ray rice then ripped off his second touchdown. it was 24-16. last play here, actually this is ray rice right here with the touchdown. he is gone, 51 yards. 24-16, the ravens win. ray rice, another monster game, as the ravens win the a.f.c. north division championship. >> when defense does something great like that and get a turnover, as an offense you want to pay them guys back, and you want to pay them back with a touchdown. you know, we had guys coming over saying, man, just get us three. no, we want to get you seven. >> and they did just that. the ravens with the week off, will play their first playoff game a week from sunday, january 15, at 1:00 at m&t bank stadium against either denver, houston, or the steelers. houston, one of the two wild card games on wbal-tv 11 on saturday. it's followed by detroit at new orleans.

running back ray rice is going to stay home. rice led the nfl with more than 2,000 total yards on offense. this will be his second time in the pro bowl. linebacker terrell suggs has also canceled his appearance. he has cited an injury. >>> orioles have said this past weekend, they were still interested in possibly signing free agent slugger prince fielder. but insiders have said there was no way the o's would offer the amount of money that fielder was seeking. it's a lot of money. and he's getting it from the detroit tigers. multiple reports say that prince fielder will get $14 million for a nine-year deal. he was with the milwaukee brewers for the first six years of his career. averaged nearly 40 home runs. hit that home run. and was named the mvp. prince feld fooer -- fielder, headed to detroit. >>> saunders was fired today. washington has a 2-14 record. that is the worst in the nba. assistant randy whitman takes over the team. college basketball and college park. coach k. and the blue devils are coming to town tomorrow night.

fans deemed ray rice the m.v.p. for the game against cincinnati, despite a few tense moments the fans say they had confidence the ravens would pull off the win. >> i was nervous as something i can't say on television for a while there. i was real nervous. but we pulled through. ray rice, like usual, two touchdowns, over 100 yards, came through. >> i was confident. then when the third and fourth quarter happened, i was leery, but we did win. >> the ravens fans are especially excited to welcome them home during the playoffs, because the ravens are undefeated here at home this season. reporting live downtown, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> kim, thank you. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what are your predictions for the ravens' playoff run? share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an email to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> powerball organizers are betting you will pay twice as much for a shot at an even bigger jackpot. starting january 15, the price of a powerball ticket i

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ray rice finished behind finishedmaurice jones drew. a court running the ball means to the results. and all 12 of their wins, they ran the ball 25 or more times. and all four of their losses they ran the ball less than 20 times. that explains why ray rice brought his fullback and all of his offensive line watches that cost in the neighborhood of $5,000 each as a thank you and motivation to keep plowing open holes in the post season. >> ray rice got us something. we should probably by him something. he probably makes us look better than we are. we certainly appreciate it. i have never on the watch before. i do not know what i will do with it. were it? yes. maybe i will wear it. that is a good one. >> that is a good place to start with the watch. an early exit from the playoffs has an ironically big payoff for one coach. malarky has had coaching experience. heat -- atlanta lost in the proper card round. today the oakland raiders hired -- fired jackson after one season as head coach. he led oaklawn to a respectable 8-8 season and his first and only year. the new general manager fired j

the ray rice was on fire, a great win against the bengals. fans are excited this morning, rooting them on. ray rice had two long touchdown runs which helped lead the ravens to a 24-16 victory over the bengals. gave them the third north title and number two seed in the playoffs. the reigns get a first round buy followed by a playoff game at home for the fist time in five years, we sit here in our own stadium, watching the ravens in the playoffs two. wins away from indianapolis. playing sunday january 15th at 1:00 p.m., guest houston, denver or the steelers. baltimore wins the afc north and number two seed in the afc playoffs, exciting times for fans. lots of excitement straight ahead. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> how about the cowboys for a second straight season , the cowboys will misthe nfc playoffs. new york giants dominated 31- 14, clinching the east and earning the final playoff shot. kickoff, is set for 1:00 p.m. new this morning, same sex married couples can get health benefits, started yesterday, january 1st. the health care review

