At Super Bowl XLVII press conferences, Ray Lewis may not face any questions about stabbing incident from 2000 Super BowlOn more than one occasion we’ve heard Ray Lewis speak of “sacrifice,” whether for his team or an even higher power. His words ring heavy in our ears while contemplating another sacrifice — the time it will take to watch Tuesday’s Super Bowl Medi… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS -- Last September, the Baltimore Ravens received a surprise visitor to their facility in the person of Muhammad Ali, whose specific inspiration to the team was recalled that day by Jack Harbaugh, father of Ravens head coach John and San Fran… |
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Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com Ravens Coach John Harbaugh seemed a lot happier to be in New Orleans than his brother, 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh. |
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Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, who grew up in New Jersey, went to school at Pittsburgh and Delaware and plays now in Baltimore — none of which are remotely tropical in the winter time — is not a big fan of next year’s cold-weather New York Super Bow… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Aldon Smith was among several players preparing for the Super Bowl who doesn't see anything wrong with their kids playing football. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The most recent edition of Saturday Night Live featured a squirrel-dancing Kenan Thompson at the Weekend Update desk with Seth Meyers. Thompson, with painted face and purple No. 52 jersey, was playing the role of Ray Lewis. Among other things, the segm… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com This seems like far less than breaking news, but I suppose it is. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Browns “officially” fired defensive coordinator Dick Jauron today. That’s courteous of them, since they hired Ray Horton as defensive coordina… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- The Ravens immediately felt at home in The Big Easy, compliments of Jacoby Jones' family. Emily Jones, the mother of the Ravens' Pro Bowl returner who lives in New Orleans, fixed 150 plates at the team hotel Monday night that included Gum… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com The first thing you'll notice about this petition is that it contains a great deal of exclamation points. Why are there so many exclamation points? Who knows. Maybe it's a rhetorical strategy that we aren't familiar with, or perhaps the cheerleader who … |
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Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com Longtime Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton is 35 years old and his contract is up. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hampton is not expected to be re-signed. The Steelers are expected to turn to some combination of Steve McLendon, Ziggy Hood, a… |
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As you get ready for the Ravens to play in the Super Bowl, you can reminisce on how they got to this point. Dean Oliver from ESPN Stats & Information takes a look at the plays that most improved their chances of winning through the regular season an… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Ravens are arriving in New Orleans later this afternoon, with enough characters to liven up the town for a week. None of those characters are quarterback Joe Flacco. In fact, the Ravens quarterback can’t even seem to entertain his own family. Flacco… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Andre Johnson, Texans; Aaron Brooks, Saints; Joe Montana, 49ers; Hines Ward, Steelers; Brett Favre, Packers. More » |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Richard Lollar was one of two men killed in the 2000 Super Bowl week stabbing outside an Atlanta nightclub that led to Ray Lewis's pleading guilty to obstruction of justice. For 13 years Lollar has been buried in his hometown of Akron, and in those 13 y… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Since retiring, Pittsburgh Steelers legend Hines Ward has kept busy as a studio analyst for NBC's "Football Night in America." He also has spent some time as a corpse risen from his grave. Thanks to the connections of a college teammate who no… |
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Brett Michael Dykes, nytimes.com The view from New Orleans: Super Bowl week has arrived, announced by white tents popping up around the city and the steady buzzing of the first blimp. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Thousands turned out to Baltimore's Inner Harbor to send the Ravens off to their second Super Bowl. |
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NEW ORLEANS -- When it comes to Ray Lewis, you either love him or hate him. When the Ravens linebacker is shown on TV, you either buy into his passionate words or you want to change the channel. ESPN.com's Elizabeth Merrill does an excellent job in show… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Scott Cacciola has a fine story in today's New York Times about Joe Flacco and those wedding photos that won us over so long ago. But this story is particularly special because it includes this quote, from Flacco's father, which confirms that his son is… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com While the Ravens and 49ers are getting ready for a Super Bowl, Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was on the set of "Celebrity Diving" saving comedian Louie Armstrong from drowning. Apparently, these are the types of stories happen when a NF… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com If Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco plays well against the 49ers in the Super Bowl, he’s set to accomplish something that only a couple of of 49ers Hall of Famers have done in NFL playoff history. Flacco has thrown eight touchdown passes and no interceptio… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- You hear it all the time in December: if a team finishes the regular season strong and gets a first-round bye, it increases the chances of reaching the Super Bowl. The Baltimore Ravens, as well as recent NFL history, say otherwise. If the… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com We shared earlier that the Eagles’ search for a defensive coordinator included a couple of coaches who have a pretty big game coming up on Sunday, but they aren’t limiting their search to members of the Ravens and 49ers coaching staffs. Adam Schefter … |
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NEW ORLEANS -- When the Baltimore Ravens' plane lands here Monday afternoon, the coaches and players will head to a hotel where the casino is across the street and Bourbon Street is a short walk away. Ravens coach John Harbaugh as well as the team leade… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Eagles open Super Bowl week without a defensive coordinator and it doesn’t look like they’ll hire one until after the big game. 49ers defensive backs coach Ed Donatell has been linked with the job for a while and Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia In… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Last week on PFT Live, a former hard-hitting safety from the Patriots (Rodney Harrison) said that one of the things the Patriots need is a hard-hitting safety. Enter Ed Reed? Peter King of SI.com said during Sunday night’s Pro Bowl pregame on NBC that t… |
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If this was the final Pro Bowl, the AFC North had some memorable performances in it. Wide receivers A.J. Green and Josh Cribbs combined for four touchdowns, and Browns kicker Phil Dawson delivered the most unusual play. He tried an onside kick in which … |
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Andy Benoit, nytimes.com Have you already heard enough about the Harbaugh brothers or Ray Lewis or Colin Kaepernick? Don't be silly. It's Super Bowl week. |
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On Sunday a Beyonce performance will be bookended by a football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. But before these teams ... |
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