Welcome again to Loose Feathers, a round-up of the most recent information and evaluation concerning the Ravens. Here are the most recent updates:
Ravens named Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year
The Ravens didn’t obtain any awards on the 2026 ESPY’s on Wednesday evening, however they did obtain a top prize at ESPN’s Sports Humanitarian Awards on Tuesday. Baltimore was named the Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year for “leveraging the power of football to create educational opportunities, strengthen communities and support young people at every stage of their development,” per an ESPN release.
The launch continues:
Guided by the assumption that significant influence requires long-term funding, the Ravens have aligned possession, gamers, workers, alumni, nonprofit companions and followers round a shared dedication to serving to the subsequent era succeed each inside and out of doors the classroom. Through strategic initiatives targeted on literacy, meals safety, management growth, school entry and youth sports activities participation, the group continues to create lasting pathways to alternative all through Maryland. The Ravens’ influence is mirrored in a continuum of help that begins in childhood and extends by school and profession readiness.
Community has been on the core of the Ravens’ mission since they arrived in Baltimore in 1996. They have donated over 1.3 million books through the Ravens Booksmobiles since 2016 and $1.9 million in Play 60 grants since 2007. They have additionally partnered with Under Armour to guide the cost in growing women’ flag soccer throughout the state of Maryland along with their RISE program connecting to Baltimore-area youth and highschool soccer groups. You can learn extra within the Ravens’ 2025 Community Impact book.
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Ravens’ common counsel leaves for personal legislation agency
Senior vice chairman and common counsel Brandon Etheridge has left the Ravens for a partnership at world legislation agency Paul Hastings, per Sports Business Journal’s Ben Fischer.
Etheridge, a Baltimore native who performed soccer at McDonogh School (and Yale), was simply shy of a decade because the Ravens’ common counsel. The Harvard Law alum beforehand spent two years as an assistant labor relations counsel within the league workplace.
This is a major loss for the Ravens group. Etheridge oversaw all the group’s authorized issues, together with compliance, danger administration, governmental affairs, and social justice reform. Team president Sashi Brown, who additionally attended Harvard Law, started his entrance workplace profession because the Jaguars’ lead counsel in 2005 and can probably play a elementary function within the seek for the Ravens’ new common counsel.
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Randy Brown linked to Freedom Fuel stations
This is an odd one: Ravens senior particular groups coach Randy Brown was linked to the Freedom Fuel stations in Philadelphia that supplied discounted gasoline round Independence Day. Brown “signed the certificate of formation to incorporate the Freedom Fuels Network LLC on June 23, just a week before President Donald Trump touted it on social media,” per Politico’s James Bikales.
Brown – whose Wikipedia web page lists him as a politician, not soccer coach – served because the mayor of Evesham Township, New Jersey from 2007 to 2018, whereas he was serving as a kicking guide for the Ravens. He has additionally thought of working for increased statewide or federal workplace as a Republican, Bikales provides.
The Freedom Fuel stations are nonetheless working, considerably shrouded in thriller however dealing with no authorized scrutiny. This story is in the end irrelevant to the Ravens, but it surely’s an fascinating reminder of Brown’s political historical past.