ray rice will not be there but he practiced his skills with shelly's son who is also headed to hawaiiyou come back to baltimore, i will be online waiting for you. >> reporter: she gets to play nfl play 60 activities and her family is excited to go with her. w j.z. eyewitness news. >> they announced they are not going to the proball this year but several other ravens are slated to play. >>> now we know where the infamous ball landed. dr. terry harder was sitting in the end zone and caught the wayward ball. they tried to get it from him for several minutes but he didn't give it up. >> some players could take a lesson from him. when you got it don't give it up. >>> all right, let's look at conditions around the region, clearing out very nicely after a very plenty warm day. it did drop and back up to 40 with a bit of a breeze. humidity up to 72%. right now 30s 39 number cumberland, 39 in washington close to freezing away from the ocean with light winds at 33. as i said we are at 41 and local temperatures from the 30s to around the 40s and it will get chilly again with light winds later on

and today, she got a surprise sendoff. >> reporter: it's not every day ray rice shows up at your frontr. >> get out of town. >> reporter: but today is captured by our media partner, baltimore sun. rice surprised joanne shaily at the baltimore home to congratulate her for winning a contest that is sending her to the pro bowl in hawaii with weekend. >> it's like publisher's clearinghouse for showing up. >> she's obviously going to be a winner. that means the world to me. because this is the time where i get to get out in the community. >> reporter: she was named super parent for her raising her children and community involvement. her son is an 8th grader at immackulate heart in towson, a school ray rice visited after it won an nfl play 60 contest. after hundreds of votes, joann was named the ultimate pnc super parent. ray rice won't be there, but he practiced his skills on them today. >> when you come back to baltimore, i'll be online waiting for you. [ laughter ] >> both ray rice and terrell suggs announced today they are not going to the pro bowl. joanne will be there to assist in the

ray rice, 70-yard touchdown. he outruns the secondary, reminding use of the 80-yard touchdown against new england two years ago in the first play of the game. it was 7-0 ravens. 15 seconds left in the half, joe flacco to dennis pitta, big game for number 88, the second-year tight end. 17-3 ravens at the half. fourth quarter, the bengals make it interesting. they're driving. andy dalton to jermaine gresham, hit by terrell suggs, he fumbles. bernard pollard comes and scoops it up. three plays later, the ravens do it again. ray rice, third and 1 from the 49, 51 yards for his second touchdown. 21-14 at this point. and that would be it. andy dalton airs out a hail mary later, but the ravens win it 24-16, win the a.f.c. north. terrell suggs savoring the first-round bye and the home game for the ravens fans. >> it's been a long season. you wouldn't have thought we won 12 games by the way y'all have been treating us and have been bashing us, but, you know, 12 wins is 12 wins. when you go undefeated at home, you go undefe

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ray rice what would you do? >> i'd invite him in for dinner and i would not get another word in edgewise because my husband would take over at that point. let's get to the roads right now. this is a great morning. we don't have any weather to deal with out there. it's clear and dry and we're off to a great start for the mid-week drive. as you head out this morning, no early accidents to report on 29 and maryland 108. all the travels through howard county, and we checked in with the howard county police. no delay or incident. we're pick up in the outer loop lanes of 695. but we're still delay free and happy to report no incidents so far on the beltway's west side. >>> spoken like a true wife. >>> demi moore is taking time out to get her health back in order. because of the stresses in her life right now, she has chosen to seek professional assistance and treat exhaustion and improve her overall health. moore recently split with husband ashton and oklahoma jur with country singer garth brooks over a $500,000 donat

handoff to ray rice. rice turns it upfield. rice is brought down across the 30-yard line. dan: phenomenal job by rice, not only getting to the outside but staying inbounds, picking up the first down and causing the bengals to burn a time-out. ian: complete team effort for baltimore. dan: could have easily stepped out of bounds and saved himself a bruise or two. he knew the most important thing is to take time off the clock. ian: 185 yards for ray rice rushing, two touchdowns. so effective out in space bobby: and that big play threat that we have seen on display for those two long touchdown runs. now, the best that cincinnati can do is to get the ball back with 1:10 left. again, that is if baltimores that three runs and don't get the first down. give is to rice. brought down dan: ray rice, 70 yards on this run. bernard scott gets them back in the game with this touchdown. forced fumble by gresham. ray rice with a long touchdown run. and now rice, you can add that last 16-yard they're he had. averaged almost nine yards per carry. such an intelligent player. ian: will andy da

