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You’ll find her in the Club

Every year, one lucky second chance Ravens scratch-off winner will find 20 years of season tickets in the warm seats and no one could be happier than lifer-purple-hearted Shannan Brown of Aberdeen, who shares her story of being this year’s Maryland Lottery Tickets For Twenty Years victor and her plans for fun to honor her father.

A big weekend for Ravens and Stanley to decide future fate of left tackle protection for Lamar

It’s never the biggest week of the year for the Baltimore Ravens, who rarely delve deeply into free agency but this week will reveal the future of Ronnie Stanley and the offensive line. Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for the tampering period and the options of both sides in a weird window of negotiations and news. You’ll want to be on the WNST Baltimore Positive Text Service this week!

The glory days of being Hank Azaria and singing Springsteen songs

Actor and comedian Hank Azaria tells Nestor why The Boss has him living glory days in Baltimore and why he’ll be singing “Born To Run” and many more Bruce Springsteen classics when he brings his charity show to Sound Stage on March 7th. Some Simpsons, some poker and a life of loving sports and mimicry and The River with a TV legend.

How long can the Ravens tuck and hide?

We are a week away from the tampering period of NFL free agency and Luke Jones and Nestor continue to read the purple tea leaves about Justin Tucker, Mark Andrews and Ronnie Stanley as the Baltimore Ravens try to run, hide, tuck and roll during an NFL investigation in Owings Mills.

Orioles making a spring pitch toward early success

The Orioles’ starting rotation isn’t built for the long haul but a promising early spring from the starters and the welcomed relief of having Felix Bautista back on the bump has Luke Jones and Nestor cautiously optimistic about Mike Elias’ ability to piece together a one-year program with Tomoyuki Sugano, Charlie Morton and the remaining cast from last season.

McMillen emphasizes resilience of American democracy amidst current chaos

It’s easy to go marching into the Madness of college basketball season with Tom McMillen but our defending forward of Congressional service and American hoops diplomacy joins Nestor to discuss a lot about Russia, the state of the world and a little about the path of the Maryland Terrapins this month.

That’s “Sir” Digital Williams now as a courtside legend enters Coppin Hall of Fame

He’s been a visitor many times over three decades and now we can call him “Hall of Famer” Gary Williams. He’s the “other” Gary Williams of Beltway Boxing “aka” Digital, who was inducted into the Coppin State Hall of Fame after all of his years on the mic at the Coppin Center and the beautiful new Physical Education Complex. A little Eagles love here with one of our favorite local historians of the sweet science.

The Ovechkin Fountain of Youth and fire on ice with snow on the mountain

Yes, the Fountain Dive of the 2018 Stanley Cup hangover celebration has been memorialized, but Ovechkin is still not done making memories for Caps fans. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the fire of The Great Eight and the ice of the Justin Tucker scandal in their weekly podcast chat.

Twenty years of living the Ravens’ club life

When baseball and football intersect, we’re always happy to welcome Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery who reveals the Ravens “Tickets For 20 Years” grand prize winner and the spring training days of entering the Home Run Riches contest to win big when the Orioles hit ’em deep this this season.

One day soon, it will be the umpires who are “out” at MLB

The engineered strike zone is coming along as fast as many of the slow-moving changes have in recent years for Major League Baseball. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss umpires, spring training strike zones and getting the balls and strikes right in MLB as the game is on the cusp of being revolutionized with technology settling the scores – and the bets.

Will the NFL find Tucker scandal to be “serious, concerning” enough for action?

As Eric DeCosta and John Harbaugh deflected an NFL investigation in their building regarding the Justin Tucker allegations at a combine media cattle call, Luke Jones and Nestor attempt to decipher their Indianapolis words of confidence on a return for Ronnie Stanley, the future of Mark Andrews and what they’ll be looking for in the April draft.

