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After a few months off, the Ravens center returned to Owings Mills, Md., for the team’s second OTAs. He was one of a handful of veterans who were not present at the first voluntary series of practices. View the full article

The Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) will announce the winners of this year’s scholarship awards, and two current BCF scholarship recipients will speak about the importance of the scholarships to their lives. View the full article

Ravens nose tackle Terrence Cody showed good progress in his second NFL season, starting every game for the Ravens and upping his tackle total to 34 after making 13 in 2010, his rookie season. But Cody, who is entering his second year as a starter, feels that he was physically weaker last season because of weight loss. View the full article

The Ravens signed former Texas kicker Justin Tucker, an undrafted free agent, to a contract Tuesday. View the full article

The Baltimore Ravens will hold an Organized Team Activity (OTA) this Wednesday, May 30, at their Owings Mills training facility. View the full article

The most significant offensive additions the Ravens made this offseason were free-agent wide receiver Jacoby Jones and a pair of rookie linemen in Kelechi Osemele and Gino Gradkowski. Their personnel losses include Pro Bowl guard Ben Grubbs and veteran backups in running back Ricky Williams and wide receiver Lee Evans. View the full article

The past 12 months have been a bit of a whirlwind for new Ravens quarterback Curtis Painter. A year ago, he was expected to be the backup to Peyton Manning with the Indianapolis Colts, but Manning sat out the season with a neck injury. Kerry Collins was ineffective early, pushing Painter into the starting lineup for Week 4. He made eight starts for the Colts, who ultimately finished 2-14, before giving way to Dan Orlovsky. View the full article

At 31, Anquan Boldin is the oldest receiver on the Ravens roster by a few years (newcomer Jacoby Jones is closest in age at 27). Some of his fellow wide-outs were in middle school when he broke into the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals nine years ago, and they no doubt grew up watching him score touchdowns on TV. View the full article

Ravens strong safety Bernard Pollard was rewarded this month with a contract extension, a deal that can keep him in Baltimore through 2015. Pollard made 75 tackles and broke up a career-high 13 passes in 2011, his first season here, but he insists his attitude and his play won’t change now that he has a new deal. View the full article

Many of the eyes Wednesday at the Ravens’ first organized team activities (OTA) workout that was open to the media were fixated for a decent chunk of practice on the team’s offensive line. Team officials had identified that area as one they would like to improve this offseason, and they have attempted to do so by spending a pair of draft picks on linemen, Kelechi Osemele (second round) and Gino Gradkowski(fourth). View the full article

Includes Head Coach John Harbaugh, NT Terrence Cody, QB Joe Flacco, S Bernard Pollard, G Marshal Yanda. View the full article

The Ravens will finish up the first of three voluntary offseason team activities today, though they’ll do it outside the glare of the media. Yesterday was the one day for media availability, and while no big news came out of it, it was still good to see some action after so much attention has been placed on off-the-field stories over the past couple of months. Making any conclusions after a two-hour practice -- which did not include some of the team’s top veteran players, including running back Ray Rice , linebacker Ray Lewis and safety Ed Reed , and featured most of the players in jerseys, gym shorts and no shoulder pads -- would be foolish. However, I think it is appropriate to make a couple of observations: View the full article

Wide receiver Jacoby Jones, who signed a two-year deal earlier this month, is excited to join a Ravens team that knocked his former team, the Houston Texans, out of the playoffs in January. View the full article

Ravens offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, whose weight and conditioning were scrutinized during his first season in Baltimore, attended this week’s organized team activities and has been a regular participant in the team’s offseason program for most of the past few weeks. View the full article

Two years after the Ravens selected him in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft, linebacker Sergio Kindle has yet to make a start, a tackle or a significant impact on the team’s fortunes. View the full article

Harbaugh: "There's been no indication that he's not going to play."Ed Reed was one of a handful of the Ravens' high-profile veterans not present at organized team activities today, but neither that nor his recent radio comments that he's not "100 percent committed" to playing football this season has head coach John Harbaugh concerned. View the full article

Although some of the Ravens’ biggest names were missing from the team’s OTA (organized team activity) today, more than 80 on the 90-man roster were in attendance at the Owings Mills training facility. View the full article

Ravens coach will receive Outstanding Civilian Service AwardRavens coach John Harbaugh will be honored tomorrow for his support of the U.S. Army. View the full article

John Harbaugh will receive Army's Outstanding Civilian Service Award. View the full article

The NFL tweaked some of its rules Tuesday, making thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for players (starting in 2013) and pushing forward a pair of other changes involving the trade deadline and injured reserve. View the full article

The Baltimore Ravens have selected their 2012 class of Ravens Scholars. View the full article

The Ravens began organized team activities Tuesday, marking the first time this offseason that the team's rookies have been on the practice field with veterans. These workouts at the team’s facility in Owings Mills are optional for veterans, though I'm sure coach John Harbaugh hopes all of them will be in attendance. The OTAs will continue into June, setting the table for next month's mandatory minicamp. View the full article

Hi folks, welcome to the latest installment of Issue or Non-Issue, the game show in which we take sports headlines and separate them into two categories: a) items of genuine relevance, or b) things that might be interesting to talk about but don't really matter. View the full article

From contract negotiations with quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Ray Rice to a potentially season-ending Achilles injury to star linebacker Terrell Suggs to coach John Harbaugh ’s comments on the New England Patriots to mercurial safety Ed Reed ’s controversial radio interviews, the Ravens have made plenty of off-the-field news this offseason. View the full article

The Baltimore Ravens will hold an Organized Team Activity (OTA) this Wednesday, May 23, at their Owings Mills training facility. View the full article