Our horse racing savant Dick Jerardi brings Preakness history and future into light with Nestor
Our horse racing savant Dick Jerardi brings Preakness history and future into light with Nestor
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Let’s talk 40 years of Pimlico and Preakness weekend memories
There’s only one guest who has joined Nestor for 31 years of Preakness week previews and handicapping every one of them. Our dear friend Dick Jerardi (formerly of Towson) ran off to Philadelphia from The News American and Sportsf1rst in 1984 and never came back – except for the third Saturday of May. A view from high above Pimlico from two guys who have seen it all at Old Hilltop.
Dick Jerardi joins Nestor to discuss Happy Valley, Terps season, Big 10 hoops and Kentucky Derby hopefuls
Dick Jerardi joins Nestor to discuss Happy Valley, Terps season, Big 10 hoops and Kentucky Derby hopefuls
The legend of Penn State beyond football and stickies
Spending a March evening in State College waiting on Bruce Springsteen and watching Nittany Lions fans prepare for basketball March Madness, Nestor noticed the wrestling thing and asked the longtime basketball color voice of Happy Valley Dick Jerardi to explain “We Are” and talk Big 10 basketball, Bob Baffert and Kentucky Derby hopefuls.
When James Patterson and Mike Lupica write compelling whodunit football fiction
Esteemed author James Patterson and longtime New York sports columnist Mike Lupica give Nestor a lesson in writing for the people and discuss their new novel, “The House of Wolves.” It seems that truth makes great fiction in the NFL.
Glauber: Four decades of seeing NFL from the inside and finally finding the couch on Sundays
Football author Bob Glauber joins Nestor from New York to preview Ravens at Flacco
So just what is the future of horse racing and Preakness in Maryland?
Because it’s Philadelphia Week, we go north to visit with longtime friend and Baltimorean Dick Jerardi, who updates us on the ponies, Penn State and what it’s like to hear Eagles fans moan. And one day, he’ll give Nestor that tour of The Palestra and eat a proper cheesesteak.
