It's been a long couple of decades of bad baseball at Camden Yards. This is the final chapter of what was a 2006 book written by Nestor Aparicio to honor his Pop and his family's love of Baltimore Orioles baseball.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
Crab Cake Row: The new Love American Style with Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness for Valentine's Day. The power of "Oh" at Far & Dotter for special occasions. Let our Chief Cannabis Officer tell you about the possibilities of something different to spice things up at home.
Crab Cake Row: Bill McCarthy tells Nestor many ways Catholic Charities serves our local community on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl" week at Faidley's at Lexington Market to benefit the Maryland Food Bank.
Reading the book on the history and modern realities of Enoch Pratt Free Library with Meghan McCorkell. More than just a visit from Jada and Will, let the longtime journalist tell Nestor the facts about ways Baltimore is getting educated via its oldest institution of community and learning.
The Tyanna Foundation and saving the Ta Ta's and keeping motor boating alive at Pappas in Cockeysville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank. And if you ever wondered how "Nasty Nestor" became that way, this is the segment where he explains it all...
Helping veterans heal and saving lives with Catch A Lift and Jess Drew at Pappas in Cockeysville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank.
Super Plunging and winning medals – that's all Danny Grau does! Our Crab Cake Row brought back a special person and our pal Danny Grau, who is an international equestrian medalist and champion of our hearts. Danny and his dad Fred joined Nestor at Pappas in Cockeysville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss all changes in Ravens front office and coping with the upcoming on-the-field losses in free agency at Koco's on Crab Cake Row on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank.
We began the second day of our "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" from Costas Inn with a large donation from our CC&A pal Steve Taormino, who partners with Vehicles For Change, a local organization with national ties that helps folks with transportation and transforms lives.
Luke and Nestor discuss the Orioles best path forward with new ownership at Koco's Pub on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" to benefit The Maryland Food Bank. New owners at The Warehouse? What do we expect from a new regime with a first-place team and a wizard front office now armed with resources to win a World Series?
We love a family that saves lives together! Let Kira & Amy Babst tell a mother and daughter story of fundraising for LLS Student Visionary of Year event on February 24th and Nestor's role as the weepy MC from State Fare in Catonsville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank.
The downtown story of Baltimore Outreach Services with Gregg Landry and Yvonne Terry. Located in a church less than a block from the Inner Harbor, this shelter and safe home for women and children can use your assistance during hard times.
Without ruffling feathers, our friend and Koco's Pub proprietor Marcella Knight told Nestor tales of the beautiful stories of Savannah Jane, her red macau that was a life lesson in love, care and aviary freedom on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" in Lauraville for the Maryland Food Bank. And true lore of the late, great Harvey Myers, potty parties and NFL games at the Emerald Tavern before the Ravens came to Baltimore.
Over three decades of taking our friends, listeners, sponsors and Baltimore sports fans on the road with the home team, we have some snapshots. We'd love to see yours! nes@baltimorepositive.com if you ever traveled on a WNST Roadtrip. The first and best to ever take Baltimore sports fans on road trips all over the world.
Our resident Super Bowl XXXV champion and hot yoga devotee Femi Ayandabejo joins Nestor for a spirited debate about mental fitness, personal strength and Ravens football and the importance of giving back on Crab Cake Row: A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl from Faidley's for the Maryland Food Bank.
We began the second day of our "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" from Costas Inn with a large donation from our CC&A pal Steve Taormino, who partners with Vehicles For Change, a local organization with national ties that helps folks with transportation and transforms lives.
Former Ravens Super Bowl XXXV champion running back Femi Ayanbadejo tells Nestor why TurnAround earned his support for survivors of abuse from Faidley's on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank.
Cathy Thompson discusses food insecurity in Hamilton and the folks she and the UMCS Food Pantry on Harford Road serve every day in our city from Pappas in Cockeysville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Weekend" for the Maryland Food Bank.
Destiny-Simone Ramjohn tells Nestor all that CareFirst does to promote wellness for everyone it serves on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" at Pappas in Cockeysville for the Maryland Food Bank.
Crab Cake Row I: A Cup Of SOUP OR BOWL was a massive success! Check here for all of the stories, videos and mission of many local charities and community groups. Coming all month at Baltimore Positive.
Longtime and legendary music teacher Calvin Statham schools Nestor on the love of children along with his Holabird Junior High classmate Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt, who brought out the love for their teacher. Mr. Statham invested in every one of "his children" for five decades at Holabird and Pikesville and beyond.
