The Baltimore Ravens, of the National Football League, defeated the New York Football Giants at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 28, 2001 to bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy back to Baltimore for the first time since 1971. Just a little more than five years earlier, the city not only didn’t have a team, but there was truly no hope among the populace of ever getting an NFL team back to the town where the Baltimore Colts were pilfered in the middle of a snowy night in March 1984. The score that night in Tampa, a decidedly lopsided 34-7 blistering of the NFC champs, will be forever etched in NFL lore. More than 130 million people all around the world watched as Ray Lewis and Brian Billick hoisted the glittery, silver Lombardi Trophy toward the Florida sky on a beautiful evening as confetti flew through the air. Local sports journalist, philosopher and entrepreneur "Nasty" Nestor Aparicio tells the story of the 2000 Baltimore Ravens and the Super Bowl XXXV championship through his eyes during following every step of the season as a nationally syndicated sports radio host on Sporting News Radio. Coach Brian Billick wrote the forward to this 2001 book and said: ", it didn’t take long for me to recognize that he truly would become my new best friend, professionally, in Baltimore. When I took the job, I knew that there were two things I wanted this team to be known for: passion and accountability. Nestor has both. As a member of the media and as a businessman, Nestor has created his own spot on the national sports radio scene (not an easy thing to do). But what draws you to this little man, above all else, is his passion for Baltimore and for sports. Whether he is praising me or cutting me up, he does so with a genuine affection for sports and the fans’ eye view of the game. He can take a shot as quickly and with as much grace as he will deliver one, and keeps coming back for more. All the while, simply wanting to get the inside story for the common man in Baltimore, who would be there if he could. In his own way, Nasty has become the new-millennium conscience of the Baltimore sports scene, like his mentor before him, the late, great John Steadman. In my book, “Competitive Leadership,” I state that my book is “not a chronology about the incredible sequence of events that culminated in the Baltimore Ravens winning the World Championship following the 2000 season. Frankly, more competent writers exist who could provide a far more entertaining perspective on those circumstances than I could.” If you love the Baltimore Ravens, you'll love this book! - Amazon Kindle