Baltimore Sun reporter Kevin Van Valkenburg hosted a live chat about the Ravens' 23-20 loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game on Sunday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Pictured above, Ravens coach John Harbaugh consoles quarterback Joe Flacco. Fourteen yards from the end zone and a Super Bowl berth, and seemingly in position for no worse than a game-tying ...

The Sun's Kevin Van Valkenburg and The Boston Globe's Greg A. Bedard discussed Sunday's AFC championship

The presence of wolverines in Wallowa County has put a whole new spin on winter trapping for area trappers. A wolverine who stumbled into a bobcat trap Dec. 23 was successfully released by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists and wolverine experts Audrey Magoun and Pat Valkenburg.

I look at you, Joe Flacco, and I see a reflection of this city. You're flawed, to an extent. People from afar tend to mock you and dismiss you. But we've seen you on your best days. We know what you're capable of. We know how much you've grown over the last four years, despite some obstacles put in your way. You don't have to be Tom Brady to win Sunday's AFC championship. You just have to be the ...

Join Baltimore Sun reporters Kevin Van Valkenburg and Matt Vensel for a live chat as the Ravens battle the Houston Texans in an AFC divisional round playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens' victory over the visiting Texans in Week 6 gave Baltimore a 5-0 advantage in the all-time series between the teams.

Join Baltimore Sun reporters Kevin Van Valkenburg and Matt Vensel for a live chat as the Ravens battle the Houston Texans in an AFC divisional round playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens' victory over the visiting Texans in Week 6 gave Baltimore a 5-0 advantage in the all-time series between the teams. Two of those wins have taken place at M&T Bank Stadium, with the Ravens edging Houston ...

Do you like this? Tweet The organisers of the 47th Amstel Gold Race announced today a change to the finale of the April 15th event, one designed to heighten the drama leading into the final ascent of the Cauberg.

Baltimore Sun sports writers Jeff Zrebiec, Kevin Cowherd, Edward Lee, Peter Schmuck, Kevin Van Valkenburg and Mike Preston, along with WJZ's Mark Viviano, make their selections on who will win the AFC and NFC championship games.

Do you like this? Tweet The organisers of the Amstel Gold Race announced today the final two teams to compete in this year's race, with the RusVelo and Europcar squads getting the nod.

In the Spring of 2000, I was winding down my senior year at the University of Montana. And though I couldn't put the feeling into words, each day, I wandered around my hometown of Missoula feeling directionless. I had no plans after graduation. I had been rejected by about 50 newspapers I had applied to, seeking a post-graduate summer internship. I did my laundry in my parents' basement. The ...