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It’s been a while since we heard from legendary NFL insider Peter King so we gave him a call and found out that he’s been hard at work on a new book about the 40 years of his trail of covering the biggest stories in the sport. Let him tell you how his “retirement” from the Monday Morning Quarterback grind is going. And a few Art Modell tales you might not know…
With Opening Day three weeks away, the structure of Major League Baseball changes dramatically as many players including Gunnar Henderson report to World Baseball Classic duties and games that feel far more competitive than spring training. Luke Jones and Nestor do some long toss on this international tournament that has produced some classic moments. Will you be watching?
Loyola history professor Matthew Mulcahy educates Nestor about the annual Humanities Symposium featuring Pulitzer Prize winning author David Blight coming to Maguire Hall on March 12th. The theme of “Life, Liberty, and the Unfinished Work of Democracy” brings plenty of critical thinking and history into full focus in modern America. Get ready to learn…
It’s a big football week in Owings Mills. Eric DeCosta has a lot of work to do. The Baltimore Ravens have some real roster building to do this offseason. Let’s start with Lamar Jackson in the right contract and Tyler Linderbaum hitting the tampering market for a deal.
Our financial resource Leonard Raskin joins Nestor after the bombs started dropping in Iran and discusses strategies for the market and a slow time in sports as we move from Olympic hockey to World Baseball Classic patriotism to ease the fear and pain of another American war.
It happens once a year and the winners have 20 years to soak in the purple glory of the Maryland Lottery Ravens Scratch-off promotion and this year’s winner will be crowing about cheering at the games for two decades. As the season turns, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gives Nestor the fast play to the new Home Run Riches and the next calendar for pro sports here in Baltimore begins now.
Everyone knows that it’s our local sponsors and businesses and real humans here in Baltimore that keep up powered up and running over the past three decades. So when Zach Dermer called Nestor to help him with the funny HVAC smells in his place, The Comfort Guys at Farner & Dermer came to fix the issues and then signed up their family business to be a part of what we do best: local chats, Baltimore sports and connecting folks with real problems to professionals who have been solving them for over a century and through five generations. Oh, and they love the Orioles and Ravens, too!
He came to Baltimore 40 years ago and became the venerable columnist at The Sun and then an insider with the Baltimore Ravens but his present passion was rooted in a late 21st century book on the history of Orioles baseball. Author John Eisenberg returns to school Nestor on Birdland lore and the future Bird Tapes of past glories. From Jesse Minter to Craig Albernaz, our mentor is always on point and separating fact from opinion.
The Baltimore Ravens brain trust have assembled in Indianapolis preparing to pick 14th in the NFL Draft in April but the minds of Luke Jones and Nestor are on two massive contract issues that will need closure before the free agency tampering begins in two weeks. First up is the Lamar Jackson restructure but the real market value for center Tyler Linderbaum and the salary cap tolerance for general manager Eric DeCosta will come into full focus before March 11.
They won’t kickoff until September but what are the early signs of “success” for the new Baltimore Ravens head coach and his youthful staff? Luke Jones joins Nestor to discuss the expectations of a rookie leader and what’s going on behind the scenes in Owings Mills with the Lamar Jackson re-negotiations and Indy combine realities of Eric DeCosta.
With changes made in leadership with both professional sports franchises in Baltimore this winter, it’ll be Craig Albernaz leading off for the Orioles with an early-season testing ground that already include key injuries and a suspect bullpen. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the expectations of the new Birds skipper and the vital signs of life for a team with high hopes in a crowded AL East Division.
In a divisive political culture, our neighbor and 7th District Congressman Kweisi Mfume seeks to educate us about the current state of affairs in Washington, D.C. From lies about The Epstein Files, to unlawful ICE detentions in Baltimore to the significance of getting the Key Bridge rebuilt, Nestor unfurls his disgust at what Trump is doing to divide our country.
