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Previews during the week. The Sports Maven will be a hard hitting opinionated show. I will freely dish out all of my takes and welcome yours. The show will be on Saturday mornings from 8-9AM.

I am not sure why Baltimore would be criticized for 36000 showing up for an exhibition soccer game that means nothing. The Sun is treating this like it is a disaster. Any large American City will easily sell out World Cup games, unless the NFL or the Lakers are on the tube.

It is horrendous that Dominique Foxworth is out for the year and that the Ravens are beset by all kinds of problems in the secondary–ed Reed, Sergio Kindle, the recovery of Ladarius Webb.  But have faith in our gunslinger John Harbaugh–Joe Platania tells me if he is shook he sure doesn’t show it. Also he has 6 weeks to fill the gaps, thus at least these problems have occurred early enough to deal with. Question: why would someone with narcolepsy sleep on the 3rd floor?

I thought this issue was dead and gone and Baryy Alvarez stoked the flames yesterday on freep.com and reported on testudotimes.com

“On a night usually filled with great stories – and there were a few – the talk of Big Ten expansion was the most intriguing at Thursday’s Little Caesars Pizza Bowl golf outing at Lochmoor Country Club in Grosse Pointe Woods.  The post-golf dinner recognized Wisconsin athletic director and former football coach Barry Alvarez, along with bowl officials George Perles (the former MSU coach) and Lloyd Carr (the former U-M coach.) Neither Perles nor Carr offered much on expansion, but Alvarez indicated where he thinks the Big Ten’s next move may be – he and the other athletic directors may be updated at next week’s Big Ten meetings — as it continues its study of the issue through at least the end of this year.  “I’m not sure about continued expansion, but it would not surprise me. Our commissioner (Jim Delany) thinks outside the box and is always thinking how to be progressive and proactive,” Alvarez said. “We will continue to study expansion throughout this year. It would not surprise me if we continue to expand. We’ve always talked about and had research done that we haven’t taken full advantage of Penn State being in the east and we need someone else in the league from the east to maximize Penn State. It wouldn’t surprise me if we went that way.”

3 Star prospect Dontez Tyler became Maryland’s 13th verbal commit yesterday as reported by terrpintimes.com. Dontez is 6’4″ 220 and runs a 4.7 40.  Maryland continues to add speedy lineman to its team.

Listen in this morning. At 7:35 we will have Ray Schulte to preview the National Sports Collectors Show. 8:05 –Alex Smith to discuss the USA World Championship win over Canada in lacrosse.  8:40 Joe Platania direct from the Ravens training camp!! Next week the show moves to 8-9AM on ESPN 1300!!!

Relax everyone Jared just had cramps. The Ravens report he will be fine. But thats not what we can say about Foxworth. #24 is out for the year further crippling the Ravens secondary. S.O.S.

You gave away Aubrey Huff for nothing, wasted 6 million on Tejada, but please don’t let Ty Wigginton go. At least with him and Markakis we have a chance to score. Where can you find a guy with his bat who can play 3 positions. Okay it might be that he can barely play 3 positions. KEEP TY!!!!

All I can say is that Simon obviously could not get his footing straight and the manager left him in the game.