Art Modell

Mike Preston: Ravens never should have signed Rolando McClain

2013-05-15 11:16:00

Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome was having a great offseason as far as acquisitions and building the team, but the Ravens are embarrassed by linebacker Rolando McClain's announced�retirement. The old mantra about "In Ozzie We Trust" should be...

The Sun remembers: Feb. 24-March 2

2013-02-24 12:15:00

March 1, 2002: The Ravens release Elvis Grbac, the expensive but mistake-prone quarterback they wooed last year instead of re-signing Trent Dilfer, who'd helped them win the Super Bowl. Grbac committed 26 turnovers in a 10-6 season as the Ravens lost in...

Timeline of Ray Lewis' career

2013-02-16 13:43:00

When the Ravens made Ray Lewis their second-ever draft pick, they knew they were getting a highly productive player from the talent-rich University of Miami. What they could not have known was that Lewis would become perhaps the greatest middle linebacker...

Ravens' owner Art Modell was no friend of Baltimore

2013-02-13 05:15:00

Contrary to Barry Levinson's assertion that former Ravens owner Art Modell made Baltimore's Super Bowl victory possible, Modell was the reason we didn't get an expansion team ("Art Modell's great gift," Feb. 7). According to former Sun sportswriter John...

Nothing will top Ravens' first Super Bowl win, but this one was close

2013-02-10 16:09:00

The comparisons are inevitable because there has been only one other Super Bowl winning season in the Ravens' 17-year history in Baltimore. Both the 2000 and 2012 teams will have their special place, but no championship season will ever compare to the...

Both with winning seasons, Ravens and Orioles offer rare celebration for city fans

2013-02-09 10:09:00

When the Ravens rolled to their second Super Bowl victory, fending off the San Francisco 49ers in the final seconds of the game, the storylines that defined an improbable season all found happy endings. Ray Lewis carried the Lombardi Trophy into the...

Barry Levinson: Art Modell's gift to Baltimore

2013-02-06 12:37:00

There is joy in Charm City. The Baltimore Ravens are the champions of the football world. Tuesday, upon the Ravens' return from the Super Bowl in New Orleans, hundreds of thousands of fans lined the streets of Baltimore and filled the football stadium....

Former Ravens tackle Jonathan Ogden voted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

2013-02-02 17:09:00

NEW ORLEANS —�Jonathan Ogden, the first draft pick in Ravens history and the quintessential left tackle of his generation, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in his first year of eligibility. Late Ravens owner Art Modell,...

Modell family disappointed, yet 'extremely honored'

2013-02-02 15:21:00

Former Ravens owner Art Modell did not make it to the final cut during Saturday’s voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. When the ballot was narrowed from 15 to 10 modern-day finalists (plus two senior nominees), Modell’s name was not on...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell salutes Art Modell

2013-02-01 17:33:00

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell opened up his annual Super Bowl news conference with a tribute to former Ravens owner Art Modell and NFL Films creative force Steve Sabol, both of whom passed away since last year’s Super Bowl. “There are two...

It could be Super weekend for Ogden, Newsome and Ravens

2013-02-01 16:31:00

Ozzie Newsome circled the weekend more than a year ago. He knew that Jonathan Ogden, the first player he picked for the Ravens, would have a strong chance to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Feb. 2, 2013. Wouldn't it be something, Newsome thought,...

The time is right for Modell to enter the Hall

2013-02-01 16:15:00

By most accounts, the odds are long. Late Ravens owner Art Modell will be among the 17 finalists (15 modern era candidates and two from the seniors committee) on Saturday when voters determine which NFL greats will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall...

moved his victory cigar to his left hand from his right. The self-made Anne Arundel County businessman and billionaire, a fixture on Forbes' annual list of the richest Americans, needed his right hand free to shake hands and high-five players.

2013-02-03 00:00:00

Street artist Sorta has pasted these images of Ray Lewis and Art Modell around town.

2013-02-01 00:00:00

After Art Modell relocated his team from Cleveland to Baltimore, a fan contest was held to determine the team's new name, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's website. The chosen name, "Ravens," alludes to Edgar Allen Poe's famous 1845 poem.

2013-01-28 00:00:00