Purple Reign

This is an excerpt from a new 480-page book called “Purple Reign 2: Faith, Family & Football – A Baltimore Love Story”

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I love training camp. While the summer is winding down and the kids across America are getting stressed because it’s almost time to go back to school, football season is starting. It’s great seeing the players doing what they do best again. However, the opportunities to see our favorite players have been dwindled in recent [...]

With the recent signing of Ray Rice, the Ravens have two other players with contract issues that hopefully won’t harm the franchise throughout the season. Joe Flacco is in the final year of his rookie contract which he has certainly outplayed and Ed Reed is in the final year of his six-year contract extension that [...]

Baltimore get on your feet! Stand up, get your hands up. Are you ready to kickoff? The 2011 season for the Baltimore Ravens can be summed up in a few words, “Oh my God.” Terrell Suggs uttered these words after Billy Cundiff’s field goal drifted away along with the Ravens’ hope for another chance at [...]

Football season is quickly approaching Ravens fans.  Training camp is set to open in just under three weeks with high expectations facing the 2012 team.  Will 2012 be the year of the Ravens? Let’s breakdown what needs to happen for the Ravens to be playing in February.   Flacco’s Ascension: Will the real Joe Flacco please stand up?  The [...]

With training camp less than a month away, a breakdown of the Ravens roster is essential to evaluate this season’s expectations. After a “dropped” touchdown by Lee Evans and a shank of a field goal by Billy Cundiff, last year ended in disappointment, but definitely was not a failure. A division title, an AFC Championship [...]

The really interesting part of watching all of this Baltimore football history unfold around me in so many ways is watching us all age. I don’t think there was a person in the stadium Sunday that didn’t have some anchor to identify emotions that are tied to the 2000 Ravens and what that Super Bowl [...]

One of the few joyful benefits of being the “independent” voice in Baltimore sports is that we never have to kiss anyone’s derriere or ask for permission to speak the truth or make our point. We’re afforded the rarest commodity in American media today – “free speech” – and most days that ain’t even close [...]

It’s been 10 years since the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV and since I wrote “Purple Reign: Diary of a Raven Maniac.” With the upcoming three-part series that I’m writing in regard to the past, present and future of the most legendary purple bird of them all, Ray Lewis, I’m presenting an excerpt from my [...]