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Tony Siragusa

25 Stories of Glories, Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, WNST Classic

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 3: When Whiskey Joe’s ran out of beer in Tampa on Super Bowl XXXV Sunday

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Many OG Baltimore sports fans would tell you this was the greatest day of their lives. The National Football League came back to Baltimore and we won Super Bowl XXXV on a glorious night in Tampa, Florida. But before the game, we threw a party so big that WJZ asked if they come and broadcast from it. The legend of Whiskey Joe’s and Super Bowl Sunday, January 28, 2001. Ask anyone who was lucky enough to be there…

25 Stories of Glories, Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, WNST Classic

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 6: That night at The Barn on Harford Road when Modell and Billick brought Silver Betty

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It was April 3, 2001 and the Baltimore Ravens were the freshly minted Super Bowl XXXV champions and team president David Modell and head coach Brian Billick brought the Lombardi Trophy over to The Barn to talk football, community and how time would not dim the glory of their deeds.

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Long before big brother ran Ravens, QB Jim Harbaugh gets an education on crab cakes and Baltimore from Nestor

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The first time Captain Comeback came to The Barn for a spring welcome to the Charm City in June 1998. Who knew he’d become the King of Michigan and his brother would beat him in Super Bowl XLVII? And then he’d cheat and win a National Championship in 2024?

25 Stories of Glories, Baltimore Positive Classic, Celebrities, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Sports, WNST Classic

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 24 – The legend of our purple live shows at The Barn – and beyond

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If you ever participated in or witnessed a decade of fun times, live radio shows and Baltimore sports memories with us at The Barn on Harford Road back in the 1990s when WNST was birthed by the local community, then you know it’ll never be replicated. Go through the photos and see how many legends you can identify who spent time eating crabs, drinking beer and talking sports with us – and you – in Parkville. As John Steadman once said: “Didn’t we have some good times?” What’s your favorite memory of a WNST live event over these 25 years of awesomeness? The night we brought the Lombardi Trophy by in the aftermath of Super Bowl XXXV didn’t suck.

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Broadcaster Kenny Albert and the roots of WNST

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Longtime broadcaster Kenny Albert tells Nestor that he is included in his new book of memoirs, “A Mic For All Seasons.” And in celebrating 25 years of Baltimore radio, the whole story cannot be told without the one-time voice of the Baltimore Skipjacks, who started the journey for AM 1570 back in December 1991.

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Baltimore Positive Classic, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Purple Reign, Ravens, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, WNST Classic

Tackling the legacy of Goose and The Bullies of Baltimore

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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.

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Purple Reign 1: Chapter 15 “Festivus Maximus”

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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.

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The ghosts of Memorial Stadium and the legend of Tony Siragusa

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Before Ray Lewis entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton in 2018, Tony Siragusa took Nestor into the last century and what powered the greatest defense in the history of the game – even back in the days of Ted Marchibroda and 33rd Street.

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Talking about Goose, 33rd Street and the old days with Super Bowl XXXV champ Kim Herring

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The death of Tony Siragusa has us discussing every aspect of the Purple Reign magic surrounding Super Bowl XXXV and the greatest defense in the history of the game. Safety Kim Herring was drafted into a Baltimore Ravens uniform in 1997 and knew nothing about the franchise. Let him tell you about “the man of the people” – The Goose.

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Siragusa pouring out his love for the Modell Family in 2017

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When David Modell died in early 2017, Nestor reached to many of the Super Bowl XXXV heroes and early Ravens players to discuss the Modell family and coming to Baltimore to built a legacy. Tony Siragusa discussed a magical time in sports history in our city and left poignant words behind. We mourn his death here at WNST Baltimore Positive.

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Purple Reign 1: Chapter 7 The Greatest Defense in The History of The Game

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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.

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