Chris's Bio
Growing up on Baltimore's southwest side, Chris developed a love of the city's sports teams, thanks to John Steadman's writing and Chuck Thompson's voice. Those influences led the Mt. St. Joe and Loyola College grad to a sports media relations and new media career. He worked in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints (2000-05) as the club's Manager of Media & PR, and later, Director of New Media, and with the Atlanta Falcons (2006) as New Media Producer. Prior to the NFL, he worked on the sports information staffs at UAB, George Washington and Loyola. In between a pair of stints at UAB, he was the Class-AA Birmingham Barons' Director of Media Relations, including the 1994 season when hoops star Michael Jordan played for the club. A veteran of media relations work at major sports events, he has been part of the NFL's staff at eight Super Bowls and assisted at other events including the BCS National Championship Game, NCAA Men’s and Women's Final Four, MLB All-Star Game and the Goodwill Games. He brings his insight on the NFL's inner workings as an analyst each week on WNST and through his "Blog And Tackle" on WNST.net.
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The Ravens play a crucial AFC game this Sunday in Pittsburgh against the Steelers, and you can join WNST for a special Sunday Afternoon Purple Haze live chat starting at 12:30 pm.
Drew Forrester and Glenn Clark will report from the Heinz Field press box, Nestor Aparicio will be in the stands with the Purple Road Trip gang, and all of your favorite WNST hosts and personalities will add their comments and answer your questions during the game.
Ravens-Steelers Purple Haze live chat
The Purple Haze is an interactive chat room with comments from our panelists, polls, tweets from local and national media covering the game, and your comments. Grab your favorite beverage, fire up your laptop and join us at 12:30 pm.
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December 26th, 2009 at 10:41 am
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by WNST, Chris Pika. Chris Pika said: Sunday Afternoon Purple Haze at 12:30 pm for Ravens-Steelers: The Ravens play a crucial AFC game this Sunday in Pit… http://bit.ly/4uftMW [...]
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December 27th, 2009 at 11:14 am
My Top Ten for today!!!
Go Ravens!!!!
10. P - Pound Them!
9. I - Incapacitate Them!
8. T - Tear Them Apart!
7. T - Twist Them!
6. S - Swallow Them Up!
5. B - Butcher Them!
4. U - Unstrengthen Them!
3. R - Reduce Them(to tears)
2. G - Granulate Them!
1. H - Humiliate Them!!