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Rick Snider: This day is an ugly sign of the times
Rick Snider
Updated: Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Why is the calendar littered with overhyped, commercialized events? Sweetest Day? What's that? Valentine's Day-lite that only requires a card? Grandparents' Day is in case you didn't bother with Mother's Day or Father's Day and now your kids pay for it. And Groundhog Day is about some rodent...
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Rick Snider: Odds are against Ravens to repeat at Super Bowl
Rick Snider
Updated: Mon, Feb 4, 2013
The smart money is never sentimental. The Baltimore Ravens have only the fifth-best odds to defend their Super Bowl championship next season at 14-1. Las Vegas oddsmakers know the recent history; repeating is nearly impossible, and even returning to the title game is rare. So much for a...
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Rick Snider: For Ravens, nothing better than a happy ending
Rick Snider
Updated: Mon, Feb 4, 2013
The Super Bowl always finds a way to be compelling. In a runaway game with a lackluster halftime and too many boring commercials, the NFL took a lights-out approach to re-energizing the game. A blackout let the San Francisco 49ers regroup, but the Baltimore Ravens won't need the power outage...
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Rick Snider: Trust in Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers to win Super Bowl
Rick Snider
Updated: Fri, Feb 1, 2013
The San Francisco 49ers will beat the Baltimore Ravens 27-24 in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday. Sometimes little brothers win. San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh gets lifetime bragging rights over older sibling and Baltimore coach John Harbaugh. The 49ers are simply a better team. Not that the...
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Rick Snider: For John and Jim Harbaugh, Super Bowl is different sort of rivalry
Rick Snider
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2013
The HarBowl just became an extended family feud. San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh is bringing help to Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII. He believes the sibling rivalry will extend beyond blood when he faces his brother, and Baltimore coach John Harbaugh, in New Orleans. "For he who sheds his blood...
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Rick Snider: Former Maryland Terrapins star Vernon Davis made a change for the better
Rick Snider
Published: Wed, Jan 30, 2013
An embarrassing moment turned Vernon Davis into one of better football players ever from the District. The former All-American from Dunbar High will play in Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII. The San Francisco 49ers tight end is so fast and so strong that reaching the sport's showcase isn't...
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Rick Snider: The NFL is not too big to fail
Rick Snider
Updated: Tue, Jan 29, 2013
Fear the lawyers. If the NFL disappears 30 years from now, as Baltimore Ravens safety Bernard Pollard predicts, less violence won't be the reason. Nor will it be decreased participation due to parental fears of injury that had even President Obama pondering what he'd do if he had a son. No,...
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Rick Snider: At the Super Bowl, the story remains the same
Rick Snider
Published: Sat, Jan 26, 2013
Get ready for Super overload. The storylines for Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are well worn but never get old. For every X's and O's matchup, the redemption of Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis is chronicled. The Super Bowl isn't simply a game....
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Rick Snider: Wizards' John Wall finally looks worthy of his draft status
Rick Snider
Updated: Wed, Jan 23, 2013
John Wall may be the NBA's player of the year. The Washington Wizards have won five of their last seven games headed into Wednesday's late contest at Utah, including four of six since the guard returned from offseason knee surgery. That's Herculean after they started the year 4-28. The former...
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Rick Snider: No love lost in D.C. area for Ravens
Rick Snider
Updated: Mon, Jan 21, 2013
The Baltimore Ravens' bandwagon apparently won't include many burgundy-and-gold clad fans from suburban Washington. It seems as if few Redskins fans living in Maryland will jump on as the Ravens head to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. No sharing of fan bases -- even for one game....
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