A year older and calmer, Jackson aims to lead Ravens to elusive January breakthrough
“I’m like, ‘Oh, I have to calm myself down.’ But just being more experienced, I’ve found a way to balance it out.”
January 7, 2025
My fall journalism “Declaration of Independence” – Breaking ‘kayfabe’ on how we’re going to cover Orioles and Ravens after 40 years
What does it say that Nestor Aparicio has been professionally bullied, gaslit and banned by Orioles and Ravens ownership after four decades of covering Baltimore sports as a professional reporter, author and journalist? Plenty. About billionaires, money, fealty and the death of local sports journalism and the emergence of team websites as monopoly “news” sources. Read and learn…
Can King Henry and Lamar run – and pass – the frigid road to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans?
Nestor says it all about Derrick Henry. Luke says it’s all about Lamar Jackson. (Not really.) The third-seeded Baltimore Ravens begin a treacherous path toward another hopeful Super Bowl march that will likely take them through Buffalo and Kansas City after this wintry home “gimme” against the Steelers. Is this the year?
Measuring the Orioles rotation move to Charlie Morton
There’s plenty to debate in this Baltimore Orioles’ offseason of promise and high expectations for change and improvement. Luke Jones and Nestor begin the new year by measuring the Orioles’ acquisition of veteran pitcher Charlie Morton and evaluating the real strategy of Mike Elias under new ownership led by David Rubenstein.
The “legend” of Ravens’ Super Bowl champion Mike Flynn
He’s always been a legend to us but it was the magic of a quarter-of-a-century of memories flooding back on the field when Super Bowl XXXV champion center Mike Flynn returned to the Baltimore Ravens as a “Legend of Game” with his family and personal tales of Lamar support for MVP. And Costas crabs, of course on his way outta town…
