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			<title><![CDATA[Recovered from surgery, Smith says that he's ready to take next step]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-12 11:52:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The reassurance that he was 100 percent healthy following an offseason operation on a double hernia didn&rsquo;t come for Torrey Smith while running a route or going up to catch a pass.

It came while the former University of Maryland standout was playing...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[LaQuan Williams not taking anything for granted]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-13 05:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ravens have had 20 un-drafted free agents working out at their team facility at a rookie mini-camp that started Friday and ends today. If anybody knows what they are going through, from the burning desire to make a strong impression to the bouts of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[What they're saying about Terrell Suggs]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-04 05:51:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As one would expect, there was no shortage of reaction to and analysis of the news of Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs&rsquo; Achilles tendon injury. Here&rsquo;s what other media outlets had to say about the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[WJZ-TV cuts away from incredible Orioles game - Can you say 'Heidi Bowl'?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-07 04:28:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The decision wasn't in a league with the infamous one NBC made in 1968 to cut away from the ending of an incredible AFC football game to show a rerun of the film "Heidi," but some Baltimore area viewers were feeling a "Heidi Bowl" kind of pain Sunday...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ravens host Jones for a free agent visit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-06 20:24:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Still looking to add wide receiver depth and a veteran returner, the Ravens met Sunday with former Houston Texan Jacoby Jones.

Jones, who caught 31 balls for 512 yards and also served as Houston&rsquo;s primary punt returner, was released by the Texas...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ravens sign wide receiver Jacoby Jones to two-year deal]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08 16:05:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ravens landed the veteran wide receiver and kick returner that they have been seeking, agreeing to a two-year, $7 million deal today with former Houston Texans wide receiver Jacoby Jones.

Jones visited with Ravens officials over the past couple of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ravens sign wide receiver Jacoby Jones, extend safety Pollard's contract]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08 21:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It was Ravens safety Bernard Pollard who first broke the news Tuesday on his Twitter account, announcing that a former teammate with the Houston Texans, wide receiver and kick returner Jacoby Jones, would join him and fullback Vonta Leach in Baltimore....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Suggs has successful surgery; 2012 availability still in doubt]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08 20:24:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, underwent successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon Tuesday afternoon, but his availability for the 2012 season remains a significant question mark.

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			<title><![CDATA[Joe Flacco gets a little love from his NFL peers]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-10 08:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Joe Flacco was mocked by media and fans last month when he said that he thinks of himself as the NFL&rsquo;s best quarterback. &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t be very successful at my job if I didn&rsquo;t feel that way,&rdquo; the Ravens quarterback explained....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[John Harbaugh says New England Patriots' Super Bowl titles are 'stained']]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-01 14:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ravens coach John Harbaugh clarified comments he made on a local radio station Tuesday in which he said that Super Bowl championships won by the New England Patriots were "stained" and have "asterisks" because of the Spygate scandal in 2007.

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			<title><![CDATA[Terrell Suggs speaks about Achilles injury]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-03 09:12:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs spoke about the injury to his Achilles tendon and his expectations as to when he'll be able to return.

On the nature of the injury: "I've already been to see two different doctors. One says it is a partial tear,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Terrell Suggs could be done for the year with Achilles injury]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-03 16:54:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ravens won&rsquo;t know the extent of Terrell Suggs&rsquo; Achilles tendon injury until Tuesday, but they are prepared to be without their top pass rusher and the reigning NFL&rsquo;s Defensive Player of the Year for a good part &mdash; if not all...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The United Arab Emirates' Al-Jazira club Brazilian player Ricardo De Oliveira (front) competes with Abdulrahman Mesabah of Qatar's Al-Rayyan club during their AFC Champions League group A football match in Doha on May 16, 2012.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[when a plane crashed into the seats at Memorial Stadium. Donald Kroner, a former charter pilot, had crashed a rented, low-wing, blue-and-white Piper Cherokee into the upper deck of the end zone, losing a wing in the process.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-02 10:14:31</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill Belichick has traded down so frequently on draft day that it surprised many when he reversed course and took advantage of all the picks he's been accumulating to land defensive end Chandler Jones and inside linebacker Dont'a Hightower (both above) in the first.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
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