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Ray Rice news conference was a media disaster

August 19, 2019 at 5:15 a.m.

UPDATES AT END... Ray Rice's Friday news conference was one of those media events I wanted to give myself some time to think about. Now that I've thought about it...

The end begins for ‘Mad Men’

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

I have a feeling "Mad Men" is not going to end so happily for some of its fans. I say that after watching Sunday night's opener of the final season...

Ray Rice image nuked in media mushroom cloud after TMZ video

August 19, 2019 at 5:14 a.m.

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was trending on Twitter Wednesday afternoon for all the wrong reasons. In an eight-hour period, Rice's image suffered severe damage -- the kind from...

Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker (9) and wide receiver Jacoby Jones (12) are interviewed by NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya (center) after beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 22-20 Thanksgiving night at M&T Bank Stadium.

Baltimore, Pittsburgh ‘tie’ with big TV ratings on Thanksgiving

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

The Ravens won Thursday's battle at M&T Bank Stadium, 22-20, but Baltimore and Pittsburgh essentially finished in a tie in TV viewing of the game. Both audiences were big. In...

‘NBC Sunday Night Football’ still the best in television

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

It was true last year, and it was true again Thanksgiving night: No one does the NFL like "NBC Sunday Night Football." From the opening aerial shots making even old...

Brian Stelter, a Towson University graduate in 2007, is leaving the New York Times to join CNN.

Brian Stelter leaving Times to be CNN media correspondent

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Towson University alum Brian Stelter is leaving his job as media reporter at the New York Times to be senior media correspondent and host of "Reliable Sources" at CNN. "I'll...

This is how Paul Begala appears on CNN's website under the heading "Anchors & Reporters."

Was it wrong for CNN’s Paul Begala to ask me to give Al Franken money?

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Maybe it's just me, but a fundraising letter I received from CNN's Paul Begala last week struck me as emblematic of what's wrong when media are mixed with money and...

Maryland Congressman Andy Harris did well in CNN's phony, made-for-TV debate about Obamacare on "Crossfire." But as I watched, I was reminded of why I hate this show so truly, madly and deeply.

Andy Harris on ‘Crossfire’ — Why I hate this show

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

I will leave it to the political reporters and analysts at The Sun to judge how Maryland Congressman Andy Harris did on CNN's "Crossfire" Monday night. For my money, he...

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Bob Stookey in "The Walking Dead"

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. takes on a new role in AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. is going forward and moving back in big ways these days. Sunday night, the 42-year-old actor who played D'Angelo Barksdale in "The Wire" debuts as the newest...

With Brandon Stokley on the inactive list, the Ravens used a remarkably inexperienced corps of wide receivers behind Torrey Smith.

Flacco's lack of synergy with this group manifested in a succession of mistimed passes and the quarterback's first career five-interception game.

Tight end Ed Dickson continued his nightmare season when he let a pass ricochet off his hands into the waiting arms of Bills safety Jim Leonhard. That gaffe led directly to a Buffalo touchdown. With the drops mounting, Dickson's productive 2011 season seems an increasingly distant memory.

But Flacco was hardly blameless in his struggles. He underthrew Smith in the end zone , leading to a third-quarter interception that cost the Ravens an important scoring chance. He then failed to spot Bills linebacker Kiko Alonso jumping an underneath route for another interception.

Despite 347 passing yards, Flacco played his sloppiest game of the season.

It would be wrong to portray the passing game as a lost cause.

Smith has met high expectations, though he couldn't haul in a catchable sideline pass as the Ravens tried to rally in the fourth quarter.

Marlon Brown made a terrific first-down catch on the Ravens' opening drive, holding his position at the marker and extending his arms to snare a bullet from Flacco. He again showed his toughness in the second quarter, shedding his cover man with a stiff arm to burst open for a touchdown catch.

Deonte Thompson survived a vicious hit to the head to make a vital 33-yard catch in the fourth quarter.

There's real promise here, and perhaps time is the only remedy for the inconsistency we saw in Buffalo.

Suggs says commissioner Goodell ‘had a hand’ in lights going out at Super Bowl

August 19, 2019 at 5:12 a.m.

If you thought what Ray Lewis had to say about the lights going out at the Super Bowl was wild, wait until you see and hear this interview ESPN's Lisa...

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