Ravens endure shaky fourth quarter for 31-24 victory over Arizona
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore had built a 24-7 advantage before a sloppy finish to Week 8.
Baltimore Positive
What is the next move for Mike Elias and Orioles?
Baltimore Positive
In an offseason with unlimited possibilities after incredible success on the field in 2023, Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive into the arsenal of prospects and abundance of position players the Baltimore Orioles have in their farm system. And what that could mean for an offseason of free agency, trade possibilities and the inevitable rising payroll that the Angelos family will need to support with more money.
If you’re aching from athletic activity, here’s the rub on Move
Baltimore Positive
In the aftermath of the Baltimore Running Festival, Wendy Bronfein and Lisa Schaefer of Curio Wellness join Nestor for a
Telling some real World Series tales from 33rd Street lore
Baltimore Positive
When you find out that your favorite science teacher from Dundalk High School actually went to the 1966 World Series as a 15-year old and dragged along his 11-year old brother, you have to get answers and stories. That’s what the Maryland Crab Cake Tour is all about! George Scheulen tells Luke Jones about his Wally Bunker experience as a kid.
Going Old Fashioned on a bourbon tour with my son at Drug City in the Dundalk homeland
Baltimore Positive
On the eve of his 55th birthday, Nestor finally convinced his son Barry to join him for a drink with soda jerk and bourbon pourer Chuck Jacobs in The Tasting Room above The Fountain at Drug City to talk old school Dundalk and growing up East Baltimore. Oh, and how to make a tasty drink!
Baltimore Magazine editor Max Weiss joins Ricig and Nestor to discuss BSO and local love for music
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore Magazine editor-in-chief Max Weiss joins Ricig and Nestor at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube to discuss her recent story on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and new conductor Jonathon Heyward. Always sharing the local love for music – and broccoli tempura and the quest for Steve Chu!
Only nice people allowed: It’s the local Lauraville family love that makes Koco’s Pub perfect
Baltimore Positive
Our Maryland Crab Cake Tour will be making more stops with Marcella and her gang on Harford Road in Lauraville as we continue to the take the show on the road, presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube. The familiar faces of the place and the parrots, margaritas and Koconut shrimp extend behind the bar and into the kitchen with a great family story. Meet Liz and Sea Bass. They’ve got Orioles Fever, too!
Roquan Smith on Week 8 status: “Just as sure as the sun shines on Sunday, you’ll see me out there”
Baltimore Positive
The Pro Bowl inside linebacker returned to practice after sitting out Wednesday with a shoulder issue.
See it, sniff it, play it and cash in for the Holidays
Baltimore Positive
Yes, that gingerbread man on the Maryland Lottery ticket smells just like your Aunt’s holiday kitchen! And the peppermint is
For the love of good friends, fat crabs, great football and butterscotch banana splits
Baltimore Positive
Every year, our partner Leonard Raskin throws a party and crab feast for family, clients and friends. Nestor asks him
Getting the offensive operation healthier – and in order
Baltimore Positive
It took the Todd Monken offense and Lamar Jackson seven weeks of getting healthier and more aligned. It finally all
Ravens aren’t clowning around with the best pass rush in NFL
Baltimore Positive
Sure, Lamar Jackson and the offense will get all of the purple headlines but Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the
How good can the Ravens be?
Baltimore Positive
After the complete domination of the upstart Detroit Lions, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud how good this Baltimore Ravens
Harbaugh credits Ravens pass rush for bringing “real viciousness” every week
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore collected five more sacks in Sunday’s 38-6 win over Jared Goff and Detroit.
Ravens dominate upstart Detroit from beginning to end in 38-6 win
Baltimore Positive
Lamar Jackson threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in Baltimore’s most impressive performance of the season.
The stars all came out and roared for Ravens against Lions
Baltimore Positive
In a game that was a complete domination at both lines of scrimmage, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the individual
Throwing the shield behind flag football
Baltimore Positive
Philadelphia Eagles legend Bobby Taylor returns to discuss his passion for the game of flag football and tells Nestor about an NFL Flag-In-School Coach of The Year program designed to reward teachers in communities around America.
