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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Ravens released a statement on Friday night refuting an ESPN report that alleged team officials nixed John Harbaugh's&amp;nbsp;request to cut Ray Rice in February after seeing the video of him dragging his unconscious&amp;nbsp;fianc\u00E9e&amp;nbsp;out of a casino elevator.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team said the \"&lt;em&gt;Outside the Lines&lt;/em&gt; article contains numerous errors, inaccuracies, false assumptions and, perhaps, misunderstandings.\" They added that they plan to address the discrepancies in a press conference next week after their trip to Cleveland to play the Browns on Sunday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Report: NFL executives say Roger Goodell's job is safe&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ESPN report&amp;nbsp;alleges Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, team president Dick Cass and general manager Ozzie Newsome opted to keep Rice despite Harbaugh's desire to release him.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The trio also reportedly elected to ignore Harbaugh's request to release Jah Reid and Deonte Thompson after their arrests, and Bisciotti&amp;nbsp;allegedly sent Rice text messages after the running back had been cut on Sept. 8 saying the team would have a job waiting for him with the Ravens once his NFL career was over.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;ROSENBERG: Goodell finally speaks, but he shows he still doesn't get it&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ravens: \"The http://t.co/rfb4zVQ0G6 \"OTL\" article contains numerous errors, inaccuracies, false assumptions and, perhaps, misunderstandings.\r\n\u2014 John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) September 20, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Chris Mascaro&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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