For the Baltimore and Los Angeles coaches, the 'Monday Night Football' matchup marks their first matchup since Super Bowl XLVII.
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. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.
But for brothers who competed in the backyard and on the biggest stage in football, bragging rights will always be on the line. When people point out John is 2-0 against Jim, John makes a correction: He's 3-0. John beat Jim in a preseason game between the Ravens and 49ers in 2014."'When that game starts, my brothers are going to be the guys on the sideline with me,'" John said."That is the way it works.
Jim didn't speak to John for five days after the Super Bowl. John was on a train to New York, heading there to appear on the"Late Show with David Letterman," when he finally got a call from Jim. To this day, John believes Jim called him out of fear that his older brother would tell a national audience that he hadn't heard from him.Check out the SC Special 'The Harbaugh Brothers' streaming on ESPN+ and YouTube.
"It's both of them," Jack said."They say, 'I would like to tell you this, but if there's any thought that you would share it with the other one, I'm not going to do it.'"Born 15 months apart, John and Jim mirror each other, from football philosophy to wardrobe to personnel and coaching staffs. There were also one-on-one battles in the driveway. Armed with tennis balls and hockey sticks, John and Jim took turns aiming at a goal made of chicken wire, though many of the shots ending up hitting the windows of their one-car garage.
There was a game when John was dominating, knocking down a couple of passes on out patterns. Jim sensed the opposing team was setting up John for a double move, and their father urged Jim to go tell his brother. After running down the steps, Jim yelled from the fence:"Out-and-up! Out-and-up!"Eventually, Jim made varsity, and when he threw a pass to John , the announcer declared,"Harbaugh to Harbaugh.
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