It’s less than ideal so far in Sarasota that two emerging, young Orioles stars in Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg are already lost for the start of the MLB season. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what it means for Coby Mayo and newly-acquired Blaze Alexander now that grapefruit baseball has begun and jobs are available in Baltimore.
For the old folks, it was better than it was 46 years ago and on live television. For the youngsters, it was a chance to drink beer at 8 a.m. and yell “USA, USA” for a sport we’ve been waiting for America to fall in love with for real. Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to wave red, white and blue of USA Hockey and memories made from 1980 that extended to Milan and beating the Canadians in 3-on-3 in OT for the gold.
In the aftermath of a unique press conference amongst an entirely new coaching staff in Owings Mills, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Baltimore Ravens new regime with old faces and new spaces in the hierarchy who must hold all of the players accountable to improve upon last year. Starting with Lamar Jackson.
In the aftermath of a family tragedy Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the importance of enjoying life and having your money create some joy and happiness. Time to look at those bucket list items again…
We’re all excited about the possibilities of the 2026 MLB season but the clouds of labor war are percolating even in spring training. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the complicated complications of six decades of Major League Baseball labor history and the bubbling situation for a salary cap. And what will the role of the new Baltimore Orioles ownership be in the looming dogfight?
The NFL continues to rule the sports world even in the slowest of times. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFLPA report cards on franchises and transparency and accountability amongst billionaires who can’t even get an Epstein List regular who just hired John Harbaugh to come to light and off their ownership ledgers. We’d ask Steve Bisciotti about it, but of course he’s evaporated again for a while…
It’s early and the Orioles already have big injuries to Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg that will affect the Opening Day roster. Allen McCallum returns for a spring training thaw and Birdland prospectus with perspective for the long MLB season ahead and the pitching it will take to contend in the American League East.
Big winners report in daily at the Maryland Lottery headquarters but it’s always fun when it’s a million dollars on the Eastern Shore in a fun winner scratch-off person with a perfect plan. Executive Director John Martin returns to update us on all things spring and winning ahead for the lucky ones.
The amazing gift of O.J. Brigance continues to give to the universe and he’ll be back with the Brigance Brigade on February 27th as the “Soiree With O.J.” continues to raise awareness, funding and real support for families affected by ALS. Drew Vanlandingham of The Brigance Brigade updates Nestor on The Juice and plans ahead for the event and the future of everyone’s favorite local hero.
No one wants to discuss their colonoscopy because no one looks forward to – or back, really – after the notoriously benign but very necessary procedure. Nestor welcomes his favorite gastroenterologist Dr. Dhanush Hoskere of GBMC to thank him for removing pre-cancerous polyps during his recent colonoscopy, which might’ve saved his life. This is your friendly warning and advice and some gentle humor to keep cancer away with proper care and medical guidance. Your peace of mind will thank you!
ESPN’s Holly Rowe drops by to talk about the booming world of women’s college hoops — from Dawn Staley packing Coppin State and Angel Reese repping Baltimore to Caitlin Clark going mainstream and NIL stars pouring their money back into the community. It’s proof that women’s basketball isn’t just great business; it’s changing lives on and off the court.
There are certainly reasons to be optimistic that the Baltimore Orioles won’t repeat a last-place performance in the American League East but losing two blue-chip, emerging players before March doesn’t lift hope. Luke Jones and Nestor take another swing at spring in Birdland with Jordan Westburg and Jackson Holliday injured before the team takes the field in Sarasota.
They won a lot of football games in Baltimore while John Harbaugh was the coach of the Ravens. Luke Jones and Nestor take a full look at the new coaching staff of head coach Jesse Minter and how some old friends like Anthony Levine and Anthony Weaver return with the same Hard Ball coaching wind under their purple wings. Familiar is comfortable in Owings Mills with the new regime.
Judge not lest ye be judged unless you’re in the Olympics and judges play a key role every time America looks up to the five rings of justice. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the early part of the Milan Olympic dreams and the Orioles’ winter hopes as spring has sprung in Sarasota for baseball in Baltimore.
