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Tony Lombardi

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Tony is Ravens24x7.com's founder (the first of the 24x7Networks' fan sites) and has been contributing columns and reports for the site since its inception on July 3, 2003.  His work has been featured on various sports websites and he has been a guest on several local and out of town sports radio programs. 
 
Currently he co-hosts the Ravens Rap along with Bruce Laird, John Gehrig and Mike Bradley at The Original Greene Turtle in Ocean City, MD and he can be heard Monday's from 10am - Noon during the season on The Rob Long Show on Baltimore's Fox 1370 Sports Radio.
 
He's a diehard Fab Four fan, aspires to settle down nearby Mallory Square, is a frustrated musician who thinks beating on the steering wheel is akin to being John Bonham and no he isn't related to THAT Vince Lombardi although his grandfather, uncle and cousin all share the name.

Aaron Wilson

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Aaron Wilson covers the NFL for National Football Post as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Carroll County Times and Ravens24x7.com. He has previously covered the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans and has covered the NFL since 1997.  He has won several regional writing awards, including, most recently, Best Sports News Story for the state of Maryland in voting conducted by the Associated Press managing editors. 

Brian McFarland

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Known on Ravens Message Boards as "B-more Ravor", Brian is a life-long Baltimorean and an avid fan of the Ravens and all Baltimore sports (yes, even the Orioles still).   A PSL holder since 1998, Brian has garnered a reputation as a cap-guru on Ravens' message boards because of his strange desire to wade through the intricacies of the salary cap as it relates to the Ravens. 
   
Brian, who hails from Catonsville and still resides there, is married and has two young children.

Dev Panchwagh

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Dev Panchwagh is a versatile analyst who breaks down the Xs and Os of the game and has been a columnist/analyst for Ravens24x7.com since the summer of 2004. In his regular season column Battle Plans, Dev highlights the Ravens' keys to success against each opponent they face. 
 
Dev's start as a sports journalist started modestly, when his contributions to sports talk radio were noticed, leading to duties as a regular columnist for the Scouts.com network before joining Ravens24x7.com.  It would be very difficult to find his rare combination of youthfulness, knowledge and insight in all facets of football anywhere else.  Fortunately, Dev brings it here each and every week.
 

Kurt Backert

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Kurt's passion for the game began in the 60's watching the Colts on TV and at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. He began following the statistics of not only his beloved Colts but also those of the Colts opponents, with a keen eye on Vince Lombardi's Packers. His thirst for and attention to statistical detail would eventually lead Kurt on a journey to the world of fantasy football in the late 1980's where he's captured more titles than John Wooden's UCLA Bruins
 
Kurt carries a distinction that no other fan of the NFL can boast about.  He is the reigning NFL National Trivia Champion and he credits his Dad for passing on such passion for the game, something Kurt also hopes to pass along to his 9-year-old son.

Scot Kleinfeld

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Scot is a Baltimore native, a Towson University graduate, and has followed sports since the early 1980's. Scot likes to go inside the numbers and get the real "411" on the wins and losses,  hence his Behind The Numbers column.
 
Besides being an avid sports fan, Scot has been involved with televison sports production as an Associate Producer since 1993 for WMAR, ESPN, ESPNU,ESPN2, and the former Home Team Sports network.  In addition to his television work Scot has written articles for Baltimore Magazine, Lacrosse Magazine and Patuxent Publishing.  These experiences make him a natural as the creator of the Media Watchdog, another of SK's fine contributions.
 

Ken McKusick

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Ken comes to us via area message boards where he has consistently posted some of the most insightful and memorable posts that you'll find anywhere.  Known as "Filmstudy", Ken is a lifelong Baltimorean and rabid fan of Baltimore sports who grew up about 1 mile from Memorial Stadium.  He attended all but a handful of Orioles home games from 1979 through 2001.  

Ken bleeds orange in more ways than one.  He's a graduate of Syracuse University where he earned degrees in both Broadcast Journalism and Math and now works locally as an actuary.

The message board member name "Filmstudy" comes from his collection of video from every Ravens game ever played and his player-participation-by-play tracking system for defense that he developed in 2006.  This system is the cornerstone of his thoughtful and one-of-a-kind analysis of the complex Ravens defense.
 

