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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.
On March 20th of this year, it’ll be ten years since Jennifer Aparicio was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia that was later traced back to her work as a project engineer in telecom at 9/11 and the World Trade Center in New York City. As she fought for her life and awaited the first of two bone marrow transplants from a miracle German man who saved her life, our WNST community rallied to get swabbed for the bone marrow registry and the local charity There Goes My Hero. Jenn is alive and well and visited with her DNA twin Niels in Europe recently for NFL football in Franfurt. Meanwhile, we remain incredibly grateful for the support of our community here at WNST Baltimore Positive that kept her spirits high and hopes alive during her gruesome battle. Hug the people you love!
It sounds like heresy but last century, “tailgating” was illegal in Baltimore. (You kids can look it up!) In 1996, when the Ravens came to the Charm City, David Modell set out to change those laws and in 1997 when the first purple trip San Diego took 200 “Nasty Nestor” listeners to Jack Murphy Stadium, we met some Chargers fans in the parking lot and made some memories. There were many, many roadtrips and more beer, sandwiches and fried chicken consumed along many highways with Gunther buses but this virgin voyage in a town that the NFL has now forgotten was truly unforgettable.
As an East Baltimore lifer, Nestor Aparicio loves going to his favorite places owned by old friends. On Day 18, once he heard the Highlandtown aioli was elevated he knew he’d be seeking out his old Berkshire chum Brian Eder for some fried oysters at The Chasseur, high on the Highland Street hill at Foster.
Marty Gary of Potomac River Fisheries Commission brings the science behind your seafood and how life in the Chesapeake Bay works.
We can’t say that we’ve ever had an oyster fritter. And certainly never on savory french toast covered with a perfectly poached egg glazed in scrumptious velvety Hollandaise. Day 4 of The Maryland Oyster Tour took Nestor to Hampden and the absolutely divine oyster fritter and eggs Benedict at The Urban Oyster on The Avenue for Sunday brunch. This might’ve been the best thing we tasted on the tour!
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Our Maryland Crab Cake Tour of summer civic and community visits started us at The Y Swim Center in Randallstown for Juneteenth with John Hoey and Barry Williams educating Nestor about the modern world of community activities, fun and great health with The Y in Central Maryland all over the region. And the importance of partnerships with government and the local citizens that keep folks in every neighborhood moving and contributing to a better life in the land of pleasant living.
Sure, some of you will simply say that Nestor Aparicio (finally) lost his mind on the radio on Thursday morning after the Baltimore Orioles lost an 8-0 lead in Tampa in losing 12-8 in a minor league ballpark in Tampa. There’s been a lot of trauma over the years but even Jim Palmer called it the worst loss of the year for a team mired in last place in American League East and headed to The Bronx this weekend.
He still claims the Orioles and the Washington football team as his “home teams” and guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and The Blowfish always plays back in the DMV when he rolls solo. But as he tells Nestor, this time it’s something more special and a cool, bigger band coming to The Atlantis in D.C. on Friday night to play some Hootie songs and a wide array of music and influences that keep him off the golf course and jamming.
On nights when the Orioles win, the bullpen has done its job. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the recent outstanding performance of a relief corps that has been under duress with substandard starting pitching for much of the so-far-last-place campaign. Can it continue?
As the Orioles play a significant week of baseball in Tampa and The Bronx, Luke Jones and Nestor react to the Boston Red Sox blockbuster deal of Rafael Devers and evaluate the Orioles’ active summer realities in a market where Mike Elias needs to create a better baseball team – now, and in the future.
It was quite a Sunday at Oakmont and the incredible story of J.J. Spaun but our investment insider Leonard Raskin found some parallels on the U.S. Open golf course this weekend with the way money should be handled. The power of par on the course and with your money.
What began as another conversation after another Orioles loss where the pitching wasn’t good enough and the hitting stank, Luke Jones and Nestor touch on Zach Eflin but wind up discussing the future of the Tampa Rays, another series in a minor league stadium and why the Savannah Bananas create more value for fans than Major League Baseball does in the modern world.
You know him as the author of the recent book on the life of Tom Matte, but Baltimore native and longtime Tampa author and sportswriter Joel Poiley knows lots about the history of Rays baseball and updates Nestor on how the stadium prospects in Florida are a lot different than in Maryland.
Don’t look now but the Baltimore Orioles have won 14 of their last 20 games and are headed to Tampa looking to continue to rectify the awful April and May with another series in a minor-league stadium against a MLB club. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss legitimate Orioles’ optimism after an Angels sweep featuring better pitching and a return to the lineup for some key young players ready to compete.