It’s an unthinkable circumstance that we don’t talk about enough but when women or men are the victims of domestic violence, police and hospitals are always involved. Dani Imbragulio of GBMC tells Nestor what really happens after the incident and what options the victim might have if they have no other option than returning “home” again. This is a tough talk on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” during a week when we discuss the topics we need to address in our society.
Bringing friends and activists together for conversation is what “A Cup of Soup Or Bowl” week is all about and on the final day of our annual week-long chats, Bill Cole and Todd Schuler join Nestor for a spirited discussion about listening to girls in modern America from Costas Inn in Timonium.
It’s the biggest week of the year on campus at Coppin State as the Eagles hail home all of the alumni and folks all over the country (and world) to come back to West Baltimore to celebrate the legacy and impact of the university. Kimberly Nelson invites Nestor on campus for Homecoming Week and the alumni legacy of education and spirit of the tens of thousands of proud graduates.
The Smalltimore story of a local friend suddenly lost inspired a connected group of community-minded folks to surround a widow and her children by honoring his legacy through The Jason Los Foundation, powering up a special bond of friends into local action and love. And, of course, the best stories are told over tasty Pizza John’s in Essex on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” with a whole cheering section for Cynthia Los, who made her debut in telling tales of her late husband.
Longtime civic leader Barry Williams returns for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to educate Nestor about the future of the Pikesville Armory Project, designed to serve the community for generations to come after being an historic piece of the area recently abandoned and unused. Always looking to the future…
Our childhood friend and defending champion of awesomeness Trish Woodward of Camp Opportunity returns as an annual staple of “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to bring Nestor current on an extra week of summer love for kids in need of a chance and ways that you can help her help the children.
Coordinators Declan Doyle, Anthony Weaver, and Anthony Levine are scheduled to meet with the local media next week.
Longtime drummer of The Black Crowes and now Minnesota morning rock radio voice Steve Gorman comes home to Maryland to discuss the state of world and his new supergroup Howl Owl Howl, featuring Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish. But we can’t just stick to rock band nostalgia and sports halftime shows when The United States Constitution is being shredded in the streets of Minneapolis every day…
It’s already been a short week of additions and subtractions as the Baltimore Orioles sign veteran starting pitcher Chris Bassitt on a $18.5 million one-year deal and lost Jackson Holliday to a broken hamate bone, which changes the Opening Day lineup. Luke Jones and Nestor reset the Birdland expectations as Mike Elias still has some work to do on the bullpen and there’s action gearing up in Sarasota as spring training baseball begins next week in Florida.
Friday The Thirteen doesn’t always come up lucky but when it does, you win! John Martin of Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for some big winner stories, next week’s six lucky finalists for the Ravens Tickets For Life drawing and local Olympics glory in progress in Milan.
We’ve been talking to Singy for years about his golf outings and Yankees adventures so this time we went to the heart of the Cool Kids Network as Alyssa Vagnoni joins Nestor at Costas Inn in Timonium on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to discuss all of the things 20 years of helping kids cope with cancer have meant to local families.
As the Birds descend upon Sarasota and daily news leaks into the conversation, we’ll be covering the Baltimore Orioles better than ever. Luke Jones and Nestor preview the Orioles new look at spring training and talk MASN money and Bird watching as Mike Elias seeks to add pitching and Pete Alonso brings a captain ready to swing for the fence.
Still serving more folks in need locally than anyone, it was crucial to include the work of Catholic Charities on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” and Andy Wayne dropped by Koco’s Pub to update Nestor on his old pal Bill McCarthy and everything the folks are still doing from Our Daily Bread and beyond the beltway to feed and assist the needy throughout the region.
We’re onto next season! As the Seahawks were crowned Super Bowl LX champions, Luke Jones and Nestor marinate beyond a boring game and honor the Mike Macdonald defensive show in Seattle while acknowledging it’s now “go time” for Eric DeCosta to get a deal done with Lamar Jackson as rookie head coach Jesse Minter settles into his new role in Owings Mills with the NFL Combine less than two weeks away.
