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It hasn’t been a great year so for the Baltimore Ravens or the fan base. Longtime Houston football fan and Texas attorney Steph Stradley returns in her best Bum Phillips attire to discuss the state of the Texans and how C.J. Stroud could attack a depleted Ravens defense this week.
With Lamar Jackson sidelined this week in Owings Mills, it’s time to face the reality of what the Baltimore Ravens offensive potential and pathway to a win over the Houston Texans will be without No. 8 and a huge chunk of the defense. Hard times for #RavensFlock, as Luke Jones and Nestor preview a pair of 1-3 teams fighting for any ugly win available.
No one is in a rush to see Cooper Rush get behind center but Houston sports media pundit Matt Thomas tells Nestor that the Texans have a lot of experience seeing him throw and Derrick Henry run the ball against them over the years. The Ravens are 8-0 against the horns in Baltimore but lots of injuries for the Ravens presents a big opportunity for C.J. Stroud to excel in a matchup of scuffling playoff hopefuls early in the NFL season.
Deep in the heart of Texas, the longtime voice of the Houston Texans in espanol tells Nestor about the community engagement in the Hispanic world of American football. Let Enrique Vasquez get you ready for what to expect from C.J. Stroud against a depleted Baltimore Ravens defense on Sunday. (Don’t worry: this one is in English!)
There’s no better excuse to have Houston sportswriter legend John McClain back on the show than when the Texans are coming to Baltimore. This time, he educates Nestor on the path of head coach DeMeco Ryans, progress of quarterback C.J. Stroud and provides a little history lesson about the Baltimore Colts roots deep in the heart of Texas.
This Baltimore Ravens roster held so much promise a month ago. Now, at 1-3 and staring at life without several of the highest paid players on the team, expectations of a Super Bowl seem distant and the next win is the most important one. Leonard Raskin and Nestor dissect the failures and injuries of Ravens as the season turns sour after the 38-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Baltimore Orioles finished in last place, lost a half a million fans at the gate at Camden Yards and are searching for a soul this offseason while watching the rest of MLB hang bunting and play October baseball. Luke Jones attended the bizarre Tony Mansolino and Mike Elias press conference at The Warehouse on Monday. Nestor watched on his computer. Here, they discuss the word salad and measure the strategy of David Rubenstein and Michael Arougheti.
None of the news has been encouraging out of Owings Mills. The injuries to Lamar Jackson and Ronnie Stanley on the offense and the decimation of the defensive front with Nnamdi Madubuike gone for the year and Roquan Smith, Marlon Humphrey and Nate Wiggins all early exits in Kansas City, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the scorecard you’ll need to identify who will play against the Houston Texans on Sunday.
The purple sky isn’t falling but it sure feels that way after a 37-20 drubbing at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs. The Baltimore Ravens have begun the season in a huge hole and are now littered with injuries across both sides of the ball. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss all that ails the men of John Harbaugh and the sputtering offense and ravaged defense.
The entire defensive line of the Baltimore Ravens was ravaged with injury before the game started in Kansas City. Now, with Roquan Smith, Marlon Humphrey and Nate Wiggins added to the injury report, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the defensive deficiencies and obvious depth concerns amidst mass losses and an atrocious 1-3 start to a season with Super Bowl expectations.
When we saw that the winner got four more than one million dollars, we had questions. Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery joins Nestor to discuss some odd winning numbers and the fine local art the agency collected in its most recent promotion for a 2026 scratchoff with a Free State theme.
In our continuing GBMC local health awareness and education series here at Baltimore Positive, we welcome Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Allison Ashcraft, who helps Nestor with ways to better assist his wife Jenn, who is a Type 1 diabetic, and to improve lifestyle for those at risk of the complications of the disease.
It’s not the heavyweight fight we expected in Kansas City on Sunday as both teams are 1-2 and need to start winning football games. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the high stakes for Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes and the franchises as the Ravens travel to the Chiefs as a dubious 2 1/2-point road favorite at Arrowhead Stadium.
It’s another Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes billed “Game Of The Weekend” in Kansas City but with both teams at 1-2, the stakes and rewards feel different for this early season battle at Arrowhead Stadium. Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star previews another heavyweight contest and the high stakes for Andy Reid and John Harbaugh, who square off once again as Super Bowl contenders in peril.
Three decades of baseball and sports radio friendship with former Royals reliever Jeff Montgomery comes full circle as Nestor checks in with his Kansas City broadcast pal on the eve of another Lamar Jackson visit and talks pitching, young arms and the never-ending MLB labor wars that will be surfacing again next season.
It’s the Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce’s marquee event of the year and you’re invited. Beth Rheingold educates Nestor about the important community and local business work being done by the Chamber in Baltimore County and why the 5K Doggie Dash is an important annual event supporting Reed’s Rescue.
If you follow our social media, you probably know that Nestor went west to see the fabulous Hollywood Bowl and check it off the top of the bucket list that financial advisor Leonard Raskin always encourages him to seek, stalk and enjoy. They discuss the nightmare Ravens loss to the Lions, too, but The Who and and Aerosmith reunion in Los Angeles were more fun to discuss this week.
Another week, another terrible fumble by future Hall of Famer Derrick Henry and another Ravens loss in September. Our defending football champion Dennis Koulatsos returns to discuss the many problems of the Baltimore Ravens with Nestor after the 38-30 loss to the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football.
It’s three weeks into the season and the Baltimore Ravens are 1-2 and the loser at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Sunday evening will be 1-3. Luke Jones and Nestor take a bumpy ride through the league and the fast week ahead for Ravens and Chiefs and licking wounds.
