After spending a day online trying to fetch Taylor Swift tickets from the Ticketmaster mafia, our Bill Cole shakes off the bad blood after an evening in Philadelphia and fills in the blank spaces of 100,000 girls singing "You Belong With Me" under the stars.
He was the house DJ for several of our WNST Purple Pep Rallies on the road over the years – and remains steadfast in his support of the Orioles and Ravens – but his real gig is throwing parties for kids (and parents, too) all over the region. Let Josh Levine of Electra Entertainment tell you about his Hulkamania bar mitzvah and his piece of Baltimore sports history on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at State Fare in Catonsville.
Always great to have a visit from our longtime public relations czar Chris Pika (aka @BlogAndTackle) who joins Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at State Fare to discuss his recent XFL stint in Seattle and Dallas and what he's still learning about media, startup football leagues and the people who play the games.
There's only one guest who has joined Nestor for 31 years of Preakness week previews and handicapping every one of them. Our dear friend Dick Jerardi (formerly of Towson) ran off to Philadelphia from The News American and Sportsf1rst in 1984 and never came back – except for the third Saturday of May. A view from high above Pimlico from two guys who have seen it all at Old Hilltop.
Frank Vespe of The Racing Biz brings Nestor the same great inside information that WNST-AM 1570 listeners are treated to every Saturday morning from 10-11 a.m. With another Preakness coming (and going), here are some realities of the Triple Crown and the horse racing industry that can't be ignored.
Golf pro Richard Sheppard Jr. joins Nestor from the fresh greens at Forest Park Golf to discuss getting kids into the game and previews the PGA Championship from his perch at one of the Classic 5 Golf hubs just inside the beltway off Windsor Mill Road. Let him tell you why he loves golf!
Just six weeks into another MLB and it's very apparent that the changes in Major League Baseball have made for a better game for fans and viewers. Nestor Aparicio and Dennis Koulatsos discuss how MLB improved its game and how the Orioles picked a great time to start playing winning baseball.
With Shohei Ohtani in town and the Orioles surging, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss who is going back to the Camden Yards to see real pennant race baseball and when and why.
Bill Cole and Nestor reconvene after a spring absence to discuss the spring sporting life of kids and families – and then where the surging Orioles and dormant Ravens fit in between club and travel.
Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection discusses the once lost passion for Orioles baseball coming back to town and friends and family focused on getting back to Camden Yards and downtown.
Before we can get to where the horse racing industry is headed under a new directive from Annapolis we must first figure out how we got here. Telling the history of Maryland horse racing and the horsemen with Alan Foreman and David Richardson on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Greenmount Bowl in Hampstead.
Legendary horse racing trainer Bob Baffert returns to Baltimore and Pimlico with two horses and crack at ninth Preakness win. Will Muth or Imagination win the 149th running of the second leg of the Triple Crown at Old Hilltop on Saturday? Baffert makes his annual stop on Nestor's show from California for an update on his stable and situation after not being allowed to run for the roses in Kentucky.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the bombast of the NFL schedule release and unfurl their thoughts on opening against the Super Bowl champion Kansas City City Chiefs on the road and the journey ahead with short rest and a late bye week.
After yet another walk-off home run win, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the special magic and growth mindset brewing on a team when every night produces a different star for the first-place – and still not swept – Baltimore Orioles, who welcome the Seattle Mariners to Camden Yards this weekend.
Donna Brothers of NBC Sports makes her annual visit to Baltimore Positive, discussing at length the Baffert and Churchill drama and previewing all of the connections and stories of Preakness 149 at Pimlico with Nestor.