First elected to the House of Delegates in 1966, the local statesman Ben Cardin will complete his public service to our citizenry 16 years after heading to D.C. as a Maryland Senator. Joining Nestor at MACO in Ocean City, the Baltimore champion says he's got plenty left to do before he departs The Capitol in January 2025.
The Tyanna Foundation and saving the Ta Ta's and keeping motor boating alive at Pappas in Cockeysville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank. And if you ever wondered how "Nasty Nestor" became that way, this is the segment where he explains it all...
Jack Brooks of J.M. Clayton in Cambridge joins Nestor to explain why the Maryland crab industry needs immigration help from the federal government to get a crab cake to your table this summer.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Jackson Holliday and the completion of Orioles' Opening Day roster in a season of massive changes, major hopes and a new owner who hopes to move Baltimore forward along with the baseball team.
It's been a long couple of decades of bad baseball at Camden Yards. This is the final chapter of what was a 2006 book written by Nestor Aparicio to honor his Pop and his family's love of Baltimore Orioles baseball.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
Ever come home from an Orioles game with a souvenir baseball? Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game – or even having to give the one you catch away to a kid nearby.
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss offensive line issues for Ravens in aftermath of free agency and why Ronnie Stanley stayed and Morgan Moses and Kevin Zeitler didn't.
So how did the kid from Dundalk get his start in local sports journalism before there was a WNST? Well, there was a guy named John Steadman and a place called Hammerjacks and three newspapers competing...
With three decades of local baseball tyranny and the Angelos family close to departure downtown, Bill Cole and Nestor discuss ways that David Rubenstein and the new Orioles ownership group can deodorize the brand – and the real reasons to buy a baseball team if you're a billionaire.
"Be careful what you wish for," Nestor warns. "All I ever really wanted to do was work at The Baltimore Sun and be the Oscar Madison of local sports..."
Renowned music critic and author Rob Harvilla of The Ringer joins Nestor to discuss the music of Nineties and why it matters even more as we all get a little older.
Dr. Frank Lance of Parks & People tells Nestor about the local group and many organizations supporting the creation of a proper Black Sox Memorial and a Negro League Baseball history trail planned for the Baltimore waterfront.
With the NFL Draft set for weekend of April 25th in Detroit, we welcome NFL.com draftnik Eric Edholm for a preview of what to expect not just from the Ravens but around the league as the depth of the offensive line class stands out and the needs stack up in Owings Mills.
Eric DeCosta must be listening to Nestor Aparicio and WNST Baltimore Positive. There has been an open debate for 18 months on the show about adding Derrick Henry to the Baltimore Ravens backfield. Now, as Luke Jones suggests: you got what you wanted! The deep dive here on adding King Henry in Owings Mills.
Ever watch a baseball game from far away and think: "It'd be cool to see that ballpark?" That was what inspired Nestor to see the world and chase Baltimore sports anywhere a plane would take him.
As the guy who keeps our money and taxes and the realities of the IRS in focus, Leonard Raskin joins Nestor with some real life spring tax advice – and some Orioles ownership thoughts on money and the future of the franchise under new ownership.
With Opening Day right around the corner and the abundance of talents brimming from the expanded roster of the Baltimore Orioles, our Luke Jones discusses pitching, the outfield and how all of these guys aren't coming north with the big league team.
Nestor admits to "cheating" on the local teams with the Oilers, Phillies and Padres as a kid. You didn't have to love Baltimore teams to love sports. In many cases, you were forced to import your sport!
Allen McCallum and Nestor reset expectations for the Orioles and the future of Baltimore baseball – and beyond – under the new ownership group of David Rubenstein.
Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist and author of a book on the history of the Orioles – and many other things – John Eisenberg discusses a new era of Baltimore Orioles baseball with the ownership of David Rubenstein and how it can lift the city.
Longtime sports media executive and Baltimore native David Katz joins Nestor to discuss the high hopes for Orioles new ownership and goals for a Ravens' offseason with salary cap limitations.
As the WNST Texts keeping coming with "Former Ravens player signs elsewhere," Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the commitment that Eric DeCosta and the club made with a big signing of Justin Madubuike and what happens next in the free agency flurry around the NFL this week. Tamper here...
Peter G. Angelos threatens MLB and gets his every wish fulfilled in 2005 and the Orioles – and Washington baseball – would never be the same. The story about how MASN lined the family with cash for a generation of awful baseball and even worse television coverage of it.
Old school Orioles PR man Rick Vaughn celebrates new ownership and shares his best Baltimore baseball advice with Nestor, as the man who moved the team from 33rd Street to Camden Yards.
