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NEW ORLEANS — Soaking up the Super Bowl experience, Ravens left guard Kelechi Osemele spent Tuesday's Media Day, joking around with current teammates and hanging out with former NFL offensive lineman and fellow Iowa State alum Keith Sims. A...

Randy Moss returned to the NFL for games like this, not performances like Sunday night's. Five days after Moss proclaimed himself the best wide receiver of all time, he spent most of Super Bowl XLVII as an on-field spectator for the San Francisco 49ers,...

Ravens veteran free safety Ed Reed has never embraced a conventional approach. So the Louisiana native wasn't keen on the idea of retiring after a Super Bowl victory in front of his family and friends. Following the Ravens' 34-31 victory over the...

The San Francisco 49ers will win the Super Bowl, and here’s why: They have better players. It’s a game of speed and skill, and the 49ers feature both in abundance. The Ravens are riding a wave of emotion, courtesy of the Ray Lewis goodbye...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals, 11:30 a.m. (NBC) Women’s College Basketball--Oklahoma at West Virginia, Noon (FXSP); Arkansas at Mississippi State, 2 p.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--...

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Miami Heat at Indiana Pacers, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Men’s College Basketball--Manhattan at Siena, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Youngstown State at Detroit, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)...

Each day this week, reporter and blogger Matt Vensel will break down a key matchup from Sunday’s Super Bowl. Today, he looks at how the 49ers may try to keep Ravens running back Ray Rice out of the end zone. In Ray Rice, the Ravens have one of the...

Each day this week, Baltimore Sun reporter and blogger Matt Vensel will break down a key matchup from Sunday’s Super Bowl. Today, he looks at the battle between the Ravens and 49ers pass rusher Aldon Smith. The Ravens offensive line was dented...

In 1950, the San Francisco 49ers traded Paul Salata to the Baltimore Colts. He doesn't hold any remorse toward the team because of it, far from it. The 49ers have always held a special place in Salata's heart. They gave him his shot at the NFL....

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--Australian Open, men’s semifinal, same-day tape, 11 a.m. (ESPN2), 2:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Cycling--Tour Down Under, Stage 3, same-day tape, 2:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Purdue at Michigan, 6 p.m. (ESPN);...

As the Ravens prepare to meet the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3, Dannell Ellerbe was the only player to miss Thursday’s practice. The starting inside linebacker is dealing with ankle and back injuries. Four players participated...

ATLANTA -- Everything was going wrong for the San Francisco 49ers and their proud defense.   Julio Jones and the Atlanta Falcons gouged them so often in the early stages of the NFC title game that the 49ers seemed too stunned to respond.   ‘&...