FEATURES
By Donna M. Owens, Special to The Baltimore Sun | October 21, 2010
You might say that Aaron Maybin is on top of the world. Indeed, from the lofty perch of his new condo at the Inner Harbor, the 22-year-old NFL player has a panoramic view of the city he calls home. "Oh man, I love it," said Maybin, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills who was born in Baltimore and went to school in Ellicott City. "To live downtown, to wake up and look out at the harbor, it's incredible. " Maybin, a standout at Mt. Hebron High School and an All American at Penn State University, was selected as the NFL's 11th overall draft pick in 2009.
SPORTS
By Jamison Hensley | jamison.hensley@baltsun.com | March 17, 2010
Free-agent defensive end Dwan Edwards will sign a four-year deal with the Buffalo Bills today, an NFL source confirmed. The Ravens didn't attempt to counter the offer, the source added. Edwards left his visit with the Bills on Tuesday without a deal. But the sides reached an agreement late Tuesday. Edwards, the first Ravens starter to go elsewhere this season, was a 2004 second-round pick of the Ravens. He becomes the second lineman to leave the Ravens in free agency, joining Justin Bannan, who signed with the Denver Broncos.
SPORTS
By Jamison Hensley and Baltimore Sun reporter | March 17, 2010
Former Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards officially signed his four-year deal with the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday. The deal has a maximum value of $18 million. At his press conference, Edwards said it isn't difficult to go from a winning culture with the Ravens to a rebuilding team in the Bills. "It's definitely more rewarding when you take something that's maybe not as good now, but people can definitely see the potential that this team has," Edwards said. "It's going to be a process.
SPORTS
By Jamison Hensley and Baltimore Sun reporter | March 16, 2010
Free-agent defensive end Dwan Edwards left his visit with the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday without a deal, which might lead to his return to the Ravens. Edwards has made three visits during free agency and has yet to receive an offer. "[Free agency] has been a little difficult. I'm not going to lie," Edwards said in his first comments since becoming a free agent at the beginning of this month. "I kind of new coming in some teams might have some issues with my neck." Edwards had spinal fusion surgery after missing the 2008 season.
SPORTS
By Kevin Van Valkenburg | kevin.vanvalkenburg@baltsun.com | February 28, 2010
It's not a secret that the Ravens are desperate to upgrade their wide receivers this offseason. But are they desperate enough to consider pursuing a 36-year-old Terrell Owens? It depends on whether you think Ravens coach John Harbaugh was speaking candidly or bluffing a bit during his question-and-answer session with reporters Saturday at the NFL scouting combine. Owens is an unrestricted free agent coming off a one-year contract with the Buffalo Bills under which he made $6.5 million.
NEWS
By Euna Lhee and Euna Lhee,Sun Reporter | August 15, 2008
John Richard "Dick" Nagel, an Army veteran and actuary for 21 years, died of supranuclear palsy Aug. 4 at his Charlottesville, Va., home. The longtime Baltimore resident was 77. Mr. Nagel was born and raised in Buffalo, N.Y., where he graduated from high school in 1950. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and actuarial science from Canisius College in 1954. During the Korean War, he served in the Army in New York and New Jersey. After being discharged, he married the former Peggy White in Connecticut and then moved to Baltimore, where he lived with his family for 40 years.