Multi-talented musician and guitarist Mat Dauzat joins Nestor from " the other L.A." to discuss his amazing work with Seal, his intorduction to the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne and life on the road with his wife, Heather, and primary focus of Dauzat St. Marie. Oh, and of course there's a Baltimore to Ruston connection...
Our Baltimore resident and baseball historian Dave Sheinin of The Washington Post discusses a new day in Camden Yards baseball for Orioles with Rubenstein ownership group and the high expectations of our community for improvement.
What are your Little League memories of youth? Here's how Nestor fell in love with baseball at rec leagues at Colgate, Eastwood and Berkshire in Dundalk with his Pop as an umpire and manager for kids.
Washington baseball was the worst nightmare of Peter G. Angelos. Until it happened and he was about to cash in with a television network that would be a spigot of fresh cash when he was piling up bad baseball debt.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Jackson Holliday and the completion of Orioles' Opening Day roster in a season of massive changes, major hopes and a new owner who hopes to move Baltimore forward along with the baseball team.
It's been a long couple of decades of bad baseball at Camden Yards. This is the final chapter of what was a 2006 book written by Nestor Aparicio to honor his Pop and his family's love of Baltimore Orioles baseball.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
Ever come home from an Orioles game with a souvenir baseball? Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game – or even having to give the one you catch away to a kid nearby.
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss offensive line issues for Ravens in aftermath of free agency and why Ronnie Stanley stayed and Morgan Moses and Kevin Zeitler didn't.
So how did the kid from Dundalk get his start in local sports journalism before there was a WNST? Well, there was a guy named John Steadman and a place called Hammerjacks and three newspapers competing...
With three decades of local baseball tyranny and the Angelos family close to departure downtown, Bill Cole and Nestor discuss ways that David Rubenstein and the new Orioles ownership group can deodorize the brand – and the real reasons to buy a baseball team if you're a billionaire.
"Be careful what you wish for," Nestor warns. "All I ever really wanted to do was work at The Baltimore Sun and be the Oscar Madison of local sports..."
Renowned music critic and author Rob Harvilla of The Ringer joins Nestor to discuss the music of Nineties and why it matters even more as we all get a little older.
Dr. Frank Lance of Parks & People tells Nestor about the local group and many organizations supporting the creation of a proper Black Sox Memorial and a Negro League Baseball history trail planned for the Baltimore waterfront.
With the NFL Draft set for weekend of April 25th in Detroit, we welcome NFL.com draftnik Eric Edholm for a preview of what to expect not just from the Ravens but around the league as the depth of the offensive line class stands out and the needs stack up in Owings Mills.
Eric DeCosta must be listening to Nestor Aparicio and WNST Baltimore Positive. There has been an open debate for 18 months on the show about adding Derrick Henry to the Baltimore Ravens backfield. Now, as Luke Jones suggests: you got what you wanted! The deep dive here on adding King Henry in Owings Mills.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Jackson Holliday and the completion of Orioles' Opening Day roster in a season of massive changes, major hopes and a new owner who hopes to move Baltimore forward along with the baseball team.
It's been a long couple of decades of bad baseball at Camden Yards. This is the final chapter of what was a 2006 book written by Nestor Aparicio to honor his Pop and his family's love of Baltimore Orioles baseball.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Jackson Holliday and the completion of Orioles' Opening Day roster in a season of massive changes, major hopes and a new owner who hopes to move Baltimore forward along with the baseball team.
With the news of the bizarre suspension of MASN broadcaster Kevin Brown making national headlines, Nestor Aparicio inks a personal letter to Baltimore Orioles owner John Angelos in #ColumnNes.
Chronicling the history of the Peter Angelos era of Orioles baseball, local sports radio host, author and historian Nestor Aparicio presents "The Peter Principles," a book on the history of Baltimore baseball in the modern era. This is Chapter 1, an incredible tale of how King Peter found the throne of every local kid's dream.
Longtime baseball executive Marty Conway joins Nestor for a a deep dive on the future of MASN and Orioles and Nats in the aftermath of many familiar faces being axed at the once-wealthy television network. Cutting the cord on the fiction...
Peter Angelos did everything in his power to give Baltimore the NFL ball in 1994. Here's the whole story...and the 2131 Cal Ripken night when Orioles fans booed him off the dais and he was never to be seen in front of Baltimore fans ever again.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
Peter G. Angelos threatens MLB and gets his every wish fulfilled in 2005 and the Orioles – and Washington baseball – would never be the same. The story about how MASN lined the family with cash for a generation of awful baseball and even worse television coverage of it.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss offensive line issues for Ravens in aftermath of free agency and why Ronnie Stanley stayed and Morgan Moses and Kevin Zeitler didn't.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Jackson Holliday and the completion of Orioles' Opening Day roster in a season of massive changes, major hopes and a new owner who hopes to move Baltimore forward along with the baseball team.
