Sunday, April 28, 2024

purple reign

Remembering everything I forgot about Super Bowl XXXV

Nestor Aparicio wrote a book on the Baltimore Ravens 2000 championship called "Purple Reign." Twenty years later and a week after chatting with members of the team, he swears there are a million stories still never told...

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

Let Marvin Lewis tell the tale of the greatest defense in NFL history 20 years later

Telling the story of the 2000 Baltimore Ravens never gets old. Defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis joined Nestor from Arizona State to recap some of the old purple magic and how it changes your life.

I wanna love you the best that I can

With a little peace and some harmony...

Five years later, the magic of Purple Reign 2 and Ravens Super Bowl title revisited

This is the Prologue to "Purple Reign 2: Faith, Family and Football – A Baltimore Love Story" is here. For the 5th Anniversary of the Ravens Super Bowl win in New Orleans, local author and radio host and entrepreneur is releasing the book online for free daily.

How a beautiful cat named Kitty came into our lives and rescued us with eternal love

She was a gift to me. She was a savior to my wife. We're going to miss Little Miss Magic...

A YEAR LATER: What really happened with Cam Cameron firing?

On Dec. 10, 2012, John Harbaugh fired Cam Cameron. The Ravens were never the same. This is an excerpt from Chapter 15 of Purple Reign 2.

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.

BLIZZARD SPECIAL: Get both Purple Reign books on Ravens for price of one!

During the offseason, here's a chance to catch up on entire history of Baltimore Ravens. A great 2-for-1 deal on both purple miracles...

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.
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Latest News

Weird April for Holliday winds down with Orioles sending him back to minors

BALTIMORE -- Regardless of your feelings on the Orioles' handling of top prospect Jackson Holliday, there's a good chance you've felt right and wrong...

What is Oakland losing with the Athletics?

Author Jason Turbow gives Nestor an Oakland Athletics history lesson and discusses everything that went wrong over 50 years dating back to Charlie Finley and a book he wrote on the 1970s World Series champions draped in thrift and constant acrimony.

Ravens tab cornerback Nate Wiggins as best cross section of talent, need in first round

"Just getting a corner at this point like Nate is probably the best way we could have started this weekend."

Ravens address secondary with Wiggins as we await offensive line help

Late in the night the Baltimore Ravens were quite excited about drafting Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the 30th pick and now Luke Jones and Nestor await how general manager Eric DeCosta will address the offensive line and other needs this weekend via what has already been a wild NFL Draft.

Fielding a field of crowded outfielders as Kjerstad arrives for Orioles

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles returning from Anaheim to see the A's and Yankees at Camden Yards with the Heston Kjerstad promotion and the curious Rashod Bateman deal with the Ravens before NFL Draft. A big week of sports ahead in Baltimore.

A sportswriting legend talks about her roots in Oriole Magic and what went wrong in Oakland

Recovering sportswriter Susan Fornoff comes home to Baltimore to talk Oriole Magic, Athletics history and why it matters to fans in Oakland and beyond. And Nestor finally gets to tell some old newspaper tales of her legend and lore at The News American in the 1980s before that creep Dave Kingman showed who the real rats of Major League Baseball were to baseball beat writers.

Ravens excited to land “best cover corner in the draft” in Clemson’s Wiggins

General manager Eric DeCosta said he didn't expect Nate Wiggins to be available at the end of the first round.

First-round cornerback Nate Wiggins says pre-draft visit with Ravens “felt like it was home”

The Clemson product is the first cornerback selected by Baltimore in the first round since Marlon Humphrey in 2017.
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