It’s almost summer vacation for the Baltimore Ravens but there will be two mandatory practices this week in Owings Mills and Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what we’re looking for this time of the year as Lamar Jackson will surely re-emerge and promise a path toward Super Bowl glory.
If you don’t know about the invasive catfish population eating all of the baby crabs and fish (and anything else) in the Chesapeake Bay, we’re here to educate you on why you’re seeing more of it in the market and on the table at local restaurants. Let Damye and Alicia at Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market tell you how we can eat our way to a better bay!
Our old pal Quintin Dailey of Planet Fitness in Towson makes an early summer visit to tell Nestor there’s plenty of time and reasons to get serious about health and fitness. The annual youth Summer Pass is open for high school students and free all summer giving everyone a local pass to affordable and smart options to get moving right now and feel better.
As the Orioles remain on a pace to lose 100 games, Luke Jones joined Nestor at Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market in downtown Baltimore to discuss the lack of success against left-handed pitching, continued losing and wonder if Colton Cowser and Jordan Westburg can create a June spark to lift a last-place team toward .500 before the end of summer.
It’s always better when you have more chances to win and John Martin of Maryland Lottery joins Nestor to discuss some fun summer games, Home Run Riches and some sports wagering realities as the action heats up.
It’s just up the road in Pittsburgh at legendary Oakmont this year and our PGA pro Ed Miller of Pine Ridge Golf gives Nestor a U.S. Open preview as his Essex Father’s Day tradition rules on the course this Sunday.
With the recent rise in horrific antisemitism and acts of violence, we seek peace, conversation and knowledge. Howard Libit of the Baltimore Jewish Council joins us to to discuss fighting antisemitism and ways folks can be supportive locally and globally.
We talk about the safety of the water in your home all the time with Doug Workman of Liberty Pure Solutions. With the recent mess at the Inner Harbor, Nestor recruited our safe water expect to discusses oil spills and your drinking water in Baltimore and ways to know it’s pure.
Over the past two years, our pal and longtime writer and author John Eisenberg has unraveled the history of the Baltimore Orioles via his Bird Tapes on Substack and a series of new conversations with the legends of Birdland. Here, he joins Nestor to discuss the sudden unraveling of whatever Mike Elias had built and the uncertainty of new ownership with David Rubenstein as the Orioles have fired their longtime manager and sit mired in last place in the American League East.
School’s out and it’s time for the high school student in your life to use this summer to get fit, educated and mentally ready for next semester. Our pal Justin Drummond of Planet Fitness tells Nestor about another Summer Pass of getting our youth motivated and energized at a club in your neighborhood.
It started as a conversation about the Ravens’ re-working the contract of wide receiver Rashod Bateman and what that will mean for Zay Flowers but amidst the $50 million-a-year quarterback being absent from “voluntary” organized team activities, Luke Jones and Nestor make the argument on both sides for the value and validity of a franchise player opting to stay home while his team hits the practice field in Owings Mills. This one got spicy.
With Father’s Day soon arriving, we’ve invited some of our favorite authors back to discuss books and the reaction to their words and manuscript. No local sports book has received more praise than The New York Times Bestseller, “The Last Manager,” authored by former Wall Street Journal reporter and Orioles fan John Miller, who will be signing his book and telling Earl Weaver stories at the Babe Ruth Museum on June 14th.
The Orioles dropped the first of three games against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night and Luke Jones joins Nestor to discuss the next few days being no easier against a surging Motown squad with the best record in baseball and pitching that Birdland should envy.
Our resident financial man Leonard Raskin loves sports and during a week of television from Roland Garros to the Orioles playing the A’s in Sacramento and the Stanley Cup and NBA Finals in full focus, Nestor goes international in a Triumph of discussing the magic power of bringing the sports world together in June.
When the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery comes to Greenmount Station in Hampstead, we’re always trying to serve the community in Carroll County with ways to pitch and Lisa Weaver and Anthony Santuago educated Nestor about the important work of the Carroll County Youth Services Bureau and the “Chocolate Ball” that serves as an important fundraiser each February.