Big jackpots hit elsewhere still bring home big local winners
Baltimore Positive
With Ravens scratch-off jackpot prizes still in play and holiday games set to launch, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery
Supporting the Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce and celebrating your dog
Baltimore Positive
Beth Rheingold of Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce invites Nestor to Heads & Tails 5K & Doggie Dash on October
Predicting the NFL is unpredictable
Baltimore Positive
It’s a week to week league. But which week is it for the Baltimore Ravens? Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to
Teaching the teachers about the science of radio
Baltimore Positive
For Nestor’s 55th birthday at Drug City in Dundalk on The Maryland Crab Cake Tour, he wanted to keep the
Finally getting Free to tell the history of Baltimore house music with the great Ultra Nate´
Baltimore Positive
Our Maryland Crab Cake Tour, presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube is always filled with serendipity. Roz Lane was coming by Koco’s Pub to help us give away from Ravens scratch-offs and wound up Ko-hosting our segment with the Baltimore diva of the dance floor and celebrating 20 years of Deep Sugar grooves. Let Roz tell you about all of those all night dance parties at the Paradox while Ultra schools Nestor on the roots of house music and her amazing international success as an artist.
What exactly is a non-binding memorandum of understanding?
Baltimore Positive
Our defending champion of all things sports business and law and media Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports returns to discuss the joy of the Orioles playoff march and the agony of waiting on John Angelos to agree to an inevitable lease at Camden Yards.
The state of the state of cannabis in Maryland in early days of adult use
Baltimore Positive
The Bronfein sisters join Nestor for a Curio Wellness 101 on the state of cannabis industry in Maryland and what our citizens have wanted since legal adult use began this summer. Listen and learn as we continue our ongoing educational series with Wendy and Rebecca, who are here to answer all the questions.
Plenty of work to be done by Ravens offense after win over Titans in London
Baltimore Positive
It was a strange, morning game of short field goals and quick sand at the goal line for the Ravens offense. The men of John Harbaugh fared much better this time in London but it was far from a perfect performance as Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the purple escape from London with win over the Tennessee Titans.
Christian Horton of Hollywood Casino joins Nestor to pick Week 7 and talk NFL matchups
Baltimore Positive
Now 50-40-3 against the spread for the season, Nestor Aparicio and Christian Horton of Hollywood Casino in Perryville try to
As Lions roar, the Ravens seek an offensive identity and consistency
Baltimore Positive
After three straight games on the road with good results albeit choppy performances against mostly backup and second tier NFL quarterbacks, the Ravens host the upstart Detroit Lions downtown on Sunday. Luke Jones and Nestor assess the state and health of the team and the offensive problems in the red zone.
Ready to roar? Here come the Detroit Lions…
Baltimore Positive
With the Ravens playing immediately after a choppy win in London, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the upstart Detroit Lions and stakes for the Ravens at home on Sunday against Jared Goff and a team that is 13-3 over its last “season” in the NFL.
What’s wrong in the red zone for Lamar and Ravens?
Baltimore Positive
We thought it would be easier to score touchdowns in this new Todd Monken offense. Luke Jones and Nestor assess
Ravens grind through red-zone struggles to 24-16 win over Tennessee in London
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore had to settle for six Justin Tucker field goals, but it was enough for a Week 6 win over the Titans.
One night, in Havana…
Baltimore Positive
Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos about that night in Havana with Woody Harrelson and Andy Summers. And about sitting at the kids’ media table in Arlington, Texas for the ALDS Game 3 exit of the Baltimore Orioles.
What can the Orioles take ahead from the disaster left behind?
Baltimore Positive
We all wanted to see a better postseason showing from the Baltimore Orioles than a three-game sweep. Luke Jones joins Dennis Koulatsos to discuss the differences in October baseball and how the franchise will rebound from such a sudden and thorough exit from the World Series race.
The fun of fall promotions and billion dollar jackpots
Baltimore Positive
Seth Elkin of Maryland Lottery tells Nestor about the aftermath of Poweball billion dollar jackpot fever and winning locally with some fun scratch-offs and seasonal play.
So what’s the next step for Mike Elias and Orioles in offseason
Baltimore Positive
It was a beautiful regular season and a terrible thud of an ouster for the 2023 Baltimore Orioles. In the aftermath of Arlington and a sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the offseason of Mike Elias and the money of the Angelos family to support the next steps.
