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- The Tigers moved the time for their Sept. 8 game to accommodate the Lions' game later that night. The Orioles didn't give the Ravens the same courtesy, but the situations are not the same.
- Ravens running back Ray Rice is the last player the Ravens drafted that made a Pro Bowl. Only the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets have gone through a longer drought.
- Retired former Ravens defensive end Michael McCrary will announce the Ravens' second-round draft pick on May 9, the NFL announced.
- Towson junior running back Terrance West declared early for the NFL draft. The Baltimore native is sharing his draft experiences with Baltimore Sun reporter Aaron Wilson.
- 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.
- Former Ravens free safety Ed Reed is scheduled to play in cornerback Lardarius Webb's annual charity softball game.
- A Delaware-based sculptor's statue of the John Harbaugh, the Ravens' Super Bowl-winning head coach, will be erected Saturday in the famed Cradle of Coaches at Miami University of Ohio, Harbaugh's alma mater.
- Ravens broadcaster Gerry Sandusky writes book "Forgotten Sundays" detailing his relationship with his father, a former football player who developed Alzheimer's disease, and time spent defending his family's name when Penn State sex abuse case centered on university employee Jerry Sandusky, no relation to Gerry Sandusky.
- Wearing a Cal Ripken jersey, Ravens cornerback Lardarius Webb threw out the first pitch tonight at Camden Yards.
- A former National Football League player died at his home in Abingdon Wednesday morning, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office.
- The Ravens launch their preseason schedule against a familiar opponent, playing the San Francisco 49ers on Aug. 7 at M&T Bank Stadium.
- Since quarterback Joe Flacco last broke the huddle during a season-ending loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in late December, the Ravens have dramatically overhauled an offense that struggled mightily last season.
- During an hour-plus talk at the NFL owners meetings, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh revealed that Kelechi Osemele will likely play left guard and labeled Rick Wagner the favorite at right tackle.
- Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder expressed excitement about his team's new chapter and said first-year coach Jay Gruden already has impressed him with his knowledge and work ethic.
- The Ravens have gotten more compensatory picks than any team in the NFL and they were awarded four more today.
- Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti revealed that the team has added another year on head coach John Harbaugh's contract, while also confirming that a Ray Lewis statue will be unveiled in the coming months.
- Since undergoing back surgery in November, Ravens offensive guard Kelechi Osemele has made steady progress in his rehabilitation.
- After six years as a color analyst with Fox Sports, former Ravens coach Brian Billick will no longer call games for the network.
- The Ravens have now agreed to terms on a contract with the five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, according to league sources.
- The Ravens have now agreed to terms on a contract with the five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, according to league sources.
- Corey Graham exceeded the expectations of just about everyone beyond himself and the Ravens after he signed as a free agent two offseasons ago.
- The NFL's annual free-agency spending spree officially gets underway Tuesday, with the Ravens in a slightly different position than in the recent past.
- While Colin Cloherty was diagnosed with just two concussions in his life, he can share what it's like to play through pain to keep a fading football dream alive.
- Though a reunion with the Ravens was never viewed as a realistic option, veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin dashed any hope of that by re-signing with the San Francisco 49ers.
- Looking to create more room under the salary cap, the Ravens have released Vonta Leach and Jameel McClain, two veterans with diminished roles.
- One of the NFL's built-in devices that tends to create parity is the abbreviated offseason for teams that make it to the Super Bowl.
- John Harbaugh was told last offseason that his alma mater, Miami University of Ohio, planned on erecting a statue of him to celebrate his status as a Super Bowl-winning head coach.
- The Ravens announced last year that they wouldn't raise ticket prices for 2014, and the recently mailed out invoices only reaffirmed that plan.
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- Former Ravens center Matt Birk, the NFL¿s Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2012 and a Super Bowl champion, will be back in the Baltimore area this Thursday for a signing for his new book, ¿All-Pro Wisdom: The 7 Choices that Lead to Greatness.¿
- Former Baltimore Colts sales executive Bob Leffler founded The Leffler Agency 30 years ago after the NFL team left town and its since grown into a leading sports marketing agency.
- Those of us living in and around DC — not just those of us, like me, who actually root for Baltimore's teams over Washington's — should follow the lead of our good neighbors to the north and realize that there can be life after a change of name for a professional football team.
- Vladimir Luxuria, Europe's first openly transgender parliamentarian, was reportedly detained twice in Sochi this week for supporting LGBT rights at the Winter Olympics.
- The Maryland roster for the Big 33 Football Classic will be announced in early March, but the names of a few local players have already been released. McDonogh¿s Josh Woods, Meade¿s Jake Hawk, Fallston¿s Alex Helm and Archbishop Spalding's Zach Abey will play in the all-star game, which pits Maryland's best high school football players against Pennsylvania's.
- A year after they made retooling their defensive line an offseason priority, the Ravens again find themselves needing to add depth and talent to the group.
- Free agency will start in a little over a month, but two things have become apparent: it's going to be tough for the Ravens to upgrade at center and the Ravens are in line to lose several defensive free agents.
- Former Ravens running back Damien Berry's Super Bowl XLVII ring has been sold for $43,008, according to Goldin Auctions.
- Wisconsin running backs coach Thomas Hammock and Pitt wide receivers coach Bobby Engram are under consideration for the Ravens' two remaining coaching staff vacancies, according to a source.
- In about a four hour span Sunday, the Denver Broncos went from offensive juggernaut to overmatched and overwhelmed against a swarming Seattle Seahawks defense that is among the best in recent memory.
- Maryland men's lacrosse's John Tillman expecting early hiccups in season opener vs. Mount St. Mary's
- In the aftermath of Sunday's Super Bowl victory, Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Michael Bennett giddily proclaimed that the champion Seattle Seahawks had the NFL's best defense since the 1985 Chicago Bears.
- In 2011, the Ravens were beaten by a Seattle Seahawks team that was in its formative stages of becoming a champion.
- Baltimore fans have less interest in Super Bowl XLVIII a year after watching their Ravens win the championship.