Jackson said he was eager to return, but he was forced to slow down.

Aaron Russell played soccer at Centennial and was often told he "wasted" he height by not playing basketball. He hopes his second trip to the Olympics will inspire more boys in the region to play volleyball.

John Harbaugh said the Ravens would “love” to have their offensive line figured out by their preseason opener, but is that likely?

Here are five storylines that emerged from minicamp that should shape what you watch for at training camp.

For a team that aspires to be Super Bowl champion, the work is not done simply because it’s vacation time.

The former Archbishop Curley star brings a skill set that could have increased value with the new rules in the NFL.

The feud is wide-ranging and complicated. But nobody could have seen this coming.

It’s bright. It’s bold. And it’s very, very purple.

"I don’t remember,” he said when asked what his injury was.

“Did we run the ball enough?” Harbaugh said on The Adam Jones Podcast. “Heck no, no way, especially against that defense at that time."

On Wednesday, the second day of minicamp, the Ravens gave Jackson the “keys to the Ferrari.”

But head coach John Harbaugh wants answers about which players will ultimately step into vacated roles: “The earlier, the better.”

After watching film of XFL kickoffs, which are similar to the ones debuting in the NFL this year, Tucker noticed that kickers are involved in 20-25% of tackles on the returns.

When college coaches turn to pro tape to show their teams how to play defense, it's often the Ravens who appear on the screen.

When Wiggins turned 4, his mother decided to get him involved in sports and took him to Pittman Park, a green space in an area some would call the “ghetto,” his sisters said. Now in the NFL, Wiggins wants to give back.

“It’s this time of year,” coach John Harbaugh said. “It’s a voluntary time. It’s really not something we comment on. We can’t.”

The Ravens provided a “hard-hat tour” of the renovations Wednesday. With months to go, a lot of imagination and some help from renderings was required to picture the final product.

On April 24, the Ravens and Bateman signed a two-year, $12.871 million contract extension. The deal was a surprise to the fourth-year receiver.

Wednesday was the first time the Ravens got to practice the new kickoff with 11 players on each side.

Jackson said he lost weight with an eye toward his mobility, and it has worked.