It’s been a while since we heard from legendary NFL insider Peter King so we gave him a call and found out that he’s been hard at work on a new book about the 40 years of his trail of covering the biggest stories in the sport. Let him tell you how his “retirement” from the Monday Morning Quarterback grind is going. And a few Art Modell tales you might not know…
With Opening Day three weeks away, the structure of Major League Baseball changes dramatically as many players including Gunnar Henderson report to World Baseball Classic duties and games that feel far more competitive than spring training. Luke Jones and Nestor do some long toss on this international tournament that has produced some classic moments. Will you be watching?
Loyola history professor Matthew Mulcahy educates Nestor about the annual Humanities Symposium featuring Pulitzer Prize winning author David Blight coming to Maguire Hall on March 12th. The theme of “Life, Liberty, and the Unfinished Work of Democracy” brings plenty of critical thinking and history into full focus in modern America. Get ready to learn…
It’s a big football week in Owings Mills. Eric DeCosta has a lot of work to do. The Baltimore Ravens have some real roster building to do this offseason. Let’s start with Lamar Jackson in the right contract and Tyler Linderbaum hitting the tampering market for a deal.
Our financial resource Leonard Raskin joins Nestor after the bombs started dropping in Iran and discusses strategies for the market and a slow time in sports as we move from Olympic hockey to World Baseball Classic patriotism to ease the fear and pain of another American war.
It happens once a year and the winners have 20 years to soak in the purple glory of the Maryland Lottery Ravens Scratch-off promotion and this year’s winner will be crowing about cheering at the games for two decades. As the season turns, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gives Nestor the fast play to the new Home Run Riches and the next calendar for pro sports here in Baltimore begins now.
Everyone knows that it’s our local sponsors and businesses and real humans here in Baltimore that keep up powered up and running over the past three decades. So when Zach Dermer called Nestor to help him with the funny HVAC smells in his place, The Comfort Guys at Farner & Dermer came to fix the issues and then signed up their family business to be a part of what we do best: local chats, Baltimore sports and connecting folks with real problems to professionals who have been solving them for over a century and through five generations. Oh, and they love the Orioles and Ravens, too!
He came to Baltimore 40 years ago and became the venerable columnist at The Sun and then an insider with the Baltimore Ravens but his present passion was rooted in a late 21st century book on the history of Orioles baseball. Author John Eisenberg returns to school Nestor on Birdland lore and the future Bird Tapes of past glories. From Jesse Minter to Craig Albernaz, our mentor is always on point and separating fact from opinion.
The Baltimore Ravens brain trust have assembled in Indianapolis preparing to pick 14th in the NFL Draft in April but the minds of Luke Jones and Nestor are on two massive contract issues that will need closure before the free agency tampering begins in two weeks. First up is the Lamar Jackson restructure but the real market value for center Tyler Linderbaum and the salary cap tolerance for general manager Eric DeCosta will come into full focus before March 11.
They won’t kickoff until September but what are the early signs of “success” for the new Baltimore Ravens head coach and his youthful staff? Luke Jones joins Nestor to discuss the expectations of a rookie leader and what’s going on behind the scenes in Owings Mills with the Lamar Jackson re-negotiations and Indy combine realities of Eric DeCosta.
With changes made in leadership with both professional sports franchises in Baltimore this winter, it’ll be Craig Albernaz leading off for the Orioles with an early-season testing ground that already include key injuries and a suspect bullpen. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the expectations of the new Birds skipper and the vital signs of life for a team with high hopes in a crowded AL East Division.
In a divisive political culture, our neighbor and 7th District Congressman Kweisi Mfume seeks to educate us about the current state of affairs in Washington, D.C. From lies about The Epstein Files, to unlawful ICE detentions in Baltimore to the significance of getting the Key Bridge rebuilt, Nestor unfurls his disgust at what Trump is doing to divide our country.
It’s less than ideal so far in Sarasota that two emerging, young Orioles stars in Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg are already lost for the start of the MLB season. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what it means for Coby Mayo and newly-acquired Blaze Alexander now that grapefruit baseball has begun and jobs are available in Baltimore.
