Published on: 12th August, 2009
The University of Maryland cut just over three percent of its athletic budget recently, which will result in a few more bus trips and a few less media guides for the athletic programs. I can’t imagine that the football and men’s basketball staff will actually complain about taking buses to ACC ...Published on: 10th August, 2009
…if you ask Jason Brown of the St. Louis Rams. “I’m so glad we’re playing Washington early in the year because it’s going to be hot out there, we’re going to be running hurry-up offense and he’s going to get fatigued,” Brown said. “And I’m not sure if you have watched ...Published on: 7th August, 2009
Maybe it’s the humidity of the mid-Atlantic, because it makes no sense for veterans of two area NFL teams to have this many issues with hamstrings. Particularly when the players are wide receivers, who are trained to stretch and practice to avoid this kind of injury. We talked earlier about Mark ...Published on: 7th August, 2009
Two words you do not want to see together in Ravens’ training camp are “hamstring” and “bleeding.” But, that’s the case with receiver Mark Clayton, who injured the hamstring in Sunday’s practice and will miss “a couple of preseason games” according to head coach John Harbaugh. Clayton, who was the team’s ...Published on: 4th August, 2009
‘Ego-free’ is how the headline describes him. It's a story on Ravens’ running back Le’Ron McClain, detailing how hard he works, how likeable he is, and how he genuinely mingles humility with his versatile talent. These are the exact reasons why the Ravens need to beware this dude at all costs. Don’t ...Published on: 2nd August, 2009
The most unexpected part of Derrick Mason’s retirement and recent un-retirement is that no one expected him to be the kind of guy that would use retirement as a way to get out of training camp. Not that anyone would fault him for it, considering he’s the steadiest part of ...Published on: 24th July, 2009
Apparently, Joe Horn may be an option for the Baltimore Ravens to replace the retired Derrick Mason. The first thing that jumps out is, if there were concerns last year about Mason’s contract because of his age, why bring in a 37-year-old Horn whose last productive season was in 2006? He would ...Published on: 16th July, 2009
The perfect storm is quickly approaching ESPN 980, and short of hiring me for their 6-10 a.m. slot, there’s little to nothing that Daniel Snyder and Red Zebra Broadcasting can do to stop the imminent destruction. WJFK has lined up locally-bred talent, former Washington footballers, and a score of professional sports ...Published on: 15th July, 2009
Since all of you are excited about the pending release of Madden '10, here are the following write-ups and ratings for our two local squads out of Baltimore and Washington. The Redskins are one of the more balanced teams in Madden NFL 10. Clinton Portis (93 OVR/91 SPIN/92 JUKE) leads the ...Published on: 5th July, 2009
Here in Baltimore, the outpouring of mourning will hit full throttle today, nearly 24 hours after the discovery of Steve McNair’s lifeless body in a Nashville condominium. His brief career as a Baltimore Raven was a microcosm for the tenure of his life as a football player; grit and determination willing ...