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By MIKE PRESTON | March 5, 2009
The prodigal son has returned to Baltimore. After failing to find a fortune in other areas of the country, linebacker Ray Lewis, one of Baltimore's all-time favorite sports figures, agreed in principle to a reported three-year, incentive-laden contract worth $22 million with the Ravens. Now that Lewis can finish his Hall of Fame career in Baltimore, all is right with the world again. OK, that's a stretch, but there will be peace in Baltimore. This city's love affair with No. 52 can continue after a brief separation.
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By RAY FRAGER | November 21, 2008
Mike Mussina won't get to decide whether his cap on a Hall of Fame plaque features a bird or the "NY" logo that can make Baltimore fans want to flip the bird. That call is up to the poohbahs of Cooperstown. But listen up, you guys, it should be an Oriole. Mike Mussina became Mike Mussina in Baltimore. Let's run some numbers: He spent 10 of his 18 major league seasons here. He recorded 147 of his 270 victories and 1,535 of his 2,813 strikeouts as an Oriole. All but eight of his 23 career shutouts came in orange and black.
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By BILL ORDINE | March 14, 2008
I realize in the NFL, when it comes to quarterbacks, never say never. Exhibit A -- Vinny Testaverde's comeback last year at age 44. Exhibit B -- David Carr signing with the New York Giants this week after failing to hold a job in Carolina, where the main competition was an undrafted free agent signed off waivers named Matt Moore. So I'm not going to write off Trent Dilfer, who was cut yesterday -- on his 36th birthday -- by the San Francisco 49ers after 14 seasons in the league, including one very memorable stretch in Baltimore when he was the quarterback of record for the Ravens' Super Bowl victory.
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By Patrick Gutierrez | December 5, 2007
Sean Rash wants to set the record straight: The two-year PBA Tour veteran has no beef with Danny Wiseman or Baltimore fans. Rash, 25, is the cocky upstart who defeated the Baltimore resident, 256-236, in the semifinals in front of Wiseman's home crowd last year en route to winning the 2006 Beltway Classic. The Wichita, Kan., native then caused a minor stir when he yelled out to the crowd, "Who's your hometown fan now?" The comment was heard on television and quickly became a hot topic on the sport's message boards.
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October 24, 2007
Let's see, if Baltimore makes it to the NFL playoffs, former Ravens quarterback Trent Dilfer, now with the 49ers, can rally the team with some signature cheer like "Cowboy up." San Francisco fans surely won't mind. Or maybe former Ravens linebacker Adalius Thomas will happily leave New England for a day. It's not like Patriots coach Bill Belichick is competitive or anything - maybe Mr. Thomas can videotape it. Now the question is who from the Orioles should be tapped to throw out tonight's first pitch for Game 1 of the World Series between the Rockies and Red Sox. Ex-Sox player Kevin "Cowboy up" Millar had the honor in the deciding Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday, and that seemed to do wonders for the Orioles' division rivals.
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By BILL ORDINE | June 27, 2007
Baltimore sports fans can be defensive when it comes to their athletic heroes, and any top 50 list about athletes who are heroes or otherwise will create debate. Thus is the case with the top 50 list of all-time sports jerks on CBS Sports Line.com. OK, so some don't want to hear anything negative about Ray Lewis (No. 49), Babe Ruth (No. 42) and Art Modell (No. 38). But there are others on the list whom Baltimore fans would have no problems with - Albert Belle (No. 44), Reggie Jackson (No. 14; remember he played here in 1976)
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By DAN CONNOLLY | March 17, 2007
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Different uniform and different hairstyle. Same old Sidney Ponson. The Prodigal Right-hander was back at Fort Lauderdale Stadium yesterday, happily greeting old teammates, taking jabs at Orioles fans and stiffing the Baltimore media. It was like old times, except he now has a thick dark mullet, wears the Minnesota Twins stripes and hasn't posed for a mug shot in months. OK, so the requisite cheap shot aimed at the Troubled Aruban has been fired. That's the last flippant rip for today.
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February 10, 2007
Writer shouldn't focus on race David Steele gives new meaning to the term "color commentary." In less than one week, he ballyhooed a Super Bowl featuring two black head coaches, ran a quote hypothesizing that John Mackey's skin color was a factor in delaying his Hall of Fame election, and expounded on the NBA's minority recruiting practices, all before coming full circle to Tony Dungy's race. His column was conspicuously absent Jan. 30, I suspect, because even for him, it was a stretch to memorialize Barbaro as a horse of color.
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By JOHN EISENBERG | January 14, 2006
For the rest of the country, the pro football weekend unfolding today and tomorrow should be among the best, offering a pair of playoff doubleheaders with winners moving within one win of a berth in the Super Bowl. In Baltimore, however, the weekend will be something else entirely, something dark and personal and unrelenting. It will be the ultimate Hate-a-Thon. The three teams Baltimore fans dislike most - the Washington Redskins, Indianapolis Colts and Pittsburgh Steelers - will be in action, seeking further glories.
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By RICK MAESE | December 16, 2005
You'd think the passion might waver this late in the year. Fifteen weeks into the season, football fans in Baltimore haven't had much to celebrate. Yet this weekend, they'll wake up like every other Sunday and start wishing and hoping and setting their TiVos. We're not talking about the Ravens right now. On Sunday, a good portion of area football fans will be focusing as much bad energy as they can muster on the Chargers-Colts game. The Colts have their sights set on history, trying to become the first team since the 1972 Dolphins to remain unbeaten the entire season.