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Ricky Williams Retiring From NFL
After 11 seasons in the NFL, running back Ricky Williams is retiring. He will end a career that included five 1,000-yard seasons, 74 career touchdowns and over 10,000 yards total rushing.
Last week Williams told reporters he was coming back for next season.
"I've grown a lot, kind of falling into a new role and a new city and a new organization, and I've gotten...
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RB Ricky Williams says he's retiring from NFL
Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams says he's retiring from football.
The 34-year-old Williams still has a year left on his contract with Baltimore, but told the team Tuesday he doesn't intend to play next year.
After winning the Heisman Trophy with Texas, Williams broke into the NFL in 1999 with the New Orleans Saints and had five 1,000-yard rushing seasons over...
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Ricky Williams retiring from NFL
Ricky Williams says he's retiring after playing 11 seasons in the NFL. He led the league in rushing in 2002 and reached one Pro Bowl.
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Report: Ravens RB Williams to announce retirement
Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams will announce his retirement from pro football for a second time, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.Williams previously retired from football on August 2, 2004 after violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy for a third time. Williams re-joined the Miami Dolphins on July 24, 2005 before violating the policy for a fourth...
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Bernard Pollard Elevated from Hero to Saint
One can make the case that Bernard Pollard as an individual* has had the single largest impact on the Patriots not winning another Super Bowl. Let us take a look at how one man can take down a franchise.
2008: Ascension to HERO Status
2009: Ascension to SUPERHERO Status
2011: Ascension to SAINTHOOD
The HALO Is Present
*It's him or Eli, take your pick
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Could Ravens have beaten Giants?...and Matt Birk is the NFL Man of the Year...
It's a little bit zany to ask the question, but it's on the minds of a lot of Ravens fans in the wake of the takedown of the New England Patriots by the New York Giants in SB 46: Could the Ravens have shut down the Giants and Eli Manning?We'll never know the answer, although in 2012 we'll get a chance to speculate as the NFC East divisional teams dovetail into the...
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Grubbs may not be back with Ravens
It’s only logical in this age of salary cap football that teams can’t bring all their free agents back. During this offseason, it appears the Ravens won’t be able to bring Pro Bowl left guard Ben Grubbs back.
There are several reasons Baltimore can’t bring him back even if they want to. By the way, they clearly want to. At the State of the Ravens address last...
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Suggs Wins AP Defensive Player of the Year
On Saturday, Ravens defensive end/linebacker Terrell Suggs was named as the Associated Press’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year for 2011. Suggs posted the best year of his nine-year career in Baltimore, with 14 sacks, 7 forced fumbles, and 2 interceptions. He was the best player on the Ravens’ defense, which finished the year ranked third overall in the league. Unfortunately...
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Ex-Viking Birk named NFL Man of the Year
Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk was named the 2011 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year on Saturday, recognizing him for community service.
Birk, who spent 10 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and was a six-time Pro Bowl selection while in Minnesota, promotes the importance of education and started the "Ready, Set, Read!" program, an initiative of his H.I.K.E. Foundation...
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Ravens LB Suggs wins Defensive Player of Year
Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs, the most dynamic player on the Ravens' staunch defense, has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year award.
On a team featuring longtime stars Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, Suggs stood out most for a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league. He earned 21 votes, seven more than Minnesota end Jared Allen...
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Owner: Ravens' window not closing
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti believes his team's window to win a Super Bowl is not closing even though the team's stars are aging.
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Newsome Has No Plans of Stepping Down Anytime Soon
When the Baltimore Ravens reached an agreement with Director of Player Personnel, Eric DeCosta, to remain with the organization and not interview for other team’s general manger positions, it raised the question of whether DeCosta would be taking over for Ozzie Newsome, sooner rather than later. At the team’s annual season-ending “state of the Ravens” [...]
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Possible Salary Cap Cuts that could be made by Ravens
The first important date on the calendar to circle for the Baltimore this off-season will be March 13, the day the NFL’s new financial year officially starts, with free agency beginning and the new salary cap number in place. Although the maximum cap number hasn’t been released — whatever it is — the Ravens have [...]
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This is why Ray Lewis might be the best teammate in the NFL (VIDEO)
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Ray Lewis has long been a controversial figure in the NFL, but no one can argue the man’s ability on the field as one of the finest linebackers of our generation. But the thing that perhaps makes Lewis even more special are his innate gifts as a leader, and his undeniable ability motivate his teammates around him to be better.
As we watch yet another Ravens...
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Ravens Official Team Store Takes Shot At Kicker Billy Cundiff In His Jersey Listing (Pic)
ShoppingRavens.com, the official team store of the Baltimore Ravens — or more accurately — a wisenheimer who works there and writes copy– decided to have a little fun, twist the knife a bit and enjoy some schadenfreude at the Baltimore Ravens’ expense by inserting a little smart-alecky copy into kicker Billy Cundiff’s jersey listing relating [...]
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