It’s time for MLB to figure out streaming and how fans will find Orioles baseball in future

“What channel is the game on?” It’s a lot more complicated than it used to be – or needs to be. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the MLB ethos on media, streaming and how we find baseball in 2025. And, more importantly, where the new ownership of the Orioles find their fan base with the MASN mess left behind with the Nationals from Team Angelos’ mismanagement and chaos.

Spring training and winter winning

Always making time for some spring training baseball chatter along with the winners, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for a season of fun games and tales of no-hitters lost and borrowed.

Will Ravens be on the Mark, Justin time for Indy combine? We have questions…

Because we know you miss football and need the best insights and analysis of the Baltimore Ravens offseason and a look ahead to this week’s Indianapolis circus and combine. Luke Jones and Nestor Aparicio go a little deeper tissue than just Justin Tucker for Eric DeCosta and John Harbaugh as the national media comes asking questions about Ronnie Stanley and, maybe, even Mark Andrews. Let the NFL season begin!

Justin Tucker Nestor Aparicio Super Bowl Radio Row

The happy times with Justin Tucker

At the Super Bowl in January 2015, Nestor sat down to discuss with then-young Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker a potentially glorious Hall of Fame career in the Charm City eating Royal Farms chicken and drinking real fresh, real fast coffee and going to Canton. Tucker also sings some Texas fight song music in this one…

The big Ravens Maryland Lottery winner returns with his Voices of Hope to help others overcome addiction in Harford County

He bought a Ravens scratch-off Maryland Lottery ticket on Harford Road 18 months ago and T.J. Humphries is going to the games with his daughter for the next 20 years. He returns to “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” to tell Nestor about his cushy club level seats but also his amazing story of addiction, recovery and now helping others via his Voices of Hope recovery and mentoring journey.

Dropping the puck – and the NHL gloves for the red, white and blue

If you’re not a hockey fan, the games this week have probably come to you at some point with the NHL prepping for Olympic ice time with a mini-tournament in lieu of a traditional All Star Game. Leonard Raskin and Nestor check in on USA hockey on Canadian ice and wonder if the Ravens will check out on Justin Tucker.

Spring training hopes and Canadian Opening Day dreams

It’s always fun talking baseball after a long winter. With the Baltimore Orioles on the field showing new faces and dispatching images of spring training baseball from Sarasota, Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for the season ahead and the unique Opening Day circumstances and attendance in Toronto beyond Anthony Santander.

Justin Tucker Eagles

When will Ravens become Tuckered out by these 16 massage therapist allegations?

The Justin Tucker scandal has continued as seven more women have come forward to The Baltimore Banner to accuse the longtime Ravens’ kicker of inappropriate conduct during local massages a decade ago. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the now-16 female massage therapists’ claims vs. the word of Justin Tucker – and attacking the journalists – and what the Baltimore Ravens are gonna do about it. And when…

Monopolizing the fun

It’s a big week for the Ravens scratch-off winners gathering for the grand prize of “Tickets For 20 Years” and John Martin of Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for the culmination of the biggest promotion of the year as well as the rolling jackpot of “Rich Uncle Pennybags” and the current Monopoly game.

Talking Dundalk sports love, history and a coaching life after Pop Warner

When we take “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to Costas Inn in Dundalk, old friends are bound to walk in and when James Thomas tried to sneak out, Nestor pulled him back in to discuss everything that’s happened since he was the quarterback of their 1978 Pop Warner football team in Logan Village. Let now CCBC Catonsville Cardinals assistant women’s basketball coach Jimmy T and Soup For The Soul’s Stacy Nagel tell you why Dundalk folks stick together almost 50 years later.

Streaming away the NFL season

It’s the one event we all watch but now that football season is over and we turn toward the rest of the sports landscape, what you watch is predicated on what you’re willing to pay for to subscribe. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the remnants of a dud Super Bowl and former cable TV ecosystem that powers modern sports streaming and confuses the hell out of the rest of us…

Ricig: Drawing the tough sports cartoons comes along with the news

One of the best parts of “A Cup of Soup Or Bowl” is getting all over town and seeing our best sports pals and talking Orioles and Ravens. Legendary sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano – aka “Ricig” – joins Nestor for some real Ravens’ community talk with the thud to the Bills and Justin Tucker allegations along with high hopes for the Orioles and summer fun. Let our Ko-Host draw you his mental map to cartooning tough issues and controversial topics from Koco’s Pub.

