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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 3 months ago
For the first time, the collegiate read-option comes to the Super Bowl. Hardly anyone can do it, but San Francisco can, because sophomore quarterback Colin Kaepernick is quite good at it and can win with his legs and arm. His ability to run gives the...
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International Business Times
| 3 months ago
Brothers Jim (pictured) and John Harbaugh will be the first brothers to coach against each other in the Super Bowl Sunday night. A fact that non-football fans might want to avoid bringing up during the game. Football lovers will remain glued to their...
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The Globe & Mail
| 4 months ago
There was Revered Ray one of the fiercest linebackers in NFL history, universally praised by teammates and opponents alike for his emotion on the field, his leadership in the locker room, for being an example of how the game should be played. I will...
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Big News Network
| 4 months ago
Final Full Practice For Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers; Aldon Smith Still Battling Shoulder Injury, Ray Lewis Triceps IBTimes Saturday 2nd February, 2013 A day removed from the the biggest game of their careers, nothing short of a broken leg...
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Miami Herald
| 4 months ago
If you go strictly by career starts, Bobbie Williams has the distinction of being the most successful offensive lineman the Eagles drafted during Andy Reid's 14 seasons as head coach. NFL starts since the Eagles selected him in the second round of...
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International Herald Tribune
| 4 months ago
Sunday fulfilling obligations for a sponsor, Visa, and realizing a dream by watching his hometown team play for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. After playing in a pro-am at the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., Phelps talked...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
It's unfortunate that I'm getting death threats from Ravens fans," said a sleeveless Ross, who was wearing a black skull cap and displaying bottles of the spray and other products, including performance chips, which aren't banned by the NFL. "I got...
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Sacramento Bee
| 4 months ago
The owner of a company that manufactures deer-antler spray and says it helps athletes recover more quickly from injuries issued an apology on Friday to the Baltimore Ravens and linebacker Ray Lewis. A Sports Illustrated story published this week...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
The old lion is about to stalk into the football jungle one last time Sunday night before retracting his claws for good. And the young lion is eager to pounce on the throne that retiring Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis has owned for 17 years. San...
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The Globe & Mail
| 4 months ago
Asked for his review of the practice week, Harbaugh said: It was an A-plus...We're at the stage where we're clicking on all cylinders and practicing very, very well. He acknowledged that there were a few assignment errors, but said they were quickly...
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Marin Indepedent Journal
| 4 months ago
Baltimore native Ned Webster has a habit of being far away for his hometown's greatest football triumphs. However, he was at home in Maryland for the worst night in the history of Baltimore football. "The Baltimore Colts packed up and vanished to...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
Lewis has vehemently denied the allegations, stressing that he has never tested positive for a banned substance or used the spray. Ross acknowledged that he has been given cease and desist letters to not associate with the football programs at...
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The independent
| 4 months ago
So did Rocky Marciano, while in 1973 Jackie Stewart retired from Formula One, having won his third drivers' championship, and in 2002 Pete Sampras bowed out as US Open champion...The brutality of his on-field hits is famous, while his off-field past...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 4 months ago
John Harbaugh said he expects late Ravens owner Art Modell to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. "The NFL wouldn't be the same," Harbaugh said. "Isn't that the measurement, how much better they made our game and the NFL?...
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Daily Nation
| 4 months ago
Rating In Summary The Ravens look like this year's team of destiny, but San Francisco have history on their side, with a perfect 5-0 Super Bowl record. New Orleans Super Bowl 47 will be the first to feature sibling coaches but come Sunday, the...
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Newton Daily News
| 4 months ago
Yes, the Ravens have had a very entertaining run, and I personally think John is the superior Harbaugh to Jim, but the San Francisco 49ers have simply hit a groove that won't be stopped. And come on, the Ravens were just complaining that their...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
Ravens LB Ray Lewis Lewis has 44 tackles in three postseason games, but most of those have been five or six yards past the line of scrimmage. This will be Lewis' last game, and he will give whatever is left in the tank. Gore is a downhill runner who...
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The Herald
| 4 months ago
Establishing the ground game with all three runners is critical for the 49ers...When they do that, it helps in their ability to throw the ball down field. With Kaepernick, the 49ers are averaging five more points a game...If that ground game gets...
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Radar Online
| 4 months ago
Lewis in October after he hurt his arm in a game against Dallas in which the Ravens player asked Ross to send him deer antler spray and pills. Lewis, 37, denied the allegations on Wednesday and called Ross a coward with no credibility. However,...
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Denver Post
| 4 months ago
There are so many people in America, it's nearly impossible to move together...The Super Bowl is an amazing monster, a rare event that nearly everybody talks about. Likely more than 70 percent of the people in the U.S. will watch at least part of...
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SF Gate
| 4 months ago
After three days of conviviality and trench warfare between the media and the players, there are winners and losers, and I'm here to sort 'em out for you. Gays are winners I have not been appointed spokesguy for the gay community, that I know of, but...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
All I did was ask the Modell's for a block of tickets so I could take all my friends," Bisciotti said Thursday during a rare interview. "Yeah, it was a great thrill, but like Cal Ripken [Jr. winning the World Series with the Orioles ] in his second...
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PRWeb
| 4 months ago
January 31, 2013 Shortly after Lewis – a top league linebacker – sustained a terrible torn tricep in only week six of the season, he needed to come up with a recovery plan. A seasoned veteran, Lewis understood the importance of nutrition in injury...
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International Herald Tribune
| 4 months ago
Not because the Baltimore Ravens linebacker thinks the magazine report linking him to a company that purports to make performance-enhancers will affect his play or that of his teammates against the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl the final game...