It looked like Major League Baseball at times but Luke Jones and Nestor couldn’t ignore the obvious of the Orioles and Athletics playing three games in a minor-league stadium in Sacramento as the sport continues to devolve and lower its own bar for professionalism. Two last-place teams going nowhere, except maybe to Las Vegas…
Lots of local business networkers and fun humans will be celebrating the 8th Anniversary of Linked In Local, a global effort supported here in the region by Melody Baron, who invites Nestor and all the folks who are on the professional platform to to The Maryland Zoo on Wednesday night for a celebration and fundraiser. Party, animals…
It’s always a pleasure to reconvene to talk sports with our old ballpark reporter and Skipjacks’ hockey goon squad pal Howard Scher of Duct Doctors on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Even though Stanley Cup season is here, this one from Greenmount Station in Hampstead is a deep dive on the Orioles’ last-place reality – on and off the field – and the continued support of Baltimore sports fans over five decades of awfulness.
What began as another conversation after another Orioles loss where the pitching wasn’t good enough and the hitting stank, Luke Jones and Nestor touch on Zach Eflin but wind up discussing the future of the Tampa Rays, another series in a minor league stadium and why the Savannah Bananas create
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On nights when the Orioles win, the bullpen has done its job. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the recent outstanding performance of a relief corps that has been under duress with substandard starting pitching for much of the so-far-last-place campaign. Can it continue?
A day after Lamar Jackson campaigned for his old Louisville teammate, Eric DeCosta signed Alexander to a one-year deal.
All signs point to Trevor Rogers making Wednesday’s start in Tampa after Cade Povich was placed on the injured list.
As the Orioles play a significant week of baseball in Tampa and The Bronx, Luke Jones and Nestor react to the Boston Red Sox blockbuster deal of Rafael Devers and evaluate the Orioles’ active summer realities in a market where Mike Elias needs to create a better baseball team –
What began as another conversation after another Orioles loss where the pitching wasn’t good enough and the hitting stank, Luke Jones and Nestor touch on Zach Eflin but wind up discussing the future of the Tampa Rays, another series in a minor league stadium and why the Savannah Bananas create
Don’t look now but the Baltimore Orioles have won 14 of their last 20 games and are headed to Tampa looking to continue to rectify the awful April and May with another series in a minor-league stadium against a MLB club. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss legitimate Orioles’ optimism after
Having won 14 of 20, Baltimore now goes on the road to take on the top two teams in the AL East.
It’s almost summer vacation for the Baltimore Ravens but there will be two mandatory practices this week in Owings Mills and Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what we’re looking for this time of the year as Lamar Jackson will surely re-emerge and promise a path toward Super Bowl glory.
As the Orioles remain on a pace to lose 100 games, Luke Jones joined Nestor at Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market in downtown Baltimore to discuss the lack of success against left-handed pitching, continued losing and wonder if Colton Cowser and Jordan Westburg can create a June spark to lift
The oft-injured Tyler O’Neill had played in three rehab games with Triple-A Norfolk before his left shoulder began bothering him again.
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Sure, some of you will simply say that Nestor Aparicio (finally) lost his mind on the radio on Thursday morning after the Baltimore Orioles lost an 8-0 lead in Tampa in losing 12-8 in a minor league ballpark in Tampa. There’s been a lot of trauma over the years but even Jim Palmer called it the worst loss of the year for a team mired in last place in American League East and headed to The Bronx this weekend.
He still claims the Orioles and the Washington football team as his “home teams” and guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and The Blowfish always plays back in the DMV when he rolls solo. But as he tells Nestor, this time it’s something more special and a cool, bigger band coming to The Atlantis in D.C. on Friday night to play some Hootie songs and a wide array of music and influences that keep him off the golf course and jamming.
Sure, some of you will simply say that Nestor Aparicio (finally) lost his mind on the radio on Thursday morning after the Baltimore Orioles lost an 8-0 lead in Tampa in losing 12-8 in a minor league ballpark in Tampa. There’s been a lot of trauma over the years but even Jim Palmer called it the worst loss of the year for a team mired in last place in American League East and headed to The Bronx this weekend.
He still claims the Orioles and the Washington football team as his “home teams” and guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and The Blowfish always plays back in the DMV when he rolls solo. But as he tells Nestor, this time it’s something more special and a cool, bigger band coming to The Atlantis in D.C. on Friday night to play some Hootie songs and a wide array of music and influences that keep him off the golf course and jamming.
On nights when the Orioles win, the bullpen has done its job. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the recent outstanding performance of a relief corps that has been under duress with substandard starting pitching for much of the so-far-last-place campaign. Can it continue?
“I thought we had an excellent bunch of corners yesterday, and we added one more excellent corner today.”
A day after Lamar Jackson campaigned for his old Louisville teammate, Eric DeCosta signed Alexander to a one-year deal.
The star quarterback says he’s been in touch with his former Louisville teammate about potentially coming to Baltimore.