joe teased ray rice about his footwear as ray ran around in national national new -- fashionable new shoes. >>> you can start your ravens day off with us. we start at 9:00 a.m. it starts sunday morning alongside jamie costello and scott garceau. broadcasting live from the press box, tailgate for m&t bank stadium. kickoff for the game as you know is set for 1:00 p.m. against the houston texans. >>> good morning to you. we'll have interesting weather by sunday. until then we have interesting weather i think just about everyday. here's maryland's most powerful doppler radar and you can see the heavy rain that came through. even tracking some lightning this morning and some of you may have woken up with some of that pushing through perryville, havre de grace, east side of bel air getting socked. looks like bel air getting moderate rain and more from the bay. in towson now, looks like about jacksonville, four corners, picks up a little in towson but there's more. by the way, i'll be in essex later today at our lady of mount carmel store with the wind for change program as we raise money f

ray rice takes the handoff and he is gone... through the bengals defense for 70 yards and atouchdown... and the ravens have the early 7-0 lead..th quarter... ravees now lead by 4... and rice runn again... this time for 51 yards and a score.rice the ravens take a tough one d from the bengals 24-16 the final score.terrell suggs explains.. the method... we like to get turnovers as defense coach always enforcingg before a guy got outside and it wws my fault ray siad u owe me onewhen he caught the ball i said just go for the strip and he got it. it. .ravens sweep the division for the first time in franchise history...it's not all bad for the bengals...they still made the playoffs as the 6th seed. the ravens get some well- deserved time off though.next week is a bye week... they'll play again sunday, january 15th. it's all in the famly ...this family is sporting their &ppurple pride... with their fu-man-chu's.thanks for sending this in. and this little cutie is showwng hissravens pride.he's saying "gooravens... go 2012... let's get it!

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i want new england, i want brady. >> ray rice leading the way? >> ray rice all the way, baby. >> the first play off game is two weeks away at home. >> you missed your chance. >> it's a good thing i did miss my chance. >> the ravens will host either houston, denver, or pittsburgh. you can only watch that game right here on wjz 13. speaking of the dreaded steelers, they'll take the field this sunday. >>> lost and found, a family reunited with their dog four years after he disappeared. they lost dodger when they lived in owings mill. after they moved to north carolina, they thought they'd never see the collee mix again. animal control used a microchip to reunite him with his family. >> and they all lived happily ever after. >>> a teen defends his family against an intruder. >> listen to me. >> the family's desperate call for help. >>> a scene of dangerous arson attacks. what may have sparked the tirade. >>> a baltimore county school says good-bye to a beloved 13- year-old boy. how he touched so many lives in his short life. >>> winter has arrived in

ray rice takes the handoff and he is gone... slicing through the bengals defense for 70 yards and a touchdown... and the ravens have the early 7-0 lead.4th quarter... ravees now lead by 4... and rice runs again... this time for 51 finishes with 191 yards... and from the bengals 24-16 the final score.terrell suggs explains.. the method... behinddthe madness. we like to get turnovers as that gooddturnovers the play before my fault ray siid u owe me one just go for the strip and he got it. it..ravens sweep the division for thh first time in all bad for the bengaas...ttey still add the playoffs as the 6th seed.the ravens get somee well-deserved time off though. neet week is a bye week... they'll play again sunday, january 15th. a holiday miracle or horrible mistake?someone left a large amount of cash in a clothing donation ii mount airy... and now no one knows if it was intentional.jummy olabanji has more on the search for the money's owner. 3 it all started a few days agoowhen volunteers at the st. james episcopaa church thrift sho

