Sunday, April 28, 2024

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Share the Game 7 madness with us tonight in Dundalk!

Tonight in Washington D.C., a place where five years ago hockey was a rumor or perhaps a myth, the Capitals will host the Penguins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs' second round. I don't need to tell...

Game 7 is a go: Caps beat Penguins 5-4 in OT

The Washington Capitals season will march on after a 5-4 overtime win in Pittsburgh that was one of the more exciting events of the year. David Steckel's tip-in off a shot from Brooks Laich went past Penguins goalie Marc-Andre...

Mike Green’s missing stick

I took a call this afternoon about the disappearance of Mike Green's offense in the Pittsburgh series. The caller referred to Drew' diatribe this morning about a "stick" issue. Apparently, his sticks were discontinued. It's an interesting story because...

Caps win tonight establishes them as a serious Cup threat

Part of the pain of being a lifelong fan of the Washington Capitals has been the "tease" factor and the dalliances with greatness. It's a franchise that has had a long history of tragic, Game 7 losses in April...

Mining everything but “The Bird”…

No doubt, by now you know that Mine The Bird, a 51-to-1 shot, won the Kentucky Derby in the mud with the most emotional athlete I’ve ever seen in Calvin Borel aboard. You surely know that the Caps now...

Unleash the fury…Harry Kalas and other “non-radio” tidbits

First, I hope Ray Bachman has fun doing the show from 2 til 6 today. (He won’t admit it, but he really loves talking sports and doing the show. And he loves when I’m not there.) I’m having a “business/strategy”...

A Great Sunday sports day on tap

What a great day to be alive! The NFL draft is starting at 10 a.m. The Orioles will send young Brad Bergesen back to the hill at 1:35 to try to actually win a game this weekend. The last...

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! King of Baltimore Sportstalk continues…

Hopefully, by now you've seen some of the video or heard some of the interviews and auditions or read some of the great blogs we've been featuring here at WNST.net over the past two weeks as the "Coors Light...

Caps and O’s both lose again…

10:45 p.m. -- The comeback came up short. In the end, it was the BoSox bullpen that held the lead that Josh Beckett delivered and quelled a 9th inning rally via Jonathan Papelbon. Orioles pitching surrendered 12 hits and...

“Rock The Red” with WNST and Caps at Silver Spring Mining Company Monday night

We attempted to put together some "Puck Bus" activities for the Capitals playoff games this past week but we just couldn't acquire the tickets to pull it off. So, instead, we're offering all Baltimore-area Caps fans a chance to...
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Weird April for Holliday winds down with Orioles sending him back to minors

BALTIMORE -- Regardless of your feelings on the Orioles' handling of top prospect Jackson Holliday, there's a good chance you've felt right and wrong...

What is Oakland losing with the Athletics?

Author Jason Turbow gives Nestor an Oakland Athletics history lesson and discusses everything that went wrong over 50 years dating back to Charlie Finley and a book he wrote on the 1970s World Series champions draped in thrift and constant acrimony.

Ravens tab cornerback Nate Wiggins as best cross section of talent, need in first round

"Just getting a corner at this point like Nate is probably the best way we could have started this weekend."

Ravens address secondary with Wiggins as we await offensive line help

Late in the night the Baltimore Ravens were quite excited about drafting Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the 30th pick and now Luke Jones and Nestor await how general manager Eric DeCosta will address the offensive line and other needs this weekend via what has already been a wild NFL Draft.

Fielding a field of crowded outfielders as Kjerstad arrives for Orioles

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles returning from Anaheim to see the A's and Yankees at Camden Yards with the Heston Kjerstad promotion and the curious Rashod Bateman deal with the Ravens before NFL Draft. A big week of sports ahead in Baltimore.

A sportswriting legend talks about her roots in Oriole Magic and what went wrong in Oakland

Recovering sportswriter Susan Fornoff comes home to Baltimore to talk Oriole Magic, Athletics history and why it matters to fans in Oakland and beyond. And Nestor finally gets to tell some old newspaper tales of her legend and lore at The News American in the 1980s before that creep Dave Kingman showed who the real rats of Major League Baseball were to baseball beat writers.

Ravens excited to land “best cover corner in the draft” in Clemson’s Wiggins

General manager Eric DeCosta said he didn't expect Nate Wiggins to be available at the end of the first round.

First-round cornerback Nate Wiggins says pre-draft visit with Ravens “felt like it was home”

The Clemson product is the first cornerback selected by Baltimore in the first round since Marlon Humphrey in 2017.
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