Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore. They compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference North division. The club was established in 1996, after Art Modell, who was then the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to relocate the franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore in 1995. The team is owned by Steve Bisciotti and valued at USD 2. 59 billion, making the Ravens the 29th-most valuable sports franchise in the world. Before the football team, there was the Baltimore Ravens wheelchair basketball team — the original Baltimore Ravens.
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The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore. They compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference North division. The club was established in 1996, after Art Modell, who was then the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to relocate the franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore in 1995. The team is owned by Steve Bisciotti and valued at USD 2. 59 billion, making the Ravens the 29th-most valuable sports franchise in the world. Before the football team, there was the Baltimore Ravens wheelchair basketball team — the original Baltimore Ravens. They are currently the only team in the NFL to hold a perfect record in multiple Super Bowl appearances. The Ravens organization was led by general manager Ozzie Newsome from 1996 until his retirement following the 2018 season, and has had three head coaches: Ted Marchibroda, Brian Billick, and since 2008, John Harbaugh. They have qualified for the NFL playoffs 12 times since 2000 with two Super Bowl championship titles, two AFC Championship titles, four AFC Championship game appearances six AFC North division titles and 15 playoff victories. After the controversial relocation of the Colts to Indianapolis, several attempts were made to bring an NFL team back to Baltimore. In 1993, ahead of the 1995 league expansion, the city was considered a favorite, behind only St. Louis, to be granted one of two new franchises. Baltimore, however, was unexpectedly passed over in favor of Jacksonville, Florida, despite Jacksonville’s minor TV market status and that the city had withdrawn from contention in the summer, only to return with then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue’s urging.
In 1994, Baltimore’s bid for a franchise—dubbed the Baltimore Bombers, in honor of the locally produced Martin B-26 Marauder bomber—had three ownership groups in place and a state financial package which included a proposed USD 200 million, rent-free stadium and permission to charge up to USD 80 million in personal seat license fees. In the 1990s, the naming rights were later sold to the Ravens football team when they came to the city and the wheelchairbasketball team became known as the Maryland Ravens, Inc. The name was inspired by Bob Ardinger, a member of the Ravens wheelchair Basketball Association and Member of the NWBA Hall of Fame. In 2002, the Ravens won their first Super Bowl title with a win over the New England Patriots. In 2007, the team won their second Super Bowl with a victory over the Green Bay Packers. In 2008, they won their third and fourth Super Bowl titles with wins over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants. In 2009, they were awarded their fourth and fifth Super Bowl crowns. In 2010, they became the first team in NFL history to win three consecutive AFC North titles. In 2011, they also won the AFC North Division Championship. In 2012, they claimed their sixth and seventh AFC North title. In 2013, they defeated the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl.
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