For the old folks, it was better than it was 46 years ago and on live television. For the youngsters, it was a chance to drink beer at 8 a.m. and yell “USA, USA” for a sport we’ve been waiting for America to fall in love with for real. Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to wave red, white and blue of USA Hockey and memories made from 1980 that extended to Milan and beating the Canadians in 3-on-3 in OT for the gold.
In the aftermath of a unique press conference amongst an entirely new coaching staff in Owings Mills, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Baltimore Ravens new regime with old faces and new spaces in the hierarchy who must hold all of the players accountable to improve upon last year. Starting with Lamar Jackson.
In the aftermath of a family tragedy Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the importance of enjoying life and having your money create some joy and happiness. Time to look at those bucket list items again…
We’re all excited about the possibilities of the 2026 MLB season but the clouds of labor war are percolating even in spring training. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the complicated complications of six decades of Major League Baseball labor history and the bubbling situation for a salary cap. And what will the role of the new Baltimore Orioles ownership be in the looming dogfight?
The NFL continues to rule the sports world even in the slowest of times. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the NFLPA report cards on franchises and transparency and accountability amongst billionaires who can’t even get an Epstein List regular who just hired John Harbaugh to come to light and off their ownership ledgers. We’d ask Steve Bisciotti about it, but of course he’s evaporated again for a while…
It’s early and the Orioles already have big injuries to Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg that will affect the Opening Day roster. Allen McCallum returns for a spring training thaw and Birdland prospectus with perspective for the long MLB season ahead and the pitching it will take to contend in the American League East.
Big winners report in daily at the Maryland Lottery headquarters but it’s always fun when it’s a million dollars on the Eastern Shore in a fun winner scratch-off person with a perfect plan. Executive Director John Martin returns to update us on all things spring and winning ahead for the lucky ones.
The amazing gift of O.J. Brigance continues to give to the universe and he’ll be back with the Brigance Brigade on February 27th as the “Soiree With O.J.” continues to raise awareness, funding and real support for families affected by ALS. Drew Vanlandingham of The Brigance Brigade updates Nestor on The Juice and plans ahead for the event and the future of everyone’s favorite local hero.
No one wants to discuss their colonoscopy because no one looks forward to – or back, really – after the notoriously benign but very necessary procedure. Nestor welcomes his favorite gastroenterologist Dr. Dhanush Hoskere of GBMC to thank him for removing pre-cancerous polyps during his recent colonoscopy, which might’ve saved his life. This is your friendly warning and advice and some gentle humor to keep cancer away with proper care and medical guidance. Your peace of mind will thank you!
ESPN’s Holly Rowe drops by to talk about the booming world of women’s college hoops — from Dawn Staley packing Coppin State and Angel Reese repping Baltimore to Caitlin Clark going mainstream and NIL stars pouring their money back into the community. It’s proof that women’s basketball isn’t just great business; it’s changing lives on and off the court.
There are certainly reasons to be optimistic that the Baltimore Orioles won’t repeat a last-place performance in the American League East but losing two blue-chip, emerging players before March doesn’t lift hope. Luke Jones and Nestor take another swing at spring in Birdland with Jordan Westburg and Jackson Holliday injured before the team takes the field in Sarasota.
They won a lot of football games in Baltimore while John Harbaugh was the coach of the Ravens. Luke Jones and Nestor take a full look at the new coaching staff of head coach Jesse Minter and how some old friends like Anthony Levine and Anthony Weaver return with the same Hard Ball coaching wind under their purple wings. Familiar is comfortable in Owings Mills with the new regime.
Judge not lest ye be judged unless you’re in the Olympics and judges play a key role every time America looks up to the five rings of justice. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the early part of the Milan Olympic dreams and the Orioles’ winter hopes as spring has sprung in Sarasota for baseball in Baltimore.
