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The Baltimore Ravens, a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland are currently the members of the Northern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The history of the Baltimore Ravens is unusual due to the unprecedented actions taken by the cities of Baltimore and Cleveland, Ohio, and the NFL in 1996. The team's name comes from the famous poem, "The Raven", by Edgar Allan Poe, who spent the latter part of his life until his death in Baltimore.

One of the team's few highlights on the inaugural season was when the NFL officially made its return to Baltimore after a 13-year hiatus on September 1, 1996, with a 19-14 Ravens win over the Oakland Raiders. Baltimore went to Tampa for Super Bowl XXXV against the New York Giants. once again dominated by the Ravens. Ravens became champions with a 34-7 win, becoming only the third wild card team to win a Super Bowl championship. Ravens attempted to defend their title in 2001 but with a new quarterback: Elvis Grbac. Three interceptions by Grbac ended the Ravens' season, as they lost 27-10.The Ravens regrouped through the draft with picks like safety Ed Reedin 2002.

The Ravens drafted their new quarterback, Kyle Boller in 2003, but was injured midway through the season and was replaced by Anthony Wright. In April 2003, Art Modell sold 49% of the team to Steve Bisciotti, a local businessman who had made his fortune in the temporary staffing field. After the season, Art Modell officially transferred his remaining 51% ownership to Bisciotti ending over 40 years of tenure as an NFL franchise owner. Modell still has an office at the Ravens' headquarters in Owings Mills, Maryland and acts as a consultant.In the 2005 offseason the Ravens looked to augment their receiving corps by signing Derrick Mason from the Titans and drafting star Oklahoma wide receiver Mark Clayton in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft. The 2005 season began as the featured Sunday Night Football game televised by ESPN.

In the 2006 NFL Draft, the Ravens used their first pick on DT Haloti Ngata from Oregon University. Then, they used their next pick on C Chris Chester from Oklahoma University. The rest of their picks included Northwestern St. CB David Pittman, Oregon WR Demetrius Williams, Colorado TE Quinn Sypniewski, Nebraska P Sam Koch, Wyoming CB Derrick Martin, and Syracuse DE Ryan LaCasse.In the 2006 offseason, the Baltimore Ravens are in negotiations to try to obtain Steve McNair from the Tennessee Titans as of May 2006.On June 7, 2006, the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans agreed to trade a 4th round pick in the 2007 draft for Steve McNair, pending a physical. In 2004, the team introduced an alternate uniform design featuring black jerseys and black pants. It has been worn for select prime-time national game broadcasts