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Mark Bryan and childhood friend Steve Lipton rock Nestor through the Hootie and The Blowfish story

Guitarist Mark Bryan and childhood friend Steve Lipton rock Nestor through the Hootie and The Blowfish story and their original Montgomery County high school band The Screaming Trojans, who are playing a fun reunion gig at The Starboard in Dewey Beach on September 24th before the big Oceans Calling show in Ocean City, Maryland the next night. Two kids had a band once…

Nestor does Indianapolis radio and previews Ravens at Colts with ESPN Indy crew

Oh, we always have fun with those guys in Indianapolis! It’s been 42 years since the people of Indiana pilfered the Colts away in the middle of the night. But the ESPN Indy guys still ask about the legend of Beanie Bob (via Ricig) and Nestor still reminds them that there have been two Ravens parades in Baltimore. But does the next one down Pratt Street begin with Lamar Jackson heading to the friendly heart of the Midwest to start the season? He offers a full preview of what he thinks of the new Jesse Minter operation here to the good people of Indy.

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Sending another Irsay Nastygram to Indianapolis as Ravens visit Colts

Oh, we always have fun with those guys in Indianapolis! It’s been 42 years since the people of Indiana pilfered the Colts away in the middle of the night. But the ESPN Indy guys still ask about the legend of Beanie Bob (via Ricig) and Nestor still reminds them that there have been two Ravens parades in Baltimore. But does the next one down Pratt Street begin with Lamar Jackson heading to the friendly heart of the Midwest to start the season? He offers a full preview of what he thinks of the new Jesse Minter operation here to the good people of Indy.

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What’s next for Orioles and Elias when this train wreck season ends?

As the baseball season winds down and the Orioles continue to flop at the bottom end of a weak AL Wild Card chase, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss all of the pending baseball issues in Birdland and question why in the world Mike Elias would be allowed to continue to run the operation.

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Giving a Hoot for the friendship of The Screaming Trojans before Oceans Calling rocks the beach

Mark Bryan and childhood friend Steve Lipton rock Nestor through the Hootie and The Blowfish story and their original Montgomery County high school band The Screaming Trojans, who are playing a fun reunion gig at The Starboard in Dewey Beach on September 24th before the big Oceans Calling show in Ocean City, Maryland the next night. Two kids had a band once…

Indianapolis sportswriter Mike Chappell gives Nestor a Hall of Fame primer on Colts hosting Ravens

As the Ravens return to Indianapolis and begin their 31st season in Baltimore with a roadtrip to an old nemesis on and off the field, longtime Indy sportswriter Mike Chappell gives Nestor a Hall of Fame primer on the modern Colts, owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon and how Daniel Jones will be counted on again to lift a mediocre franchise out of its malaise since Peyton Manning departed.

Luke Jones and Nestor get ready for new Ravens look of Minter and Lamar offense as Colts await in in Indy to start campaign

This lengthy preview of the Ravens season opener in Indianapolis is chock full of the mystery that always comes with a September kickoff game. How much can we possibly know with so much change? But, as Luke Jones and Nestor get ready for the new look of Jesse Minter and the offense of Declan Doyle against the Colts, we all know it’s about Lamar Jackson and the quest for a Super Bowl that will define another NFL season in Baltimore.

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Getting the old horseshoe ready for a Baltimore visit in Indy

The Ravens are a favorite on the road to start the season in Indianapolis and there’s no finer voice from the friendly heart of the Midwest than longtime columnist and Colts insider Bob Kravitz, who joins Nestor for a primer on Colts past, present and future as Baltimore at Irsay doesn’t mean what it used to anymore.

Luke Jones and Nestor pick up the pieces of the sorry state of Baltimore Orioles baseball after lost weekend at Camden Yards

Sure, Luke Jones talked about the lousy baseball over the weekend and the four-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards. But Nestor lost his mind in this one about the lack of respect this new ownership group had regarding “honoring” the surviving members of legendary 1966 Orioles World Series on their 60th anniversary. Imagine a guy named “Aparicio” living in Baltimore losing his freaking mind over the indignity of the whole shoddy performance? When is this nightmare season over?

Munch Bishop pitches in from Cleveland as Orioles and Guardians play mediocre Wild Card baseball

It is certainly not a brand of baseball that is attractive or of high quality but “pennant race” MLB action is unfolding at Camden Yards as the Cleveland Guardians come to town with October on the brain. Our Cuyahoga insider Munch Bishop pitches in from Ohio as the sub-.500 Baltimore Orioles circle the drain and limp toward the finish line in a less-than-optimal baseball season in Birdland.

