Cecil Shorts

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday....

The vision for this Bears offense was to be able to allow opposing defenses to pick their poison. That vision became reality in Jacksonville as the Bears were proficient at gashing the Jaguars with whatever the Jaguars concentrated the fewest...

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|TV SPORTS|  |SUNDAY| Women’s College Basketball--Georgetown at Penn State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); South Dakota at Kansas State, 2 p.m. (FXSP) NFL Football--Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins, Noon (CBS); Chicago Bears at Minnesota...

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|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Manchester City at Newcastle, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. China, 6 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--East Carolina at North Carolina, 11 a....

INDIANAPOLIS - For a second consecutive week, the Colts let the sunshine in.  That is literal, of course, since the roof at Lucas Oil Stadium was open as sunny skies and fall-like temperatures dominated downtown Indianapolis.  But it wasn't just the...

INDIANAPOLIS -- If you're a Colts fan and you were tuned into Sunday's game, well, maybe you don't want to talk about it. Maybe you don't want to talk about the last-minute upset as Jacksonville's Blaine Gabbert hit Cecil Shorts for an 80-yard touchdown...

His left knee fully healed, Adrian Peterson ran hard for Minnesota. Rookie Blair Walsh’s leg handled the rest.  Walsh kicked four field goals, including a 55-yarder as regulation expired and another in overtime, and Peterson returned from his...

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TV SPORTS Women's College Volleyball-NCAA Division I Playoffs, semifinals, 6 and 8 p.m. (ESPN2) High School Basketball-Oak Hill Academy (Va.) vs. Miller Grove (Ga.), 7 p.m. (ESPN); Montrose Christian (Md.) vs. Marcus Flower Mound (Texas), 8:30 p.m....