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and when they do hit the field tomorrow, they'll do it with the afc offensive player of the week...ray riceand even though they get a week off thanks to the first round bye, the ravens are by no meens taking things easy...as mentioned, there will bb no extended time off this week...but they do get been a long hard grind, and the bye week is welcome indeed.... more from the ravens...the terps were in action and our prep player of the week award..it's all coming up at 11:30 as sports unlimited continues. what are some of the best tools to have in your kitchen? ...but...// chefs.../ telll.. consumer reports.../ átheáá.../ one .../ they.../// can't... live without.../// ááanáá immersion blender..../ áápatriceáá harris ...tells us.../ what... it is.../ ááandáá.../ if.../ áyouá... need one.../// one.../// ((pat on cam))some chefs swear by immersion blenders... and have to have one in the kitchen.(v/o)chef lesliee lampert is well known for her soups. she makes all kinds and says the key to her success is her immersion blender. (sot: leslie lampert)"you just put &pit in whatever size pot y

we saw ray rice jerseys, ray lewis jerseys. one woman came to me wearing her ray rice jersey. she said, i go to brown university, and i have been waiting all week to show my purple pride. she was stocking the ravens fans because she knew they would be showing up. we know there is a big bus coming down from boston. we know they will be in a secured spot. we will not be able to talk to them, but we can after the show today. we will bring you that tonight. hopefully we'll have a lot of happy ravens fans. they have no doubt in their mind they are winning this game. i have live tissues ready to hand them to their fans after this game. because if the ravens could win on ravens fan energy alone, days no brainer. back to you guys. go ravens! >> we'll send it to lowell melzer at foals -- fells point. how is the party? >> it is great, jen. i have to say here here at fells point. we've been here since 7:00 this morning. this is traditionally a european bar, and they are cheering for dave right now. dave, come over here. irish dave. how are you doing? >> f -- doing good. >> you have europ

advance to their second afc championship in the ffur year tenure of john harbaugh, joe flacco and ray riceeam in the nfl to advance to the playoffs and win a game in the last four years in a row...a far cryy &pappearance, in early 2009, that saw them ose to he steelers in pittsburgh... everyone's a little older now, and a lot more experienced...and thht could make a big difference this sunday. "i think the feeling is totally different. you talk about those afc championships that you went to - thatts me speaking to a first- or second-year ray rice, first- [those were] very talented teams but, at the same time, i experienced teaa will ootweigh a talented team any day. that's what we have now. we have otal experience on what it's supposed to feel like, what you're supposed to do to prepare and what the mentality is going into it. i think our confidence is definitely very high just because we have been &pthrough those bumps and bruisss." today's injury report...ed reed is the only player on the ravens' list...you can fully .bill belichicc loves to play mind games with his injury report...14 pl

ray rice was positively explosive. 24 carries 191 yards, two touchdowns. spread at the end of the first .rive of the graigame they had more than 25 rushing attempts. that is the winning formula. you saw yesterday in cincinnati. after the second touchdown run by ray rice, the bengals never did quite catch up. dramatic to the end, when cincinnati's hail mary came up empty. bring the playoffs back to baltimore for the first time since 2006. >> we are doing it for all the people in baltimore. we will go back home with a win. at the end of the game, maybe some of you guys heard this outside the locker room. ray said the same thing, it was baltimore. on behalf of the players come and just so the fans know how much our players appreciate our fans. >> a quick entry update from pittsburg. cornyn and hall does need knee surgery and is out for the playoffs. >> baltimore city has recorded his lowest homicide rate in more than 30 years. but could the shrinking population be a major factor? we will crunch the numbers. how the ravens win yesterday is a huge win for the c

