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All in on Josh Allen as the undefeated (and still Super Bowl winless) Bills bring the Buffalo mafia to Baltimore

Football historian Vic Carucci checks in from Buffalo where the play of Josh Allen through three weeks has Bills shouting “Super Bowl contender” along with the chorus to Mr. Brightside. And the Hall of Fame voter weighs in on candidacies of Terrell Suggs and Marshal Yanda.

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Mark Viviano finally tells Nestor the whole back story on his massive scoop of Browns coming to Baltimore in 1995

Mark Viviano finally tells Nestor the whole back story of his scoop of Browns coming to Baltimore in 1995

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Finally playing “This is your life!” with Mark Viviano after all of these years

After three decades of behind-the-scenes friendship working for “rival” media companies, the freshly retired Mark Viviano finally joins Nestor to discuss their long-standing careers in sports journalism, reflecting on mutual experiences and personal connections. From St. Louis to Baltimore via Atlanta, Dayton and Cedar Rapids, Viv’s memory of their first-ever radio chat via Chicago 25 years ago even makes Nestor blush.

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And here come the first-place Cleveland Guardians

Over the last decade when they’ve gathered to discuss mostly Browns and Ravens football, legendary Cleveland radio host Munch Bishop has been quite modest about the amount of on-field success of the Guardians baseball franchise. As the upstart “Guard” arrive at Camden Yards, Nestor aims to measure how that Cleveland ownership might be paving the way for the Rubenstein philosophy in Baltimore.

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Joe Flacco: Coming back to Baltimore to set the record straight on Cleveland

We’ve been writing about and talking to Joe Flacco about football since the day he was drafted in Baltimore in 2008. After an amazing December run in Cleveland, our Super Bowl XLVII MVP comes back home to discuss what made his fairy tale ride with the Browns so special and to set the record straight on his Ravens’ fire and legacy as a winner.

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WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 14: The power of the Fu Five Flacco Fighters

Sometime around Halloween of the 2011 season, Joe Flacco and Dennis Pitta started growing Fu Manchus as a bit of an inside joke to annoy their wives. Nestor approached him after another Ravens victory and a thing happened around Baltimore. Admit it, you probably have a funny picture somewhere on your timeline. One more reason to love Joe Flacco.

Solomon Wilcots of Sirius XM joins Nestor from Cincinnati to discuss Lamar and rest of AFC January field

The Cincinnati Bengals figured to be more competitive in the AFC North race but after the injury to quarterback Joe Burrow midway through the season, The Jungle is a cold and lonely place in the division this January. Our pal Solomon Wilcots of Sirius XM joins Nestor from The Queen City to discuss Lamar Jackson, Joe Flacco and the rest of the race to the Super Bowl.

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Is Lamar on the path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

Football author and historian Howard Balzer is one of our favorite O.G. encyclopedic resources for all things and perspective on the history of the National Football League. He joins Nestor here to discuss the Ravens’ path to Super Bowl and Lamar’s path to quarterback immortality.

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Solomon’s Wisdom from Cincinnati: Burrow and the Bengals will be ready next year and beyond

The Cincinnati Bengals figured to be more competitive in the AFC North race but after the injury to quarterback Joe Burrow midway through the season, The Jungle is a cold and lonely place in the division this January. Our pal Solomon Wilcots of Sirius XM joins Nestor from The Queen City to discuss Lamar Jackson, Joe Flacco and the rest of the race to the Super Bowl.

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What are the chances you – and the Ravens – will make it to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl?

It’s a tough, emotional purple roller coaster this being a Baltimore Ravens fan and lifer PSL holder. Bill Cole and Nestor discuss the path and hefty price for local fans to go downtown and then onto The Strip for The Big Game next month if Lamar Jackson and this powerful team fulfills its destiny in the desert.

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Adding up the numbers from sports wagering in Maryland

The Executive Director of The Maryland Lottery and Gaming John Martin discusses a full year of mobile sports wagering in our state and how the money helps fund the Blueprint For Maryland’s Future Fund and provide player protections that make a real difference.

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Michael Reghi: Checking the Browns temperature for Flacco in Cleveland and hearing the roar of his hometown Lions

We always love an excuse to visit with former Orioles voice Michael Reghi, who has made a life in Cleveland calling college sports and NBA games but quickly reached for his Lions ballcap with Detroit making Motown a January hub. Can the Browns advance with Flacco? Will Lamar win a Super Bowl?

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Mike Tanier: Teaching Flacco calculus and the rest of us football analytics

It’s true that our recurring football analytics friend Mike Tanier taught Joe Flacco high level math in Audobon, New Jersey. He talks the magic of Joe Cool and the Ravens’ insanely outlier DVOA dominance in 2023 as Lamar Jackson preps to play the biggest games of his career in Baltimore.

Former Orioles voice Michael Reghi joins Nestor from Cleveland to talk Flacco and his hometown Lions in January

We always love an excuse to visit with former Orioles voice Michael Reghi, who has made a life in Cleveland calling college sports and NBA games but quickly reached for his Lions ballcap with Detroit hosting a rare January NFL game. Can the Browns advance with Flacco? Will Lamar win a Super Bowl? And Stafford vs. Goff is almost as big as Jim Harbaugh in Motown.

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When a Peacock, your credit card and six bucks a month sits between you and Patrick Mahomes

As Ravens rest up and we turn our winter Festivus eyes toward the Wild Card Weekend, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss power of NBC, Peacock and the National Football League to get your money to watch a playoff game. So, what’s next? (Whatever they can get away with…)

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