Lighting the Torch for the good news in Towson

As “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” week moved around town, we were moved and inspired by all of the great things happening all over Baltimore. On Day 5 at Kooper’s North, Nestor was joined by “No One Listens” documentary pal Gregg Landry of Towson Transfers and local media guru Chris Forhan, formerly of The Baltimore Banner, whose new local project spotlighting the “news you can use” approach of the new Towson Torch was a great way to discuss community and positive news right where WNST and Baltimore Positive reside.

It’s time for Luke and Nestor to talk baseball and Orioles 2025 hopes

They are the Elton John and Bernie Taupin of Baltimore sports media – only gathering a few times a year and making podcasts, videos, blogs and radio from two different states for two decades at WNST Baltimore Positive. Luke Jones and Nestor Aparicio convene at Kooper’s North on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to discuss the direction of 2025 Baltimore Orioles. It’s baseball season, Birdland…

The disrespect of MVP snub will only serve to motivate Lamar – even more

Josh Allen looked happy to win his first NFL MVP Award while we all know that Lamar Jackson has his eyes on a bigger prize – even if he deserved his third trophy for the league’s best player. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss “most valuable” and voters and All-Pro Awards and “Honors” TV shows that are dreadful. And the Canton knocks of glory that didn’t come (just yet) for Yanda and Suggs.

This is the Big One

With the Super Bowl looming and the grand prize winners of the Ravens scratch-off gathering, Executive Director John Martin of The Maryland Lottery talks about wagering on The Big Game and beyond with responsibility and in the spirit of fun.

That time at Super Bowl in New Orleans 30 years ago when I hit Bourbon Street with a Chicago sports radio legend

With the Super Bowl back in New Orleans and so many memories of Big Games’ past, it was time to finally summon Chicago sports radio legend Mike North back to fill in the holes of that one night on Bourbon Street on our first of 27 Radio Row Week memories. The former hot dog vendor turned airwaves barker lays on the condiments of humor and passion for The Windy City he loves.

Making the Canton case for Marshal Yanda in bronze

Over the past three weeks, we’ve welcomed several members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee onto the show to discuss the candidacies of Marshal Yanda, Terrell Suggs and Steve Smith Sr. Meet Tampa football sportswriter Ira Kaufman, who brings his usual sage insights on what Yanda might be the first to enter the bust room in Canton.

The streets of Smalltimore and whispers about Justin Tucker

This is only the beginning of the Justin Tucker massage parlor scandal in Baltimore and we wonder when the Ravens will be heard from in these allegations – on and off the field. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the civic fallout around town and who knew what and when and what happens next…

When the Lions didn’t roar in January

In lieu of our traditional Super Bowl Radio Row, we’re reaching out to our NFL world to invite voters for the Pro Football Hall of Fame onto the show this week to discuss a trio of Ravens on the Canton ballot. Dave Birkett of The Detroit Free Press covers the Lions and tells Nestor what happens after you lose in January in a town that has never won The Big Game.

Will Baltimore get the Jacksonville vote?

Our Woodlawn and Maryland defending champion Sam Kouvaris, who made a life as a Jacksonville sports television legend, returns home to report with Nestor the pains of Jaguars life and the pleasure of his 30th year on the Pro Football Hall of Fame committee examining Marshal Yanda, Terrell Suggs and Steve Smith Sr. for Canton glory.

Mike Nolan: Here’s why this Lamar and King Henry offense set records

After 34 years of coaching in the NFL, when it comes to learning football we turn to old friends like former Ravens coach and 49ers head coach Mike Nolan to help us better understand the game. Time well spent here discussing defensing Lamar Jackson, the power of great ownership and the abilities of coaches to put the best players in a position to make impact.

