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#WNSTSweet16 Best Local Sports Playoff Moments

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Nestor Aparicio

Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com
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2. Jacoby Jones catches a prayer in Denver in the 2012 Divisional Round

The Ravens were embarrassed by the Broncos in Baltimore less than a month earlier but arrived in Denver ready to play in what would go down as one of the greatest games in NFL playoff history.

Looking like the Ravens were going to fall agonizingly short in trailing 35-28 with less than a minute remaining and at their own 30-yard line, quarterback Joe Flacco avoided pressure and stepped up in the pocket to throw a 55-yard rainbow over the reach of Broncos safety Rahim Moore and into the waiting arms of Jacoby Jones. The speedy receiver sprinted the remaining 20 yards for the game-tying 70-yard touchdown with 31 seconds remaining to force overtime.

The teams would go on to a second overtime period before rookie Justin Tucker booted a 47-yard field goal to send the Ravens to their second straight AFC Championship game, but it was Flacco’s miraculous throw to Jones that lands on the list as the No. 2 local sports playoff moment. And while still fresh in our minds, the 70-yard touchdown is likely to hold up as the most shocking moment in the history of Baltimore sports.

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