Torrey Smith

NEW ORLEANS -- The older brother will beat the younger brother again. Super Bowl XLVII will be nothing more than a repeat, at least victory wise, of the 2011 Thanksgiving Day game between the two teams when John Harbaugh's Ravens beat Jim Harbaugh's San...

Ravens 34, 49ers 31 (final) The Baltimore Ravens have defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII. It's the second championship for the Ravens and linebacker Ray Lewis, who is retiring after 17 seasons. After taking a safety on their...

These days it's hard to imagine anyone going to a sporting event -- particularly one as epic as the Super Bowl -- without bringing a smart phone to record the moments. Did anyone catch the Ravens at their own pep rally on Monday? Almost ALL of them...

On Sunday, the Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII, and they will attempt to win their second Lombardi Trophy with a roster largely constructed with homegrown players raised in the Ravens Way. The vast majority of those players...

When the Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2001 and Ray Lewis, as MVP, got a new SUV, he didn't want just a plain, ordinary one. He wanted icing on that cake. So Lewis took his prize to the Belair Road body shop that has become the go-to place for...

NEW ORLEANS -- The vision has consumed some of them for almost a decade. During their most painful moments as Ravens, they wondered if it would ever happen, if they would ever experience a moment that their leader has spoken of so many times. Linebacker...

"Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning." — Wicked Witch of the West, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum     The Wicked Witch never invites me to her parties. When you can't get an invitation from...

Baltimore has been enveloped for weeks in a deep purple hue — figuratively at the very least, often literally — and this all-Ravens-all-the-time stimulation was bound to rub off on the arts community. Local artists have been expressing their...

Each day this week, reporter and blogger Matt Vensel will break down a key matchup from Sunday’s Super Bowl. Today, he looks at how the 49ers may try to keep Ravens running back Ray Rice out of the end zone. In Ray Rice, the Ravens have one of the...

The question wasn't even fully out of the reporter's mouth when Ravens safety Ed Reed pounced on it like it was an errant throw. If it's a close game, you guys will win because …? "Joe Flacco," Reed said sharply at Tuesday's media day. "Joe...

Ravens reserve wide receiver LaQuan Williams' spirit brought him to this day, reaching football's ultimate game in just his second NFL season. Unfortunately for Williams, the former University of Maryland and Poly High School standout won't actually...

Former Baltimoreans Bob and Barbara Reese paid $25 each for the privilege of sitting in the lower bowl of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Tuesday. He wore a Joe Flacco jersey. She wore Ray Rice. This was as close as they could get to the Super Bowl...