Vernon Davis

The most Ed Reed-est plays in Ed Reed history

2013-03-21 10:00:00

The Ed Reed era is officially over in Baltimore, though the safety will always be considered one of the greatest Ravens players of all-time -- and arguably the most entertaining, as my colleague Childs Walker wrote today. In this excellent piece on...

How the San Francisco 49ers got to Super Bowl XLVII

2013-02-03 05:00:00

Week 1 (Sept. 9) at Lambeau Field: San Francisco 49ers 30, Green Bay Packers 22 The 49ers quickly quelled any doubt their success in the 2011 season was a fluke, defeating the Packers on the road. San Francisco took an early 23-7 lead on two touchdown...

Sports marketing expert sees few stars in Ravens-49ers Super Bowl

2013-02-01 10:00:00

The city of Baltimore could not be more excited (well, I guess they haven't turned the harbor purple ... yet) for Sunday's Super Bowl which, pits the Ravens against the San Francisco 49ers. Madison Avenue execs are not so thrilled. According to Bob...

We've seen this matchup before, and Ravens will win again

2013-02-02 18:13:00

NEW ORLEANS -- The older brother will beat the younger brother again. Super Bowl XLVII will be nothing more than a repeat, at least victory wise, of the 2011 Thanksgiving Day game between the two teams when John Harbaugh's Ravens beat Jim Harbaugh's San...

49ers tight end Vernon Davis waited for chance, capitalized vs. Falcons

2013-01-26 19:24:00

SANTA CLARA -- So which Vernon Davis will we see in Super Bowl XLVII? Will it be the man who made just six catches for 61 yards over the final six regular-season games? Or the guy who in two postseason games has caught six balls for 150 yards and a...

Film Study: Looking back at the Ravens and 49ers

2013-01-22 18:41:00

Ravens 28, Patriots 13 Strategy: The Ravens' winning equation in the AFC championship was provided by fast-paced no-huddle, shotgun concepts and enough runs to keep the Patriots honest. Play-action was effective, particularly in the second half when Joe...

Ray Lewis struggles but prevails in fitting final game

2013-02-03 21:10:00

Ray Lewis' Ravens held on for dear life, a seemingly certain Super Bowl victory only a few yards from slipping away. In the end, however, Lewis got the finale he wanted to his decorated 17-year career, a world championship secured by one last...

Best receiver or not, 49ers' Randy Moss has matured

2013-01-29 17:41:00

The San Francisco 49ers' Randy Moss said Tuesday that he is the best wide receiver to ever play in the National Football League. On Sunday night, he might not even be the best receiver in the game, but he could have the biggest impact. No offense to...

Four Ravens predictions sure to go wrong in the Super Bowl

2013-02-03 05:30:00

In this game-day staple, blogger Matt Vensel makes four sometimes-courageous predictions for the game. All he asks is that you don’t hold it against him whenever those predictions end up being embarrassingly wrong. In a matter of hours, the Ravens...

Police believe stabbing victim was downtown for parade

2013-02-06 18:46:16

To Deontae Smith's mother, there was no question her son had been to the Super Bowl parade on Tuesday. And she's upset that Baltimore police didn't make the same connection sooner. Deontae was fatally stabbed outside a McDonald's restaurant at Howard and...

Notebook: 'This is not it. I'm not done,' Ed Reed says of future

2013-02-03 22:27:00

Ravens veteran free safety Ed Reed has never embraced a conventional approach. So the Louisiana native wasn't keen on the idea of retiring after a Super Bowl victory in front of his family and friends. Following the Ravens' 34-31 victory over the...

After boasts, Randy Moss proves a bust for San Francisco

2013-02-03 21:15:00

Randy Moss returned to the NFL for games like this, not performances like Sunday night's. Five days after Moss proclaimed himself the best wide receiver of all time, he spent most of Super Bowl XLVII as an on-field spectator for the San Francisco 49ers,...

Outside linebackers Paul Kruger (Pictured) and Terrell Suggs got pressure, and inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe had an outstanding game, especially in the first half. The Ravens had trouble covering 49ers tight end Vernon Davis across the field, and sometimes this group had shallow drops in pass

2013-02-03 00:00:00

"We think we've got to get better at defensive tackle," Newsome said at the season-ending news conference. "We know that we have one linebacker retiring [in Ray Lewis] and one that's a free agent [in Dannell Ellerbe].

2013-02-03 00:00:00

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49ers tight end Vernon Davis goes airborne after making a catch against the Ravens in the first quarter Sunday.

2013-02-03 00:00:00