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Tulsa World
| 4 months ago
This time around, the end of the pro campaign will provide but a brief break from a bigger football story: Is OSU poised to take over this state from OU?...But now, OSU appears poised to out-recruit OU, to out-coach OU, and to out-perform the Sooners,...
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Denver Post
| 4 months ago
Linebacker Von Miller did some traveling after the Broncos' crushing playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens this month...It was to get a second medical opinion on his left shoulder, an injury that was serious enough for him to take a pass on the Pro...
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FanIQ
| 4 months ago
Ray Lewis has often been under the microscope throughout his professional career, but recently Sports Illustrated released a report saying that Lewis used a banned substance to heal quicker and get back to the field in time for the Ravens stretch run,...
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The Age
| 4 months ago
The report on SI's website comes four days before the Ravens meet the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 47 that will crown the sport's new champion, at the Superdome stadium in New Orleans...Sports Illustrated said he tried to obtain deer antler...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 4 months ago
Ray Lewis , the face of the Baltimore Ravens franchise, believes the time has come for another Super Bowl title for his team and a storybook ending to a brilliant, 17-year National Football League (NFL) career. "I just think that if it is your time,...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 4 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press Smiling, even laughing, at questions about a report linking him to a company that purports to make performance-enhancers, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis said Wednesday he...
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NY Daily News
| 4 months ago
An admittedly "agitated" Ray Lewis lashed out at Mitch Ross, the owner of the sports science company, who has accused the Ravens linebacker of taking a banned substance to help recover from a triceps injury earlier this season. According to a Sports...
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Associated Press
| 4 months ago
The San Francisco 49ers never have tasted defeat in a Super Bowl, going 5-0. It's the most impressive mark for any franchise in the big game. Baltimore also is undefeated, with the Ravens winning their only appearance, in 2001. Someone will have the...
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The Idaho Statesman
| 4 months ago
Lewis didn't give much of a response when asked about the Sports Illustrated story that broke earlier in the day, one which alleged the 13-time Pro Bowl selection used deer antler spray, which contains IGF-1 (Insulin-like growth factor 1), a...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 4 months ago
Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis calls his final NFL season his "last ride." So far, it's been anything but a smooth ride for a player revered by some and reviled by others. On Wednesday, Lewis kicked off his daily news conference...
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BusinessInsider
| 4 months ago
This morning, Ray Lewis talked about yesterday's Sports Illustrated report that he was given a banned deer-antler spray to recover from an injury earlier this season. He was forceful in his denial, calling S.W.A.T.S. founder Mitch Ross the person who...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
At Super Bowl Media Day, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was asked to address a report that he used a banned substance. (Kevin Richardson/The Baltimore Sun video) The Baltimore Sun I don't know where this Sports Illustrated report that says linebacker...
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The News Tribune
| 4 months ago
Of all the topics Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis wanted to talk about at Super Bowl media day, deer-antler spray probably was not on the list. Ray Lewis was clearly the center of attention during the Baltimore Ravens' session with the...
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Kansas City Star
| 4 months ago
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis walks off the field after NFL football practice at the team's training facility in Owings Mills, Md., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013...Controversy surrounds Ray Lewis again, because of course it does...Either way, Lewis...
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Examiner
| 4 months ago
The Baltimore Ravens linebacker was forced to answer questions about alleged use of deer-antler spray, which contains the banned substance IGF-1, during Super Bowl Media Day after a report by Sports Illustrated hit the Internet. The report claims...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 4 months ago
Ray Lewis , dogged by various accusations over his brilliant NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens , dismissed a report on Tuesday that said he had used a product containing a banned substance. Holding court on a podium during Media Day for Sunday's...
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Miami Herald
| 4 months ago
Like her Super Bowl-bound older brothers, Joani Harbaugh is fiercely competitive. 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...
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The Globe & Mail
| 4 months ago
The 37-year-old Lewis, who has announced he will retire after playing against the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's Super Bowl, dismissed the report as stupidity. Mitch Ross recorded a call with Lewis hours after the player hurt his arm in an October...
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Muncie Free Press
| 4 months ago
Did Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis try to obtain banned HGH Supplements? Sports Illustrated recently reported that Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis tried to obtain deer antler spray to help with a leg injury...Lewis has denied the report, telling...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Media Day at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Jan. 29, 2013. Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis Tuesday denied a report he used a deer antler extract that contains a banned performance-enhancing substance. Mitch Ross,...
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Baltimore Sun
| 4 months ago
At Super Bowl Media Day, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was asked to address a report that he used a banned substance. (Kevin Richardson/The Baltimore Sun video) The Baltimore Sun Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis denied today that he used banned substances...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Deer antler spray is one of the stranger-sounding performance-enhancing substances banned by the NFL, and new reports suggest Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis may have used it while recovering from a triceps injury. Deer antler spray is one of the...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 4 months ago
Of all the topics Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis might have been prepared to talk about at Super Bowl media day, deer-antler spray probably was not among them. He declined to directly address a Sports Illustrated report that he sought help...
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GMA News
| 4 months ago
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis dismissed a Sports Illustrated report on Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time) linking him to a product that includes a substance banned by the National Football League. The report on the magazine's website comes five...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 4 months ago
The Sports Network Ray Lewis was clearly the center of attention during the Baltimore Ravens' session with the assembled Super Bowl media on Tuesday, particularly after reports surfaced that the star linebacker may have used a banned substance to...
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FanIQ
| 4 months ago
Right now, Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens are being viewed as a feel-good story, as they prepare to play in the Super Bowl in what will be Lewis' final game before retirement. You know what else was a feel-good story for a while? The drug is...