Steve Hasler

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March 29, 1984.    Steve Häsler was attending college in Gambier, Ohio when the phone rang in his dorm room.  On the other end of the line awaited his parents with disturbing news – our beloved Colts had poured the entire organization into Mayflower vans and left town.    

For the next four autumns, Steve was forced to watch football with Browns fans, unsympathetic to the plight of losing a hometown team.  By 1987 Steve was back in Baltimore, launching his advertising career.

Not long thereafter Steve attended the annual Fourth of July Parade in Towson – a bittersweet experience as Steve watched his mother well-up with tears as the Baltimore Colts Marching Band waddled by to a tune we are all familiar with.

That strange, sad scene was repeated for the next eleven summers until the Ravens brought football back home, an ironic twist that left his old friends back in Ohio finally relating to his 13 year old wound.

By that time Steve was married, with two kids who are now in middle school.  He, his wife, and kids reside in Sparks.  Steve has been opining on all things Ravens, pretty much since the invention of message boards.  You may know him as Shaslers.

 

Sy Saulynas

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Sy Saulynas teaches Computer Science at a well respected crucible of higher learning in the Baltimore area. He is also a long-time member of Ravens Nest 1 - Harford County, where he runs rampant, forcing football pools, trivia contests and pickems on the unsuspecting membership. So much in fact that said membership raised him to the lofty level of Vice President. He hails from Bel Air via Catonsville and has a lifelong devotion to all Baltimore sports teams with an almost spiritual zeal for Baltimore football.

Matt Zenitz

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Matt Zenitz covers the Ravens and the NFL Draft for Pressbox and the Carroll County Times. He co-hosts Pressbox Live Sundays on ESPN Radio 1300-AM from 10-11 A.M during football season, and is a frequent contributor to Inside Pressbox and Sports Extra on ABC-2 WMAR. He is also a regular guest on Playmakers with Jeremy Conn on 105.7 The FAN, Pressbox Live Saturday on ESPN 1300-AM as well as The Rob Long Show on FOX 1370-AM.

Fran "The Fan" Vojik

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Fran Vojik has been a regular contributor to the Ravens24X7 "Letters to T.L." page since 2005. A huge football fan and a former season ticket holder of the Baltimore Colts, he now roots on the Ravens from his corner end zone seat in section 134. A regular traveler to various pro football cities and football web sites, he brings an analytical and humorous perspective to the world of professional football.
 
Born in Highlandtown and a graduate of Calvert Hall College and the University of Maryland, he now lives in Anne Arundel County. He and his late wife, the beautiful Rosemarie named their den room "The Sports Palace." It contains many mementos from the Colts and Ravens eras.

Eric Buckner

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Eric Buckner is a native of Baltimore and has lived in the area his entire life. A graduate of Towson University , Eric has been a student of professional football since the day he wept in his grandfather's bedroom after the Baltimore Colts were upset by the New York Jets in Super Bowl III. A loyal fan of the Colts and subsequently the Ravens, Eric's passion for the NFL is unwavering as evidenced by his near flawless attendance record at Ravens' games. He's missed only one preseason game -- back in 2005. We'll cut him some slack since he was on his honeymoon. You won't find Eric slacking when it comes to covering the AFC North for ProFootball24x7.com.
 

Liz Farmer

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Liz is athletically coordinated but still can't manage to make it through a day without walking into something or tripping at least 5 or 6 times.

Life is surprising and unpredictable. Through trial and error, she’s learned that the only goals she needs to have are to roll with the punches, take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way and (for the love of God) have fun doing it!

She absolutely loves surprising people who don't know that she has game when it comes to knowledge of sports.

As a beat writer for the Daily Record covering the business of sports, retail and advertising, Liz loves that she has a job where she’s able to approach high-ranking politicians and society's forgotten (like the homeless) with equal measure.

Her Dad taught her how to burp as a youngster in order to keep the boys away.

It worked until college....

Matt Jergensen

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Matt is a lifelong Maryland resident and graduate of both Calvert Hall and Towson University. For the past three years he has worked as the senior editor for Ravens Gab, a blog devoted to all things purple, providing commentary and analysis. 