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the real man is ray rice. the players have been out and about, taking a well-deserved bow, and the fans have been with them. to the victor goes the spoils. ray rice won his second afc offensive player of the year award. finish the regular season with more than 2,000 yards rushing and receiving. only marshall faulk has done that at least twice. john harbaugh said when many backs are wearing down, ray is getting stronger. >> this guy works really hard not just in the off-season but during the season. what he does as far as trading his legs and his body and with his conditioning. he gets stronger as the year goes on. it is a credit to ray. >> college basketball. on to the acc. the terps played cornell. it was no contest early on. sean mosley -- that is pe'shon howard spin. terps up 16. alex len, the freshman from the me.aine, another solid ga cornell comes back. chris wroblewski. the lead is one. devin cherry. in trouble. trouberps len with the put-back. maryland win. michigan over -- attack in the sugar bowl. th

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bowl...four of them have dropped out, including this guy, ed reed...the veteran he's nnt alone...ray rice... before the game with centerr which williams helped - build, wassdedicated in his honor...two replicas of his autograph arr in the backcourt on both siies of the line...it looks great, too...and gary's successor wants him to remain involved as long as he'd like to.... "he's been great. he's been publically what he's saying about me and that means than stayinn away. but i hope as time goes on, maybe when all his players are gone and mine are in that he comes to practice and hangs aaound feels like a big part oo it. i greaa for me."t, it would be it's now time to announce ourrhigg school game network dot com......brought com... with 71 percent of the vote you selected st. john'ss catholic prep and indian creek in boys hoops...thanks to everyone who voted this week... tune in tomorrrw night on sports unlimited for thee highlights... that'll do it for this edition of sports unlimited...i'm bruce cunniigham...be sure to tune in to fox45 morning neww tomorrow -- starting at 5-am.go. goodn

. >> they need to run ray rice. >> we need to be aware of houston's running game. >> ray rice needs to touch the ball, at least 25 times. he is our offense. >> joe flacco needs to step up to the plate and really be the man that everybody knows he can be and is. >> if broncos can hold up, that would be great for the city, great for the team. it would give us momentum in to the super bowl. >> thank you very much. jessica, the odds makers love the ravens on sunday and 7.5 point favorites. back to you. >> we love the ravens. >> see the ravens take on the texans sunday at 1:00, live here on wjz13. >>> as the ravens prepare for the big playoff game, the steelers watch their dreams end in denver. here is what happened. one play in overtime. tebow beats the steelers. broncos will take down the top seeded patriots. watch it this saturday night , the game starts at 8:00. live coverage here at wjz13. >>> after a warm weekend it feels like winter outside today. we are off to a cool start to the afternoon. most people wouldn't call it cold. it could be a while before we see cold weather again. i ho

. >> ray rice. >> ray rice and rice lewis. you know what, the ravens cheerleaders will be here later as well. so speaking about a cheer, i might have one for you. do you want to hear it? okay. here we go. the cheer goes like this. from east to west we are the best. we fight to win and won't give in. so raise your voices shout and scream for the baltimore ravens are the no. 1 team. [applause] >> all right. all right. i can't hear. i'm going to send it back to you in the studio. let's go ravens. >> all right. we're going to getly net to make up cheers here in the studio any time now. well, win or lose on sunday, downtown baltimore stands to do very well for the big game. a local analyst says the city could make up to $25 million. hotels are full, restaurants are booking up quickly and plenty overbears, restaurants and other attractions should do well as well. add to all this the fact that this game technically falls on a three day weekend with mlk day on monday and it's a perfect storm to show off charm city and make some seriou

and when they do hit the field tomorrow, they'll do it with the afc offensive player of the week...ray rice 15 oin the season, and that's a ravens record...it's the second win for rice...in all, 8 ravens have been named a player of the week this season. meanwhile....he ravens have released this guy, kicker shayne graham...they brought him in deeember 21st, when regular kicker billy cundiff was sidelined with a calf problem. cundiff is back now, and is looking healthy enough that the ravens today made the move...graham kicked in one game, december 24th against the browns, and was 2 for 2 in field goals, hitting from 48 and 43 yards out.... it's another tueeday night, and around here that means another edition of our prep player of the week award...now in it's 21st season, it has honored the area;s finest high school athletes since was back in 1991...this week, we're in the wrestling room... it's now time to announce the candidates in our high school game of the week contest... brought to you by varsity sports network dot com...you can vote for the game you'd like to see highlights of by goin