You’ll find her in the Club

Every year, one lucky second chance Ravens scratch-off winner will find 20 years of season tickets in the warm seats and no one could be happier than lifer-purple-hearted Shannan Brown of Aberdeen, who shares her story of being this year’s Maryland Lottery Tickets For Twenty Years victor and her plans for fun to honor her father.

A big weekend for Ravens and Stanley to decide future fate of left tackle protection for Lamar

It’s never the biggest week of the year for the Baltimore Ravens, who rarely delve deeply into free agency but this week will reveal the future of Ronnie Stanley and the offensive line. Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for the tampering period and the options of both sides in a weird window of negotiations and news. You’ll want to be on the WNST Baltimore Positive Text Service this week!

The glory days of being Hank Azaria and singing Springsteen songs

Actor and comedian Hank Azaria tells Nestor why The Boss has him living glory days in Baltimore and why he’ll be singing “Born To Run” and many more Bruce Springsteen classics when he brings his charity show to Sound Stage on March 7th. Some Simpsons, some poker and a life of loving sports and mimicry and The River with a TV legend.

How long can the Ravens tuck and hide?

We are a week away from the tampering period of NFL free agency and Luke Jones and Nestor continue to read the purple tea leaves about Justin Tucker, Mark Andrews and Ronnie Stanley as the Baltimore Ravens try to run, hide, tuck and roll during an NFL investigation in Owings Mills.

Orioles making a spring pitch toward early success

The Orioles’ starting rotation isn’t built for the long haul but a promising early spring from the starters and the welcomed relief of having Felix Bautista back on the bump has Luke Jones and Nestor cautiously optimistic about Mike Elias’ ability to piece together a one-year program with Tomoyuki Sugano, Charlie Morton and the remaining cast from last season.

McMillen emphasizes resilience of American democracy amidst current chaos

It’s easy to go marching into the Madness of college basketball season with Tom McMillen but our defending forward of Congressional service and American hoops diplomacy joins Nestor to discuss a lot about Russia, the state of the world and a little about the path of the Maryland Terrapins this month.

That’s “Sir” Digital Williams now as a courtside legend enters Coppin Hall of Fame

He’s been a visitor many times over three decades and now we can call him “Hall of Famer” Gary Williams. He’s the “other” Gary Williams of Beltway Boxing “aka” Digital, who was inducted into the Coppin State Hall of Fame after all of his years on the mic at the Coppin Center and the beautiful new Physical Education Complex. A little Eagles love here with one of our favorite local historians of the sweet science.

The Ovechkin Fountain of Youth and fire on ice with snow on the mountain

Yes, the Fountain Dive of the 2018 Stanley Cup hangover celebration has been memorialized, but Ovechkin is still not done making memories for Caps fans. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the fire of The Great Eight and the ice of the Justin Tucker scandal in their weekly podcast chat.

Twenty years of living the Ravens’ club life

When baseball and football intersect, we’re always happy to welcome Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery who reveals the Ravens “Tickets For 20 Years” grand prize winner and the spring training days of entering the Home Run Riches contest to win big when the Orioles hit ’em deep this this season.

One day soon, it will be the umpires who are “out” at MLB

The engineered strike zone is coming along as fast as many of the slow-moving changes have in recent years for Major League Baseball. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss umpires, spring training strike zones and getting the balls and strikes right in MLB as the game is on the cusp of being revolutionized with technology settling the scores – and the bets.

Will the NFL find Tucker scandal to be “serious, concerning” enough for action?

As Eric DeCosta and John Harbaugh deflected an NFL investigation in their building regarding the Justin Tucker allegations at a combine media cattle call, Luke Jones and Nestor attempt to decipher their Indianapolis words of confidence on a return for Ronnie Stanley, the future of Mark Andrews and what they’ll be looking for in the April draft.

