Mike Scifres

Edward Reed was a mess. Jeanne Hall — the woman the Ravens safety calls a second mother — can't find any other way to put it when she thinks back to the classes he missed and the assignments he disregarded as a freshman at Destrehan High....

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY|  Soccer -- Premiere League, Liverpool at Swansea, 7:15 a.m. (ESPN2).  National Football League -- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, noon (FOX); Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at New...

RAVENS PASSING GAME: Quarterback Joe Flacco continues to be an enigma away from M&T Bank Stadium. In five road games, he's completed 54.2 percent of his passes for 883 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions. In five games at home, his completion...

Tight end Dennis Pitta is probable and defensive end Pernell McPhee is questionable for the Ravens’ Sunday contest at the San Diego Chargers. Pitta, who passed his baseline neurological test after suffering a concussion in the first quarter of...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|  Northern State vs. Dickinson State, Wachs Arena, 4 p.m. |COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL| |NSIC Tournament| |at Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minn.|  Championship, 3 p.m. |SWIMMING|  Aberdeen Swim Club at...

What's the sound when perfection goes poof? Sunday, it was a thud, as New Orleans cornerback Jabari Greer batted away a fourth-down pass by the Atlanta Falcons, who were two yards away from a touchdown that would have kept them undefeated. From 8-0 to 9...

I figured Sunday night’s road game in San Diego would challenge the Ravens. But, I didn’t expect them to lay an egg like they did against the Chargers, who continued their December dominance with a 34-14 win over the Ravens. The Ravens now...

TV SPORTS Tennis-U.S. Open, 10 a.m., 6 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football-Arizona at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (ESPN) WNBA Basketball-Chicago at Minnesota, 7 p.m. (FXSP) NFL Football-New Orleans at Green Bay Packers, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) TODAY HIGH...

SAN DIEGO - With the Minnesota Vikings sputtering badly, Philip Rivers got the opening he'd been waiting for all afternoon. Rivers threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to fullback Mike Tolbert with 5:01 to play and the San Chargers rallied to beat Adrian...

After the Ravens flopped in their hurry-up offense at the end of the first half, quarterback Steve McNair ripped off his chin strap and tossed his helmet against the bench. But as most teams are learning, an angry McNair is a dangerous one. One week...