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What Will the "Ravens-Indy" Scoreboard Say Sunday?
A long, long, long time ago, the Indianapolis Colts were the Baltimore Colts. Some people may not know this, so it must be repeated each time the Baltimore Ravens play the Indianapolis Colts. The old Baltimore Colts were "stolen" from the city of and fans who had cherished them since legendary QB...
Drew Brees Sneaking Up On Unitas' TD Streak
Over 50 years ago, Baltimore Colts legendary QB Johnny Unitas had his consecutive games touchdown streak stopped. Unitas had thrown at least one TD pass in 47 consecutive games. Over the past five decades, no one has come close to matching or topping this incredible record. Until now. New Orleans...
Saints' Brees TD Pass Streak Far Behind Johnny Unitas'
COOL BREES: New Orleans Saints quarterback DREW BREES has thrown a touchdown pass in 29 consecutive games, including the first two games in 2011. With a touchdown pass against the Houston Texans this Sunday, Brees can tie Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (30) for the third-most consecutive...
Opponent proponents - Q&A with Baltimore Beatdown
On Sunday, the Rams will host the Baltimore Ravens in a contest of footballing. And while the modern Baltimore football team has built an impressive history in a short time around players like Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Terrell Suggs and Jamal Lewis, Baltimore football was synonymous with one man for...
Book Review: 'Guts & Glory'
'Guts & Glory: The Golden Age of American Football,' by Neil Leifer (Publisher: Taschen Books) is a huge, coffee table size book, with almost 300 pages of information and especially classic photographs from one of the NFL's best photographers. Known in many different sports, Leifer has snapped...
NFL Coaches To Tour Persian Gulf
Four NFL coaches embark on an NFL-USO Coaches Tour this summer. Texans Head Coach GARY KUBIAK, Cardinals Head Coach KEN WHISENHUNT, former New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts Head Coach JIM E. MORA, and his son, former NFL coach and current NFL Network analyst JIM L. MORA will soon travel to...
Ray Lewis Says "Baltimore Embraced Me"
Fifteen years ago last month, the Baltimore Ravens selected LB Ray Lewis with the 26th pick in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft. Lewis was selected later in the round after the Ravens made LT Jonathan Ogden their first pick in franchise history with the fourth overall pick. Who would have...
Does Ray Lewis Deserve A Statue?
Over at NFL.com, they are filling their web pages with anything to draw interest during as big a lull in any football news as there has been in years. This NFL Lockout thing is making it relatively difficult to find much to discuss about football, so sites are digging deep into their bowels to pull...
Former Terp Named 'Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year'
Minnesota Vikings safety MADIEU WILLIAMS was named the 2010 WALTER PAYTON NFL MAN OF THE YEAR, it was announced today. Demonstrating his commitment to the community, Williams is in the Persian Gulf on a goodwill tour, having made an earlier commitment to visit with U.S. service members during...
Walter Payton 'Man of the Year' Award
The NFL sent us these three finalists for the 'Walter Payton Man of the Year Award,' including former University of Maryland player, Madieu Williams (Vikings). The Baltimore Ravens nominee was Anquan Boldin. The only winner from Baltimore was Colts' great Johnny Unitas in the first season the award...
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