It’s time for MLB to figure out streaming and how fans will find Orioles baseball in future

“What channel is the game on?” It’s a lot more complicated than it used to be – or needs to be. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the MLB ethos on media, streaming and how we find baseball in 2025. And, more importantly, where the new ownership of the Orioles find their fan base with the MASN mess left behind with the Nationals from Team Angelos’ mismanagement and chaos.

Spring training and winter winning

Always making time for some spring training baseball chatter along with the winners, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for a season of fun games and tales of no-hitters lost and borrowed.

Will Ravens be on the Mark, Justin time for Indy combine? We have questions…

Because we know you miss football and need the best insights and analysis of the Baltimore Ravens offseason and a look ahead to this week’s Indianapolis circus and combine. Luke Jones and Nestor Aparicio go a little deeper tissue than just Justin Tucker for Eric DeCosta and John Harbaugh as the national media comes asking questions about Ronnie Stanley and, maybe, even Mark Andrews. Let the NFL season begin!

Justin Tucker Nestor Aparicio Super Bowl Radio Row

The happy times with Justin Tucker

At the Super Bowl in January 2015, Nestor sat down to discuss with then-young Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker a potentially glorious Hall of Fame career in the Charm City eating Royal Farms chicken and drinking real fresh, real fast coffee and going to Canton. Tucker also sings some Texas fight song music in this one…

The big Ravens Maryland Lottery winner returns with his Voices of Hope to help others overcome addiction in Harford County

He bought a Ravens scratch-off Maryland Lottery ticket on Harford Road 18 months ago and T.J. Humphries is going to the games with his daughter for the next 20 years. He returns to “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” to tell Nestor about his cushy club level seats but also his amazing story of addiction, recovery and now helping others via his Voices of Hope recovery and mentoring journey.

Dropping the puck – and the NHL gloves for the red, white and blue

If you’re not a hockey fan, the games this week have probably come to you at some point with the NHL prepping for Olympic ice time with a mini-tournament in lieu of a traditional All Star Game. Leonard Raskin and Nestor check in on USA hockey on Canadian ice and wonder if the Ravens will check out on Justin Tucker.

Spring training hopes and Canadian Opening Day dreams

It’s always fun talking baseball after a long winter. With the Baltimore Orioles on the field showing new faces and dispatching images of spring training baseball from Sarasota, Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for the season ahead and the unique Opening Day circumstances and attendance in Toronto beyond Anthony Santander.

Justin Tucker Eagles

When will Ravens become Tuckered out by these 16 massage therapist allegations?

The Justin Tucker scandal has continued as seven more women have come forward to The Baltimore Banner to accuse the longtime Ravens’ kicker of inappropriate conduct during local massages a decade ago. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the now-16 female massage therapists’ claims vs. the word of Justin Tucker – and attacking the journalists – and what the Baltimore Ravens are gonna do about it. And when…

Monopolizing the fun

It’s a big week for the Ravens scratch-off winners gathering for the grand prize of “Tickets For 20 Years” and John Martin of Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for the culmination of the biggest promotion of the year as well as the rolling jackpot of “Rich Uncle Pennybags” and the current Monopoly game.

Talking Dundalk sports love, history and a coaching life after Pop Warner

When we take “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to Costas Inn in Dundalk, old friends are bound to walk in and when James Thomas tried to sneak out, Nestor pulled him back in to discuss everything that’s happened since he was the quarterback of their 1978 Pop Warner football team in Logan Village. Let now CCBC Catonsville Cardinals assistant women’s basketball coach Jimmy T and Soup For The Soul’s Stacy Nagel tell you why Dundalk folks stick together almost 50 years later.

Streaming away the NFL season

It’s the one event we all watch but now that football season is over and we turn toward the rest of the sports landscape, what you watch is predicated on what you’re willing to pay for to subscribe. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the remnants of a dud Super Bowl and former cable TV ecosystem that powers modern sports streaming and confuses the hell out of the rest of us…

Ricig: Drawing the tough sports cartoons comes along with the news

One of the best parts of “A Cup of Soup Or Bowl” is getting all over town and seeing our best sports pals and talking Orioles and Ravens. Legendary sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano – aka “Ricig” – joins Nestor for some real Ravens’ community talk with the thud to the Bills and Justin Tucker allegations along with high hopes for the Orioles and summer fun. Let our Ko-Host draw you his mental map to cartooning tough issues and controversial topics from Koco’s Pub.