As the sun sets on Camden Yards, what might’ve been for 2023 Orioles
Baltimore Positive
It all ended so suddenly after so much fun for Orioles fans. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what made the Birds not good enough in October in Arlington this week and how future Octobers must be different – especially the pitching but not discounting the hitting. The disappointment will linger but will it burn enough for a postseason return next Fall?
Finding relaxation and relief at new Planet Fitness Recovery Lounge
Baltimore Positive
Earlier this month, Nestor Aparicio snuck off to his longtime sponsor and partners at the newly upgraded Planet Fitness in Reisterstown with lead trainer Quintin Dailey. Let him recap his Black Card spa tour day with new machines, devices and techniques that serve to settle the soul before or after exercising at PF.
The end comes fast and hard in October
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor lament the sudden end of a glorious Orioles season in Arlington and what could’ve made things go differently for Brandon Hyde and a team that won 101 games in the regular season.
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks were the only good things that happened around here this week
Baltimore Positive
It’s been a rough week in Baltimore. We remain thankful that The Piano Man and the great Stevie Nicks came and sang to us. Even if the traffic was a nightmare.
Recalling the night I sang three Police songs with Andy Summers in Havana
Baltimore Positive
It’s the greatest cocktail party story that Nestor Aparicio has in a lifetime journey that has exceeded all expectations. Back in March 1999 while in Havana, Cuba covering the Orioles historic baseball visit and Fidel Castro, he ran into Woody Harrelson and Andy Summers in La Bodeguita del Medio and convinced the legendary Hall of Fame guitarist from The Police to join a local band. Summers insisted that Nestor play the role of Sting in the band. Let the trio who were there tell you about it…
Andy Summers of The Police returns to Nestor’s life 25 years after the Havana duet
Baltimore Positive
Legendary guitarist Andy Summers of The Police reunites with Nestor nearly a quarter of a century after their 1999 duet in Cuba, which you can hear at Baltimore Positive as well. His current tour brings him through York, Pennsylvania on Thursday, October 12th with a full multimedia show: “A Cracked Lens + A Missing String.”
Ravens endure shaky fourth quarter for 31-24 victory over Arizona
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore had built a 24-7 advantage before a sloppy finish to Week 8.
What is the next move for Mike Elias and Orioles?
Baltimore Positive
In an offseason with unlimited possibilities after incredible success on the field in 2023, Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive into the arsenal of prospects and abundance of position players the Baltimore Orioles have in their farm system. And what that could mean for an offseason of free agency, trade possibilities and the inevitable rising payroll that the Angelos family will need to support with more money.
If you’re aching from athletic activity, here’s the rub on Move
Baltimore Positive
In the aftermath of the Baltimore Running Festival, Wendy Bronfein and Lisa Schaefer of Curio Wellness join Nestor for a
Telling some real World Series tales from 33rd Street lore
Baltimore Positive
When you find out that your favorite science teacher from Dundalk High School actually went to the 1966 World Series as a 15-year old and dragged along his 11-year old brother, you have to get answers and stories. That’s what the Maryland Crab Cake Tour is all about! George Scheulen tells Luke Jones about his Wally Bunker experience as a kid.
Going Old Fashioned on a bourbon tour with my son at Drug City in the Dundalk homeland
Baltimore Positive
On the eve of his 55th birthday, Nestor finally convinced his son Barry to join him for a drink with soda jerk and bourbon pourer Chuck Jacobs in The Tasting Room above The Fountain at Drug City to talk old school Dundalk and growing up East Baltimore. Oh, and how to make a tasty drink!
Baltimore Magazine editor Max Weiss joins Ricig and Nestor to discuss BSO and local love for music
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore Magazine editor-in-chief Max Weiss joins Ricig and Nestor at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube to discuss her recent story on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and new conductor Jonathon Heyward. Always sharing the local love for music – and broccoli tempura and the quest for Steve Chu!
Only nice people allowed: It’s the local Lauraville family love that makes Koco’s Pub perfect
Baltimore Positive
Our Maryland Crab Cake Tour will be making more stops with Marcella and her gang on Harford Road in Lauraville as we continue to the take the show on the road, presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube. The familiar faces of the place and the parrots, margaritas and Koconut shrimp extend behind the bar and into the kitchen with a great family story. Meet Liz and Sea Bass. They’ve got Orioles Fever, too!