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Picking up the pieces of the sorry state of Orioles

Sure, Luke Jones talked about the lousy baseball over the weekend and the four-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards. But Nestor lost his mind in this one about the lack of respect this new ownership group had regarding “honoring” the surviving members of legendary 1966 Orioles World Series on their 60th anniversary. Imagine a guy named “Aparicio” living in Baltimore losing his freaking mind over the indignity of the whole shoddy performance? When is this nightmare season over?

Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

First things, first: Beating the Colts on Sunday in Indy

This lengthy preview of the Ravens season opener in Indianapolis is chock full of the mystery that always comes with a September kickoff game. How much can we possibly know with so much change? But, as Luke Jones and Nestor get ready for the new look of Jesse Minter and the offense of Declan Doyle against the Colts, we all know it’s about Lamar Jackson and the quest for a Super Bowl that will define another NFL season in Baltimore.

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The third generation of Irsay family tree continues to operate Colts in Indy

As the Ravens return to Indianapolis and begin their 31st season in Baltimore with a roadtrip to an old nemesis on and off the field, longtime Indy sportswriter Mike Chappell gives Nestor a Hall of Fame primer on the modern Colts, owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon and how Daniel Jones will be counted on again to lift a mediocre franchise out of its malaise since Peyton Manning departed.

Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, x-Archive

Holding the guard in Cleveland for a Wild Card race

It is certainly not a brand of baseball that is attractive or of high quality but “pennant race” MLB action is unfolding at Camden Yards as the Cleveland Guardians come to town with October on the brain. Our Cuyahoga insider Munch Bishop pitches in from Ohio as the sub-.500 Baltimore Orioles circle the drain and limp toward the finish line in a less-than-optimal baseball season in Birdland.

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Getting the Xs and Os of new NFL Powerball game kickoff

With plenty of games in progress, we know that the NFL is kicking off this week and John Martin of The Maryland Lottery is here to give Nestor the Xs and Os of a new Powerball game kickoff just in time for the season. Plus, plenty of big winners all over the state this week as the Maryland State Fair concludes.

Riley Granek returns for another Bands With Brains fundraiser for BIAMD on September 26th and brain injury victims

The brainchild of the original “Bands For Brains” fundraiser for the Brain Injury Association of Maryland returns to help promote this great night of local music for a great cause. Let Riley Granek tell you the tale of her mother’s tragic injury inspiring her to want to bring folks together to help other victims and other families in need after a trauma.

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Triumph and holding onto the sounds inside your soul with Rik Emmett

Our favorite rock star Rik Emmett returns to tell Nestor what he’s learned about life during this second act and leg of his band’s reunion, and how his beautifully inspirational words and their meaning flows along for a lifetime. Along with Gil Moore and a trio of incredible musicians, Triumph returns to Baltimore for the first time in four decades on November 21st. The simple truth lies waiting here for everyone to share…

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Time to get real with the real NFL season for Ravens

The preseason nonsense has ended. “Final” cuts have been made. And the 53 current Baltimore Ravens have been selected. Now, it’s time to get ready for the Indianapolis Colts and get a real in-season clock working in Owings Mills. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Ravens week ahead in preparation for a Super Bowl-run that will begin with many questions left to be answered on the field in the friendly heart of the Midwest.

Rik Emmett tells Nestor what he’s learned about life in this Triumph of a comeback reunion tour

Our favorite rock star Rik Emmett returns to tell Nestor what he’s learned about life during this second act and leg of his band’s reunion, and how his beautifully inspirational words and their meaning flows along for a lifetime. Along with Gil Moore and a trio of incredible musicians, Triumph returns to Baltimore for the first time in four decades on November 21st. The simple truth lies waiting here for everyone to share…

Comptroller Brooke Lierman gives Nestor the receipts on Maryland money, tax information and distributing unclaimed funds

It’s been a year since Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman has joined us and Nestor has been piling up the “unclaimed funds” as she brings the receipts on Maryland money, tax information and distributing all of this “lost and found” money to people like me and you. And the Maryland Tax Connect launches this week and as a taxpayer, this is a modernization that her first campaign promised in Annapolis.

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When they give you a ‘Best of Baltimore’ award for reinventing your brand, you thank ’em!

Max Weiss and Ron Cassie of Baltimore Magazine return to the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Koco’s Pub with a long-form chat about the reinvention of “Nasty Nestor” as well as their “magazine” brand and their annual selection, soiree and salute to the “Best of Baltimore” businesses, ideas and what makes the Charm City go and evolve.

