Cundiff grateful for teammates' support
For Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff, the support of his teammates and the lessons learned from his Midwestern upbringing have helped keep the biggest miss of his career in perspective.
The 31-year-old Cundiff returned to his home state of Iowa on Sunday to accept an alumni award from Drake University in Des Moines, three weeks after he shanked a 32-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds...
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Ravens K Cundiff grateful for teammates' support
Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff says the support of his teammates has helped keep the biggest miss of his career in perspective.
The 31-year-old Cundiff returned to his home state of Iowa on Sunday to accept an alumni award from Drake University in Des Moines. His homecoming comes three weeks after he shanked a 32-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds left in the AFC championship...
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Will Domonique Foxworth be back with Ravens in 2012?
The Ravens entered the 2011 season with questions about their secondary. Those questions never made a lot of sense to me, but they were among some local and national media outlets.
Baltimore’s pass defense ended the season ranked fourth in the NFL, allowing just 196.2 yards per game. A mix of youth (Lardarius Webb, Cary Williams and Jimmy Smith) and experience (Ed Reed and...
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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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Ricky Williams Banged His Wife And He Wants You All To Know…..In A Very “Ricky Williams” Way
Ricky Williams’ very strange, but very good eleven NFL seasons came to an end earlier this week, when he announced his retirement. Three franchises (Saints, Dolphins, Ravens) – (mix in a year with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts in 2006), as well as a previous retirement after testing positive for marijuana, some deep, dark secrets and his very weird antics, sort of blurred everyone...
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Ravens avoid "dead money" for 2012...
The bad news for the Ravens: they missed making the Super Bowl in 2011-12 by mere inches... The good news---their salary cap management makes an even brighter 2012-13 possible...“We do a good job of looking at our cost today and then our cost in the future and we try to balance both of them,” General Manager Ozzie Newsome said in a recent interview with Garett Downing of the...
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Should Baltimore Ravens Re-Sign Ray Rice in 2012?
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice is hands down one of the superstars of the NFL.
Since his emergence, Rice has not only made become instrumental in Baltimore’s offense, but is also one of the most multidimensional premiere playmakers arround the league. Thanks to the curse of the NFL—which is better known as the salary cap—the Ravens are in another unique situation...
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A Glance at the Ravens’ Free Agents
The Baltimore Ravens will have a number of decisions to make on its key free agents this off-season. The team has 13 unrestricted and four restricted free agents and decisions will have to be made sooner rather than later on who stays and who goes. Here are the 13 unrestricted free agents: RB Ray Rice, [...]
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Is pass rusher a need for Ravens?
During the State of the Ravens address, general manager Ozzie Newsome proclaimed pass rusher will be an area of focus this offseason. My question to that would be is pass rusher really a need?
On the surface it’s easy to say yes. However, I’m here to take a deeper look at things and give my opinion. Whether you agree with me or not, well, that’s up to you.
I don...
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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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Baltimore Ravens: Most Pressing Offseason Needs
Thus ends another disappointing season in Baltimore. In a season with so much promise and the fact the Ravens did not have to face the Pittsburgh Steelers nor Peyton Manning in the postseason, this year was more than just frustration. It is almost to a point in Raven Country that something needs to change. Ray Lewis said he’s coming back for another year, now where that is...
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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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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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Ricky Williams says a text from Bill Parcells convinced him to retire
We have seen this act before. Ricky Williams announces his retirement, follows Lenny Kravitz around the world for a few months, and then returns to the NFL and remains relatively productive. Williams announced his retirement once again on Tuesday, but there are still plenty of people who believe he will change his mind. He was a successful compliment to Ray Rice in the Ravens running...
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The Strange Career of Hair That Was Ricky Williams Comes to an End
Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams has decided to retire from the NFL after 11 seasons, he announced Tuesday. Williams briefly retired once before, missing the 2004 season. He was facing a four-game suspension for violating the league’s drug policy before he shockingly announced he was leaving the game. He returned in 2005, then left to spend the 2006 season with...
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Vacation With Ravens Cheerleaders At 2012 Calendar Shoot In Bahamas!
There isn’t much related to the wild world of NFL cheerleading that slips by us here at BC. Whether it’s the opportunity to ‘rent’ cheerleaders for birthday parties, bachelor parties, grandpa’s wake, grandpa’s nursing home, etc. – we’re all over it. So upon learning that the Baltimore Ravens have been allowing fans – since 2010...
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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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Bisciotti Will Avoid Contract Talks and Let His Experts Handle it
Contract talks and negotiations are huge part of the business side in the NFL. It’s a side, however, Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti chooses not to engage in. “I’ve never sat in a negotiation and I never will,” Bisciotti said last week at the Ravens end-of-season press conference. via BaltimoreRavens.com. This is a prime example [...]
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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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Texas Heisman winner Ricky Williams retiring
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- Ricky Williams is retiring from the NFL.
Again.
This time, however, it appears to be for good.
The 34-year-old Williams told the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday he won't be back to fulfill the second year of a contract he signed in August. Playing as a backup to Ray Rice this year, Williams ran for 444 yards and scored two touchdowns.
He also became...
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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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Ricky Williams: The Man or the Myth
Ricky Williams the man or myth
On Tuesday, Ricky Williams confirmed his retirement from football. The news was not surprising as he found himself on a winning team, but yet in a very limited role with the Baltimore Ravens spelling pro bowler Ray Rice.
The games that are memorable by Ricky Williams are the home game vs the Jets in the 2002 season where Williams rushed for...
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