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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The 3-0 start, a winless October and that disappointing defeat Sunday in Dallas -- none of that matters to the Baltimore Ravens anymore.All that has transpired during this up-and-down season merely served to get the Ravens to right now: A place where all the goals theyve set for themselves remain attainable.Its a six-game season, coach John Harbaugh said Monday. We know that everything is right in front of us.A 27-17 loss in Dallas dropped the Ravens (5-5) into a tie with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North. The remainder of their schedule features home and away games against Cincinnati; at home against Miami and Philadelphia; and on the road against New England and the Steelers.The stretch begins Sunday when the injury-riddled Bengals (3-6-1) come to town.Its a division game, a very important game for us, Harbaugh said. In some ways, this is like our opener. All eyes are really looking forward to becoming the best team we can be over the next six games. Thats our attention and thats our focus.The Ravens got to this point in unusual fashion. After winning their first three games, they dropped four in a row -- their longest skid since Harbaugh took over in 2008. Victories over Pittsburgh and Cleveland got Baltimore back on track before the team took a step backward in Dallas.Fortunately, a .500 record is good enough to earn a share of first place in the weakened AFC North.Weve got everything ahead of us. Its in our hands, tight end Dennis Pitta said.Just two years ago, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati all made the playoffs. This year, its very likely only the division winner will advance to the postseason.Its shaping up to be one heck of a finish.Were all going to play each over the course of the next six games, so its going to come down to that, Harbaugh said. Its probably what we knew going into the season.The Bengals are 1-4 on the road and will be without standout wide receiver A.J. 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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A former University of Missouri tutor said she can document at least a dozen instances of serious academic fraud involving mens and womens athletes during a 16-month period.Yolanda Kumar told The Kansas City Star that she felt pressured to keep athletes academically eligible, especially football and mens basketball players. Her allegations come less than a year after the school sanctioned its mens basketball team for violating NCAA rules.Hours after Kumar posted in her personal Facebook account Tuesday afternoon that she had taken entrance exams and completed entire courses for Mizzou athletes, the university issued a statement announcing its investigation.The University of Missouri has received allegations of potential academic rules violations by a former tutor in the Athletics Academic Services area, the athletics department said in a statement. Consistent with our commitment to rules compliance and to operating our athletics program with integrity, we are conducting a review of the allegations.Of the hundreds of Missouri athletes she has tutored since 2010, Kumar said, 15 involved serious academic fraud. She told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch she felt like she had been groomed over time by her superiors to participate in what she described as academic dishonesty.The last straw for Kumar involved a male athlete she said needed help during the summer on a core class she was told he needed to graduate. The student passed, she said, but he really was struggling with very basic things that my eighth-grader could do.The same student was assigned to her in the fall and became depressed after he wass unable to grasp basic statistics equations, she said.ddddddddddddThis kid, he has no hope, Kumar said. Hes so lost, and I helped. I helped ruin him. I probably cant take it all, because its not all me. Its not all me at all, but he was the one who forced me. That was enough. I couldnt do it anymore.During an 18-minute phone call on Nov. 2 with Mary Ann Austin, the universitys executive associate athletic director for compliance, Kumar came clean about her involvement. Initially it felt good to have provided that information, she said, but she soon realized the evil was out of the box and you cant put it back in.Kumar didnt immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press on Wednesday seeking comment. In her Facebook post Tuesday, she said at least two academic coordinators for athletes in revenue-generating sports encouraged, promoted and supported her activities. Kumar resigned her position Nov. 7 prior to a meeting with a member for compliance, general counsel and an individual that reports to the chancellor.The universitys announcement comes 10 months after it self-imposed sanctions against the mens basketball program stemming from a sham internship program and impermissible benefits received by players and their families at Tan-Tar-A resort at the Lake of the Ozarks.Third-year basketball coach Kim Andersons team was banned from the 2016 postseason and forfeited two scholarships as part of the sanctions that were accepted by the NCAA when it closed the case in August. ' ' '