Purple Reign 1: Chapter 5 “Canton Comes To Baltimore”
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
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Purple Reign 1: Chapter 1 “Meet The New Boss”
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 1: Chapter 4 “Slapdicks, Quarterbacks and Pranks”
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 1: Chapter 3 “The Original Birds And The Mean Machine”
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.
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.
Nestor remembers everything he forgot about Super Bowl XXXV
Nestor remembers everything he forgot about Super Bowl XXXV
Marvin Lewis tells the tale of the greatest defense in NFL history 20 years later
Marvin Lewis tells the tale of the greatest defense in NFL history 20 years later
Before his Falcons gig, Mike Smith says Super Bowl XXXV magic paved the way
Former defensive assistant Mike Smith comes back to Baltimore 20 years later to discuss magic of Super Bowl XXXV win in Tampa while he was more under the radar.
Purple Reign 2 excerpt here: How to find a franchise quarterback
Ever wonder why the Baltimore Ravens fell in love with Joe Flacco in the first place? Here are all of the answers! Get a sneak peek at Nestor’s 480-page chronicle of Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XLVII journey here via this Chapter 6 excerpt.
Shannon Sharpe joins Nestor the day he signed with Ravens to discuss a path to winning Super Bowl
Eleven months later, his Atlanta workout mate Ray Lewis and he and the rest of the purple reign greatest defense of all time were in the confetti in Tampa.
