Raiders FB Reece replaces Leach in Pro BowlAssociated Press, ESPN.com Oakland Raiders fullback Marcel Reece will replace Baltimore's Vonta Leach on the AFC's Pro Bowl roster after the Ravens earned a trip to the Super Bowl on Sunday. |
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Hidden In Plain SightJan 20
Did we see the Ravens coming? After their 28-13 win over the Pats, maybe we should've, says Don Banks, who adds Baltimore fits the recent profile of Super Bowl winners to a tee. |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Joe Flacco, quarterback, Baltimore Ravens: After a relatively quiet first half, Flacco stepped up in the final 30 minutes, completing 15-of-24 pass attempts for 159 yards and three touchdowns as the Ravens scored 21 straight points to defeat the New Eng… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs doesn’t like the Patriots. And now that he’s on his way to the first Super Bowl of his career after beating them in the AFC title game, Suggs has teed off on his team’s long-time nemesis. “Tell them to have fun at… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Tom Brady probably should have known it wasn't his day when he tried to run upfield against the Ravens and got tackled by an official. In the first play after the two-minute warning of the first half in the AFC championship game, the Patriots' quarterba… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com In what could be his last time wearing a plain orange helmet, Browns receiver Josh Cribbs is heading back to the Pro Bowl. Cribbs has secured his third Pro Bowl berth via the Ravens’ berth in the Super Bowl. Jacoby Jones is out, and Cribbs is in. Crib… |
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Shannon Sharpe Actually Makes Sense Talking About Bill Belichick's Refusal To Do Post-Game InterviewJan 20
Sean Newell, deadspin.com Following his team's loss at home to the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship, Bill Belichick declined an on-field post-game interview with CBS's Steve Tasker. It was a childish move, but not necessarily a surprising one. On the the CBS post-game sh… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Not too long ago, Ray Lewis was out of the lineup with a triceps injury and it seemed like there was a chance he would never play in the NFL again. Instead, Lewis will finish his illustrious career on the biggest stage, in his first Super Bowl since win… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Joe Flacco outdueled Tom Brady, throwing three touchdown passes in the second half and leading the Baltimore Ravens to their first Super Bowl in 12 years with a 28-13 victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday for the AFC championship. |
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Call them AFC champions. Joe Flacco engineered three second-half touchdown drives as the Ravens rallied to topple the Patriots 28-13 to earn a berth in Super Bowl XLVII. |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Dennis Pitta took one of the hardest hits of the season from one of the NFL's toughest linebackers, then came back on the next play to give the Ravens the lead in the AFC championship game. The sequence says plenty about Pitta's toughness. The Ravens ti… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must have been upset when he was stopped by umpire Chad Brown near the end of the first half of the AFC Championship game against the Baltimore Ravens. That happened with 1:52 left in the first half, and when y… |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- My thoughts on the Baltimore Ravens' 28-13 win over the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game: What it means: The Ravens' magical championship run continues as they head to their first Super Bowl in 12 years. One week af… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Among the various awards to be distributed the night before the Super Bowl will be the one that combines on-field performance with off-field service. This year, the finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award are Cardinals receiver Larry F… |
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Mike Rodak, ESPN.com New England Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib left in the first quarter of Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Baltimore Ravens with a thigh injury. The team announced his return as questionable. |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Ray Rice helped the Baltimore Ravens take a 7-3 lead over the New England Patriots during the AFC Championship on Sunday night by running in a two-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Afterwards, Rice did his customary flexing touchdown celebration. Fo… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The first seven drives of the AFC Championship Game ended with six punts and a Patriots field goal. The eighth drive was a different story. Baltimore marched down the field on a 13-play, 90-yard drive at the start of the second quarter, culminating with… |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll be with you through Pats-Ravens and get you those GIFs you lust for. Thanks for stopping by. More » |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com It may get lost in the shuffle a bit if the Baltimore Ravens lose the AFC title game to the New England Patriots and Ray Lewis officially retires as well, but we may have just seen the final game for the greatest tight end in NFL history. When the Atlan… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com During the national anthem before the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots faced off in the AFC championship, Baltimore's Ray Lewis got very, very emotional. Dancing back and forth while making this face kind of emotional. Perhaps he realizes that,… |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com We're going to be putting our GIFs from the respective Conference Championship games right here. So if you're looking for Julio Jones's touchdown scoring and/or security guard eliminating prowess, here's your spot. We'll update with Patriots-Ravens as s… |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Running back Danny Woodhead and defensive end Chandler Jones are active for the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Ravens linebacker Dannell Ellerbe (ankle/back) is active for tonight’s AFC Championship Game, after he was limited in Friday’s practice and ruled questionable. Likewise, rookie running back Bernard Pierce is active after he missed two days of practice… |
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Andrew Das, nytimes.com Commentary and live analysis from Sunday's A.F.C. championship game between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots. |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Wind will be a factor in New England today, especially judging from the goal posts on the nearby practice fields that look like they're going to topple over. The Patriots tweeted out a picture that it said was the goal posts on the practice fields, whic… |
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Ravens 0, Patriots 0Jan 20
The Patriots bested the Ravens in last year's AFC championship game, can Baltimore seize revenge? Or will history repeat itself in Foxboro? Follow along and join our discussion. |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis intends to retire at the end of his season. Some New England Patriots fans are so positive that his retirement is coming on Sunday that they've put up a billboard counting down to his retirement party. This billboard was … |
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The Ravens' defense has been on the field for 87 plays in each of its first two playoff games. That's an average of 20 more plays per game than the regular season for the Baltimore defense. Now, the Ravens face a fast-break Patriots offense that ran a l… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com In the week leading up to Sunday’s AFC title game, Ravens receiver Anquan Boldin paid homage to the quarterback of an AFL champion from 43 years ago, who accurately predicted the toppling of an elite team that used to be in Baltimore. “We’ll win,”… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Browns defensive coordinator Ray Horton admits that he’s disappointed that he didn’t land a head coaching job this year, but that disappointment doesn’t take away his excitement over his new job. Horton, who left the Cardinals after Bruce Arians was… |
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Joe Flacco's turning point was actually his lowest point of the season. In Week 15, Flacco had an interception that was returned 98 yards for a touchdown in the Ravens' 34-17 loss to the Broncos. The lasting image was Flacco laying face first in the tur… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Former Cleveland Browns coach Pat Shurmur is expected to join Chip Kelly's coaching staff in Philadelphia, likely as the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive coordinator, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. |
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Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com Above is the infamous Ryan Clark hit on Willis McGahee, four years ago yesterday, that put McGahee on a stretcher to close out the 2009 AFC Championship game. Though the next day the Associated Press considered it newsworthy that Willis McGahee would, i… |
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As everyone knows, it's a big day in the AFC North because the Baltimore Ravens play the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. The last time the Ravens reached the Super Bowl, Ray Lewis was 25 years old. In other words, it's been a long tim… |
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