ray rice, two huge touchdown runs. the win clinched the afc northern division title and earned the raven as first round by in next week's playoff. sherrie johnson is live. >> reporter: i tell you what it was so exciting, that was a great game and a great win against the bengals. ray rice had two touchdown runs which helped lead the ravens to a 24-16 victory over the bengals and gave the bengals third north title. ravens get a first round followed by a playoff game and we will sit here watching the ravens in the playoffs, two wins away from indianapolis, playing on sunday, january 15th, at 1:00 p.m., against houston, denver or the steelers, baltimore wins afc north and number with the seed in the playoffs. this is the fist north division title since 2006. this is very exciting for the fans and for the players. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> how about the cowboys for a second straight season, the cowboys will be missing the playoffs sunday night the new york giants dominated dallas clinching nfc east and earning the fin

i was sharing a little bit of extra love for ray rice yesterday on the last run. the results, lot of us, a little hoarse this morning. the gusty winds, temperatures slid in to the 30s, freezing manchester, 33 woodbine. the numbers above normal. a sign of the transition back to winter. we've got a few flakes that are trying to show up in baltimore county and more around the great lake, upper level winds carrying the snow showers. western howard, frederick, carroll county, a much better chance than let's say downtown baltimore and annapolis to get the snow showers. some of us will have the flakes flying. we will get to 42 fall off and the winds gusting to 35 miles per hour. 4:40 on the clock. here is charlie. >>> most crowded times square, police were at a standoff with occupy protesters. nypd says one officer was injured and 68 people arrested. trespassing, disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment. first contest of the presidential race is a day away with iowa's first in the nation caucuses set for tomorrow night. hopefuls are making the push and a big push for

ray rice's 23rd birthday is monday. they know what he wants for his birthday. to win.ll see if the ravens can get it done for you now. patriots 3:00 tomorrow. winner goes to the super bowl. loser goes home. house of pain for the maryland team. terrell in the second half against temple with more than double digit. 57-56 with 5 1/2 minutes left. one point in the final three points. despite 15 from howard, 65-60. 12-6 overall. the basketball coach, gary, treading water with an 0-20 season. george mason, the former georgia head coach, here is dionne james in delaware. george mason led as much as 18. a late tied come back with 72- 60 victory. indicative of how the season is, the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories

ray rice, two touchdowns, he came through.appen. >> when the third and fourth quarter happened, i was weary. >> a win that guarantees a first round bye. fans are already focusing on bigger prospects. >> we are going to the super bowl. us versus the packers. >> a home playoff game. that is all we wanted. thank you. >> we would love to see pictures of your purple pride. just had to our web site, wbaltv.com. >> you can catch jerry sandusky for "ravens wrap up." they will have complete analysis of tonight's win and a look at the play of scenario. that is right after the newscast. >>> arson investigators want to know what sparked a three alarm blaze that left 14 people homeless. one firefighter was injured while battling the flames that broke up around 6:45 this morning. when firefighters got to the scene, they noticed heavy smoke and flame coming from the homes. >> due to the intensity, it got up to the top area. it spread to eight other homes. >> no one was seriously injured in that fire. one person was taken to the hospital with

ray rice's party. rice was there on the drums and duet with tory smith.it was a fun night for the ravens to let loose and leech also did take a listen ♪ achy breaky heart ♪ >> achy breaky heart. all right. it was a good time had by all. so ray rice and crew having a great time. we told you about this yesterday. about the tickets for the big game for january 15th. at one click but they were on sale yesterday at 10 and if youwere hoping to buy tickets you may be out of luck. they sold out in 14 minutes but stub hub have some for sale but tough pay a pretty penny. the cheapest tickets are more than $200. the most expensive is upwards of $2,000. so in preparation for the game poe and the ravens impound crew added a splash of -- ground crew added a splash of purple. more of the logos could be popping up as we get closer to the kick off on january 15th. >>> and even though we are a ways away, there's no harm of thinking superbowl. seems like other people are doing so as well. advertisers nbc says have sold all commercial spots. the average cost for a 30 second

