Ray Lewis

Twelve years after his first appearance in the Super Bowl was marred by questions about his legal problems in Atlanta, Ray Lewis was back on that stage Tuesday, again being asked to defend his integrity and reputation. Just hours after a Sports Illustrated story surfaced that alleged that Lewis used a banned substance to accelerate his return from a torn triceps injury earlier this season, the Ravens linebacker emphatically denied using performance-enhancing drugs in an hour-long session with reporters at Super Bowl XLVII media day at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

When he knew all cameras and lights would be trained on him, Ray Lewis pulled his game jersey off Sunday to reveal a shirt with a single message: Psalms 91. So curious minds wanted to understand what point Lewis was trying to make as he took a victory lap around the stadium wearing this particular shirt. The psalm is known as the "psalm of protection. " It has a lot to do with vanquishing various enemies with faith and treading upon beasts under one's feet. Here's a key passage: Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

With its Page 3 headline in the Real Estate Section about the sale of retired Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis' Florida home, The Sun continues to laud a professional athlete who leaves damaged business owners in his wake ("Live like Ray? It'll cost about $5 million," March 17)? Mr. Lewis' failed MVP Lanes in Hunt Valley got him favorable coverage in the paper twice, while contractors were so damaged that the proceeds from the sale of his home may not even cover their losses. Dennis R. McCartney, Dundalk Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Here's a look at what other media outlets are saying about Ray Lewis: Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports Ray Lewis is gone for the year, gone maybe forever, and whether it's in the middle of a key possession or those emotional moments in a pre-game, championship game tunnel, there isn't any way to replace everything he brought to the Ravens, slow, slowing or not. Jarrett Bell, USA Today This cannot be the way Ray Lewis...

I was more than disgusted at Susan Reimer 's column on Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis' involvement in a 2000 murder investigation ("Note to Ravens: Sportswriters never forget," Jan. 24). Ms. Reimer should stick to writing about her usual stuff and leave the Baltimore sports scene alone. I question her motives in bringing up a subject that occurred more than a dozen years ago, then poking at it as if she were trying to create an atmosphere of negativity around the Ravens' achievement in making it to the Super Bowl this year.

I was very touched by the reaction Ray Lewis had at the naming of a street after him ("For Lewis, a street of his own," May 12). It prompts me to after years of talking about it to post this comment. Ray needs to step up and get involved. He should team up with the mayor and find a building in the North Avenue corridor. It should be turned into condos, and from there block by block, a neighborhood can be reborn. There is no reason this can't be done and a person with his clout should be able to get all the support he needs.

With tears rolling down his cheek, Ray Lewis said he hopes his street will symbolize a "way" of life. The Ravens' Pro Bowl middle linebacker then walked outside in the rain Tuesday and unveiled a red sign at the corner of North Avenue and Broadway in Baltimore that reads, "Ray Lewis Way #52. ""If Ray Lewis Way does nothing else, just look up instead of looking down," Lewis said. "If the street does nothing else but make you look up in life and say he did it differently, let that be the goal.

Ray Lewis will not play in Sunday's regular-season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals but the Ravens kept alive his hope of returning for the playoffs. The Ravens activated the veteran linebacker from the injured reserve with a designation to return list on Wednesday, a procedural move that makes him eligible to play in the opening round of the playoffs next week against either the Bengals or Indianapolis Colts. To make room for Lewis, the Ravens placed wide receiver LaQuan Williams (Poly, University of Maryland)

I just listened to an old Vince Lombardi speech on the Internet. Lombardi is addressing the Green Bay Packers in the locker room moments before they take the field against the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II. Gradually he works himself into a lather. Then he builds to the red-meat conclusion. "You gotta go out there like a bunch of tigers!" he shouts. "Just hit, just run, just block and just tackle! ... There's nothing out there you haven't faced a number of times!

One thing quickly became clear while watching “Ray Lewis: A Football Life,” which will air Wednesday night at 8 p.m. on NFL Network -- Baltimore and the football world outside of this city have a lot of love for Ray Lewis. The crew of NFL Films followed Lewis throughout the 2011 season, and in Wednesday's hour-long look at the life of the Ravens linebacker, Ravens coach John Harbaugh; a giddy, purple-clad mom from Baltimore; an older fan who eventually lost his battle with cancer this year; and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady each tells Lewis that he or she loves him. “I mean that,” Brady said after the AFC championship game.