Going back to The U and Memorial Stadium purple lore with Vinny Testaverde
Vinny Testaverde comes home to Baltimore via Miami LIV with Nestor and Luke. Ah, that first game against the Oakland Raiders and that first Ravens touchdown in 1996.
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Nils Lofgren talks all things E Street on Radio Row in Phoenix 2008
Nils Lofgren talks all things E Street on Radio Row in Phoenix 2008
Dilfer discusses picking up the pieces after leaving Baltimore a Super Bowl champion QB
Five years after he wasn’t brought back after winning the Super Bowl in Tampa, the jettisoned Ravens’ champion sat with Nestor in Detroit on Radio Row to discuss the aftermath.
Luke Jones and Nestor assess Orioles next moves after Hall debut and near disaster against Rays
Luke Jones and Nestor assess Orioles next moves after Hall debut and near disaster against Rays
What will the Angelos family war mean for Orioles once it’s time to spend?
Luke Jones and Nestor assess Orioles next moves after Hall debut and near disaster against Rays
Purple Reign 2: Chapter 4 “Ravens always begins with Ray”
This is Chapter 4 of “Purple Reign 2: Faith, Family & Football – A Baltimore Love Story.” Author and radio host and entrepreneur Nestor Aparicio is releasing it chapter by chapter daily to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Ravens Super Bowl win in New Orleans.
Marvin Lewis spends time with Nestor mourning the loss of Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa
Marvin Lewis spends time with Nestor mourning the loss of Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 16 “Everyone Loves a Parade
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.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 15 “Festivus Maximus”
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.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 14 “Painting The Black Hole Purple”
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.
Remembering the good times with The Goose
Marvin Lewis spends time with Nestor mourning the loss of Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 13 “Anthony Who? – The Music City Mugging”
“When you go into the lion’s den, you don’t tippy-toe in. You carry a spear! You go in screaming like a banshee and say, Where is the son of a bitch?” The legend and #PurpleReign lore of #RavensFlock win in Nashville and Ray Lewis > Eddie George. @NestorAparicio presents his 2001 SB35 epic tale.
Billick: “We don’t win the Super Bowl without Tony Siragusa”
Our head coach Brian Billick joins Nestor to discuss the impact of Tony Siragusa on Super Bowl XXXV.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 12 “A Festivus For the Rest of us”
The loss of John Steadman. The epic appearance at The Barn with Trent Dilfer. And the win over the Denver Broncos that took the upstart Baltimore Ravens to Nashville seeking revenge.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 11 “Nevermore (To Lose) – The Miracle Begins”
“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
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 10 “Moving To The Dark Side”
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.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 9 “‘O’ as in Offensive – The Dust Bowl Comes East”
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.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 8 “First Things First”
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.
The Goose cooks up 20 years of ring stories and lost tales of Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa
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.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 7 The Greatest Defense in The History of The Game
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.
Purple Reign 1: Chapter 6 “No Fooling in April – The War Room Breeds a Champion”
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 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
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 2 “A Silver Trophy But Not A Silver Spoon”
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 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.
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…
Turn of the century WNST producer Andy Mueller tells old school Nestor tales on his 30th Anniversary
Turn of the century WNST producer Andy Mueller tells old school Nestor tales on his 30th Anniversary
Breaking down the business of offseason money and Major League Baseball
Maury Brown, a 2020 National Sportswriter Of The Year nominee and Senior Contributor at Forbes Sports, discusses the ugly offseason of the business of MLB and sounds of labor war.
Maury Brown of Forbes Sports discusses the ugly offseason of the business of MLB and sounds of labor war
Maury Brown of Forbes Sports discusses the ugly offseason of the business of MLB and sounds of labor war
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
Chris Redman and Brandon Stokley discuss the magic of Super Bowl XXXV with Nestor 20 years later
Chris Redman and Brandon Stokley discuss the magic of Super Bowl XXXV with Nestor 20 years later
Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joys of a Tampa Super Bowl roadtrip of youth
Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joys of a Tampa Super Bowl roadtrip of youth
What did you do to get that first ticket to Super Bowl XXXV paradise?
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…
Memories of 20 years ago in Tampa come flooding back and what it all means?
Bill Cole and Nestor discuss the significance of the mojo of the Ravens in Baltimore to lift the city and region on the 20th Anniversary of a Tampa miracle and parade that brought us together.
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.
Chris Redman and Brandon Stokley discuss magic of Super Bowl XXXV and being young with Nestor 20 years later
What ever happened to that football that Stokley caught over Jason Sehorn in Tampa? Well, watch and find out…
Tasker says Buffalo is ready for Allen to lead Bills to Tampa
Tasker says Buffalo is ready for Allen to lead Bills to Tampa @SteveTasker89 @NestorAparicio #RavensFlock #BillsMafia
Tasker says Buffalo is ready for Allen to lead Bills to Tampa
Our favorite special teamer Steve Tasker brings us a Hall of Fame look at the surging Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen in preparation for the Ravens playoff visit to Orchard Park.