Learning how to support the National Kidney Foundation as survivors and donors gather for a signature family awareness event. Let Lisa Zawacki tell you about this year’s Kidney Walk at UMBC on October 19th.
It’s not often that the Baltimore Ravens get pushed around in their house. That happened on Monday night against the Detroit Lions and Luke Jones and Nestor are picking up the pieces of an ugly Ravens loss and a short week of prep before heading to Kansas City to face a similarly scuffling Chiefs team and Patrick Mahomes.
There hasn’t been much to provide offseason hope for a last place baseball team but Luke Jones and Nestor agree that the emergence of Trevor Rogers and encouraging return of Kyle Bradish to the top of the Orioles rotation helps ease some pressure on a Birdland offseason of unrest for Mike Elias and a franchise in search of better pitching and awakened, youthful bats next spring.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss problems Ravens had with Lions in losing battle
It was a bad night at the stadium. The Baltimore Ravens were mostly manhandled by the Detroit Lions. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the roar of Jared Goff and Aidan Hutchinson after a demoralizing 38-30 loss and a short week of prep for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Because it’s Smalltimore at heart, we hear and read the local threads of thought leaders throughout the community. Parkville attorney Chad Cos joins Nestor at The Beaumont in Catonsville on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss law and order, checks and balances and what’s happening in American democracy with the ignorance of accountability beyond tribal politics. Oh, and about The Constitution…
As part of our continuing local health education series with GBMC, we welcome Dr. Aneesha Varrey to discuss modern childbirth and the many ways for everyone in a mother’s life to support her pregnancy – before and after the baby comes – with all of the family excitement and love.
Back at The Beaumont in Catonsville for the Maryland Crab Cake Tour with Councilman Pat Young, who gives Nestor his views on the state of Baltimore County and why he’s running for County Executive.
After spending two decades together inside and outside the Baltimore Ravens’ organization, it was finally time for former team chiropractor Doug Miller to join Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at The Beaumont in his homeland of Catonsville to to discuss moving your body better and what we learn from a life in professional sports.
The bright lights will be out for Monday Night Football but it’s the injury report that has Luke Jones and Nestor concerned beyond the roar of the Detroit Lions. How long will the Baltimore Ravens be without Nnamdi Madubuike bolstering the pass rush as Jared Goff looms with a high-powered Motown attack?
Getting you ready for Monday Night Football under the bright lights in Baltimore. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the strengths and threats that the Detroit Lions bring to the Ravens and Lamar Jackson.
We all know that awful feeling of eating too much or the wrong kinds of foods and the unpleasantness of an upset stomach. Gastroenterologist Dr. Dhanush Hoskere of GBMC returns to help settle Nestor’s stomach about treatments and procedures to help with GERD and acid reflux and some lifestyle choices to help eliminate the problem.
The fun of football is here and Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery joins Nestor to discuss the annual Ravens scratch-off prizes and promotion that is the most success of the year for the agency. Let’s talk big winners and unique experiences as the NFL roller coaster ride of fandom continues in Baltimore.
It’s a new season and a new school year at Coppin State University where men’s head basketball coach and former NBAer Larry Stewart is getting a whole new cast of student athletes assembled to play in the MEAC. Stew joined Nestor at The Beaumount in Catonsville on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to talk NIL and modern college basketball recruiting realities that are different than when Fang Mitchell brought him to West Baltimore 39 years ago.
Yacht Rock isn’t just a music category of modern documentary making, it’s a spirited way of life for Nick Niespodziani, founding member of Yacht Rock Revue who tells early adopter and sailor hat cruise fan Nestor about the real history and ethos of the greatest tribute band in America. Go steal away with them at the new Baltimore Soundstage on Sunday, September 21st.
Where do the Baltimore Orioles go in this offseason of many needs and even more questions about their young talent? Luke Jones and Nestor debate the team’s youthful core, including Gunner Henderson, Adley Rutschman, and Jackson Holliday, noting the need for improved performance and health in 2026.
Leonard Raskin joins Nestor while still aglow from the sunburn and fun of a Ravens home beat down of the Cleveland Browns and a day spent at Woodholme Golf Course with the great folks of the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital raising funds and awareness for the great work they do for the children in need locally and regionally.
It’s almost impossible to win in the NFL without your franchise quarterback. It’s another season-altering injury in Cincinnati for Joe Burrow and the Bengals and that certainly changes the axis of power in the AFC North. Luke Jones and Nestor assess the emerging state of the league after Week 2 and the Ravens’ thumping of Browns in Baltimore and an ugly Steelers’ home loss to Seattle.
It wasn’t quite Johnny Unitas running around San Diego a half a century ago but it wasn’t the finest hour of the former Ravens’ Super Bowl MVP quarterback coming “home” to face a bigger, better foe on a day when Lombardi Trophies were being hoisted. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the fall of Joe Flacco and the Cleveland Browns to a AFC North purple powerhouse in Baltimore.
As the ceremonies began and old Colts and the founding members of the Baltimore Ravens brought the Lombardi Trophies onto the field as Joe Flacco prepared the Cleveland Browns for battle, all of the purple emotions of 30 seasons took over – and then the game played to three decades of AFC North form. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss another Browns beatdown on Sunday in Baltimore.
It’s very personal with Will Hinman, a peer counselor at the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, who shares his personal journey and the high risk of suicide among problem gamblers with Nestor. We all know about the number – and might even know someone who needs to use it – and we explored exactly what happens when someone seeks treatment. Hinman stresses the availability of free counseling and support groups in Maryland to help those struggling with gambling addiction.