It's been a long couple of decades of bad baseball at Camden Yards. This is the final chapter of what was a 2006 book written by Nestor Aparicio to honor his Pop and his family's love of Baltimore Orioles baseball.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
Ever come home from an Orioles game with a souvenir baseball? Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game – or even having to give the one you catch away to a kid nearby.
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Jackson Holliday and the completion of Orioles' Opening Day roster in a season of massive changes, major hopes and a new owner who hopes to move Baltimore forward along with the baseball team.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
As Eric DeCosta takes his troops to Indianapolis for the NFL Combine, Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor gather once again to analyze all of the possibilities of the Ravens offseason with salary cap limitations and lots of tough decisions ahead before the April 25th draft in Detroit.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Ever come home from an Orioles game with a souvenir baseball? Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game – or even having to give the one you catch away to a kid nearby.
As Eric DeCosta takes his troops to Indianapolis for the NFL Combine, Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor gather once again to analyze all of the possibilities of the Ravens offseason with salary cap limitations and lots of tough decisions ahead before the April 25th draft in Detroit.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Ever come home from an Orioles game with a souvenir baseball? Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game – or even having to give the one you catch away to a kid nearby.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With three decades of local baseball tyranny and the Angelos family close to departure downtown, Bill Cole and Nestor discuss ways that David Rubenstein and the new Orioles ownership group can deodorize the brand – and the real reasons to buy a baseball team if you're a billionaire.
Washington baseball was the worst nightmare of Peter G. Angelos. Until it happened and he was about to cash in with a television network that would be a spigot of fresh cash when he was piling up bad baseball debt.
Former Ravens Super Bowl XXXV champion running back Femi Ayanbadejo tells Nestor why TurnAround earned his support for survivors of abuse from Faidley's on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With three decades of local baseball tyranny and the Angelos family close to departure downtown, Bill Cole and Nestor discuss ways that David Rubenstein and the new Orioles ownership group can deodorize the brand – and the real reasons to buy a baseball team if you're a billionaire.
Washington baseball was the worst nightmare of Peter G. Angelos. Until it happened and he was about to cash in with a television network that would be a spigot of fresh cash when he was piling up bad baseball debt.
Former Ravens Super Bowl XXXV champion running back Femi Ayanbadejo tells Nestor why TurnAround earned his support for survivors of abuse from Faidley's on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFL Owners Meetings and the Ravens' roster issues and spring needs in the NFL Draft from Florida as the rules change and the television money pours in.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Jackson Holliday and the completion of Orioles' Opening Day roster in a season of massive changes, major hopes and a new owner who hopes to move Baltimore forward along with the baseball team.
It's been a long couple of decades of bad baseball at Camden Yards. This is the final chapter of what was a 2006 book written by Nestor Aparicio to honor his Pop and his family's love of Baltimore Orioles baseball.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
Fisheries biologist Marty Gary tells Nestor about the blue invasive catfish species that was brought to Virginia more than 50 years ago and how it's now eating our Chesapeake crabs before they can get to us. A Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop at Faidley's full of education and what happens when you don't listen to scientists!
The Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill and Window Nation celebrated Nestor's 31st Anniversary at Costas Inn in Dundalk with old music friends and stories of bands and clubs. And some hairspray! A history of Hammerjacks with Nestor Aparicio and John Allen from Costas at Dundalk as the new documentary is released.
If you witnessed the Denver Broncos play a game without a quarterback then you know on Tuesday night the Ravens will play without 20 real NFL players in Pittsburgh. That doesn't make it any less disgraceful for the integrity of the league.
So how did the kid from Dundalk get his start in local sports journalism before there was a WNST? Well, there was a guy named John Steadman and a place called Hammerjacks and three newspapers competing...
Renowned music critic and author Rob Harvilla of The Ringer joins Nestor to discuss the music of Nineties and why it matters even more as we all get a little older.
So how did the kid from Dundalk get his start in local sports journalism before there was a WNST? Well, there was a guy named John Steadman and a place called Hammerjacks and three newspapers competing...
Renowned music critic and author Rob Harvilla of The Ringer joins Nestor to discuss the music of Nineties and why it matters even more as we all get a little older.