 

He makes his home in Bel Air with his wife, and three children just minutes away from his job teaching history for Harford County Public Schools. His love of history extends into the Sports world. He remembers and honors the Baltimore Colts and yearns for the day when the O's will return to the top of the AL East. He looks forward to the opportunity to share his thoughts, passion, and humor about the sports world.

Will Spencer

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Will Spencer, the founder and lead content writer for Draft Breakdown has been scouting draft prospects since 2002. From Baltimore, he’s had draft related articles published on the Baltimore Ravens official website, Scout.com’s Orange and Brown Report as well as Ravens Insider. Will is also a member of the Football Writers Association of America. Will graduated from the Sports Management Worldwide Scouting and General Manager class in 2009. Click here to see links to articles written by Will and hear audio of Will on various radio programs and podcasts.  

Mr. Mojo Rizon

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Mr. Mojo Rizon is 24x7’s answer to The Sporting News’ “Fly” and The Sun’s exiled “Mr. Flip.” If you are familiar with those columns, you’ll get it.  If not, sit back, brace yourself and enjoy.

Mark Considine

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Mark is a long-time visitor to 24x7 and shares a passion with this staff for all things purple.  Since the Ravens Super Bowl victory, watching a Ravens' game once is hardly enough.  Mark puts his TiVo unit through its paces regularly.  He'll bring that passion here from time to time as a guest columnist.
 
Mark hails from Towson, the same neighborhood the old Colts lived in (Johnny U, Marchetti, Shula, etc.) and used to watch the Bert Jones' Colts at training camp at Goucher College. Mark is a graduate of Calvert Hall and Towson University.  His oldest brother is a well known music critic (J.D. Considine), who's written for Rolling Stone, Musician, Revolver, Maxim, City Paper, News American, The Sun, and had a television show on VH1 for over a year.  While Mark claims that he is not as eloquent and articulate as his more famous brother is, said brother can't throw a football like 24x7's Considine.

Dee Miller

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Andrew Hofferbert

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Andrew is a Calvert Hall grad (2007) from Parkville who was raised in a home that bleeds orange, purple, and black.  He is currently working on a degree from the University of Maryland and aspires to one day enter the field of sports journalism.  His passion is watching Baltimore sports and learning about the history of both the Orioles and the Baltimore Colts.
 
He possesses a thirst for continuous conversation on local sports and hopefully his writing will spur readers to argue, agree, or hunt if you want, hunt him down. 
 

Jessica Jackson

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I was born in Baltimore,  spent my childhood in Glen Burnie, and move to the eastern shore as a teen. As an adult, I lived in NYC, until two years ago.
 
I've always been a huge sports fanatic. And a Ravens fan since day 1. Our bedroom is even done out in an-all Baltimore-football theme. With purple paint and memoriable from the Colts straight on to the Ravens and every team in between.
 
I currently live on the eastern shore with my husband, 3 children, Zachary who is 7, Blake who is 20months, and Dylan who is 10 months, and our dog Rudy.
 
I work part-time teaching after-school programs at our county middle schools.
 
My hobbies include reading about sports, watching sports, listening to sports talk radio, changing diapers,  and shopping! :)
 

Jay Becraft

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Born and raised in Maryland, Jay is never short of an opinion.  Often taking the contrarian’s point of view, his lust for debate and sports are a natural fit. 

It did not take much for Jay to become a Ravens fan.  Living in a house where the Colts were the end all, be all of football, he did what any kid would do in that same situation and became a .... Redskins' fans.  Ok, so a little healthy rebellion is good for a family but in time, Jay would see the light and now has a fond appreciation for everything that is Baltimore sports.

Things changed in 1996 and Jay has not looked back since.  Although displaced and living in Houston, Jay is still a loud and proud season ticket holder who travels back to Baltimore for games.  Anytime of the year, he can be seen wondering (or stumbling) the streets of his beloved Fells Point.

Besides being a Ravens blowhard, Jay loves to cook, golf, run and pal around with Izzy, his new live-in Labrador Retriever.

Spelling and grammatical errors are courtesy of the Howard County Public School System.