Lighting the Torch for the good news in Towson

As “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” week moved around town, we were moved and inspired by all of the great things happening all over Baltimore. On Day 5 at Kooper’s North, Nestor was joined by “No One Listens” documentary pal Gregg Landry of Towson Transfers and local media guru Chris Forhan, formerly of The Baltimore Banner, whose new local project spotlighting the “news you can use” approach of the new Towson Torch was a great way to discuss community and positive news right where WNST and Baltimore Positive reside.

It’s time for Luke and Nestor to talk baseball and Orioles 2025 hopes

They are the Elton John and Bernie Taupin of Baltimore sports media – only gathering a few times a year and making podcasts, videos, blogs and radio from two different states for two decades at WNST Baltimore Positive. Luke Jones and Nestor Aparicio convene at Kooper’s North on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to discuss the direction of 2025 Baltimore Orioles. It’s baseball season, Birdland…

The disrespect of MVP snub will only serve to motivate Lamar – even more

Josh Allen looked happy to win his first NFL MVP Award while we all know that Lamar Jackson has his eyes on a bigger prize – even if he deserved his third trophy for the league’s best player. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss “most valuable” and voters and All-Pro Awards and “Honors” TV shows that are dreadful. And the Canton knocks of glory that didn’t come (just yet) for Yanda and Suggs.

This is the Big One

With the Super Bowl looming and the grand prize winners of the Ravens scratch-off gathering, Executive Director John Martin of The Maryland Lottery talks about wagering on The Big Game and beyond with responsibility and in the spirit of fun.

That time at Super Bowl in New Orleans 30 years ago when I hit Bourbon Street with a Chicago sports radio legend

With the Super Bowl back in New Orleans and so many memories of Big Games’ past, it was time to finally summon Chicago sports radio legend Mike North back to fill in the holes of that one night on Bourbon Street on our first of 27 Radio Row Week memories. The former hot dog vendor turned airwaves barker lays on the condiments of humor and passion for The Windy City he loves.

Making the Canton case for Marshal Yanda in bronze

Over the past three weeks, we’ve welcomed several members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee onto the show to discuss the candidacies of Marshal Yanda, Terrell Suggs and Steve Smith Sr. Meet Tampa football sportswriter Ira Kaufman, who brings his usual sage insights on what Yanda might be the first to enter the bust room in Canton.

The streets of Smalltimore and whispers about Justin Tucker

This is only the beginning of the Justin Tucker massage parlor scandal in Baltimore and we wonder when the Ravens will be heard from in these allegations – on and off the field. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the civic fallout around town and who knew what and when and what happens next…

When the Lions didn’t roar in January

In lieu of our traditional Super Bowl Radio Row, we’re reaching out to our NFL world to invite voters for the Pro Football Hall of Fame onto the show this week to discuss a trio of Ravens on the Canton ballot. Dave Birkett of The Detroit Free Press covers the Lions and tells Nestor what happens after you lose in January in a town that has never won The Big Game.

Will Baltimore get the Jacksonville vote?

Our Woodlawn and Maryland defending champion Sam Kouvaris, who made a life as a Jacksonville sports television legend, returns home to report with Nestor the pains of Jaguars life and the pleasure of his 30th year on the Pro Football Hall of Fame committee examining Marshal Yanda, Terrell Suggs and Steve Smith Sr. for Canton glory.

Mike Nolan: Here’s why this Lamar and King Henry offense set records

After 34 years of coaching in the NFL, when it comes to learning football we turn to old friends like former Ravens coach and 49ers head coach Mike Nolan to help us better understand the game. Time well spent here discussing defensing Lamar Jackson, the power of great ownership and the abilities of coaches to put the best players in a position to make impact.

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