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The offseason chaos of the business and labor of MLB that will unnerve baseball fans all over again

The big war in Major League Baseball is a percolating and longtime baseball insider and writer Dave Sheinin has seen it all before. In his new role with NOTUS in Washington, D.C., the longtime Post sportswriter gives Nestor and Ricig a primer on life after newspapers and the handbook for the battle ahead between owners and players at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Billionaires vs. millionaires. We’ve seen this before…

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss travel to Brazil with Ravens and why we go places with our money

It’s going to be quite a trip ahead for Leonard Raskin and many Baltimore Ravens fans who are not only getting their passports stamped in Brazil this month, but also better have their visa! And their credit card and security for their phones. Nestor, who did the Copacabana, Ipanema and Corcovado run in 2006 with the Rolling Stones in the biggest concert in the history of the planet, asks our resident financial expert what he’s hoping to find in Rio de Janeiro – other than Dallas Cowboys fans.

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Baseball business and believing in Boston sports with Bob Ryan

What makes baseball great is a September pennant race series at Camden Yards between the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. This Labor Day weekend makes it a perfect time to check in with the hardest-working retired legend in New England. Sportswriter Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe and ESPN “The Sports Reporters” joins Nestor to talk about the greatest things he’s ever seen from behind a typewriter or a mobile device.

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What will Ravens fans find by flocking in Rio de Janeiro this month?

It’s going to be quite a trip ahead for Leonard Raskin and many Baltimore Ravens fans who are not only getting their passports stamped in Brazil this month, but also better have their visa! And their credit card and security for their phones. Nestor, who did the Copacabana, Ipanema and Corcovado run in 2006 with the Rolling Stones in the biggest concert in the history of the planet, asks our resident financial expert what he’s hoping to find in Rio de Janeiro – other than Dallas Cowboys fans.

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Bands With Brains fundraiser for BIAMD returns to Peabody Heights Brewery on September 26th

The brainchild of the original “Bands For Brains” fundraiser for the Brain Injury Association of Maryland returns to help promote this great night of local music for a great cause. Let Riley Granek tell you the tale of her mother’s tragic injury inspiring her to want to bring folks together to help other victims and other families in need after a trauma.

Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe doesn’t believe in Red Sox but happy to share baseball beliefs with Nestor during pennant race

What makes baseball great is a September pennant race series at Camden Yards between the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. This Labor Day weekend makes it a perfect time to check in with the hardest-working retired legend in New England. Sportswriter Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe and ESPN “The Sports Reporters” joins Nestor to talk about the greatest things he’s ever seen from behind a typewriter or a mobile device.

Dave Sheinin and Ricig join Nestor at Koco’s to discuss Baltimore sports and baseball chaos

The big war in Major League Baseball is a percolating and longtime baseball insider and writer Dave Sheinin has seen it all before. In his new role with NOTUS in Washington, D.C., the longtime Post sportswriter gives Nestor and Ricig a primer on life after newspapers and the handbook for the battle ahead between owners and players at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Billionaires vs. millionaires. We’ve seen this before…

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the disgust of Orioles poor showing in Colorado

The Baltimore Orioles came one miracle leap and catch by Colton Cowser away from getting swept by the woeful Colorado Rockies in Denver. Two steps forward and three steps sideways as Luke Jones and Nestor recant every nice thing they said 48 hours ago as the Boston Red Sox come to Camden Yards for four games in a “pennant race” that feels very on brand for a sub-.500 outfit in September.

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Discussing the disgust of Orioles bat and battle fortitude in Colorado

The Baltimore Orioles came one miracle leap and catch by Colton Cowser away from getting swept by the woeful Colorado Rockies in Denver. Two steps forward and three steps sideways as Luke Jones and Nestor recant every nice thing they said 48 hours ago as the Boston Red Sox come to Camden Yards for four games in a “pennant race” that feels very on brand for a sub-.500 outfit in September.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics, Technology

Unclaimed funds? Lierman shows Nestor how to get what he’s got coming to him

It’s been a year since Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman has joined us and Nestor has been piling up the “unclaimed funds” as she brings the receipts on Maryland money, tax information and distributing all of this “lost and found” money to people like me and you. And the Maryland Tax Connect launches this week and as a taxpayer, this is a modernization that her first campaign promised in Annapolis.

Dogs and cats and Ravens and Orioles with Dennis Koulatsos and Zach Dermer

When we bring together old Baltimore Positive supporters and new ones, we wind up having the most fun on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. This time at The Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville, Zach Dermer of The Comfort Guys joins Dennis Koulatsos of Koons Ford for a Baltimore sports fall primer on where the Orioles are and where the Ravens might be going as the leaves change and the birds flock together for the home team.

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