Report: Ravens' General Manager Ozzie Newsome Taken from Soldier Field in Ambulance

Update- November 18th, 5:29 p.m. EST:

General Manager was back at work today, and Head Coach John Harbaugh says that Newsome has a "clean bill of health."

It seems that the hospital trip was just precautionary after Newsome reportedly fainted.

Update- November 17th, 8:58 p.m. EST:

Nestor Aparicio, the original reporter of the issue, gave more details on the situation:

Ozzie Newsome sat behind me for 5 hours at the game. When game ended, he was sweating profusely & I thought it was unusual.

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

We rode in same elevator (& that NEVER happens btw). He walked in front of me whole way to locker room & wasn't moving well.

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

Newsome was sweating profusely & he was almost not walking at his usual gate. I was told he later fainted. After #Ravens presser...

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

there was a stretcher & ambulance at door of #Ravens locker room & that's VERY unusual. All players were accounted for inside & whispers...

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

Began. I was told by 3 sources that Ozzie Newsome was struggling. Bears security moved ambulance & I saw Ozzie walk into it 15 mins later.

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

And for what its worth, I think the world of Ozzie Newsome & respect the heck out of him. It was a weird spot as a journalist w/story live.

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

Clearly, if it was a extreme medical emergency, Newsome would've been removed immediately & they wouldn't have waited for media to clear.

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

Update- November 17th, 8:22 p.m. EST:

The Baltimore Ravens have released this statement responding to the reports on Ozzie Newsome's health:

"Ozzie Newsome did not feel well after today's game and a team doctor recommended that Ozzie not fly tonight."

The Ravens have not confirmed that Newsome was taken from Soldier Field in an ambulance and taken to local hospital.

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According to WNST's Nestor Aparicio, a radio broadcaster in Baltimore, Ravens' General Manager Ozzie Newsome was taken from Soldier Field in Chicago in an ambulance. Aparicio tweeted about this incident just a little while ago:

I rode in elevator w/Ozzie Newsome & he was sweating profusely. I honestly had some concern re: him.

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

Nestor: Ozzie Newsome is apparently leaving Soldier Field in an ambulance. There's a rumor he fainted. Believed to be precautionary.

— WNST (@WNST) November 18, 2013

Ozzie was sweating really, really bad when I went downstairs in the elevator. I was told that he walked into the ambulance in Chicago.

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

Bears security were clearing media out of the hallway underneath Soldier Field & ambulance waited for 20 minutes for media to leave. @WNST

— Nestor Aparicio (@NestorAparicio) November 18, 2013

Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune said this:

"Ravens officials were adamant they wanted person going on ambulance taken out of side door of locer room so no one would see."

Biggs also tweeted a picture of Soldier Field employees stopping people due to "person from Ravens" being loaded onto the ambulance:

Security at Soldier Field stops employees from using hallway to load person from #Ravens on ambulance pic.twitter.com/PVYF2Ff7LL

— Brad Biggs (@BradBiggs) November 18, 2013

Neither the Ravens nor Bears have commented on this issue. Baltimore Beatdown will give updates as they become available.