Super Bowl

Nick Saban supportive of Rolando McClain's decision to step away from NFL

2013-05-18 09:57:00

Alabama coach Nick Saban has maintained a strong relationship with Rolando McClain ever since�the middle linebacker�played for the Crimson Tide as�a consensus�All-American and Butkus Award winner. Saban has remained in touch with the troubled Ravens...

Ravens to have NFL's huskiest front seven in 2013?

2013-05-17 12:00:00

At 1,992 pounds, the projected front seven of the Baltimore defense will weigh just under a ton, which is about the same as a tiny smart car, a large walrus or the Johnny Unitas statue outside M&T Bank Stadium. It could also be the heaviest front...

Ray Rice to play featured role in USA's 'Characters Unite' campaign

2013-05-16 08:17:00

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will be the first player featured during the upcoming season in USA's "NFL Characters Unite" campaign, the cable channel will announce later today. Rice will also announce an expanded relationship between the NFL...

Broken tackles an issue for Ravens defense in 2012

2013-05-15 09:30:00

The Ravens could have as many as seven or eight new starters on defense when the 2013 season begins. You can produce a number of statistics that suggest why they may have felt compelled to overhaul their defense. Here is a good one: The Ravens whiffed...

Ravens trying to get a grip on the Pistol offense?

2013-05-14 10:25:00

Unless you are a football junkie, you probably don’t know or don’t care that the Kansas City Chiefs hired Chris Ault, the man who invented the Pistol offense and coached Colin Kaepernick at Nevada, to a consulting gig. But it might...

Taking stock at Ravens' inside linebacker position minus Rolando McClain

2013-05-16 04:11:00

The abrupt retirement of trouble-prone inside linebacker Rolando McClain shouldn't necessarily have a major impact on the state of the Ravens at the position. Here's the logic: 1. Despite his imposing size and first-round pedigree, McClain was never�...

Consumed by other endeavors, Ayanbadejo not sweating potential end of playing days

2013-05-16 05:00:00

Cut by the Ravens in early April, linebacker and special teams standout Brendon Ayanbadejo still hasn’t ruled out playing in the NFL during the 2013 season. He works out daily and keeps himself ready in case a team calls and the situation is right....

After fulfilling promise, Ray Rice continues to give back to community

2013-05-11 10:36:00

As he stood in front of hundreds of kids last year at his football clinic at Calvert Hall, Ray Rice made a promise to those in the crowd. “When I make promises, I like to keep them,” the Ravens running back said today. “I made a...

Ravens' salary cap update: $1.695 million available

2013-05-10 09:36:00

The Ravens are $1.695 million under the NFL salary cap limit of $123 million. That's after the Super Bowl champions�finalized a two-year contract for offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie with a base value of $6.3 million that includes a $2 million signing...

Ravens could use two tight ends more often in 2013

2013-05-09 08:47:00

The Ravens offense will be different without wide receiver Anquan Boldin, whose strong hands and bulky frame allowed him to snatch the majority of the passes in his area and, in turn, endear himself to Joe Flacco. The trade of Boldin to the San...

Flacco vs. Roethlisberger is finally worth debating

2013-05-08 12:24:00

I clicked onto the Ravens website this morning and saw “Flacco vs. Big Ben” splashed across my screen. With the NFL draft now behind us and not much going on in the next couple of months, it looks like we are now in the compare-and-...

Ravens news, notes and opinions

2013-05-08 07:35:00

The common conclusion from the Ravens’ decision to re-sign Bryant McKinnie was that the organization wasn’t yet comfortable with the idea of Kelechi Osemele starting at left tackle. I’m sure there is plenty of truth to that even though...

Hartford's Mayor Pedro Segarra will be rooting for the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, according to a press aide.

2013-04-29 07:15:00

GS: 8 | GP: 8 | Snaps: 408 Season in review: The fact that Terrell Suggs played at all last season after tearing his Achilles tendon last April was pretty remarkable. That he returned in late October was unprecedented.

2013-04-23 00:00:00

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Larry Csonka was another future Hall of Famer that Shula inherited. Csonka, Miami's top pick in 1968, would become the Dolphins' all-time leading rusher and the MVP of Super Bowl VIII.

2013-04-08 08:42:00