All signs point to Trevor Rogers making Wednesday’s start in Tampa after Cade Povich was placed on the injured list.
As the Orioles play a significant week of baseball in Tampa and The Bronx, Luke Jones and Nestor react to the Boston Red Sox blockbuster deal of Rafael Devers and evaluate the Orioles’ active summer realities in a market where Mike Elias needs to create a better baseball team – now, and in the future.
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It once was a Panera on Reisterstown Road but if you’ve seen the changes, you should stop in and see the newest Far & Dotter storefront. Curio Wellness Chief Brand Officer Wendy Bronfein educates Nestor about bringing the family business home to the Pikesville community with a new partnership with former NBA player Al Harrington and his Viola line.
Continuing our Coppin State 125th Anniversary campus conversations, Title IX Coordinator Katsura Kurita explains the 50-year-old civil rights law, ensuring gender equity in education and sports, and prohibiting sex discrimination in institutions receiving federal funding. She educates Nestor on the prevalence of sexual violence on campuses, with one in four women and one in 12 men experiencing it. And how campuses are handling this important issue.
It’s always better when you have more chances to win and John Martin of Maryland Lottery joins Nestor to discuss some fun summer games, Home Run Riches and some sports wagering realities as the action heats up.
After Bill Cole joined Nestor at Kooper’s North on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for a spring chat on zoo lights, solar power, bad pitching and the real cost of tariffs in industries like his at Cole Roofing and Gordian Energy, it inspired our intrepid host to take the Aparicio family over to Druid Hill Park for the Spring Illuminations. We highly recommend getting back to The Maryland Zoo with your family at sunset soon!
It was quite a Sunday at Oakmont and the incredible story of J.J. Spaun but our investment insider Leonard Raskin found some parallels on the U.S. Open golf course this weekend with the way money should be handled. The power of par on the course and with your money.
Our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld reports back to Nestor on the Detroit scene for NFL Draft and what Baltimore could be as a potential host for the biggest event of the offseason. How do we lure an event with a massive scale and size that needs to be experienced to be appreciated?
It once was a Panera on Reisterstown Road but if you’ve seen the changes, you should stop in and see the newest Far & Dotter storefront. Curio Wellness Chief Brand Officer Wendy Bronfein educates Nestor about bringing the family business home to the Pikesville community with a new partnership with former NBA player Al Harrington and his Viola line.
Continuing our Coppin State 125th Anniversary campus conversations, Title IX Coordinator Katsura Kurita explains the 50-year-old civil rights law, ensuring gender equity in education and sports, and prohibiting sex discrimination in institutions receiving federal funding. She educates Nestor on the prevalence of sexual violence on campuses, with one in four women and one in 12 men experiencing it. And how campuses are handling this important issue.
After Bill Cole joined Nestor at Kooper’s North on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for a spring chat on zoo lights, solar power, bad pitching and the real cost of tariffs in industries like his at Cole Roofing and Gordian Energy, it inspired our intrepid host to take the Aparicio family over to Druid Hill Park for the Spring Illuminations. We highly recommend getting back to The Maryland Zoo with your family at sunset soon!
It was quite a Sunday at Oakmont and the incredible story of J.J. Spaun but our investment insider Leonard Raskin found some parallels on the U.S. Open golf course this weekend with the way money should be handled. The power of par on the course and with your money.
It’s always better when you have more chances to win and John Martin of Maryland Lottery joins Nestor to discuss some fun summer games, Home Run Riches and some sports wagering realities as the action heats up.
Our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld reports back to Nestor on the Detroit scene for NFL Draft and what Baltimore could be as a potential host for the biggest event of the offseason. How do we lure an event with a massive scale and size that needs to be experienced to be appreciated?
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The Maryland Crab Cake Tour brought a spirited holiday edition of the show to Far & Dotter in Timonium with Dundalk drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s joined by Curio founder Michael Bronfein and daughter Wendy Bronfein discussing how a once pharmaceutical family drummed its way into the cannabis wellness business in Maryland. (We loved this one!)
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.
Longtime stadium and civic money observer Neil deMause of Field of Schemes joins Nestor to discuss the realities of free money for Steve Bisciotti and The Angelos Family via Annapolis in the bonds that were created last year.
He played in two Super Bowls in back-to-back years for legendary teams. Former Ravens safety Kim Herring won one here and lost one with St. Louis and the Greatest Show On Turf and comes home to Baltimore to discuss the thrill and agony of the NFL postseason and finishing the job.
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