iniciamos en cincinnati, donde ray rice realizÓ un par de carreras largas para touchdown, llevando ae los bengalies de cincinnati y asegurando a los ravens su tercer tÍtulo consecutivo de la divisiÓn norte de la conferencia americana y el segundo lugar de la siembra en la postemporada. baltimore descansarÁ en la primera ronda y luego tendrÁ un juego de postemporada en casa, donde los ravens tienen marca de 8-0 esta campaÑa. ray rice realizÓ las jugadas mÁs importantes en una tarde de cierre y tambiÉn realizÓ una carrera de 51 yardas para anotaciÓn cuando restaban 5:41 minutos de juego, y terminÓ con 191 yardas ganadas en 24 acarreos. vamos bien por los ravens de baltimore, mientras que en filadelfia fue un poco mas de los mismo para los redskins. el mariscal michael vick lanzo Ó tres pases para touchdown, incluido uno de 62 yardas al receptor abierto desean jackson, y las aguilas de filadelfia superaron por 34-10 a los redskins de washington, para su cuarto triunfo consecutivo. es la primera vez desde el 2007 que filadelfia no avanza a la postemporada. mientras que los redskins que g

i believe ray rice is going to show off out there and i think that's a good thing. >> ray rice definitelyneeds to touch the ball at least 25 times. he's our offense. >> we need to keep our defense strong. >> reporter: next time you drive by this building expect to see a giant ravens display. >> when they come up 83 and they look to the right and they see this big projection that says go ravens, it's going to instill a lot of purple pride in those drivers. >> reporter: the same company that did this inn -- incredible light show. now they're turning these bricks into this. >> we shine a 6,000-watt right to it and we're able to make that big projection bounce off that building. >> reporter: meanwhile excitement is building. >> we need to be aware of the texans running game. we need to be aware of their line. >> i'm a big believer in flacco. but he needs to show a little more aggressiveness. if we have the bolden and rice combination we should be fine. >> reporter: as you can imagine the entire city will be bright purple by sunday. in mount washington, i'm jessica cartalia, wjz eyewitness new

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and i believe that ray rice is definitely going to show off out there. and i think that's a good thing. >> reporter: ray rice, definitely needs to touch the ball, at least 25 times. he's our offense. >> we're going to have to keep the running game strong as we already have. pretty much flacco can hopefully see from that, and do a little passing on that as well. >> reporter: and next time you drive by this building, expect to see a giant ravens' display. >> when they come up 83 and they look to the right, they see this big projection, go, ravens on it, i think it's going to get a whole lot of purple pride in that image. >> reporter: the same company did this incredible light show on the side of the power plant building downtown. now they're turning these bricks into this. >> if we shine a 6,000-watt light through it, and we're able to make that big projection through it. >> reporter: meanwhile, excitement is building. >> we need to be aware of houston's running game. >> i'm a big believer in flacco. but he has to show a little more aggressiveness. and if

houston texans game coming on sunday, it's the kind of purple passion that has gripped the state. >> ray rice is in his groove. ray lewis is still good to go. we've got a good team. >> reporter: with ravens decorations everywhere you look, baltimore county are in the middle of a battle themselves, decorating the building. here, workers sport flacco's mustache. >> victory all the way. >> reporter: for enforcement officers, balso hardwood university is in. they've got a schedule of classes, topped by ravens players. >> it's all there. we're winning. we're going. all the way. >> reporter: how fast -- houston fans were already talking tough. >> i don't think they want it as much as we do. >> i think the bad flacco will show up and it's all going to go in the texans' favor. >> to that, ranks -- ravens players say -- >> give it a little ray-ray right there. whoo! >> reporter: one ravens fan told me the texans' fans are just jealous. this is the first night that the aquarium has turned on its purple lights. it's just one way that fans are showing their purple passion, city wide. back to you, kai, on

