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Coaches, players throughout the NFL salute Ray Lewis

2013-01-02 18:53:00

The news of Ravens legendary middle linebacker Ray Lewis' upcoming retirement triggered plenty of strong reactions around the league. Respect, homage and sadness were all expressed�upon learning that the defensive icon will walk away from the game...

Preston: Ray Lewis will retire as the greatest middle linebacker to play the game

2013-01-02 15:42:00

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...

Panthers break 5-game skid, top Redskins

2012-11-04 20:25:00

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — So much for Cam Newton vs. Robert Griffin III. For the ticked-off players in the visitor’s locker room, it was more like the Carolina Panthers vs. Sonny Jurgensen, Sam Huff and Bobby Mitchell. Newton and the Panthers...

Berkeley Senior Services' celebrity breakfast set for March 31

2012-03-20 15:12:00

A dinner in honor of Martinsburg Bulldog� varsity football coach Dave Walker� will be 9 a.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Holiday In, 301 Foxcroft Ave., Martinsburg. Walker is the first coach to lead the Martinsburg Bulldog varsity football team to two...

Ray Lewis: A gentleman off the field

2012-02-02 09:45:00

On a trip to Dallas from BWI last week, to my surprise, I was sitting next to Ray Lewis of the Ravens. He was on his way to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, and I'm sure it was a bittersweet trip for him. Mr. Lewis accommodated anyone and everyone who asked for an...

Former Hampton Crabber Chris Hanburger an Accidental Hall of Famer

2011-02-12 11:53:00

Chris Hanburger had never played organized football before enrolling at Hampton High in the summer of 1957. After four days of practice with the Crabbers, he wanted to quit. "I was done," he says. "I was so sore I could hardly move." Teammates and...

The greatest game nobody remembers

2009-12-20 00:00:00

Fifty years ago, the Baltimore Colts rallied to win a world championship over the New York Giants before 57,545 jubilant fans at Memorial Stadium. Go on, scratch your head. The 1958 title game is burned into our brains: 23-17, sudden-death, Ameche's...

1958 NFL championship game: Men who made the moment

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Ernie Accorsi watched the 1958 NFL championship game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts as a 17-year-old Colts fan. He went on to become general manager of both teams that played in the historic contest. He has probably watched the game 40...

Honoring the '58 greats

2008-12-21 00:00:00

Today we examine the year 1958 and what it was like in Baltimore and New York around the historic Dec.28, 1958, game between the Colts and Giants. As the 50thanniversary approaches, we'll look at the game through the eyes of those who played in it and...

Save the date: 1958

2008-12-21 00:00:00

Fifty years ago, Baltimore was a grimy, rowdy, unpretentious town of rolled-up sleeves and red-hot steel, a warren of row homes and warehouses, a place where a man could walk into a bar on Greenmount Avenue and gab with a Colts player over a cold Natty...

'Greatest' came from NFL's best

2008-12-14 00:00:00

On Dec.28, 1958, the NFL's best offense and defense, its finest quarterback, its best possession receiver and big-play threat, its most dominant defensive lineman and prototype offensive tackles, its best-rounded linebacker and its most promising...

'Greatest game' ignited NFL legacy

2008-12-28 00:00:00

The image did not add up in Raymond Berry's mind. There he was, sharing a moment of purest fulfillment with his Baltimore Colts teammates as they left Yankee Stadium on Dec. 28, 1958. World champions! They could call themselves that after beating the...

Olsen was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in 1982. From left are inductees Doug Atkins, George Musso, Sam Huff and Olsen.

1982-08-06 00:00:00