News & Community The 20 Super (And Not-So-Super) Events That Crushed Baltimore in 2013 From jail scandals to Super Bowl XLVII By By Jess Blumberg, Ken Iglehart, John Lewis, Suzanne Loudermilk, Amy Mulvihill, Ron Cassie, Hilary Gesibert, and Max Weiss. | December 2013 Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII. Jail scandal stuns, embarrasses city. Grand Prix hits the wall. Maryland abolishes death penalty. Maryland gets tough on guns. The dean of the Ravens D retires. Harbor Point project moving forward, despite controversy. Baltimore loses a sports legend. Chris Davis becomes Crush Davis. Andres Alonso bolts home, and heads to Harvard. It's lights, camera, action (again) at the Senator Theatre Ben Carson goes rogue. City endures two weeks of homicide hell. Target comes. Canton residents see no reason to leave their 'hood again. Towson teacher injured in Boston Marathon bombing. The (half-baked) demise of the Berger Cookie freaks out metropolitan area. Earl Weaver dies at 82. Fred Lazarus's "three to five year" tenure at MICA ends after 35 years. VEEP and House of Cards represent at the Emmys. CSX train derailment terrifies Rosedale.
