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The Baltimore Sun | January 8, 2013
Bob in Ellicott City: Joe Flacco was on in Sunday's playoff game and showed mobility and pocket awareness not always evident. I am, however, puzzled as to why you never see Flacco doing his homework on the sidelines. All the other great quarterbacks are pouring over pictures, interpreting game schematics or talking things over with their team members or offensive coordinators. Joe is always just sitting on the bench! What am I missing? Bob, you aren't missing anything. If that is the way Flacco prefers to operate, I don't mind as long as he is successful.
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By Matt Vensel | October 4, 2011
It was only a matter of time until former Ravens running back Willis McGahee, who has earned a big role in the Denver Broncos backfield, spoke out publicly about his relationship with his former coach, John Harbaugh. McGahee carried the load for the Ravens in his first season in Baltimore, but after Harbaugh replaced Brian Billick, his role diminished. (The emergence of Ray Rice as a Pro Bowl back was also a factor.) In his final three seasons here, McGahee averaged 8.6 carries a game, though he did score 14 total touchdowns in 2009.
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By Edward Lee, The Baltimore Sun | December 24, 2010
Few people would fault Dannell Ellerbe for being disgruntled and disillusioned about being more of a spectator rather than a participant over the past month. Except that's not the approach the Ravens linebacker is taking. "Yeah, I had them, but this is a business," Ellerbe said of harboring negative feelings. "It really doesn't matter why. I'm back out there now. " His status for Sunday's AFC North showdown with the Cleveland Browns is still up in the air, but Ellerbe might have carved out a role with his performance in the Ravens' 30-24 win over the New Orleans Saints this past Sunday.
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By Brent Jones and Brent Jones,brent.jones@baltsun.com | January 8, 2010
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots linebacker Adalius Thomas acknowledges without hesitation that this has been the most trying season of his 10-year career, marred by a public run-in with coach Bill Belichick and his least productive statistics since he was a rookie. But when presented with a hypothetical mulligan regarding his 2007 free agency choice as his current team prepares to face his former squad in the Ravens, he says he wouldn't change a thing. "I'm fine with how it turned out," Thomas said.
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By Jamison Hensley and Jamison Hensley,jamison.hensley@baltsun.com | October 21, 2008
It is unknown how long the benching of Chris McAlister will last. Although there is a chance cornerback Samari Rolle and safety Dawan Landry could return Sunday, Ravens coach John Harbaugh wouldn't say yesterday whether McAlister would regain his starting job in the secondary against the Oakland Raiders. "If he's one of the guys that we feel gives us the best opportunity to play the best defense at that moment, he'll be out there," Harbaugh said. "If we think there's a guy that can do it better, then he'll be out there."
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By Steven Stanek and Steven Stanek,SUN REPORTER | May 7, 2008
Anne Pearson gives her collie, Siri, the run of the fenced-in yard. She says she always keeps watch from the window. At night, the dog sleeps in her bedroom. But in the eyes of Anne Arundel County's Animal Control, Pearson was a menace to her pet. And they threatened to take the dog away - unless she agreed to buy Siri a doghouse. "Siri is very upset, and it will take weeks, if not months, to retrain Siri so that he is calm when visitors come to see us," Pearson said yesterday. Now, she has taken her fight to the County Council, saying that a law requiring dog owners to provide shelter for any unsupervised pet goes too far. At least one lawmaker agrees that animal control should be leashed, and he has introduced a bill designed to do just that.