Tony Lombardi

Tony is Profootball24x7.com's founder 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. 

A diehard Fab Four fan, Tony 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.

Jimmy O'Brien

Jimmy O’Brien is a football and NFL Draft junkie, who went to Penn State to major in pigskin, only to learn that you were required to choose an actual academic course of study.  Perplexed, he settled on a career as a sports writer, eventually (7 years later) earning a B.A. and Masters in English, and a Ph.D. in watching college football.  He is the founder of PhillyJimmy Philms, which produces NFL prospect videos featuring small school college players, and is currently a film contributor and writer for Draftbreakdown.com.  Jimmy can be found on twitter @phillyjimmy or online at phillyjimmy.com

Brian McFarland

Aaron Wilson

Derek Arnold

Derek is originally from and a current resident of Pasadena, MD. He’s a graduate of UMBC and has been a lifelong Baltimore sports fan. In 2007 he founded B’More Birds’ Nest and has been writing about the Ravens and O’s ever since under the name “NestMinder.”

Derek’s work has been featured on Charm City Current, Bleacher Report and WNST. Last year he accompanied GOOB to Dallas and watched the Steelers lose the Super Bowl.

Follow Derek on Twitter: @BMoreBirdsNest

Kris Jones

Goob, the winner of the DirecTV 2010 Ultimate Displaced Fan contest was raised in Pasadena, MD and graduated from Towson University in 2007. Goob began making videos or GOOBVISION as it's known on Twitter at the start of the 2010 season. He stars here in RaveOnTV.

He has been featured on shows such as The Jim Rome Show, ProFootballTalk Live, The Michael Irvin Show, The SiriusXM Blitz with Rich Gannon and Adam Schein, MadDog Radio on Sirius XM with Christopher "MadDog Russo" Two Live Stews, The Tony Bruno Show, FoxSports.com to name a few (or is that a lot?)

Goob currently lives in Raleigh, NC and is president of the NC Ravens Fan Club which has 150 members.

Twitter: RavenManiac 

Ken McKusick

Steve Hasler

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.

Dev Panchwagh

Mr. Mojo Rizon

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.

Jim Williams

Jim is a sports media columnist for Examiner Newspapers in Washington, DC and France 24. He is also an Emmy and Ace award winning TV producer, director and writer.

You can hear Jim Monday and Friday at 7:25AM on the Morning Show heard on Team 990AM in Montreal.  

Fran "The Fan" Vojik

Fran Vojik has been a contributor to the Ravens24X7 site since 2005, first as a regular on the "Letters to T.L." page, then as the author of the Fran the Fan column.  A huge NFL 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 M&T Bank Stadium.  His work makes him a regular traveler to various pro football cities and he’s an avid reader of all pro football web sites.  He brings a passionate 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 lives on Furnace Creek in northern Anne Arundel County.  He and his girlfriend, Sandy, have recently renovated his Man Cave, known as the “The Sports Palace," which contains many mementos from the Colts and Ravens eras, as well the Baltimore Orioles.

On days the Ravens play at home, Fran can usually be found tailgating at the Baltimore Fire Fighters Union Hall Local 734 , supporting the organization’s Widow’s and Orphan’s fund.

Kurt Backert

David Elfin

David Elfin first covered the Redskins in 1989. The former President of the Pro Football Writers of America, Elfin has written five books on the Redskins. The latest, “Washington Redskins: The Complete Illustrated History” is now on sale in Washington area stores and online.

Scot Kleinfeld

Michael Fast

I was born and raised in Baltimore. While at Towson High School, I played football and gained an appreciation for the game and its subtleties.

After a year at York College of Pennsylvania, I transferred to Towson University. At York and Towson, I hosted various radio shows, wrote for the school paper, spoke on a panel RE: college game day presentation at IBS conference in Manhattan.

Currently, I'm one of the Public Address Announcers for both Towson University and the University of Maryland.

 

Andy Gershman

Andrew Gershman was born and raised as a sports fan in Richmond, Virginia. In the Summer of 2009 Andy moved with his family to Jerusalem, Israel.  Shortly after, he appeared weekly as a co-host of the American Sports Talk Show on RustyMike Radio. The show featured interviews and talk with some of the biggest names in sports from the US and Israel. In October of 2010 Andy, along with 2 other partners, launched Israel Sports Radio, the first all sports talk network in the Middle East. The American Sports Talk show moved to a nightly format and once again featured guests from around the world. in addition to radio, Andy has written blogs for Israel Sports Radio and appeared in the Jerusalem Post.

