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Down in the DC area, the Ravens might be the second most popular NFL team.  I used to belong to a Ravens Nest that folded 8 years ago in Bowie due to charter violations.  There are two bars, Mason Inn in Glover Park and Rock Bottom in Ballston Commons in Arlington near the Metro.   The reason they're aren't more is virtually all the games are televised in the area on local TV and most fans would rather watch at home.

Only reason I'd support expansion is if Baltimore built a new arena which would mean the minors would have expand too.  Only rumors I've heard was either a Racetrack that would replace Pimlico in Port Covington which would also have a indoor facility or Kevin Plank bought some land near Westport which is close to the light rail and I 95.  The people who run Royal Farms have the usual propaganda that hockey wouldn't work, well not with that facility. 

There is a book called from Colts to Ravens which you can get dirt cheap on Amazon written by the late sportswriter John Steadman who covered the first Colts team in the AAFC which became the green and silver version in the NFL before folding, the second one, the Stars and the Stallions, I got some of the info there.

That ESPN "Browns 95" explains what happened. Great coaches left and the players were completely despondent. Bellichick was the head coach of the Browns before they moved here.

I thought it was part of the NFL Network's America's Game series, it was called "Cleveland 95". 

ESPN's 30 for 30 had "The Band that wouldn't die" which was more of the Baltimore perspective.  Both are on YouTube.  The person to credit for reviving the NFL here was actually John Moag, head of the Maryland Stadium Authority.  The Buccaneers and the Cardinals were also interested at about the same time about moving here, Moag went with Modell because of his track record.

1996-They were a bad football team, but at least they were ours. We couldn't afford a practice squad back then and we had players like Steve Everett who didn't want to be on the team.

Its a heck of a lot better than a "Very Angry Browns Fan Christmas" Volumes 1 and 2. I hope they never win another title in Leaveland!

If they really wanted to incite boos in Cleveland, they should have shown the Ravens logo and a picture of Art Modell.

Worst one I've been to was the game that the new Browns beat us for the first time, sat in the Dawg Pound with another Ravens fan from Columbus, OH and left after he took off. Only ones I go to are at FedEx Field, because there are always Baltimore fans in the same row or behind or in front of you and they always have your back.

Don't forget to add in Elvin Hayes I still root for the Wizards and I would like to see the Capitals win a Stanley Cup in my lifetime.

I remember in the mid to late 80s, Abe Pollin's management group took over operations of the then Baltimore Arena and the Bullets played 3 or 4 game up there per season, as well as the Skipjacks being the top affiliate of the Capitals.   Still would like to see a new arena built in Baltimore, but the city has too many priories right now.

You have to take the most expensive package to get Destination America on FIOS. It isn't included in the lower tiers. Ticks me off.

But you get to see it a couple of days earlier than I do right now.  I have to deal with old people's for a knee brace as the only online sponsor.   When FIOS comes as a bulk package, I just want to the sports package as well as the phone and 20mbps internet and that's it.

What time is it?

I don't know, but I'm a General Admission Ringsider which means I can watch new episodes the Thursday online after they are shown on Fox 45, WJLA 7 and Destination America at no cost.  Hopefully when my condo gets wired up for Verizon Fios next month, instead of 70 channels, we'll have 200 and DA might be one of them.

I 2nd that. One hell of a player.

I'd still like to see Brian Biliick get in the ring, someday. Us die hards remember when we were in the NFL Outhouse with Teddy Marchibroada and his 16-31-1 record, we started turning the corner to becoming an elite team one we hired him.

Exactly Throwback to What? the Browns unis of the 80's?

Jon Gruden suggested it on ESPN's Monday Night Football.

My Dad had an idea for a throwback, just use the old Cleveland Browns unis.  

He'll have "Two tickets to paradise".  The first one in the team Ring of Honor this year, and the second in Canton, hopefully in 2020!

Is he gonna sign with us so he can retire a raven?

You mean the one day ceremonial contract do you?

After the Ray Rice incident last year, the only jersey I'll buy is a personalized one. 

Man, I was keen for this fight but then I saw the price. $89, or $99 in HD. *starts looking for pirate streams*

Good luck with that, you might get Malware or Extortion ware where it could cost 200 to fix your PC.  A few Hooters in the area are charging 20 with 20 back in coupons.

Winning is supposed to make uniforms popular, this aint goanna help them.  And they've run out of the excuse of blaming Art Modell for the current team's failure.  They can't blame it on anyone besides Jimmy Haslaam and the current teams management, so its all on them.

bucs creamsicle uni's are incredible.. 

 

i seriously dont understand all the hate they get. 

 

and it would be fun to see the 96 uni's in action once a year. would like to see them do it in 2016 as a 20 year anniversary thing

Things could be worse, the Denver Broncos 1960-63 unis that were bought used from the Copper Bowl.  Yellow and brown with horizontal socks.  No wonder they burned them.

Just put a 20th anniversary patch on the jerseys for this year and be done with it. The big celebration should be 5 years later when we hit 25.

Problem with the Winged B logo was there was a security Guard who doodled something similar, he wanted lifetime season tickets but all he got from the team was $1. And that why we have the Purple Ravens head with the Gold B today.

Jon Gruden said if we wanted throwbacks, we should use the Cleveland Browns jerseys.

Keeping WWE Network for one more month after the February trail to watch WrestleMania.  Don't like the classic wresting offerings, I hope they can get Memphis Wrestling on the network, use to watch it on Saturday Night on FNN/Score.  Vince should just make Jerry Lawler an offer for the classic episodes since he owns most of it.

Brown face masks, whopdee doo. I still remember when Cleveland came to Ravens Stadium the first time, some of the fans burned our teams bandanna on the concourse during half time.

Silver Spring, MD.

It's annoying, so many damn Redskins fans, that place should be dominated in D.C and Virginia, Maryland is home to the RAVENS!

I'll settle for being the number 2 NFL team in the DMV, next to the Deadskins aka Landover Losers. There are two Ravens bars in the DC area, Mason Inn in the Glover Park section of NW DC and the one I go in Arlington, Rock Bottom in the Ballston Commons Mall, home for 3 years of the DC/NOVA Ravens Meet Up group that meets at the back bar.

The reason there aren't more is probably that you can watch almost every Ravens regular season game on DC TV, due to it being a secondary market.