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Our old pal from Owings Mills, Turron Davenport now of ESPN in Nashville comes home to talk Ravens and Lamar and Titans and King Henry after spending a week in Indianapolis at the NFL Combine.
Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin joins Nestor at Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego
At 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego, legendary Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin was freshly retired and discussing his new career as a broadcaster
Luke Jones and Nestor tackle the hard knocks of the Bullies of Baltimore and Ravens Super Bowl memories
Immediately following the ESPN “30 For 30” presentation of the 2001 Super Bowl XXXV champion Baltimore Ravens, Luke Jones and Nestor tackle the hard knocks of the Bullies of Baltimore and the road to the memories of glory in Tampa.
If you loved “Bullies of Baltimore,” you’ll love this one. He led with his heart and his brain and it led to Trent Dilfer winning a ring with the Baltimore Ravens in a very short time here. On the day after Christmas in a short playoff week back in 2000, he told us what winning would mean to him with the emotion we expect…
Sunday night was an outstanding trip down memory lane with those special 2000 Ravens.
Luke Jones and Nestor react to the scene in Cincinnati after Damar Hamlin injury and impact on NFL
Jake Asman joins Nestor to discuss modern sports radio and Yankees always signing their man
Our sports talk pal in Houston Jake Asman joins Nestor to discuss modern sports radio and how the New York Yankees always sign their man. Some Aaron Judge, Lamar Jackson and Super Bowl Radio Row memories here.
John Feinstein tries to explain the wild west of NIL to Nestor as Terps hoops season begins under Willard
Former Ravens center Mike Flynn talks offense, injuries and future of Lamar Jackson with Nestor
The former Ravens center and Super Bowl XXXV champion comes home to talk family life after Broadway, 2001 parade memories and the future of Lamar Jackson and current offensive system.
We went to an authority on college basketball to try to understand the new universe. Author and longtime chronicler of all things NCAA, hoops and “student athletes” John Feinstein tries to explain the wild, wild west of “Name Image and Likeness” NIL to Nestor as Terps hoops season begins under new head coach Kevin Willard.
Attorney and sports law expert Daniel Wallach lays out the NFL case against Daniel Snyder and how Washington gets new ownership
Attorney and sports law expert Daniel Wallach lays out the NFL case against Daniel Snyder and how the Washington football franchise (eventually) gets new ownership.
For the love of keeping score at a baseball game with legendary Bob Ryan
Author Seth Wickersham joins Nestor to discuss mystique of Belichick and present state of New England Patriots
The legendary emeritus columnist of The Boston Globe tells Nestor old baseball stories and dishes on legacy of Bill Belichick and the ghosts of Foxborough past.
Jason Reid talks all things Lamar and his book on history of black quarterbacks with Nestor
Jason Reid talks all things Lamar and his book on history of black quarterbacks with Nestor
Hall of Famer Rod Woodson remembers his larger than life and always on Ravens teammate Tony Siragusa
I hate parades. I don’t watch them on television. I don’t attend them. I don’t even understand the point of them. Prior to Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001, I had been to one parade in my life, and I didn’t like it.
The news reports came fast and furious on the Monday before the Super Bowl. Just a day into the biggest week of my life, and the reporters couldn’t wait to track me down with the latest news. One of the Ravens’ team buses, leaving a downtown pep rally for BWI Airport and a charter flight to Tampa, had been involved in an accident, hitting a police cruiser.
The minute Tony Siragusa landed on Rich Gannon, it was all over for the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Championship Game. Let @NestorAparicio take you back to The Black Hole and experience the day the Ravens went to their first Super Bowl.
Hall of Famer Rod Woodson remembers his larger than life and always on Ravens teammate Tony Siragusa
Our head coach Brian Billick joins Nestor to discuss the impact of Tony Siragusa on Super Bowl XXXV.
“Next time we play the Tennessee Titans, we’ll kick their ass.” Sam Adams at The Barn in Oct. 2000 to @NestorAparicio during Ravens Super Bowl XXXV run. And then January happened! Remember the Titans? We do… #RavensFlock
Two things were pretty obvious to everyone who watched the 2000 Baltimore Ravens during the first half of the season. When they passed the ball, they made mistakes and were ineffective. But each time they tried to run the football with any consistency, they succeeded.
The Ravens came to Miami on Sept. 17, 2000, for the first time in their five-year existence and the fans from Baltimore were out in force. It was the first time a Baltimore football franchise had played in South Florida since Dan Marino’s rookie season. A lot had changed from that day in 1983.
It has been said that you need to crawl before you can walk. For the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, much of that crawling was done during the end of the 1999 season. Before Shannon Sharpe came to play. While Trent Dilfer was still sitting on the bench in Tampa Bay, waiting for redemption. While Jamal Lewis and Travis Taylor were still attending college classes and hoping to become first-round draft picks in the NFL.
It has been two decades since Nestor took Tony Siragusa to The Barn for some crabs. Let Goose tell you about what he did in the locker room before the big win on January 28, 2001.
While the 2000 Baltimore Ravens will always receive credit from fans and foes alike for being the team that allowed the fewest points in NFL history – and punctuated that task with a defensive unit shutout in Super Bowl XXXV – only four men can properly put into perspective the pain, the growth and the joy of a group that ultimately captured greatness.
From Ozzie Newsome and Phil Savage, the Ravens dominance began on their first draft day in 1996. Nestor takes you inside that inaugural War Room that netted Jonathan Ogden and Ray Lewis.
Purple Reign, Chapter 5: “Canton Comes to Baltimore” Nestor recounts what an outpost franchise the Ravens were when Rod Woodson and Shannon Sharpe showed up in Owings Mills
Purple Reign, Chapter 1: “The Boss Arrives” “Hi, Coach Billick? My name is Nestor Aparicio. I own the all-sports radio station in Baltimore and I’m about to become your new best friend.”
Purple Reign, Chapter 2: “A Silver Trophy But Not a Silver Spoon” The legacy of Art and David Modell and how they came to Baltimore from Cleveland and built a Super Bowl XXXV championship operation
Purple Reign, Chapter 4: “Slapdicks, Quarterbacks, and Pranks”. Nestor chronicles the room of Dilfer, Banks and Redman and the Super Bowl XXXV champs that went a month without a TD
Purple Reign, Chapter 3: “The Original Birds and the Mean Machine” Nestor chronicles the very beginning and April 1996 draft with a new name, no colors and no logo – but two future Hall of Famers coming to Baltimore.
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.
