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Murder Is More Than A 15 Yard Penalty

Found January 30, 2013 on Oregon Sports News:
PLAYERS: Ray Lewis
TEAMS: Baltimore Ravens
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Super Bowl Sunday is just days away now, and for the first time that I can remember, the main attraction is a defender. Ray Lewis, the Baltimore Ravens star linebacker, has the gravitas to command the attention of every camera, the popping of every light-bulb, and the awe of every eye on the biggest stage in American sports, when he runs out of the tunnel at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for Super Bowl XLVII and does his iconic dance, single-handily taking the blockbuster game to another level. People are divided on who they want to win the big game and who they think will win the big game, but most everyone is pulling for Lewis, a player who has thrown so much energy and inspiration and emotion into his craft since he was drafted by the Ravens back in 1996, he has curtailed a cultish following in the most professional and popular sport in the country - and washed the names Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar from that nation's collective memory. I'm sickened by the adula...
Original Story: http://www.oregonsportsnews.com/team-...
1 Comment:
  • Ray Lewis will end up in prison where he belongs
    by harry1   January 31, 2013   Reply    
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