Jonas Shaffer

Editorial Aide at The Washington Post

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Ravens’ Zay Flowers focused on ‘real football,’ not flag football

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

After two years in Baltimore, Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers is already an NFL star. But don’t expect him to pursue flag football stardom. Flowers indicated after Tuesday’s practice during organized team activities that he has no interest in trying out for Team USA ahead of the 2028 Summer Games. In May, NFL owners unanimously approved a proposal for players to participate in flag football in the Los Angeles-based Olympiad.
How Odafe Oweh can add a new dimension to the Ravens’ pass rush

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

Until this offseason, Odafe Oweh thought he had to choose between speed and power. He wanted speed. The Ravens outside linebacker weighed around 245 pounds last season because he felt faster that way. He tried to get around offensive tackles because he didn’t feel confident he could go through them. He sacrificed some stoutness as a run defender because he felt he’d make up for it as a pass rusher.
Ravens practice report: Veterans turn up for voluntary OTAs

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

The first drop-back of the first open practice of Ravens organized team activities wasn’t memorable, but it was revealing. At quarterback Wednesday was Lamar Jackson, who missed the majority of the voluntary OTAs last year. His target was tight end Mark Andrews, who’s entering the final year of his contract and whose playoff history has made him a lightning rod for criticism.
Ravens will ‘probably’ hold joint practices with Colts, Commanders

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

The Ravens will “probably” hold one joint practicethis summer with both the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Commanders, coach John Harbaugh said after Wednesday’s practice during organized team activities. The Ravens and Colts would likely practice in Owings Mills ahead of their Aug. 7 preseason game at M&T Bank Stadium, while the Ravens would likely practice at the Commanders’ facility in Ashburn, Virginia, ahead of their Aug. 23 matchup at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
Lamar Jackson participates in first open practice of Ravens OTAs

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

Quarterback Lamar Jackson was back on the field Wednesday as the team held its first open practice of organized team activities. Jackson headlined a group of starters participating in the Ravens’ second voluntary workout in Owings Mills. The team is scheduled to practice eight more times over the next two weeks before holding its mandatory minicamp on June 17-18. Training camp is expected to start in late July.
How Maryland men's lacrosse coach John Tillman sets ‘the standard’

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

Fifteen years ago Friday, the Maryland men’s lacrosse job opened for the first time in nearly a decade, and Kip Fulks had a coach in mind. Why wouldn’t the guy once known as the Wayne Gretzky of lacrosse be a candidate? Fulks, who played for the Terps in the mid-1990s, had idolized the coach as a kid, along with almost everyone else who picked up a stick. Fulks had gotten to know the coach at Maryland, where he’d served as an assistant under women’s coach Cindy Timchal.
Maryland hoops to play Coppin State in Baltimore in season opener

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

Maryland men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams isn’t waiting long to take the Terps back to Baltimore. Maryland will play Coppin State at CFG Bank Arena on Nov. 3 in its season opener as part of the Naismith Hall of Fame Series Baltimore, it was announced Wednesday. The Terps last played in Baltimore in 2018, beating Loyola Chicago at what was then called Royal Farms Arena, 55-41.
Maryland men’s lacrosse beats Georgetown 9-6 for Final Four berth

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

Braden Erksa wouldn’t let go of the ball, and Seamus Foley wouldn’t let go of him, either. Every inch of space mattered early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s quarterfinal in the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament, and so as Erksa rolled to the crease, looking to bolster Maryland’s slim lead over Georgetown, Foley hooked him with his 6-foot pole. Erksa looked stuck. For a moment, the junior attackman tried to wriggle free, like a fish caught in a net.
Ravens find potential Michael Pierce replacement in veteran nose tackle

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

The Ravens have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with nose tackle John Jenkins, the team announced Friday, adding free-agent help to bolster their depth after Michael Pierce’s offseason retirement. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Jenkins, who turns 36 in July, started all 34 games for the Las Vegas Raiders over the past two seasons. He finished third on the team last year with 21 run stops, according to Pro Football Focus.
He committed to Maryland lacrosse in the 8th grade. Now he’s a star.

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Jonas Shaffer

Eric Spanos was barely a teenager when Division I college coaches started to ask what he could do as a young adult. They would call his club lacrosse coach with urgent, impossible questions — Do you really think he’s going to turn into what you think he can? — and Tad Doyle would tell them, yes, the kid was that good. But all Doyle could do — all anyone could do, really — was guess and hope for the best. Because Spanos was just a kid, an eighth grader, when he decided to end his college recruitment.