Akili Smith

The Super Bowl of NFL Draft scouting — the NFL Draft combine that takes place this week — can dramatically alter the draft status of aspiring players. Several hundred college seniors and juniors who have declared for the draft are invited...

Kosher Claus wants to wish all of his readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah. My father wanted us to feel comfortable in a primarily Christian country and we were the luckiest kids in the neighborhood. We received presents for eight nights...

Offensive ugliness stands out The wonderment of the Ravens' 2000 Super Bowl season was, for me, the October touchdown drought by the offense, not the season-long magnificence of the defense. In October, when they did not score a touchdown of any kind...

There was a time when Myles L. Berman was just another L.A. lawyer taking on personal injury and criminal defense cases. But in 1992, a transformation took place. A jigger of chutzpah mixed with some old-fashioned marketing and … Ka-BLAM! When the smoke...

Here's a look at recent media coverage of the Ravens: • The Washington Times' Mike Jones talks about John Harbaugh and the Ravens' decision to hire someone with no prior NFL head-coaching experience: So the Ravens turned their attention to [John]...

Pandemonium ruled for a few unworldly moments. Quarterback Trent Dilfer danced in front of the Ravens' bench, index fingers shooting flares into the sky.Split end Qadry Ismail and guard Edwin Mulitalo lifted the Ravens' unlikeliest hero, Brandon Stokley,...

In the fourth week of the season, against the bumbling Cincinnati Bengals, the Ravens found an identity that can take them as far as they want to go. Integrating smashmouth football into a diversified offensive profile yesterday, the Ravens drubbed the...

Even though Kurt Warner threw five touchdown passes for St. Louis--five more than Jeff Garcia threw for San Francisco--the NFL's hottest pair of new quarterbacks seemed reasonably similar in football ability Sunday as the Rams outscored the 49ers in St....

The lessons of preseason are sometimes suspect and inconclusive, but the first half of Saturday night's exhibition opener against the Cincinnati Bengals was precisely the way the Bears want to play. The Bears prevailed 16-13 in overtime, but more than...

The Pittsburgh Steelers loom over the AFC North like the Steelers of old—imposing, talented and deep. The only thing missing is Super Bowls, which is a slight oversight that the NFL's dean of coaches, Bill Cowher, must address after losing two AFC...

In an ideal world the Bears will land a decent free-agent quarterback, draft a young one in April, perhaps with their second-round pick, and have the veteran groom the rookie. Here's a look at the top quarterbacks in the draft and how they did at the NFL...