Roquan Smith on Week 8 status: “Just as sure as the sun shines on Sunday, you’ll see me out there”
Baltimore Positive
The Pro Bowl inside linebacker returned to practice after sitting out Wednesday with a shoulder issue.
See it, sniff it, play it and cash in for the Holidays
Baltimore Positive
Yes, that gingerbread man on the Maryland Lottery ticket smells just like your Aunt’s holiday kitchen! And the peppermint is
For the love of good friends, fat crabs, great football and butterscotch banana splits
Baltimore Positive
Every year, our partner Leonard Raskin throws a party and crab feast for family, clients and friends. Nestor asks him
Getting the offensive operation healthier – and in order
Baltimore Positive
It took the Todd Monken offense and Lamar Jackson seven weeks of getting healthier and more aligned. It finally all
Ravens aren’t clowning around with the best pass rush in NFL
Baltimore Positive
Sure, Lamar Jackson and the offense will get all of the purple headlines but Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the
How good can the Ravens be?
Baltimore Positive
After the complete domination of the upstart Detroit Lions, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder aloud how good this Baltimore Ravens
Harbaugh credits Ravens pass rush for bringing “real viciousness” every week
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore collected five more sacks in Sunday’s 38-6 win over Jared Goff and Detroit.
Ravens dominate upstart Detroit from beginning to end in 38-6 win
Baltimore Positive
Lamar Jackson threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in Baltimore’s most impressive performance of the season.
The stars all came out and roared for Ravens against Lions
Baltimore Positive
In a game that was a complete domination at both lines of scrimmage, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the individual
Throwing the shield behind flag football
Baltimore Positive
Philadelphia Eagles legend Bobby Taylor returns to discuss his passion for the game of flag football and tells Nestor about an NFL Flag-In-School Coach of The Year program designed to reward teachers in communities around America.
Big jackpots hit elsewhere still bring home big local winners
Baltimore Positive
With Ravens scratch-off jackpot prizes still in play and holiday games set to launch, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery
Supporting the Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce and celebrating your dog
Baltimore Positive
Beth Rheingold of Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce invites Nestor to Heads & Tails 5K & Doggie Dash on October
Predicting the NFL is unpredictable
Baltimore Positive
It’s a week to week league. But which week is it for the Baltimore Ravens? Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to
Teaching the teachers about the science of radio
Baltimore Positive
For Nestor’s 55th birthday at Drug City in Dundalk on The Maryland Crab Cake Tour, he wanted to keep the
Finally getting Free to tell the history of Baltimore house music with the great Ultra Nate´
Baltimore Positive
Our Maryland Crab Cake Tour, presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube is always filled with serendipity. Roz Lane was coming by Koco’s Pub to help us give away from Ravens scratch-offs and wound up Ko-hosting our segment with the Baltimore diva of the dance floor and celebrating 20 years of Deep Sugar grooves. Let Roz tell you about all of those all night dance parties at the Paradox while Ultra schools Nestor on the roots of house music and her amazing international success as an artist.
What exactly is a non-binding memorandum of understanding?
Baltimore Positive
Our defending champion of all things sports business and law and media Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports returns to discuss the joy of the Orioles playoff march and the agony of waiting on John Angelos to agree to an inevitable lease at Camden Yards.
The state of the state of cannabis in Maryland in early days of adult use
Baltimore Positive
The Bronfein sisters join Nestor for a Curio Wellness 101 on the state of cannabis industry in Maryland and what our citizens have wanted since legal adult use began this summer. Listen and learn as we continue our ongoing educational series with Wendy and Rebecca, who are here to answer all the questions.
Plenty of work to be done by Ravens offense after win over Titans in London
Baltimore Positive
It was a strange, morning game of short field goals and quick sand at the goal line for the Ravens offense. The men of John Harbaugh fared much better this time in London but it was far from a perfect performance as Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the purple escape from London with win over the Tennessee Titans.