 

David Harrington

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David Harrington has been a member of the message boards at www.ravens24x7.com since March of 2007. He currently boasts a post count of over 1,300. Of those total posts, approximately thirty of them can be considered quality and thought provoking. David lives in Nottingham, MD and is a Ravens season ticket holder. He enjoys long walks on the beach, Mimosas, and reading racy romance novels by the fireplace. David works at SIRIUS|XM Radio in Washington DC, and has held positions in the sports industry with the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association, and several other semi-pro and minor league teams. He is married to a Pittsburgh Steelers fan; information which was withheld from him prior to exchanging nuptials. He believes it is “cheaper to keep her”.

 

Laurie Rill

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I'm Laurie, I'm 22 years young and probably the biggest girly girl/tomboy you'll ever meet! I'm a huge Ravens fan but I love the NFL in general.

 
I am learning to be unbiased in my writing, I won POST FROM THE PRESS BOX in 2008 and i've been writing/blogging Baltimore Football ever since. I started becoming interested in football when I was a cheerleader from the age of 6 through highschool..
 
Im not the cheerleader type anymore, I'd much rather be screaming on my team from the stands. I have a very quick opinion when it comes to football and it's something I am very passionate about, I take it very seriously and you will never here me say.. 'Its just a game.'
 
I really love to come up with original ideas for my writing and my first article I ever wrote was about why you should take a girl on a first date to a football game. I think people will enjoy what I have to say because I often express both sides of a story in my writing.
 
I love to get feedback from people that read what I have to write so by all means, "BRING IT ON!" 

Lauren Hunter

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Chris Berney

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Chris is a Richmond resident with strong family ties to the Baltimore area.  As an analyst by trade, he focuses on statistics and trends to tell the story.  He writes columns for 24x7, is a regular contributor on 24x7’s Ravens board as psuasskicker, and blogs at oblongspheroid.com.

Chris grew up watching Orioles and Colts games, and has been a football fan since elementary school.  He’s a Ravens season ticket holder and gets to as many games as he can – no easy chore with a young family and living three hours away.  He participates in several fantasy football leagues, and is studying sports betting and in particular football betting strategies.  He looks forward to some day working in football, as an analyst, writer, or in some other fashion.

John Gehrig

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John Gehrig split his formidable years between NE Baltimore and Westminster.  He is a former tight end out of Lehigh University and even knocked heads with 24x7's own Bill Pisano who played LB for Bucknell.  John is our resident "Web Guy" who brings 12 years of experience in cyber space to 24x7.  That experience coupled with his passion for the Ravens has fueled a determination that John vows will result in the best spot on the net for anything Ravens.  This new site is just the opening kick off and he swears the best has yet to come!
 
John now resides in Ocean City and hosts GAMETIME'S sister program, Ravens Rap along with Bruce Laird.

Sabina Moran

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Sabina has been working behind the lens to bring the best in game action photos to the fans and readers of PRoFootball24x7 since the summer of 2005.  Continually striving to see the game from many different perspectives, Sabina's dedication allows the fans a fresh and unique vantage point.
 
Specializing in sports action photography, Sabina started SKM Photography in June 2004 to market her artistic skills. Sabina has done freelance photography work for a community paper in Carroll County since December 2005, as well as having her photographs featured in Baltimore?s new weekly all sports publication Press Box.

Bill Pisano

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Bill has been 24x7's football analyst since 2003 contributing columns and commentary about fundamentals, strategy and techniques involved in playing and coaching the game.  Bill also is an in-season contributor to GAMETIME providing analysis and insight with a focus on the previous week's Ravens game.  Bill is a former collegiate linebacker from Bucknell University where he was an All Patriot League Linebacker.  After his playing days ended, Bill coached defensive line and special teams at Division III Wesley College for three years then Linebackers for two years at Bucknell University.
 
Although he is no longer involved in the game as a player or coach, Bill's passion for the game is reflective in his desire to educate the average fan.  He continues to teach and professes that an educated fan enjoys the game more if he/she has a deeper understanding of the demands the sport has on athletes and coaches.  A team has a responsibility to its fans and the fans have a responsibility to the team.  A more educated fan earns the right to demand more from his or her team.  With Bill's guiding hand, 24x7 vows to do its best to help in that regard.

