Lamar Jackson Era

It’s a fight over the number eight. On Wednesday, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson challenged NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. over Earnhardt’s pending trademark of a stylized No. 8 used for his JR Motorsports race team. On Friday, Earnhardt said on social media that he had secured the rights to the classic No. 8 style he raced in the early 2000s and planned to retire the other No. 8 font (the one under protest from Jackson). Continue reading...

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s trademark dispute with Lamar Jackson didn’t take long to hit a red light. Two days after Jackson filed an opposition claim with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the NASCAR legend’s attempt to trademark a No. 8 for merchandising, Earnhardt announced Friday on social media that his JR Motorsports team had secured the rights to use one stylized No. 8 — a bold, slanted logo that Earnhardt made famous — and would move away from the team’s original No. 8. Continue reading....

Ravens have internally discussed Lamar extension : Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Baltimore Ravens have had internal conversations about a new deal for two-time NFL Most Valuable Player Lamar Jackson , coach John Harbaugh said Monday.