Nestor admits to "cheating" on the local teams with the Oilers, Phillies and Padres as a kid. You didn't have to love Baltimore teams to love sports. In many cases, you were forced to import your sport!
Sports business journalist Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports tells Nestor where David Rubenstein and the new Orioles ownership team can make progress right away. Things like a way to watch games on your mobile device and an All Star Game in Baltimore and real progress for the folks at MLB, who believe the franchise will finally reach its modern potential.
Our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld offered Nestor a chance to be a suite life guy for the recent Journey and Toto concert at CFG Bank Arena and wanted his feedback. Comedy and music and Danny DeVito and PacMan and free booze and why Edie Brown needs a room named after her at the former Baltimore Civic Center.
Crab Cake Row: Janice Wilson of The Red Devils and our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld discuss breast cancer battles and survival at Pappas in Cockeysville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank. And our Web Connection leader makes a new friend.
There is no way we were broadcasting from Pappas in Cockeysville without inviting our Timonium pals from Robbie's First Base by for a sports chat. Our pal Robbie Davis Jr. joins our CTO Mike Rosenfeld to discuss the fervor for Baltimore sports and memorabilia and ways your charity could benefit from a partnership for auctions.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
Former Pikesville and Holarbird music legend Calvin Statham tickles the ivories with Nestor and childhood friend Stephanie Pallo at The Tasting Room at Drug City in Dundalk on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery and Window Nation.
Bottom line: some of Nestor's favorite songs were written by this guy. Yours, too! If you love music – Kiss, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Michael Bolton, Kelly Clarkson, Ricky Martin, Alice Cooper – this is the man behind the words.
The Go-Go's legendary drummer came home to visit with Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at The Tasting Room above The Fountain at Drug City in Dundalk. As serendipity would have it, John Allen of Stone Horses made his way home, too, and took a Schocking tour of East Baltimore and Highlandtown music, cymbals and two rock stars who have seen the world.
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick submitted to being grilled by fan-boy Nestor about picks, guitars, family, songs, taking the subway to Budokan in Tokyo and the history of the Cheap Trick logo. Charisma and magnetism back on stage after the pandemic! We're all alright...
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
It's a short drive over the bridge to a long history in Kent County. Nestor had never been along the shores of the Chester River but the Maryland Crab Cake Tour has been an educational exploration of politics, agriculture, water and conversations about the future of the Eastern Shore.
Elvis lives and so does Nacho Mama's! Let proprietor Jackie McCusker tell you about holding together a Baltimore institution in the City and County during a pandemic – and some special memories of her unforgettable spouse.
The best part of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery is bringing together good friends for the season. Erik Sauer and Bill Cole join Nestor at Conrad's in Abingdon to discuss saving the lives of blood cancer patients and the incredible work of There Goes My Hero
With the legalization of cannabis in Maryland, no one has more experience with the plant and all of the aspects of the potential wellness provided than Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness. We begin an educational series with our partners in Timonium at Far & Dotter that will continue through the year.
Don Mohler and Nestor discuss the various comfort levels and new social rules about masking and unmasking as we navigate a summer unlike any other in America.
Childhood friend Gigi Causey Zumbas onto the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Costas Inn in Dundalk in an effort to bring Nestor back to the dance floor as an antidote for fun and fitness after the realities of being a realtor. There are no friends like old friends!
Longtime and legendary music teacher Calvin Statham schools Nestor on the love of children along with his Holabird Junior High classmate Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt, who brought out the love for their teacher. Mr. Statham invested in every one of "his children" for five decades at Holabird and Pikesville and beyond.
The Tyanna Foundation and saving the Ta Ta's and keeping motor boating alive at Pappas in Cockeysville on "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" for the Maryland Food Bank. And if you ever wondered how "Nasty Nestor" became that way, this is the segment where he explains it all...
When Nestor read his business journalist pal Liz Farmer had written from the heart about the Caps and Wizards leaving Washington, D.C. for Virginia, it was time to move beyond the Baltimore fiasco with Angelos and Camden Yards to discuss even more local stadia and arena civic cash grab madness amongst billionaires in The DMV with an expert on government fiscal policy.
Donna Jacobs of University of Maryland Medical System joins the Baltimore County Executive to discuss how the three vaccines are making their way to Timonium and other mass vaccination centers in Maryland.
Peter G. Angelos threatens MLB and gets his every wish fulfilled in 2005 and the Orioles – and Washington baseball – would never be the same. The story about how MASN lined the family with cash for a generation of awful baseball and even worse television coverage of it.
Don Mohler and Nestor do the politics of COVID and schools and Maryland realities in an election year as candidates jockey for money and position in the races.