Sy Saulynas

Rick Johnson

Leif Swenson

Chris Johnston

The Complete QB Team Clinics and Individual Coaching Sessions are provided by the Complete QB Founder and Director, Christopher Johnston. For over a decade, Coach Johnston has trained young men in the Quarterback position, including high school Quarterbacks who earned HCIAA Honors in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. His success with Quarterbacks is due to Coach Johnston's approach as a teacher of those playing the position.

Coach Johnston was previously the QB and DB Coach at Hudson Catholic Regional High School (2007 Group 3 State Semi-Finalist and 2008 Group 2 State Finalist) in Jersey City, New Jersey. Coach Johnston also served as the Defensive Coordinator, Assistant Head Coach, and Quarterbacks Coach at Xavier High School in New York, New York. Coach Johnston's assessment and coaching skills have earned him a solid reputation for his ability to develop Quarterbacks among his coaching peers and thousands of athletes.

Since 2004, in addition to his on-field coaching experience, Coach Johnston's expertise has afforded him multiple opportunities to appear regularly on a variety of Sports Talk Radio Shows regarding the NCAA and NFL Quarterback play.

Jamie Edwards

Jamie Edwards is a statistician by profession, and a musician, soccer player, and Ravens fan by passion. Born into the desolation of a world without Baltimore football, he clung desperately to the Orioles until the Ravens brought football back where it belongs. Now he resides happily in Charm City with his wife and his dreams of another Ravens' Super Bowl. If he's lucky, he'll even see the Orioles return to the postseason … or maybe he'll hit the lottery.

Kosmo Krys

Matt Jergensen

Will Spencer

Joe Kelly

Joe Kelly, a Baltimore native with a passion for Baltimore sports, is an award-winning journalist and writer with nearly 20 years of experience. He started his journalism career in Ocean City, Md., as a reporter and sports editor at The Maryland Coast Dispatch. Since then, he has earned his journalistic stripes as a reporter and editor for various trade and association publications. Joe is also a freelance writer who has been published in The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Family Magazine, The Baltimore Press, Peninsula Magazine, and various other publications and websites. In addition, he is also the author of That’s My Point: Reflections from Baltimore’s Locust Point Neighborhood (PublishAmerica, 2005). He was an all-conference kicker on the 1988-89 B Conference Championship Cardinal Gibbons High School football team. He also lettered in soccer, wrestling and lacrosse. He’s a graduate of the University of Dayton, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and played lacrosse.

Chris Berney

John Gehrig

Eddie Healy

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. 

Joe Wedra

Joe calls Harford County his home however wishes he could spend most of his time traveling to every football and baseball stadium in the US. Joe is currently preparing for 8th grade and is already looking forward to competing in High School Football and Baseball. He currently plays defensive tackle and fullback for North Harford Rec and occupies the pitcher’s mound and first base for the Forest Hill Express. Joe has a passion for the Ravens and spends a great amount of time analyzing and often scrutinizing the various moves within the organization. He maintains his Commissionership of his fantasy league and has established strong relationships with other league commissioners in the community.

Joe hopes to play college football and eventually enter the NFL. While his sites are high, he believes you must aim high to get to the place you are meant to be. He actively engages in personal training for field ready fitness and the development of his pitching. Joe is passionate, dedicated and focused. Joe claims to remember the Ravens Super Bowl run in 2000. He was 2 years old. Everyone says they believe him. They like to keep him happy.

Jen Carle

Steve Gardner

Carey Stevenson

Carey is a driven sports enthusiast from Norfolk, Virginia. He's looked upon by all his friends and family as an advisor, provider of on the spot scouting reports and the occasional dusting off of the old crystal ball. He is a loyal and devoted Ravens fan that spends countless hours in his war room/bedroom going over tape, scouting reports and potential free agents as if he's actually the one making draft and game day decisions. He's a sports management major that looks forward to the day that he may actually be called upon to make some of the decisions he analyzes as if life depended on it. He is a critical yet rational thinker that is always in search of more knowledge about the game.

Ravens PR Staff

Mark Weiler

Matt Kelly

Matt is 19 years old and currently a sophomore at Frostburg State University studying Geospatial Mapping Sciences. After school he plans to pursue a job dealing with business or sales planning while still making time to blog about sports. Although he attends college close to Steelers country,  he bleeds purple and black all year long!

Alex Schroeder

Alex (often referred to as Schroeder) has been an avid sports fan since he was about 8 years old, and has been a diehard Ravens fan since Steve McNair first put on the purple and black.  Since then he has been the local analyst with his family and his friends, earning the nickname “dork” with some.  He spends his Sundays keeping track of his fantasy team and yelling at his TV (mostly Cam Cameron).  Whenever a move is made involving the Ravens, his opinion WILL be heard whether you like it or not.   

