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CLEVELAND -- The Baltimore Ravens arent letting anything distract them from winning. While there are still questions about how their handling of Ray Rices case, its clear the Ravens havent changed -- on the field. With Rices troubling situation lingering over them, they pulled off a comeback win Sunday as Justin Tucker kicked a 32-yard field goal as time expired to give Baltimore a 23-21 win over the Cleveland Browns. Tuckers boot capped another challenging week for the Ravens (2-1), who continue to be dogged by their management of Rices domestic violence arrest and suspension. But for the second straight game, the Ravens blocked out any external noise and knocked off another division rival. Ravens coach John Harbaugh is impressed with his teams ability to focus on the task at hand. "The best way to silence it (distractions) is handle it with class," he said. "Theres always going to be in life, challenges and attacks and consequences and all those kinds of things that well talk about Im sure probably this week and ongoing forever. You just gotta stand up, be accountable and be who you are and try to stand for the right things. "And our guys do that." Joe Flacco set up Tuckers game-winner with a 32-yard pass to Steve Smith with 1:28 left. Smith beat Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden before hauling in Flaccos pass and taking it to Clevelands 13. The Ravens ran the clock down before bringing in Tucker, who split the uprights and sent the Browns (1-2) to another tough loss. It was the kind of play the Ravens expected from Smith, signed as a free agent in the off-season. And, it was typical Flacco, who finished 19 of 31 for 217 yards with one touchdown. "We call him, Joe Cool," Smith said. "Throughout the whole game, good or bad, Joe stays the same." The Browns blew several chances to put the Ravens away in the second half. Cleveland missed a field goal, had one blocked, committed 12 penalties and wide receiver rookie Taylor Gabriel fell after catching a long pass from Brian Hoyer, failing to score what should have been an easy touchdown. "Its going to be a long two weeks," Hoyer said. "I know were going to watch this film and be mad at ourselves. We had some opportunities to put this game away and we didnt do it. Its on us." Following the game, Harbaugh addressed an ESPN report that claims he wanted the team to immediately release Rice in February after he was arrested for punching his then-fiancee. The report says Harbaugh was overruled by owner Steve Bisciotti and general manager Ozzie Newsome. "I can tell you this, we work together in our organization," Harbaugh said. "Every single football decision we make, we work together. You get together, you hash it out. Everybodys got their opinions. Its not black and white. Its never nuanced on anything. That decision was exactly like all the other ones. When we walk out of that room, we are united." Harbaugh said he thought the team handled the case the right way. "I felt like we did the right thing and I stand behind it." Hoyer completed 19 of 25 passes for 290 yards. Along with the blown opportunities, the Browns had a fake play in which backup quarterback Johnny Manziel fooled Baltimores defence negated by a penalty. Manziel started to leave the field and pretended to have a conversation with offensive co-ordinator Kyle Shanahan. The Browns quickly snapped the ball and Hoyer threw a pass to Manziel for a 39-yard gain, but the play was brought back by an illegal shift. "It worked pretty well," Manziel said. "They didnt see it coming. Unfortunately we got a penalty on it." Ravens rookie Lorenzo Taliaferro rushed for 91 yards and one TD. He filled in for Bernard Pierce -- Rices replacement-- who sat out with a thigh injury. Smith had five catches for 101 yards. Not everything went Baltimores way. Tight end Dennis Pitta was taken to a hospital after he appeared to sustain a serious hip injury in the first half. Pitta, who played in just four games last season after dislocating his right hip in training camp, went down without being touched after catching a pass. The Ravens didnt have a postgame update on Pitta, but his teammates were concerned for him. "Hes a good friend, hes a good teammate and hes a hell of a player," Flacco said. "No matter who it is, its tough to see that happen, especially when it looks like it might be serious." NOTES: Harbaugh and Flacco improved to 12-1 vs. the Browns. ... Baltimore allowed its first TDs inside the red zone this season. ... The Ravens snapped a four-game road losing streak against division foes. ... With his 45th career 100-yard game, Smith tied Isaac Bruce for 10th on the all-time list. Air Max 270 React Uomo .J. Hardy to avoid a three-game sweep after blowing a big early lead. 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Nike Air Max Vendita Online . -- All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham and the New Orleans Saints met Tuesday for arbitration on his contract.After feeling satisfied about his teams play in three losses to open the Stanley Cup final, New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault could easily empathize with the Los Angeles Kings when the roles were reversed in Game 4. "It was a real tough game, I think, for L.A," Vigneault said. "It was probably their best game of the playoffs that theyve played against us." And it was a loss, as the Kings failed to finish off the sweep thanks to 40 saves by Henrik Lundqvist, one by Anton Stralman and one by a combination of snow built up in the crease and Derek Stepan. That the Rangers needed so much luck and strong goaltending only underscored just how dominant Los Angeles was. Just dont tell the results-oriented Kings that. Even after players talked after wins about needing to play better, the self-criticism was turned up despite outshooting the Rangers 41-19. "At the end of the day, we werent good enough to win," captain Dustin Brown said. "Its about finding a way to be better." The chance to do that comes in Fridays Game 5 back at Staples Center in Los Angeles with the Kings still in command of the series and the Cup waiting nearby. After Game 4 at Madison Square Garden, it didnt feel as though the Kings were on the cusp of the title, like it did after they went up three games to none. All around the visiting locker-room there was talk about what areas needed to be better, from start to finish. "We still probably could play better for a full game," fourth-line centre Mike Richards said. "It took us a little bit to get into it again for whatever reason." A turnover off the opening faceoff by leading Conn Smythe Trophy candidate Drew Doughty was an inauspicious start, but the Kings still had the lions share of chances. No time was that more evident than in the third period, when the Kings shelled Lundqvist to the tune of 15 shots to New Yorks one, which didnt come untill almost 13 minutes had elapsed.dddddddddddd The puck was close to going in, but it didnt. "We had some good chances in the third," Brown said. "We have to put ourselves in better situations." While the Kings gave Lundqvist his due for stonewalling them, they put the onus on themselves to get better scoring chances moving forward in the series. Quality, not quantity. "I think we can do a better job getting to him," centre Anze Kopitar said. "I think (there) a couple of times where we didnt make it tough on him. The pucks were sitting there. But the pucks hes going to see, hes going to stop. Thats just how it is." Twice, when Stralman knocked the puck off the goal-line in the first and when Stepan swept it off with 71 seconds left in the third, Lundqvist didnt see the puck until it was almost too late. Alec Martinez couldve had a goal and then an assist on a shot deflected by Tanner Pearson, but that wasnt how things went for the Kings on Wednesday night. Doughty even called both goals against "pretty bad bounces." And while luck has appeared to define this series, the Kings arent on the verge of a second championship in three years because they rely on good fortune. "If we clean up our play, you make your own bounces at this time of year," Brown said. "We had chances that we didnt put in the back of the net." Having reached the final by coming back from a 3-0 series deficit against the San Jose Sharks and needing seven games in the other two series, the Kings know what to expect energy-wise from the Rangers on Friday night. Thats a big help. But an even bigger help would be fixing any holes that have kept the Kings from polishing things off. "We could still do some better things for a more consistent period of time," Richards said. "Well look at it. Watch some video and correct a couple of things and put our best foot forward." ' ' '