Old old Italiano sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano discusses his recent soujourn to the motherland and catches up on a lifetime of friendship and sports and their 1984 meeting as colleagues at The News American on Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Gunpowder Lodge.
From Buffalo to Italy to Baltimore with sports cartoon love
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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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