Jonas Shaffer is a Ravens beat writer for The Baltimore Banner. He previously covered the Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. Shaffer graduated from the University of Maryland and grew up in Silver Spring.

The Associated Press has announced its lists of finalists for eight 2024 NFL awards, including those for NFL MVP, Rookies of the Year and more. Voters were asked to rank their top five votes for ...

Who is the favorite for the 2024 NFL MVP award? This year, Josh Allen looked to many all but certain to take home the trophy, but a few names have crept up behind him and now the battle appears ...

It's a coming-to-a-head moment for their rivalry. All season, Allen and Jackson have been competing for playoff seeding and MVP honors. When discussing the best quarterback in the NFL right now ...

Realistically, the MVP discussion takes place in an echo chamber.” The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. Become one. Baltimore fans can confirm: Having a quarterback winning an MVP award doesn’t ...

Ever since, he’s been playing at an MVP finalist level ... so no one should raise the Thunder’s banner before it happens. The Cavs or Celtics could get them this year, as could any number ...

Depending who you ask, the answers vary. "Lamar is getting MVP," Ravens fan Mackenzie Hunt said. Jackson, who has won two MVPs, has posted another historic season in Baltimore, becoming the first ...

From fantasy rookie of the year to MVP, our favorite breakout and our biggest flop, the waiver-wire wonder and the comeback player of the year, these were the names that will forever be associated ...

But there's also something else. Josh Allen and Jackson are seen as the two favorites for the MVP award and will compete against each other for "bragging rights," as the pair can be considered the ...

The NBA 2024-25 season inches closer to the halfway mark and while it's too early to call, there have been candidates primed to go the distance to win their maiden MVP. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ...

So which players are going to put their name in the NBA history book? Will another international player win MVP? Does Victor Wembanyama begin a lengthy streak of Defensive Player of the Year awards?

The NFL playoffs are where greats fall, regular-season heroics wash away, and narratives take shape. This weekend in Buffalo, MVP favorites from the Ravens and Bills collide with everything on the ...