With changes to protocols for many officers around the country, Dave Rose of F.O.P. Lodge 4 discusses life as a police officer and the concerns of the force in the modern world.
Turn out, the real Happy Eddie from The Real Housewives of The Potomac is from Baltimore. Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness and Nestor discuss the Pikesville native, his new cannabis and wellness line and a better night of sleep for everyone through better medicine.
Many people reached to Nestor Aparicio in the aftermath of the death of Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos looking for some kind of pronouncement. After watching the media reports in Baltimore with various inaccuracies about the billionaire lawyer's real accomplishments, Luke Jones joined him to react and opine and to set the legacy straight for local citizens who have been fed various levels of myth, poppycock and fake history.
With our crew in Florida for Orioles spring training and a new beginning for the baseball franchise, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud where and why the Ravens' owner might be seeking quiet shelter while the rest of his billionaire partners convene at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando this week to count their money. (We'll be there, too! Like we always are...)
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens team up every year to give away season tickets for 20 years to one lucky second chance winner. This year, the big winner has quite a story to tell about redemption and helping other folks with addiction. Let T.J. Humphries of White Marsh tell about his journey to recovery and his role in counseling others in need.
In the early hours after the Key Bridge tragedy in his hometown of Dundalk, Nestor joins Bill Cole with thoughts about the incident and the recovery for Dundalk and the Port of Baltimore and America.
In the season and spirit of love, we present our Chief Cannabis Officer Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness to discuss the power of the "Oh" for Valentine's Day love as the terpenes and cannabinoids take effect to produce a different sensation this spring.
As more and more businesses are shifting their focus to the port of Baltimore, Aaron Tomarchio and Damian O'Doherty discuss growth of TradePoint Atlantic at Costas Inn in Dundalk.
There are still many unanswered questions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case, and author Barry Levine seeks to answer them. Levine joins Nestor to talk old Baltimore journalism and his book: The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Our Baltimore resident and baseball historian Dave Sheinin of The Washington Post discusses a new day in Camden Yards baseball for Orioles with Rubenstein ownership group and the high expectations of our community for improvement.
Author Clayton Trutor tells shares some decades-old Gary Williams and Baltimore hoops pipeline tales from his new "Boston Ball" book of Beantown college basketball coaching history and how it shaped the sport on the hardwood.
Entrepreneur, sports owner and executive and the founding father of sports radio on the AM dial Jeff Smulyan tells Nestor how he founded and fought for the concept of WFAN in the late 1980s and the mistakes he made as a leader in owning the Seattle Mariners. His new book of wisdom tells his journey.
Award-winning author Julie Otsuka discusses the themes for her upcoming "Displacement and Belonging" speech for the Loyola Humanities Symposium on March 16 along with her family's background in Internment Camps in California during World War II and how her book wound up on a school system's banned list.
Old school Orioles PR man Rick Vaughn celebrates new ownership and shares his best Baltimore baseball advice with Nestor, as the man who moved the team from 33rd Street to Camden Yards.
Outspoken author and sports journalist Dave Zirin discusses his book The Kaepernick Effect and how his his knee is still changing the world – inside and outside of the sports landscape.
Comedian and Silver Spring native Tommy Davidson talks about his smooth jazz collaboration with Dave Koz and the living color of comedy and why his Maryland roots remain deep.
This is Chapter 9 of "Purple Reign 2: Faith, Family & Football – A Baltimore Love Story." Author and radio host and entrepreneur Nestor Aparicio is releasing it chapter by chapter daily to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Ravens Super Bowl win in New Orleans.
Peter G. Angelos was developing a well-earned reputation as a supreme meddler, an intimidating life force and a bad guy to work for in Major League Baseball. He was making the antics of George Steinbrenner circa 1978 look like a sick, reprised role in Baltimore.
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.
Nestor remembers the Pittsburgh hotel manager howling when the Baltimore AM sports radio wackjob guy told her he was gonna bring a thousand people in purple to her fancy corporate wedding ballroom for four hours to drink beer and prepare to eliminate the Steelers from the AFC Championship Game. The game didn't go well in 2009 or 2011 but we threw a helluva party up there with 'yins. Our WNST Roadtrips could affect everything but the outcome for #RavensFlock.
Now down the road with the Washington Football Team, Jack Del Rio comes back to Baltimore to discuss the power and legend of what Ray Lewis and the early teams built in Owings Mills.
Eleven months later, his Atlanta workout mate Ray Lewis and he and the rest of the purple reign greatest defense of all time were in the confetti in Tampa.
