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Live from Owings Mills: J. Smith, Carr return to practice

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- For the first time since injuring his left ankle on kickoff coverage early in the season opener against Pittsburgh, rookie cornerback Jimmy Smith returned to the practice field on Thursday in what amounts to a...

Ravens injury report: Evans, three others ruled out against Texans

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Despite optimism that the bye week would return a fully-healthy roster, the Ravens know they will already be without four players for Sunday's game against Houston. Wide receiver Lee Evans, safety Tom Zbikowski, and cornerbacks Chris...

Reed holding together battered, youthful Ravens secondary

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Ravens entered the 2011 season with greater depth at cornerback than at any point in recent memory. Then, they began dropping like flies. Jimmy Smith and Chris Carr went down in the regular-season opener, neither one...

Live from Owings Mills: Evans essentially ruled out, Grubbs game-time decision

(Updated: 1:45 p.m.) OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Friday's practice looked very similar to Thursday as the Ravens failed to receive any encouraging signs from wide receiver Lee Evans or left guard Ben Grubbs in terms of practice participation. Coach John Harbaugh...

Live from Owings Mills: Grubbs, Evans sidelined again after one-day return to practice

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- If Wednesday's injury report was an encouraging shot in the arm as the banged-up Ravens officially turned their sights toward the Houston Texans, Thursday might feel like a swift kick to the gut. After returning to...

Live from Owings Mills: Six injured Ravens return to practice

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- After John Harbaugh's Monday press conference cast doubt on the status of the eight injured Ravens players entering the bye week, Wednesday afternoon's practice might lift spirits as six of the wounded returned to the...

Injured players continue to heal with Ravens' bye week history

With eight players shelved with injuries as the Ravens entered their Week 5 bye, the early-season respite was viewed as the perfect elixir to build upon a 3-1 start and an early lead in the AFC North. However, after coach...

Grading the Ravens' veteran acquisitions at the quarter pole

In the immediate aftermath of the lockout coming to an end in late July, the hammer fell on the Baltimore Ravens as we knew them from past seasons. Gone were established veterans Todd Heap, Derrick Mason, Kelly Gregg, and Willis...

Ravens get surprising early start to bye week

After a convincing 34-17 win over the New York Jets to improve their record to 3-1 heading into their bye week, Ravens players received more good news on Monday afternoon. Instead of working for a few days this week before...

Cameron, Pagano mum on Ravens' key position battles

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- With the Ravens' ever-important third preseason game coming up on Thursday, a number of key position battles still appear wide open, accompanied with varying degrees of concern as the regular season inches closer. No competition has...
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Weird April for Holliday winds down with Orioles sending him back to minors

BALTIMORE -- Regardless of your feelings on the Orioles' handling of top prospect Jackson Holliday, there's a good chance you've felt right and wrong...

What is Oakland losing with the Athletics?

Author Jason Turbow gives Nestor an Oakland Athletics history lesson and discusses everything that went wrong over 50 years dating back to Charlie Finley and a book he wrote on the 1970s World Series champions draped in thrift and constant acrimony.

Ravens tab cornerback Nate Wiggins as best cross section of talent, need in first round

"Just getting a corner at this point like Nate is probably the best way we could have started this weekend."

Ravens address secondary with Wiggins as we await offensive line help

Late in the night the Baltimore Ravens were quite excited about drafting Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the 30th pick and now Luke Jones and Nestor await how general manager Eric DeCosta will address the offensive line and other needs this weekend via what has already been a wild NFL Draft.

Fielding a field of crowded outfielders as Kjerstad arrives for Orioles

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles returning from Anaheim to see the A's and Yankees at Camden Yards with the Heston Kjerstad promotion and the curious Rashod Bateman deal with the Ravens before NFL Draft. A big week of sports ahead in Baltimore.

A sportswriting legend talks about her roots in Oriole Magic and what went wrong in Oakland

Recovering sportswriter Susan Fornoff comes home to Baltimore to talk Oriole Magic, Athletics history and why it matters to fans in Oakland and beyond. And Nestor finally gets to tell some old newspaper tales of her legend and lore at The News American in the 1980s before that creep Dave Kingman showed who the real rats of Major League Baseball were to baseball beat writers.

Ravens excited to land “best cover corner in the draft” in Clemson’s Wiggins

General manager Eric DeCosta said he didn't expect Nate Wiggins to be available at the end of the first round.

First-round cornerback Nate Wiggins says pre-draft visit with Ravens “felt like it was home”

The Clemson product is the first cornerback selected by Baltimore in the first round since Marlon Humphrey in 2017.
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