31 Dec
It’s a fitting finish to a bad year for Baltimore sports. The Ravens fire Brian Billick on New Year’s Eve: out with the old, in with the new, right?
The Billick dismissal seems a perfect capper to a 2007 year that also included the firing of Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo in that team’s 10th straight losing […]
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28 Dec
There are a number of powerful images I’ll take with me from covering the Ravens 2007 season. You might be most interested in the things I was privy to “behind the scenes.” I’ll keep the identities anonymous, but some of the images don’t need names for you to get a glimpse into what life can […]
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17 Dec
The Ravens eighth straight defeat of the 2007 (adding to the team record for most consecutive losses) has taken the fan base to the breaking point. What makes the eighth straight loss worse than the previous seven is that the last one came at the hands of the previously winless Miami Dolphins who were 0-and-13 […]
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13 Dec
Bulletin: baseball players have been using steroids and human growth hormone. We knew that, now we know it with an official Major League Baseball stamp on it, It’s called the Mitchell Report, a 400-page summary of an investigation done by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell. I’ve read through parts of it, especially the parts that […]
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04 Dec
Here we go again: a controversial finish in another Ravens defeat. It happened in consecutive home games in losses to Cleveland and New England, and the cries of foul play by the players have given fans the go-ahead to rev up the conspiracy band wagon. What is it about Baltimore fans that we love to […]
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