Steve McNair

Two days of rookie minicamp at Rams Park concluded Saturday afternoon. The closed-to-public sessions led to heightened media arousal over assigned numbers and assorted college tales. No. 8 overall pick Tavon Austin wore No. 11 (blue jersey), looked...

Baseball: Sophomores proved instrumental as Apprentice School began its stay at the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Small College World Series with a 2-1 win late Monday over Briarcliffe (N.Y.). Ryan Hendrickson drove in the go-ahead run for the...

First sack Seventeen years ago, Ravens star inside linebacker Ray Lewis was an exuberant rookie competing against Indianapolis Colts veteran quarterback Jim Harbaugh. Rushing on an inside blitz, Lewis decked Harbaugh for the first sack of his NFL career...

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 being asked to defend his integrity and reputation. Just hours after a Sports...

On Sunday, pretty much everyone in Baltimore will be rooting for the Ravens. Likewise in San Francisco with the 49ers. But the rest of the nation’s football fans? Most will just be rooting for another entertaining Super Bowl. Each of the last five...

Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers' second-year dual-threat quarterback, had one of the most memorable NFL playoff performances in recent history during a 45-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Saturday. The 6-foot-6 scrambler from Nevada set a playoff...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Ever since coach Jim Harbaugh gave second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick the starting nod over hot-handed Alex Smith, the question has hovered over the 49ers like a cloud. Did Harbaugh make the right decision? The powerful and...

There is really only one more appropriate ending for the Ravens' Ray Lewis, and that won't come for another five years when he takes his place in the NFL Hall of Fame as the greatest middle linebacker ever. Lewis, 37, made the announcement Wednesday...

Old Dominion sophomore quarterback Taylor Heinicke was named to the Associated Press All-America first team in the Football Championship Subdivision. The honor added to his growing list of accomplishments for the 2012 season, as he earned the Dudley...

This feature appears every week on the Baltimore Sports Blitz. It’s just like “What They’re Saying About the Ravens,” but it includes blogger Matt Vensel saying something about what those people are saying. Got it? --- Jason Cole...

Taylor Heinicke has two seasons and heaven-knows-how-many passing yards ahead of him at Old Dominion. But few, if any, Monarchs were more distraught after Saturday’s 49-35 playoff loss to Georgia Southern. “He was crushed in the locker room,...

NORFOLK — One of Bobby Wilder's team rules at Old Dominion World Football Headquarters: Don't fall in love with yourself. It's a reminder for players, and coaches, to remain humble and hungry. Wilder thinks that sometimes his quarterback takes the...