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Citizen Stewart continues run for Baltimore County Executive with multi-faceted platform

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With the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back in Baltimore County, it’s always important to discuss the issues in an election year with prospective candidates who tell Nestor what they like – and don’t like – about the direction of current leadership. Nick Stewart returns to update Nestor on his pitch and platform at Honey’s in Halethorpe as the conversation about the future of the county of our business and life is open for debate and big 2026 local ballot looms in the spring.

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the gravy of Pittsburgh Week with Ravens and Steelers scuffling

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The Baltimore Ravens laid out the gravy bowl to some of the fans and delivered a turkey to all who braved the cold night and eschewed holiday tradition to watch Joe Burrow stuff the pumpkin pie celebration. Leonard Raskin and Nestor pass the cranberry and the leftovers of a Bengals loss and Pittsburgh Week with the Ravens and Steelers scuffling for first place in the AFC North.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

It’s all gravy when you’re getting stuffed

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The Baltimore Ravens laid out the gravy bowl to some of the fans and delivered a turkey to all who braved the cold night and eschewed holiday tradition to watch Joe Burrow stuff the pumpkin pie celebration. Leonard Raskin and Nestor pass the cranberry and the leftovers of a Bengals loss and Pittsburgh Week with the Ravens and Steelers scuffling for first place in the AFC North.

Business, C-Suite, Featured, Leonard Raskin, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Putting the faces in front of the billion dollar business of professional sports in Baltimore

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Do you know who Catie Griggs is and what she does? How about Sashi Brown? Well, they are the millionaires who run your “local” sports franchise as the “caretaker” for billionaires David Rubenstein, Michael Arougheti and Steve Bisciotti. Nestor heard from them this week, even if they didn’t care to meet him for $100 a throw…

Authors and Books, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Telling the story of the power, money and growth of the modern NFL

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No one knows more about the business of the National Football League than longtime sports business insider Ken Belson of The New York Times, whose new book “Every Day is Sunday” goes behind the power and money of the league to discuss the decisions, threats, machinations and leadership of Roger Goodell, Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft in great detail. Learn about the monster…

Featured, Journalism & Media, Leonard Raskin, Local, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

An American Dream week for sports with big drama and memories made

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When there’s Game 7 World Series magic interrupting real life and parties on a Saturday night, the memories are made forever. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss an American Dream week for sports with big drama and snapshots and “where were you when?” moments for anyone who loves baseball. And the Ravens won two games, too!

Leonard Raskin and Nestor give liftoff to Rush, hockey season, MLB playoffs and lousy Ravens mojo

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Our resident money man Leonard Raskin always encourages Nestor and all of his clients to live their American Dream and enjoy their money. (And save it, too!) The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta had been on our bucket list for more three decades and our host brings his enthusiastic report back from the desert. Anything to avoid discussing the Ravens 1-5 start in a week where Rush announced a 2026 tour, hockey dropped the puck and the MLB playoffs hang the bunting.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Sports, Sports News, Travel

Lifting up a bucket list of wonderment and waiting on Rush tickets

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Our resident money man Leonard Raskin always encourages Nestor and all of his clients to live their American Dream and enjoy their money. (And save it, too!) The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta had been on our bucket list for more three decades and our host brings his enthusiastic report back from the desert. Anything to avoid discussing the Ravens 1-5 start in a week where Rush announced a 2026 tour, hockey dropped the puck and the MLB playoffs hang the bunting.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

The Big Empty: Did the team quit on the fans or did the fans quit on the team?

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The fans of the Baltimore Ravens sent quite a vivid message on Sunday in leaving the stadium deserted in the fourth quarter of a 44-10 Houston beatdown. Leonard Raskin is a lifer PSL holder and tells Nestor why he left early and why he’ll be back again next Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.

Leonard Raskin and Nestor dissect the failures and injuries of Ravens as season turns sour after loss to Chiefs

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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.

Community, Featured, Leonard Raskin, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

A bruised purple season on the brink of going sour

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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.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Leadership, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Sports

Hitting the links for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital

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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.

Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Let’s talk about some improvements in Baltimore City government

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Crime is down and spirits are up in Baltimore City. What comes next? We reconnected with Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss transparency, real economics and what makes our town more livable.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leonard Raskin, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

From 30 years of Cal 2131 to no hit, to walk-off to WTF? A Baltimore weekend in sports to remember and forget

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The 30th Anniversary of Cal Ripken’s 2131 celebration brought Camden Yards to life on Saturday – and that was before the incredible baseball game that was a prelude to a tremendous thud for the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night in Buffalo. Leonard Raskin tells Nestor why he left a Yamamoto no-hitter in progress.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Bill Cole, Business, C-Suite, ColumnNes, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology

When the owners of Birdland ask Orioles fans for the next round of funding after a season like this…

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When you invite three busy friends and guests onto the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Costas Inn in Timonium and they all converge simultaneously, you host a candid, spontaneous chat about the realities of a Birdland Insider membership and being a modern Baltimore Orioles customer, fan and an ATM for ownership no matter what happens – on or off the field. A sports editor, a roofer and a duct sucker all walk into a bar with a guy from Dundalk…

Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

Orioles find a good deal for both sides with Basallo

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Is the “risk” real in the case of Samuel Basallo signing an 8-year contract less than eight days into his MLB career? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Baltimore Orioles’ first long-term deal of the David Rubenstein era and the philosophy on both sides for future signings.

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of turning your money into a delicious food experience

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The next time you’re out having the best meal of the week or month or year, just remember it’s the icing on the cake to the good life when you find a new place or experience that is memorable. Our preacher of the American Dream Leonard Raskin joins Nestor in a search for that next best meal. Even if it’s a hoagie at the foot of the Delaware Memorial Bridge…

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes, Travel

In search of that next great sandwich in life…and finding it on the road to Philly!

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The next time you’re out having the best meal of the week or month or year, just remember it’s the icing on the cake to the good life when you find a new place or experience that is memorable. Our preacher of the American Dream, Leonard Raskin, joins Nestor in a search for that next best meal. Even if it’s a hoagie at the foot of the Delaware Memorial Bridge…

Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Having the belly for stadium pricing

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As the Ravens preseason game tickets go unused and the Orioles send out Birdland renewals for 2026 with a last-place mess on the field, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the current cost and value proposition of modern fandom. And where the rest of the money is coming from to make sports wealthier.

Billy Joel
Arts and Entertainment, Celebrities, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Music, Music Classic, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, WNST Classic

Long before “And So It Goes” doc, Billy Joel shared his life and honesty with Nestor in lengthy 1990 interview

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The Piano Man told the story of managers and the music business ripping him off during a lengthy and very candid interview with Nestor Aparicio, who was the pop music critic for The Evening Sun in Baltimore from 1986 through 1992.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

It’s time to get excited about football season in Baltimore

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With the Baltimore Orioles mired in last place (again) and talking trade deadline, it was time for Leonard Raskin to move the conversation across the parking lot where hope abounds, Lamar and King Henry run and local fans have hope for a Super Bowl parade down Pratt Street. It’s time to talk football in the Charm City!

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