Eddie Healy

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Eddie is currently a student at Loyola University in Maryland who graduated from Calvert Hall in 2008.  He is devoted to all thing Orioles, Terps and Ravens.  Eddie is proud to say that the first jersey he was ever given was a Travis Taylor jersey.  He is also proud to have played basketball for the same high school coach as Juan Dixon and to be a member of the same alumni network as Mel Kiper. 

 
Eddie's top three sports memories are Super Bowl XXXV, Maryland Basketball's Championship in 2002, and Maryland Football's 2001 Orange Bowl season.  While he loves Ed Reed, Eddie's all time favorite Ravens are Priest Holmes, Jermaine Lewis, Travis Taylor, Clarence Moore, and Chad Williams. An interesting collection of favorites to say the least...
 

Craig Chasis

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Craig Chasis or "Quaz" as he is known, has been a columnist for Profootball24x7.com for two years. Craig has been involved in various sports throughout his life, rugby being the most prominent.  Craig has even competed on an international level in rugby.  An avid traveler, Quaz has a unique perspective on the world around him, and this is reflected in his writing which is often light hearted and a bit quirky. Although knowledgeable he prefers to keep his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, and leave the hard hitting articles to others.
 
Craig sights his parents, Mike Curtis and Eddie Murray as driving influences. In his spare time, he has embarked on several unfinished novels and will find any excuse to go swimming.  
 
Craig is a Baltimore resident who resides in the Canton area and can be found frequenting many of the fine establishments in the area (hey he loves to support our sponsors.)  One of Craig's claims to fame is that he has amassed more concussions than both Troy Aikman and Steve Young combined. Craig is the one 24x7 staff member most likely to appear on Jeopardy and America's Most Wanted in the same week.  "World Cup Soccer for $100 please?"

Jen Carle

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Jen Carle is a native Baltimorean who was thrown like football as an infant, classmate of many Baltimore Colts' kids, Mayflower Van boycotter and Ravens lover within the legal limits of stalking. When she is not irritating Captain DEE fense's fans with her picture of kissing his cheek at a charity event, Jen works at her husband's busy medical practice in order to support her writing habit. She is the author of Finally Winsome; A Face of Prozac; Becoming Waldo; and My College Boyfriend Dumped Me for You; Can I Add You as a Friend? Jen is also a neurotic mother to her two teenage sons, a huge fan of her adopted dog, and an advocate for animal rights. When Reese Witherspoon returns Jen's calls and agrees to play Jen in the movie versions of the books, Jen will start a foundation that pays for the medical needs of at risk domestic animals. Until that happens, she urges all of you to support your local animal shelters.
 

Steve Gardner

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Steve Gardner is one of the gurus behind the ProFootball24x7 message boards. 
 
Steve was born and raised (on Guinness) in London, England where he managed to avoided jail time despite being a soccer fan.  He moved to Maryland in the late 80s "for a laugh - and the cable telly".
 
He started the now infamous Ravens Nest 2 message boards in the fall of 1999 for members of his Ravens Nest to chat online. The RN2 board grew into one of the largest and most visited Ravens message boards on the internet with over a million posts and 30 million page views in 6 years.
 
Always trying hard to keep out of trouble (and usually failing miserably), on the day of Johnny U's death (9/11/02) he started an online petition to rename the old PSINet Stadium 'Johnny Unitas Memorial Stadium'.  In less than 24 hours the petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/3307d/petition.html) received over 30,000 signatures, made the local TV news and the national newspapers. The petition was eventually signed by 58,000 people.
 
"It was just a lighthearted prank" Steve told us, "I fully support the current sponsor, bank with them and often use their Ravens Visa card - I need it to buy those $8 stadium beers."
 
Steve lives in Harford Co. with his keg of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, his wife Claudine, daughter Megan, Guinness the dog and Spice Boy the Guinea Pig.
 
He is a Ravens season ticket holder (4 semi -nose bleed seats since '96). During normal working hours, he pretends to be an engineer and "blows stuff up".

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