accused of cheating for using underinflated footballs during their 45-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game.
- The only answer to 'deflategate' and other misadventures in pro football is to stop caring about NFL games quite so much
- The New England Patriots "deflategate" controversy would be silly if it wasn't such a sad commentary on the current state of the scandal-ridden National Football League.
- Wrong to measure the Ravens' success by the lack of a Super Bowl ring
- Should the Packers advance to the Super Bowl, then Juszczyk would make it to the Pro Bowl as a first alternate with Packers fullback John Kuhn unable to play in the Pro Bowl because of preparations for the big game.
- After getting into the second round of the NFL playoffs, the Ravens need to address some key questions to get back to the Super Bowl.
- As measured by regular-season numbers or Pro Bowl berths, Joe Flacco does note measure up to the NFL's elite. But no quarterback has been a bigger postseason winner over the past seven seasons.
- As measured by regular-season numbers or Pro Bowl berths, Joe Flacco does note measure up to the NFL's elite. But no quarterback has been a bigger postseason winner over the past seven seasons.
- The Ravens under John Harbaugh have compiled one of the best road playoff resumes in NFL history.
- Ravens players all know that if they are going to accomplish what they want -- and that's to be the final AFC team left standing -- they're probably going to have to beat the New England Patriots at some point to do it.
- The Ravens are headed to New England to battle the Patriots after electrifying Baltimore-area fans with a winning wild-card game Saturday night, and Ravens lovers in Harford County seem determined again to follow their team at every step.
- Now that the Ravens and Patriots are about to meet again Saturday in an AFC divisional round playoff game at Gillette Stadium, Brady says he's not focused on the past.
- The Ravens' 30-17 victory over the Steelers in the AFC wild-card round Saturday night at Heinz Field was defined by an aggressiveness and fearlessness that also characterized their Super Bowl run two years ago.
- Darian Stewart's interception ended the Steelers' final trip into the red zone during the Ravens' 30-17 win in the AFC wild-card round at Heinz Field. And it gave the secondary a measure of redemption after the unit allowed six touchdown passes in the Ravens' 43-23 loss to Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers on Nov. 2.
- Apparently, the oddsmakers weren't all that impressed with the way the Ravens went into Heinz Field and booted the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the playoffs Saturday night, but what else is new?