Christian Horton of Hollywood Casino joins Nestor to pick Week 7 and talk NFL matchups
Baltimore Positive
Now 50-40-3 against the spread for the season, Nestor Aparicio and Christian Horton of Hollywood Casino in Perryville try to
As Lions roar, the Ravens seek an offensive identity and consistency
Baltimore Positive
After three straight games on the road with good results albeit choppy performances against mostly backup and second tier NFL quarterbacks, the Ravens host the upstart Detroit Lions downtown on Sunday. Luke Jones and Nestor assess the state and health of the team and the offensive problems in the red zone.
Ready to roar? Here come the Detroit Lions…
Baltimore Positive
With the Ravens playing immediately after a choppy win in London, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the upstart Detroit Lions and stakes for the Ravens at home on Sunday against Jared Goff and a team that is 13-3 over its last “season” in the NFL.
What’s wrong in the red zone for Lamar and Ravens?
Baltimore Positive
We thought it would be easier to score touchdowns in this new Todd Monken offense. Luke Jones and Nestor assess
Ravens grind through red-zone struggles to 24-16 win over Tennessee in London
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore had to settle for six Justin Tucker field goals, but it was enough for a Week 6 win over the Titans.
One night, in Havana…
Baltimore Positive
Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos about that night in Havana with Woody Harrelson and Andy Summers. And about sitting at the kids’ media table in Arlington, Texas for the ALDS Game 3 exit of the Baltimore Orioles.
What can the Orioles take ahead from the disaster left behind?
Baltimore Positive
We all wanted to see a better postseason showing from the Baltimore Orioles than a three-game sweep. Luke Jones joins Dennis Koulatsos to discuss the differences in October baseball and how the franchise will rebound from such a sudden and thorough exit from the World Series race.
The fun of fall promotions and billion dollar jackpots
Baltimore Positive
Seth Elkin of Maryland Lottery tells Nestor about the aftermath of Poweball billion dollar jackpot fever and winning locally with some fun scratch-offs and seasonal play.
So what’s the next step for Mike Elias and Orioles in offseason
Baltimore Positive
It was a beautiful regular season and a terrible thud of an ouster for the 2023 Baltimore Orioles. In the aftermath of Arlington and a sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the offseason of Mike Elias and the money of the Angelos family to support the next steps.
As the sun sets on Camden Yards, what might’ve been for 2023 Orioles
Baltimore Positive
It all ended so suddenly after so much fun for Orioles fans. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what made the Birds not good enough in October in Arlington this week and how future Octobers must be different – especially the pitching but not discounting the hitting. The disappointment will linger but will it burn enough for a postseason return next Fall?
Finding relaxation and relief at new Planet Fitness Recovery Lounge
Baltimore Positive
Earlier this month, Nestor Aparicio snuck off to his longtime sponsor and partners at the newly upgraded Planet Fitness in Reisterstown with lead trainer Quintin Dailey. Let him recap his Black Card spa tour day with new machines, devices and techniques that serve to settle the soul before or after exercising at PF.
The end comes fast and hard in October
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor lament the sudden end of a glorious Orioles season in Arlington and what could’ve made things go differently for Brandon Hyde and a team that won 101 games in the regular season.
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks were the only good things that happened around here this week
Baltimore Positive
It’s been a rough week in Baltimore. We remain thankful that The Piano Man and the great Stevie Nicks came and sang to us. Even if the traffic was a nightmare.
Recalling the night I sang three Police songs with Andy Summers in Havana
Baltimore Positive
It’s the greatest cocktail party story that Nestor Aparicio has in a lifetime journey that has exceeded all expectations. Back in March 1999 while in Havana, Cuba covering the Orioles historic baseball visit and Fidel Castro, he ran into Woody Harrelson and Andy Summers in La Bodeguita del Medio and convinced the legendary Hall of Fame guitarist from The Police to join a local band. Summers insisted that Nestor play the role of Sting in the band. Let the trio who were there tell you about it…
Andy Summers of The Police returns to Nestor’s life 25 years after the Havana duet
Baltimore Positive
Legendary guitarist Andy Summers of The Police reunites with Nestor nearly a quarter of a century after their 1999 duet in Cuba, which you can hear at Baltimore Positive as well. His current tour brings him through York, Pennsylvania on Thursday, October 12th with a full multimedia show: “A Cracked Lens + A Missing String.”
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid 1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com
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