Thursday, May 2, 2024

David Modell

Purple Reign 1: Prologue “Are we ‘there’ yet?”

To honor the Super Bowl XXXV champions and the upcoming ESPN 30-For-30 on the Baltimore Ravens title, Nestor Aparicio is re-releasing the original "Purple Reign: Diary of a Raven Maniac" here. This is the prologue.

The lost Super Bowl XXXV parade video from 2001 – the whole purple Festivus route to City Hall

Center Mike Flynn invited Nestor onto the Humvee to record this incredible "home movie" for a one-hour ride down Pratt Street onto the dais with the Lombardi Trophy to City Hall back on January 30, 2001. If you're a Baltimore Ravens fans, go find yourself in this beautiful mess...

Gregg Landry and Nestor disch about the lost video tapes and making them real again

Take a walk down memory lane with Gregg Landry and Nestor as they dish about the lost video tapes and making them real again!

What in the world do you you do with those old videotapes you need to convert to digital?

Take a walk down memory lane with Gregg Landry and Nestor as they dish about the lost video tapes and making them real again!

The leader of the band tells the story about the time Ed Asner came to Baltimore to play him in a movie

The Marching Ravens leader John Ziemann joins Nestor to reminisce about old Memorial Stadium tales and the time Lou Grant took him around town to learn the magic of the Baltimore Colts marching band. Did you see "The Fanatics" or "The Fumbleheads" back in the 1990s?

Brian Billick joins Nestor to reminisce about the magic of a Super Bowl XXXV 20 years later

Brian Billick joins Nestor to reminisce about the magic of a Super Bowl XXXV 20 years later

Coach Billick remembers the path to Super Bowl XXXV

Our partner on behalf of the Living Classrooms Foundation Brian Billick comes home to Baltimore to tell some tales from the magic of Festivus Maximus and making Art Modell proud.

Nothing is better than a Super Bowl parade

Cue "We Are The Champions"! Or, in this case, "Who Let The Dogs Out!" This is the lost Mike Flynn videotape of Super Bowl XXXV parade through streets of Baltimore.

My life and times and memories with David Modell

He was an iconoclast and the real architect of the Baltimore Ravens as you know them. I'll really miss David Modell...

David Modell’s role in Super Bowl XXXV Ravens win chronicled

With the sad loss of former Ravens president David Modell on Friday, we present Chapter 4 of "Purple Reign – Diary of a Raven Maniac" that captured his role in Super Bowl XXXV win and the move of the Browns to Baltimore
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Latest News

As Means and Bradish return, Orioles place Rodriguez on IL with shoulder inflammation

The 24-year-old "was sore a little more than normal after his start" against the Yankees on Monday.

Making Nasty Nestor pay in Baltimore

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles stacking wins against the New York Yankees and beating "Nasty" Nestor Cortes with a great effort from Dean Kremer and a depleted bullpen on Tuesday night at Camden Yards.

Kremer, shorthanded bullpen pitch Orioles to 4-2 win over Yankees

Dean Kremer tossed seven innings of two-run ball while Jacob Webb earned the save against the heart of New York's order.

Ravens exercise fifth-year option on outside linebacker Odafe Oweh

The 2021 first-round pick is now set to make $13.251 million guaranteed for the 2025 season.

Assessing another Ravens draft class

Our old NFL draftnik and historian Dennis Koulatsos joins Nestor for an annual evaluation of the Ravens' draft class and needs heading into the spring.

Does anything bring more satisfaction than shutting out the Yankees at Camden Yards?

The big bat of Gunnar Henderson, a solid effort by Grayson Rodriguez and a booted ball by Anthony Volpe added up to an Orioles victory to begin the Yankees series with a 2-0 win. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the week ahead and the possibility of adding John Means and Kyle Bradish back into the rotation.

Rodriguez, Orioles bullpen blank Yankees in 2-0 win to open four-game set

Gunnar Henderson led off the bottom of the first inning with his 10th homer, and that was all Baltimore needed.

Assessing the totality of Ravens nine draft picks and depth of spring roster

Of course we know the Baltimore Ravens don't have to play this weekend. But what if they did? Luke Jones and Nestor assess the spring additions and subtractions and how the Ravens' draft picks will find playing time and opportunities in camp.
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