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Five days after Ed Reed said in a radio interview that players sometimes have to hold out to get what they want, the Ravens free safety steered clear of football questions after hosting the first day of his youth annual football camp on Monday, which is being held at Stevenson University. View the full article

Clock is ticking on Ravens and RiceThe Chicago Bears' Matt Forte and the Ravens' Ray Rice were linked as two Pro Bowl-caliber running backs given the franchise tag by their respective teams. View the full article

Sides have until 4 p.m. today to reach agreementNo longer do the Ravens have months, weeks or even days to reach agreement on a long-term contract extension with Pro Bowl running back Ray Rice . They are now down to hours to accomplish what they established in February as one of their biggest offseason priorities. View the full article

"The Competition" is a BaltimoreRavens.com series that breaks down every position leading up to training camp. Today we evaluate potential kick returners and punt returners on the Ravens roster. View the full article

History says five NFL playoff teams from last year won’t advance in 2012. View the full article

The deadline for Ray Rice to agree to a long-term contract extension with the Ravens is quickly approaching and there has been no indication of significant progress in the negotiations, but the runnung back showed Friday night that he hasn’t lost hope or his sense of humor. View the full article

As Joe Flaccohopes for a major extension in the coming months, another big-name quarterback has reportedly reached an agreement of his own. And it’s record breaking. View the full article

2012 NFL playoff prediction View the full article

Paul Kruger and Courtney Upshaw are expected to start. Who’s behind them? View the full article

The OLB will miss his third consecutive season, but is focused on recovering and returning. View the full article

It should come as no surprise to anyone that Ray Lewis works as a motivational speaker in his free time. View the full article

The NFL’s supplemental draft is over, and the Ravens (as well as 30 other teams) sat it out. View the full article

We recently chatted with Aaron Schatz, the editor-in-chief of Football Outsiders, for an upcoming story that has little, if anything, to do with Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco. But after we were done chatting about whatever it was that we were talking about -- you¿ll find out in a few days -- Schatz wanted to get a point in about Flacco. View the full article

The NFL’s supplemental draft kicks off this afternoon, and there are eight players and some strong talent within. Will the Ravens get involved? View the full article

Ed Reed's interview on 105.7 The Fan last night rambled on for more than 20 entertaining minutes, so there were a few interesting comments that couldn't be squeezed into my story published in Thursday's newspaper . View the full article

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won the ESPY for Best NFL Player. View the full article

Pro Bowl safety mostly upbeat during radio interview, but dodged questions about his futureWith 12 career return touchdowns, Ed Reed has earned a reputation for being a tough man to get a grasp on. View the full article

Ravens offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie is so big that he describes his weight in just two digits. The “300” is assumed. View the full article

Billy Cundiff will have to show he’s over the miss in last year’s AFC championship. View the full article

The deadline to sign running back Ray Rice to a long-term deal before he has to play out the year under the franchise tag is Monday. But even if Rice doesn’t ink a new deal by the 4 p.m. deadline, history suggests the Ravens will eventually come to an agreement with their Pro Bowler. View the full article

Ed Reed is starting to get the hang of Twitter, and the Ravens free safety continues to use the social media site to speak out on his contract status, which now is clearly the reason for his absence from mandatory minicamp. View the full article

Multiple news outlets are reporting that despite unprecedented growth in TV ratings, attendance at NFL games peaked in 2007 and has dropped each year since. But that doesn’t extend to Baltimore. View the full article

Two weeks out from their first practice of training camp, the Ravens have just $606,858 available under the salary cap if they hope to, as they seem to do every year, acquire a key veteran before the start of this season. Of course, they could potentially free up more wiggle room by negotiating a long-term extension with running back Ray Rice or by releasing a pricey veteran this summer ( maybe Bryant McKinnie, as NFL.com speculates ?). View the full article

What could happen with the Ravens franchise running back? View the full article

Lawyers representing the NCAA have filed a brief supporting the dismissal of a lawsuit that Ravens linebacker Michael McAdoo filed after the NCAA declared him ineligible for academic fraud and impermissible benefits while he was at the University of North Carolina. This, according to a report from The Charlotte Observer . View the full article