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Earl Thomas signed a four-year deal with the Ravens worth a reported $55 million, another expensive but impressive piece in the team’s defensive backfield.

While calling a joint bid by Baltimore and Washington, D.C. "an interesting idea," Goodell said the preference is to keep the Super Bowl in weam-weather cites and domed stadiums.

The welcome to the NFL moments for Darius Kilgo were plentiful during his first season with the Denver Broncos this fall. The former Maryland defensive tackle endured two-a-days at rookie minicamps last May, appeared in the Broncos' season opener against Baltimore in September and watched Tom Brady try to lead a last-minute New England comeback in the AFC championship game last week. And there's a bunch more ahead for him in the next week.

An examination of why the Ravens and Seahawks have traveled divergent paths since winning Super Bowls in back-to-back years.

While most people expect the Ravens to draft a wide receiver or offensive lineman in the first round of May's draft, they also could be tempted if a play-making safety is available.

On the first official day of the offseason, Las Vegas oddsmakers listed the Ravens as 40/1 longshots to win next year's Super Bowl.

Super Bowl XLVIII referee Terry McAulay, worked football and basketball games in the Baltimore area for more than a decade.

On the cusp of Super Bowl XLVIII, one Campus Hills resident would like to see his neighborhood memorialized as the community where several football greats — Johnny Unitas, Alan Ameche, Gino Marchetti and Joe Campenella — called home when they were a part of the winning Baltimore Colts team in the 1950s.

The forecast from Accuweather.com as of Sunday afternoon projects a 30 percent chance of snow when the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks play for the Lombardi Trophy.