Michele Jackman Anthony of National Kidney Foundation joins Nestor to discuss their mutual "fathership" of Phil Jackman and the hockey memories of a childhood tethered to a wonderfully cantankerous and awesome sportswriter from The Evening Sun. And a Jim Palmer story that takes the Cakes...
You never know who will stop by during our annual Super Bowl Radio Row events. We started in 1992. That was the first time the game was in Minneapolis but not at the Mall of America.
Chronicling the history of the Peter Angelos era of Orioles baseball, local sports radio host, author and historian Nestor Aparicio presents "The Peter Principles," a book on the history of Baltimore baseball in the modern era. This is Chapter 1, an incredible tale of how King Peter found the throne of every local kid's dream.
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.
The University of Delaware Magazine is doing a feature story on Joe Flacco, now that he has made his way back to Philadelphia via the Eagles. Editor Artika Casini asks Nestor to tell some Joe Cool tales of Baltimore Ravens lore.
What are your Little League memories of youth? Here's how Nestor fell in love with baseball at rec leagues at Colgate, Eastwood and Berkshire in Dundalk with his Pop as an umpire and manager for kids.
Peter Angelos never cared for Hall of Fame broadcaster Jon Miller. Angelos thought Miller was too critical of the Orioles. But mostly, his old world sensibilities didn’t like the style of Jon Miller as the voice of his baseball franchise.
They said we'd never make it at WNST so when our 10th Anniversary on the Baltimore airwaves at AM 1570 also launched the all-new WNST.net on the internet, we took a chance to invite everyone downtown for a night of food, fans and good cheer to celebrate a decade of locally owned and operated sports radio in the Charm City. If you have any pictures of our night at Sports Legends Museum – there were a ton of celebrities and old-school listeners and friends in one place – we'd love to see and share them: nes@baltimorepositive.com
Follow the money. Wait for the real ink on the lease not the words of a man who lies regularly. Former Maryland Stadium Authority chairman Tom Kelso joins Nestor for a long-awaited, deep dive on everything about the $1.2 billion of your money that Steve Bisciotti and the Angelos Family are getting to keep their sports franchises in Baltimore. Ask someone who knows all the answers and you get them. Listen and learn. It's important!
Our lifelong pal and mentor Dan Rodricks of The Baltimore Sun tells Nestor about his second run of the locally sourced "Baltimore, You Have No Idea" and his next courtroom concept coming in February at the Baltimore Museum of Art on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
Author Jeff Pearlman has a new book on the life and myth of legendary two-sport athlete Bo Jackson but that didn't stop Nestor from going through his whole catalog of USFL, Donald Trump, Showtime Lakers and John Rocker writings and brilliance.
Evan Brown of State Fare in Catonsville and Nestor go down a very familiar crustacean hole and resurrect the eternal debate: what makes the perfect crab cake? One of them intends to investigate this further...
The sports media world lost a giant with the passing of longtime CNN anchor Fred Hickman, who did our show back in 2018 when the New Orleans Saints and the Ravens clashed in Baltimore. Lots of history and the real world covered in this one.
In the spring of 1994, Meat Loaf made a cameo as a ballpark guest from Oriole Park at Camden Yards on "The Budweiser Sports Forum" on WWLG-AM 1360. We'll find some more visits from the late, great baseball lover Marvin Aday over the years but this was the first chat, which includes co-host Mark Mussina, the brother of Hall of Famer Mike.
A lifetime of friendship brought Stone Horses frontman John Allen back to his Dundalk homeland at Costas Inn join Nestor Aparicio for the WNST 25th Anniversary celebration in a wide-ranging discussion of the history of Baltimore rock music. From Child's Play roots in East Baltimore to the farewell of legendary vocalist Steve Whiteman, let two good ol' boys tell you about growing up loving Sarah Fleischer, Hammerjacks and the dream of living a music life.
Back in 1992 when Nestor Aparicio began doing his own radio show on WITH-AM 1230 and Baltimore didn't have an NFL team, he reached to then-Houston Oilers public relations man Chip Namias for a helping hand with the Love Ya Blue blood running through his young veins after leaving The Baltimore Sun. And here we are 30 years later telling the tales.
Long before playing in his first Super Bowl with Kansas City, Brandon Williams discussed what it means to be a Raven on Radio Row in Houston ahead of Super Bowl LI.
