Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens is an American YouTube channel and a NFL football team located in the state of Maryland.
==History==
The Baltimore Ravens were established in 1996 after Art Modell announced plans in 1995 to relocate the franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore.http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-jan-the-jaguars-nfl-relocations-and-the-la-stadium-plan As part of a settlement between the league and the city of Cleveland, Modell was required to leave the Browns' history, team colors, and records in Cleveland for a replacement team and replacement personnel that would resume play in 1999.
The name "Ravens" was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven.https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/history/naming-the-team Chosen in a fan contest that drew 33,288 voters, the allusion honors Poe who spent the early part of his career in Baltimore and is buried there.https://www.profootballhof.com/teams/baltimore-ravens/team-history/ As The Baltimore Sun reported at the time, fans also "liked the tie-in with the other birds in town, the Orioles, and found it easy to visualize a tough, menacing black bird".http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-03-29/sports/1996089150_1_ravens-nfl-team-phone-in-poll Edgar Allan Poe also had distant relatives who played football for the Princeton Tigers in the 1880s through the early 1900s.
Before the football team, there was the Baltimore Ravens wheelchair basketball team.https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-09-01-1996245078-story.html In 1972, the Ravens wheelchair basketball team was founded by Ralph Smith, second Vice President of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and Member of the NWBA Hall of Fame. The name "Ravens" was inspired by Bob Ardinger, a member of the Ravens wheelchair basketball team. In the 1990s, the naming rights were later sold to the football team when they came to the city and the wheelchair basketball team became known as the Maryland Ravens.
==Channel==
The Baltimore Ravens channel was created on June 20th, 2006. The first video was uploaded on January 21st, 2011. The channel usually posts highlights of the team or interviews with a player from the team.
==References==
Category:Sports YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2006