Outside of the Ravens, Alex is going into his junior year of high school at John Carroll, where he is involved in the school productions and the percussion section of the band.  He goes to all of the football games not because he is obligated to because he is in the marching band, but because he wants to be there.  Outside of football, Alex is not afraid to admit he still is a fan of the losers/Orioles.  He is one of few to still have the courage to admit he still is a fan… at least until the Ravens start training camp. 

Oliver Kruszka

Oliver is a cartographer and GIS analyst for a global energy consulting firm.  When not mapping various aspects of the world, he can be found at the Maryland Renaissance Festival under the surname “Captain Silver” and as a poster here under said name, promoting his brand of humor.

He is an accomplished artist in various mediums, published poet, as well as having a stint acting on stage; additionally brewing beer when not distracted by something shiny.  Lifelong fan of the NFL, who’s allegiances have changed as much as Baltimore’s ability to keep a team, makes him an avid Raven fan, but also a fan of the NFL in general (know thy enemy!).

Steve Hamrick

Steve Hamrick is a Baltimore native and original 1996 Personal Seat License holder.  He is also an attorney and the founding member of The Hamrick Law Firm.  But please don't hold that against him.

Wendell Gowie

Wendell is an aspiring sportswriter who currently attends college to obtain a degree in Mass Communications. He was born and raised in the city of Baltimore and has lived in Maryland his whole life. Wendell didn't grow an interest in football until the age of 6. Once his interest grew for the sport, he started to specifically admire the quarterback position. Everywhere he went, you could spot him wearing a NFL quarterback jersey, but his favorites were his Troy Aikman, Brett Favre & Vinny Testaverde (Baltimore Ravens) jerseys.
         

Now at the age of 20, Wendell loves to speak about sports, whether it's debating or simply talking about the outcome of games. He's an ESPN-aholic. Since the age of 13, Wendell hasn't gone a single day without watching Sportscenter or ESPNews. Someday he hopes to make it as a Sportswriter/Sportscaster and hopefully follow the footsteps of his idols, Chris Broussard and Adam Schefter.
         

When it comes to bleeding Purple & Black, THAT is an understatement when talking about this guy because he will stick up for his team no matter what situation is. One of Wendell's most memorable quotes is "Although Baltimore isn't the most exciting, cleanest or friendliest cities in the US, the Ravens make me proud to say I'm a Baltimorean".

Miles Goodman

Miles holds a degree from Towson University in Business Administration and Marketing Management.

Mark Suchy

Mark Suchy is just like you – one of those Baltimore natives who never got away, and honestly never wanted to. He loves Baltimore and its rich sports history, especially football. His father took him to Johnny U’s last game at Memorial Stadium. He was there for Pat Beach’s touchdown against the Houston Oilers, never knowing that would be the last score ever for the Baltimore Colts. He saw Vinny Testaverde score the first touchdown in Baltimore Ravens history from Section 9 in the fourth row of the upper deck. And he climbed a tree on Cross Street as Federal Hill celebrated the Ravens’ Super Bowl XXXV victory.

Mark lives in Freeland and is the proud father of three athletic sons. He is a freelance writer and sports broadcaster who brings it as a high school football play-by-play on both radio and television in Western Maryland. He was the play-by-play voice for the Frostburg State Bobcats football telecasts in the early 1990’s.

After working in a family business for the past 15 years, Mark is back to pursuing his passion of sports media. You can follow his work here and listen to him host The Wild Monday Night Football Show on V1370 Baltimore each Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Some guy named Tony Lombardi is a regular contributor to the show.

Friend him on Facebook: Mark Suchy

Follow him on Twitter: @suchonsports

Mandy Knight

John Thomas

John is the author of the internet food blog http://www.grilling24x7.com. Check out more grilling recipes and tips at http://www.grilling24x7.com and follow John on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/grilling24x7. 

Riley Babcock

Justin Ford

Justin was born in Detroit, Michigan and was raised with a football in his crib. He has also lived in Hartford, Connecticut, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Justin is an NFL Draft analyst and enthusiast.

Justin first began to love the idea of building a team through the draft from his father, Gary. When Justin was young and would watch football with his father, the announcer would say something like “That was all Thurman Thomas on that play.” His father would show him that it was actually the pulling guard and great down block by the tackle who made that play. Since then, Justin has been evaluating players for the draft, free agents and grading teams’ offseason moves.

Justin has a love and passion for all aspects of the game. From on the field play, to identifying value free agents, navigating the salary cap and mostly the NFL Draft. Justin will take his love for all facets of the game and make well informed opinions about your favorite teams’ future.

Justin currently works for CBS Radio and is a board operator at 106.7 The Fan, DC Sports.

Super Bowl winning teams are built in rounds 3 through 7.