when we return, ray rice and the ravens punched their ticket for the postseason. today they were looking for more. it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve. and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >>> welcome back. i'm dave feldman. five teams in the afc were still in the hunt for post season week 17. baltimore needed a win to sew up the number two seed and a bye. first possession, hands to rice. good play. breaks through a hole. 70yards for the touchdown. baltimore out to an early 7-0 lead. fourth quarter now, ravens lead 17-13. rice, this time off left tackle, cuts it back. goes 51 yards for the score. ravens win, 24-16 to win the afc north title and earn the second seed. bengals with a loss, needed help to make the postseason. quarterback orton hoping to hurt his former team's champions, the broncos. first quarter, no score. to the ri

the houston texans coming sunday, it's the kind of purple passion that has gripped the state. >> ray rice is in his groove. ray lewis is still good to g. we've got a good team. >> reporter: with ravens' decorations everywhere you look, baltimore county executives are in the middle of a battle themselves, decorating the building. here, workers sport flacco's mustache. >> victory all the way. >> reporter: for fisher, hardwood university is in. they've got a mock schedule of classes, topped by ranks players. >> we're winning. we're going. all the way. >> reporter: houstons fans, though, were already talking tough. >> we've got a lot of emotion in this game. i don't think they want it as bad as we do. >> i think the bad flacco will show up and it will go in the texans' favor. >> to that, fans say -- >> give it a little ray-ray right there. whoo! >> reporter: a little ray-ray. and up here, the purple lights are on for fans. this is the first night the aquarium has turned on its purple lights. and they will stay on until the ravens make it to the super bowl. back to you, denise. >> thank you, g

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. >> ray rice -- selling the best? >> ray rice and lewis and reed. >> reporter: tell us about the pop-up stores because the ravens are doing so well. >> trying to capitalize on the fans and all the craziness going on right now with the ravens. so we got this one. we have a kiosk in towson town center to get everybody in the spirit. >> reporter: are you fully shock. >> we are jam packed with stuff and we have a new shipment arriving daily many we have everything you need for the next week or so. >> reporter: tell me, what has it been like as far as business. >> it's been good. a lot of people coming out and showing support for ravens and it's going to be crazy as the week goes on it will keep building. >> reporter: and you have stuff in here for people of all ages. if you walk back here i have to today show this flacco onesy. even the smallest fans can get on the ravens retail action. so, you can see you can -- this is here and they have all the things for toddlers and kids but as dan said this store will remain open an

it isn't ray rice behind the mask.olunteer driver mike glass, sporting his ray rice jersey in the wings of the water exhibit today. it is putting a twist. and this may be the first time ray rice's trademark has been displayed under water. back here in parkville. purple is alive and well. we are having so much fun. many joe flaccos here in this crowd. we've got balso hard. we are having a blast. i have to tell you, the caravan, running a little behind. he'll be here at 6 45. -- 6:45. but that's not stopping everybody from partying. we're live in parkville. see you soon. >> celebrating all things ravens continues. gigi barnett takes a look at the purple-and-black parties planned for this weekend. >> kai -- excuse me, vic. there are so many parties in the works for in weekend. and retailers say fans want everything from purple earrings to purple cupcakes. >> reporter: at patriots plaza, in front of the baltimore county courthouse, there's a purple party going on. >> what's that spell? >> reporter: minutes before a county

i believe that ray rice is definitely going to show off out there. and i think that's a good thing. >> reporter: ray rice, definitely needs to touch the ball, at least 25 times. he's our offense. >> we're going to have to keep the running game strong, as we already have. pretty much, flacco can hopefully see from that and do a little passing on that as well. >> reporter: and next time you drive by this building, expect to see a giant ravens display. >> when they come up 83 and they look to the right. and they see the big projection that says, go ravens on it. i think it will bring purple pride in those players. >> reporter: joe is president and ceo of engineering. the company that did this incredible light show on the side of the power plant building downtown. now they're turning these bricks into this. >> if we shine a 6,000-watt light through it, and make that big projection bounce off of that building. >> reporter: meanwhile, excitement is building. >> we need to be aware of houston's running game. we need to be aware of their offensive line. >> i