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As fans of the Baltimore Ravens prepare for the AFC Championship game, it's obvious that the Charm City is on fire. For years we've been use to having a team that was competitive, but rarely have we witnessed similar magic from our football team.
There will be no need for introductions when the Baltimore Ravens travel to Foxborough to play the New England Patriots in the AFC title game (6:30 p.m. Eastern). They're quite familiar with each other. These teams have played each other each of the last four years with three of those games decided by a field goal or less. That includes the Pats' 23-20 victory over Baltimore last year that sent New England to the Super Bowl.
The Ravens have been in this stage before. A year ago, Baltimore was 30 seconds away from a Super Bowl berth. But it wasn't meant to be. The dropped pass and the missed kick remain in the hearts of even the most fair-weather Ravens fans. But the Ravens have another opportunity presented to them. And they plan to make the most of it.
Purple Pride hits a fever pitch in Maryland. Ravens fans are counting down the seconds until the AFC Championship game kicks off in Foxborough.
Officials at BWI-Marshall Airport say Ravens fans won't be able to greet the team when players arrive back in Baltimore following their playoff game against the New England Patriots.
Earl Weaver, the feisty Hall-of-Fame Baltimore Orioles manager, died early Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack while on an Orioles' fantasy cruise in the Caribbean. He was 82.
In just hours the Baltimore Ravens will take on the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship, and Ravens fans are ready to cheer them to a win.
Jerrelle Benimon had 13 points and 12 rebounds for his 13th double-double of the season as Towson defeated James Madison 73-47 Saturday in a Colonial Athletic Association game.
Reggie Bullock kept burying shot after shot. The defense kept harassing Maryland's ballhandlers on every possession.
Kevin Mays had 17 points and seven rebounds to lead Maryland Eastern Shore to its first victory of the season, 58-53 over Delaware State in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game on Saturday.
Xavier Owens came off the bench for 18 points and Julian Norfleet hit four 3-pointers to lift Mount St. Mary's over Central Connecticut State 80-75 Saturday in Northeast Conference play.
DeWayne Jackson came off the bench to score 24 points and Morgan State edged Hampton 80-78 Saturday night in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference action.
Bill Belichick has this nice habit. He coaches in Super Bowls.
Jim Caldwell nearly went undefeated as a rookie coach in Indianapolis three years ago and he's one win away from returning to the Super Bowl as an assistant with Baltimore.
Maybe it's going to take a trip to the Super Bowl to convince those outside the Baltimore Ravens' locker room that Joe Flacco is an elite NFL quarterback.
