Baltimore Ravens News and Rumors
McPhee has endured a tough year in Ravens' Super Bowl seasonDefensive end dealt with the deaths of three relatives and also struggled through injuriesDefensive end dealt with the deaths of three relatives and also struggled through injuries |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has made the playoffs in each of his five seasons in the NFL and now has a Super Bowl ring and MVP award under his belt as well. According to Brian A. Shactman of CNBC, Flacco’s agent, Joe Linta, will be looking t… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com President Barack Obama is congratulating the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Super Bowl was streamed online by 3 million people, an increase from the 2.1 million who watched the big game online last year, according to CBS. |
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Team members show off Lombardi Trophy, thank fansShawn Dyson closed his barbershop and let his 10-year-old daughter skip school Tuesday, hoping they could become part of Baltimore sports history. |
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'This is history'The air was freezing and the streets were packed, but spirits were high at the Baltimore Ravens Victory Parade Tuesday in Baltimore, and fans from Howard County are calling it the experience of a lifetime. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com When it comes to the MRI scheduled to be performed Tuesday on the knee of Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, the key word is nada. As in nothing. As in no one is saying anything. The latest word on the subject of Ngata’s knee came from Aaron Wilson… |
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Baltimore Ravens practice squad quarterback could rejoin Chip Kelly in PhiladelphiaIt has been widely speculated that the Philadelphia Eagles' hire of former Oregon coach Chip Kelly could lead to future employment opportunities for Ravens practice squad… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com It took a while for Bryant McKinnie to work his way into the Ravens lineup at left tackle, but the wait wound up being worth it. McKinnie won a Super Bowl ring on Sunday night and celebrated it with a parade in Baltimore on Tuesday, which should give hi… |
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As if the parade and appreciation of Baltimore sports fans wasn't enough, Ravens coach John Harbaugh received an especially important call Tuesday from someone wanting to offer his personal congratulations: President Barack Obama. |
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Stuart Miller, nytimes.com Plenty of people were discussing the Super Bowl officials' noncall on the 49ers' final play, but there were other officiating decisions that played roles in the game. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Ravens center Matt Birk said before the Super Bowl that his exit from the NFL would be much quieter than that of his teammate Ray Lewis. Birk’s just not sure when that departure will come. He flirted with the idea of retirement last year before choosing… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com For his last time on the Baltimore Ravens stage, Ray Lewis wasn't going to let some trophy get in the way of his dancing. At the Ravens' Super Bowl rally on Tuesday, Lewis brought the Lombardi Trophy out onto the field. After picking up a piece of grass… |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Teams celebrating championships have used all sorts of transportation for their victory parades. The New England Patriots traveled via duck boat after winning Super Bowls. The San Francisco Giants used trolleys after winning the World Series in 2010, th… |
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BALTIMORE -- Two days after winning the Super Bowl, the Ravens are apparently thinking about another. At Tuesday's celebration, that included a victory parade, Ed Reed told fans, "Joe Flacco said we're repeating baby. They better look out for us, B… |
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Baltimore Ravens cornerback was sidelined since the Dallas game with torn anterior cruciate ligamentInside a raucous Ravens' locker room following the Super Bowl, cornerback Lardarius Webb couldn't stop smiling. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com When 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick threw a high pass over the middle of the field to Randy Moss on Sunday, the ball sailed over Moss’s head without Moss even reaching for it, and Ravens safety Ed Reed intercepted it. Moss has taken some criticism t… |
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It was nearly five years ago, and the Ravens were giving serious consideration to drafting towering Delaware quarterback Joe Flacco. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Ravens aren’t finished partying yet, but the rest of the league is moving on with offseason business. The Lions have made a second cut already, parting ways with right guard Stephen Peterman, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. They… |
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The Lombardi Trophy finally made it inside M&T Bank Stadium after the Ravens’ championship parade snaked through the streets of Baltimore. Tens of thousands of fans lined the streets of Baltimore, and M&T Bank Stadium is at full capacity. Police… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Ravens front office has earned their rings. In the coming weeks, they’ll earn their money. The team’s starting quarterback, absent a long-term deal, could enter the new league year with a cap number in excess of $20 million. Other key players … |
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Something To Talk AboutFeb 5
We're two days removed from Super Bowl XLVII, and the offseason looms. But a couple of Sunday's controversies still have people -- including Peter King -- buzzing. |
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Peter King, CNNSI.com It's the first day of the rest of our lives. Thirty-one weeks and two days until opening night at M&T Bank Stadium and the world champion Ravens host the opener of the 2013 season. Time to breathe a little bit. And by the way, if you haven't seen vi… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Future Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis will end his NFL career with a parade through the streets of Baltimore and, later this year, a ring ceremony with his teammates. Lewis was the center of attention after the game and was a player that the 49ers tr… |
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For what seems like the 17th or 18th week in a row, the Ravens will be on the cover of Sports Illustrated when it hits newsstands and mailboxes later this week. But this time, the Ravens don’t have to worry about any jinxes. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco threw 11 touchdowns and no interceptions en route to a Super Bowl title this season. He wasn’t the first quarterback to post those numbers, though. He wasn’t even the first quarterback named Joe to do it. Joe Montana post… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Ray Lewis was able to ride off into the sunset as a Super Bowl champion, but he did not play well on Sunday. In fact, one of Lewis’s former Ravens teammates thinks Lewis shouldn’t even keep his Super Bowl game check. “Half of his playoff check shoul… |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Superdome officials warned just months before the Super Bowl that the venue's electrical system could suffer a power outage and rushed to replace some of the equipment ahead of the big game. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Super Bowl victory tour has taken Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco from New Orleans to Orlando to New Jersey to New York City, where he finished a whirlwind day with an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman (which tapes much earlier than 11:… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Today, he’ll ride in a parade celebrating his Super Bowl title. But it wasn’t that long ago when Ravens head coach John Harbaugh couldn’t get a call back for college jobs. Harbaugh reflected on that long road Monday, saying he was still in disbelief… |
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Del. Emmett C. Burns Jr. said Tuesday he “accepted” his admonishment by the General Assembly’s ethics committee for using legislative stationery last year in trying to silence Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo’s outspoken support for … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com As Joe Flacco celebrated on the field after the Ravens won the Super Bowl, he yelled to a teammate, “This is f–king awesome.” Unfortunately, the CBS microphones picked up the F-bomb and broadcast it to 100 million or so people who were watching. Tha… |
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Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco went from a news conference in New Orleans to a parade at Walt Disney World to an appearance on the "Late Show" with David Letterman in a span of 12 hours. That's the life (or at least the first day) of being the … |
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Quarterback Joe Flacco is getting the credit that he deserves for leading the Ravens throughout the playoffs and then to a victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII. It will be interesting if Ravens coach John Harbaugh gets his. |
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Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com Two statistical analysts agreed that 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh made some tactical and mathematical blunders against his brother. |
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Despite dealing with painful toe, ankle and back injuries, Ravens starting inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe was a big factor in the Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers. |
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Ravens rookie outside linebacker is accustomed to winning Ravens rookie outside linebacker Courtney Upshaw won his second consecutive championship in football games played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. |