Even though this is further down the list, it might be the greatest thing we've ever done. When Jennifer Ford Aparicio was diagnosed with leukemia in March 2014 and survived that summer watching baseball, Nestor was inspired to live out a dream and make it matter. And the 30-30 MLB Give A Spit Tour was born. In June and July of 2015, the couple swabbed for the bone marrow registry in 18 ballparks, swabbing thousands of baseball fans over 30 days and even made it Cooperstown. No rainouts, one passport forgotten, many celebrities and wonderful friends we visited and made along the way on behalf of There Goes My Hero.
Stanstock has become an East Side live music charity tradition led by longtime local musician Stan Gibson, who was a childhood friend of Nestor. You'll love this story as told by Mike Miller, who helps organize the festival each fall.
Longtime journalist and baseball scribe Thom Loverro of The Washington Times joins Nestor to discuss the angry words of John Angelos and the future of Camden Yards and Orioles baseball.
When classic rock bands stay on the road and change members, sometimes it can be bumpy. This is an incredible tale of a band that Nestor discovered at "Leftoverture"...
Wide receiver Brandon Stokley played a lot of January football as a key component to the Indianapolis Colts' offense with Peyton Manning for many years after winning Super Bowl XXXV here as a member of the 2001 Baltimore Ravens. He comes home to discuss winning and losing "The Big One" and the legacy of Lamar Jackson as an NFL quarterback.
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...
It has been said that you need to crawl before you can walk. For the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, much of that crawling was done during the end of the 1999 season. Before Shannon Sharpe came to play. While Trent Dilfer was still sitting on the bench in Tampa Bay, waiting for redemption. While Jamal Lewis and Travis Taylor were still attending college classes and hoping to become first-round draft picks in the NFL.
Crab Cake Row: A five decades long Aparicio Family love affair with Dundalk community and Costas Inn. Nestor Aparicio begins Day Two of "A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week" with his son Barry as the executive producer for a full day of charity conversations to benefit the Maryland Food Bank. (Yo, Stevie Cho we're looking for you!)
The ninth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a morning drive around Deep Creek Lake and an adventure north through the rolling hills of Pennsylvania past Ohiopyle, Falling Water and on to bucolic Latrobe to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers participate in one of the final old-school training camp days still remaining in the NFL.
This is Chapter 7 of "Purple Reign 2: Faith, Family & Football – A Baltimore Love Story." Author and radio host and entrepreneur Nestor Aparicio is releasing the 2013 book chapter by chapter daily to prepare for NFL season.
Purple Reign, Chapter 2: "A Silver Trophy But Not a Silver Spoon" The legacy of Art and David Modell and how they came to Baltimore from Cleveland and built a Super Bowl XXXV championship operation
Vinny Testaverde comes home to Baltimore via Miami LIV with Nestor and Luke. Ah, that first game against the Oakland Raiders and that first Ravens touchdown in 1996.
We've done a quarter century of Super Bowl weeks and you never know who will drop by the set. Anything Nestor can do to get Gloria Estefan and K.C. and the Sunshine Band into a conversation makes him happy from Miami Beach.
Purple Reign, Chapter 1: "The Boss Arrives" “Hi, Coach Billick? My name is Nestor Aparicio. I own the all-sports radio station in Baltimore and I’m about to become your new best friend.”
Our lifelong pal and mentor Dan Rodricks of The Baltimore Sun tells Nestor about his second run of the locally sourced "Baltimore, You Have No Idea" and his next courtroom concept coming in February at the Baltimore Museum of Art on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
Our old pal and NFL historian Jason Cole brings the relentless story of John Elway – after he escaped Bob Irsay and ascended to Denver – to life in a new book and talks NFL draft with Nestor. But what could've been for Baltimore...
Purple Reign, Chapter 3: "The Original Birds and the Mean Machine" Nestor chronicles the very beginning and April 1996 draft with a new name, no colors and no logo – but two future Hall of Famers coming to Baltimore.
The original "Coach" and the man who brought – and sold – indoor soccer to the Charm City, Kenny Cooper returns to Baltimore to tell championship tales.
They told a lot of stories over the years but nothing better than hearing Artie talk about his love for Dottie Donovan. This is the third part of a lengthy chat with Fatso when he was still storytelling.
When The Earl of Baltimore made his final visit to Camden Yards during the 2012 statue summer, Nestor was fortunate enough to conduct the final public interview with the Hall of Famer.
It wasn't until The Black Crowes broke up that Nestor first had drummer and Severna Park grad Gorman on the radio show. They made up for lost time with the gospel of how much he loved the band.
She is the toast of the WWE after winning the Royal Rumble and with her sights set on Wrestlemania 37, Biana Belair joins us to talk about the rigors of the ring and the benefits of helping others.
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.