Bengals lineman is arrested with gun at airportATLANTA (AP) -- Cincinnati Bengals tackle Andre Smith was free on bond Friday after his arrest on a charge of carrying a gun at Atlanta's airport. |
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What has the Falcons reveling in their game with the 49ers? Can the Ravens' defense hold up against the vaunted Patriots' offense? Peter King answers these and more in his Last Word. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Ray Horton, who spent the past two seasons as Arizona's defensive coordinator, was named to the same position with the Browns on Friday. |
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Here is the injury report for Sunday's AFC Championship Game between the Ravens and Patriots: BALTIMORE RAVENS OUT: CB Asa Jackson (thigh). QUESTIONABLE: LB Dannell Ellerbe (ankle/back), FB Vonta Leach (knee/ankle), RB Bernard Pierce (knee), WR David Re… |
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Ravens coach John Harbaugh wouldn't say specifically why he fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron last month, and Harbaugh won't say specifically what offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell is doing differently than Cameron. But there is a difference in t… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com On Friday, a feud suddenly emerged between Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and former Eagles president (and current Browns CEO) Joe Banner. Lurie believes Banner has been criticizing Eagles G.M. Howie Roseman, and Banner denies it. The strangest aspect of t… |
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Lynn Zinser, nytimes.com Eight N.F.L. teams hired coaches in the past few weeks. Not a single hire was African-American. |
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Joe Flacco didn't exactly channel his inner Joe Namath, but the Ravens quarterback definitely likes his team’s chances in Sunday’s AFC championship game against the New England Patriots. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert announced last week that he was cutting running back Chris Rainey, just hours after Rainey was arrested — and just nine months after Colbert drafted Rainey, despite character concerns stemming from Rainey’s college career. … |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Oh dear. What can one even say about this video, created by the Baltimore police department in anticipation of this weekend's AFC championship game between the Ravens and the Patriots? It's got everything that a terrible hype video needs: "Seven Na… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Bengals tackle Andre Smith is set to become a free agent in March if he doesn’t work out a deal with the team or get the franchise tag. He may have some legal issues to sort through while trying to secure his football future, however. WCPO-TV is reporti… |
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Five nuggets of knowledge about Sunday's AFC Championship Game: QB road warrior: Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has won five out of his nine road playoff games, which is more than Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, Brett Favre, Terry Bradshaw, Steve… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com As an NFL Network commentator, Mike Lombardi was critical of the Browns’ decision to spend a first-round draft pick on quarterback Brandon Weeden. So now that Lombardi has been hired to run the Browns’ front office, does that mean it’s time to find … |
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Working across the country from his more celebrated brother, John Harbaugh has made the Ravens one of the most consistent winners in the NFL, writes Peter King. |
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AFC Championship Game preview: Patriots running game is the key to a return trip to the Super BowlJan 18
Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots 6:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. Talk about familiarity. This Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots will face one another for the sixth time in the last four se… |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com The Baltimore Ravens have worked hard and admirably persevered through multiple challenges this season to get back to the same position they were in last year: playing at New England in the AFC Championship game. But history says the chances of the outc… |
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Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam talked about completing "the team" with the hiring of Mike Lombardi as the vice president of player personnel. So, who will have final authority over football matters: Lombardi, chief executive officer Joe B… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com On Monday, CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora did a hatchet job on Eagles GM Howie Roseman. He wrote that Roseman was "drunk with power" and "woefully out of his depth," and to add the sheen of authority, La Canfora cloaked it in "a g… |
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My picks in last weekend's divisional playoff round can be summed up like this: Saturday was awful and Sunday was perfect. In other words, I split last weekend. Here's my predictions for Sunday's conference championship games (for entertainment purposes… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees is very familiar with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. He’s been part of the defensive staff in Baltimore for the last three seasons, which has meant three matchups with the Patriots, and he spent four years as the … |
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I didn't think the Browns made the right move when they fired general manager Tom Heckert 19 days ago. Now, that move is even more puzzling with the announcement that the Browns have hired Mike Lombardi as their vice president of player personnel. Repla… |
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Friday morning one-linersJan 18
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com WR Donald Jones thinks he’ll be recovered from his season-ending illness in time for the start of Bills offseason work. A look at the possible cap benefits of cutting various members of the Dolphins. Patriots S Devin McCourty says he’s impressed with … |
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I will be traveling to New England tomorrow for the AFC Championship Game, and Foxborough is going to feel like Miami compared to Denver last weekend. The high temperature for Sunday is 44 degrees, which is more than 30 degrees warmer than the AFC divis… |
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New England Patriots to keep Balitmore Ravens coach John Harbaugh from Super Bowl clash with brotherJan 18
For a good part of the season, it looked like Super Bowl XLVII could be renamed the Manning Bowl On Bourbon St. with Eli’s Giants and Peyton’s Broncos on a collision course that ultimately got sidetracked before the brothers could play for the Lombard… |
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Since Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis announced that he will retire at the end of Baltimore's season, his quest for another Super Bowl victory to cap his ... |
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