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.
Luke Jones and Nestor continue to discuss Ravens contract & OTA situation with absent Lamar Jackson
Luke Jones and Nestor continue to discuss Ravens contract & OTA situation with absent Lamar Jackson
Jameel McClain joins Nestor at BLK Swan to discuss life as a Baltimore Ravens lifer
Nestor tells Dennis Koulatsos highlights of Ravens Super Bowl XXXV ESPN 30-for-30 night at Meyerhoff
Jameel McClain joins Nestor at BLK Swan to discuss life as a Baltimore Ravens lifer
A heads-up and respect for a 16-year career allowed the Ravens to keep their longtime punter in the organization.
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…
Justin Tucker’s 66-yard field goal to beat Detroit in Week 3 was recognized as the league’s top moment in 2021.
Cincinnati being “ahead of schedule” reinforces that winning and development aren’t linear and teams need to strike while the iron is hot.
Pro Bowl tight end Mark Andrews received the first-team nod over Kansas City’s Travis Kelce.
Lamar Jackson’s ability to push the ball downfield is one of the biggest reasons Baltimore is 5-2 despite its deficiencies.
“I know everybody wants to see him be Ray Lewis right away, but Ray Lewis wasn’t Ray Lewis when he first got here.”
Lamar Jackson faced the kind of script only Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes had shown an ability to navigate to a victory in recent years.
With more than a month of home cooking, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what’s next for Ravens offense with first-round draft pick Rashod Bateman returning from injury and the emergence of James Proche and Devin Duvernay in the passing attack of Greg Roman.
The Indianapolis offensive line is in bad shape without three-time All-Pro left guard Quenton Nelson.
Luke Jones says the Baltimore defense continued to hold the upper hand on Tuesday morning.
Oklahoma State’s Tylan Wallace was the fifth wide receiver selected in the first four rounds by Baltimore since Eric DeCosta became general manager in 2019.
Would the genius of Ozzie Newsome have been fully realized without Jonathan Ogden and Ray Lewis falling into his lap in 1996?
Bill Cole and Nestor try to decide which Super Bowl win by the Ravens was better
Jack Del Rio comes back to Baltimore to celebrate twenty years of football since Super Bowl XXXV
It’s almost like choosing children. Super Bowl XXXV was the first time but was it better than Super Bowl XLVII? Bill Cole and Nestor try to put the last two decades and parades into perspective.
Now down the road with the Washington Football Team, Jack Del Rio comes back to Baltimore to discuss the power and legend of what Ray Lewis and the early teams built in Owings Mills.
Brian Billick joins Nestor to reminisce about the magic of a Super Bowl XXXV 20 years later
Bill Cole and Nestor discuss significance of Ravens in Baltimore on 20th Anniversary of Tampa miracle
Nestor remembers everything he forgot about Super Bowl XXXV
Coach Mike Smith comes back to Baltimore 20 years later to discuss magic of Super Bowl XXXV win in Tampa
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…
The Goose Tony Siragusa cooks up 20 years of ring stories and lost tales of Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa
Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joys of a Tampa Super Bowl roadtrip of youth
Edwin Mulitalo talks memories of fire dances at The Barn and Festivus Maximus 20 years later
Marvin Lewis tells the tale of the greatest defense in NFL history 20 years later
Sit back and let our pal Leonard Raskin tell you the story of how he wound up in a car headed south to Tampa 20 years ago this week. We all have a Super Bowl XXXV story…
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.
Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the Ravens’ first NFL championship and Baltimore’s return to the top of the football world.
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.
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.
