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• Keep calm and trust Ozzie

  By Ryan Mavity - Mar 15
  I love my fellow Ravens fans, really, I do. But my God do we have one of the most Chicken Little fanbases with some of the shortest memories I’ve ...
  

• It’s still real and it’s still spectacular

  By Ryan Mavity - Feb 18
  It’s taken more than two weeks to wrestle with how to write this particular blog. I’ve been slaving over just how exactly to put the feeling into ...
  

• Shipping Up To Boston

  By Ryan Mavity - Jan 18
  I literally had to watch the highlights of last week’s Baltimore Ravens-Denver Broncos playoff game about 100 times before it sunk in. Did we ...
  

• The Last Ride

  By Ryan Mavity - Jan 04
  It’s crazy for me to think Ray Lewis’ career has spanned my entire adult life. The Ravens drafted Lewis in April 1996 when I was a 17-year-old ...
  

• Head or gut: Heartbreak again in Fat City

  By Ryan Mavity - Oct 13
  Well at least we’re consistent. In Fat City – the name the late Hunter Thompson wanted to give to Aspen, Colo. once he was elected sheriff of ...
  

• Egg Man: Reviewing Eagles-Ravens Week 2

  By Ryan Mavity - Sep 17
  I hate to say I called it, but I called it. The Baltimore Ravens went going home with egg on their face. Not a week ago in this very space I ...
  

• First State Cup: Second Half Blog

  By Ryan Mavity - Sep 08
  So after a 50-minute delay due to lightning in the area, Delaware and Delaware State came back out and played the second half in a monsoon of a ...
  

• RIP Art Modell

  By Ryan Mavity - Sep 06
  As a Baltimore Ravens fan, I suppose there are a lot of superlatives I could write about the late former team owner Art Modell, who passed away ...
  

• A takedown in praise of John Harbaugh

  By Ryan Mavity - Aug 23
  So here I was planning to get all existential in this here space and rattle off a piece on aging and now NFL.com has got me ready to go to the ...
  

• You're in the jungle, baby : 25 years of “Appetite for Destruction”

  By Ryan Mavity - Jul 24
  “Appetite For Destruction” by Guns N’ Roses was the first album that ever pissed my father off. It was one of the first albums I ever listened to ...
  

• #WorldChampionProblems/The end of the greatest band name…ever

  By Ryan Mavity - Feb 21
  I spent the last blog reflecting on my Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl win, because, well, I was in a reflective mood. This time, it’s time to crow a ...
  

• Shadow Moses: Fear and Loathing at Super Bowl 47

  By Ryan Mavity - Feb 01
  Lately, I have been obsessed with a song by British metal band Bring Me The Horizon called “Shadow Moses.” It’s a track off their new album, and ...
  

• Rocky Mountain High

  By Ryan Mavity - Jan 11
  Not long after the Baltimore Ravens had beaten Indianapolis last Sunday, in Ray Lewis’ final game in Baltimore, my first reaction was, now ...
  

• The winner loses: Body count is in the Ravens house

  By Ryan Mavity - Oct 18
  About 20 years ago, I was really into a band called Body Count. For those that don’t remember, this was rapper Ice-T’s heavy metal side project ...
  

• High times in Fat City

  By Ryan Mavity - Oct 04
  It's been high times here in Fat City. The baseball team is improbably in the postseason. The football team is 3-1, having won two games in a week ...
  

• Posse in Effect: A Review of Ravens-Bengals Week 1

  By Ryan Mavity - Sep 13
  What can you say about the Baltimore Ravens 44-13 drubbing of the Cincinnati Bengals? It was everything you want as a Ravens fan. The team kicked ...
  

• First State Cup: First Half Blog

  By Ryan Mavity - Sep 08
  Dearly beloved, we have gathered here again in scenic downtown Newark for the First State Cup game between Delaware State University and University...
  

• Make Total Destroy: Ravens-Jaguars Preseason Week 3 Review

  By Ryan Mavity - Aug 24
  As mentioned in the previous Ravens blog, preseason games generally mean jack squat. As long as no one gets hurt, preseason games are basically ...
  

• L’Enfant Sauvage: Reviewing  Ravens vs. Lions preseason Week 2

  By Ryan Mavity - Aug 19
  The last time we left the Baltimore Ravens, they collectively punched their fanbase in the stomach with one of the most excruciating losses in ...
  

• Tipping the cap to Jamal Lewis

  By Ryan Mavity - Jul 20
  * Note * I started writing this before the events in Aurora, Colo. last night, so before I begin let me just say that we here at the Mojo Wire are ...