It’s an unthinkable circumstance that we don’t talk about enough but when women or men are the victims of domestic violence, police and hospitals are always involved. Dani Imbragulio of GBMC tells Nestor what really happens after the incident and what options the victim might have if they have no other option than returning “home” again. This is a tough talk on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” during a week when we discuss the topics we need to address in our society.
Bringing friends and activists together for conversation is what “A Cup of Soup Or Bowl” week is all about and on the final day of our annual week-long chats, Bill Cole and Todd Schuler join Nestor for a spirited discussion about listening to girls in modern America from Costas Inn in Timonium.
It’s the biggest week of the year on campus at Coppin State as the Eagles hail home all of the alumni and folks all over the country (and world) to come back to West Baltimore to celebrate the legacy and impact of the university. Kimberly Nelson invites Nestor on campus for Homecoming Week and the alumni legacy of education and spirit of the tens of thousands of proud graduates.
The Smalltimore story of a local friend suddenly lost inspired a connected group of community-minded folks to surround a widow and her children by honoring his legacy through The Jason Los Foundation, powering up a special bond of friends into local action and love. And, of course, the best stories are told over tasty Pizza John’s in Essex on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” with a whole cheering section for Cynthia Los, who made her debut in telling tales of her late husband.
Longtime civic leader Barry Williams returns for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to educate Nestor about the future of the Pikesville Armory Project, designed to serve the community for generations to come after being an historic piece of the area recently abandoned and unused. Always looking to the future…
Our childhood friend and defending champion of awesomeness Trish Woodward of Camp Opportunity returns as an annual staple of “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to bring Nestor current on an extra week of summer love for kids in need of a chance and ways that you can help her help the children.
Coordinators Declan Doyle, Anthony Weaver, and Anthony Levine are scheduled to meet with the local media next week.
Longtime drummer of The Black Crowes and now Minnesota morning rock radio voice Steve Gorman comes home to Maryland to discuss the state of world and his new supergroup Howl Owl Howl, featuring Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish. But we can’t just stick to rock band nostalgia and sports halftime shows when The United States Constitution is being shredded in the streets of Minneapolis every day…
It’s already been a short week of additions and subtractions as the Baltimore Orioles sign veteran starting pitcher Chris Bassitt on a $18.5 million one-year deal and lost Jackson Holliday to a broken hamate bone, which changes the Opening Day lineup. Luke Jones and Nestor reset the Birdland expectations as Mike Elias still has some work to do on the bullpen and there’s action gearing up in Sarasota as spring training baseball begins next week in Florida.
Friday The Thirteen doesn’t always come up lucky but when it does, you win! John Martin of Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for some big winner stories, next week’s six lucky finalists for the Ravens Tickets For Life drawing and local Olympics glory in progress in Milan.
We’ve been talking to Singy for years about his golf outings and Yankees adventures so this time we went to the heart of the Cool Kids Network as Alyssa Vagnoni joins Nestor at Costas Inn in Timonium on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to discuss all of the things 20 years of helping kids cope with cancer have meant to local families.
As the Birds descend upon Sarasota and daily news leaks into the conversation, we’ll be covering the Baltimore Orioles better than ever. Luke Jones and Nestor preview the Orioles new look at spring training and talk MASN money and Bird watching as Mike Elias seeks to add pitching and Pete Alonso brings a captain ready to swing for the fence.
Still serving more folks in need locally than anyone, it was crucial to include the work of Catholic Charities on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” and Andy Wayne dropped by Koco’s Pub to update Nestor on his old pal Bill McCarthy and everything the folks are still doing from Our Daily Bread and beyond the beltway to feed and assist the needy throughout the region.
We’re onto next season! As the Seahawks were crowned Super Bowl LX champions, Luke Jones and Nestor marinate beyond a boring game and honor the Mike Macdonald defensive show in Seattle while acknowledging it’s now “go time” for Eric DeCosta to get a deal done with Lamar Jackson as rookie head coach Jesse Minter settles into his new role in Owings Mills with the NFL Combine less than two weeks away.
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