Saturday, April 27, 2024

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Playing Willy Wonka in America for a week for the German man who saved my wife’s life with bone marrow

If you saw the pictures of Jenn and her donor Niels traveling and having fun last week, you might want to read the "back story" of how it all happened with Dirk Nowitzki

Deutschland files: Miracles, matches and our mission to save more lives on our #JennStrongGermanyHero tour

My wife went to Germany to meet the hero who saved her life on bone marrow registry and found that he wants to save more lives, too...

After 25 years of writing about “heroes” #JennStrong and I finally get to meet a real one on Wednesday in Germany

I’ve been hearing about heroes in sports since approximately 1973. I’ve been writing and talking about sports since 1984 and every season a new “hero” comes along in every sport, in every city where championships are won and modern...

A #JennStrong2 update: Cancer complicates things…

Leukemia and diabetes are not a great combination. Been a rough fifth week here at The Hotel...

#JennStrong 2 update: Every day is a bloody Halloween at The Leukemia Hotel

Leukemia and cancer are not for sissies. Sometimes you can find strength in what previously made you squeamish

My wife’s leukemia has returned, our #JennStrong2 cancer battle has begun

Apparently, one miracle wasn’t enough for the most beautiful girl in the world. Now, my amazing wife Jennifer will try to repeat with back-to-back miracle seasons and beating cancer again with a second bone marrow transplant. “I don't know how...

Part 2: Life On The Road, 30 Days of #GiveASpit and baseball (The journey)

You saw the pictures of the tour in June and July. Now read the stories behind those images. And learn about our #JennStrong journey...

Part 1: Life On The Road, 30 Days of #GiveASpit and baseball

I went to 30 Major League Baseball stadiums in 30 days to swab for the bone marrow registry and leukemia awareness. This is my journey...

MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 30 Anaheim

What's the worst MLB stadium? Nestor says No. 30 was easy: just go to Orange County and see what the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have under a broken halo...

Ranking 30 MLB stadiums from worst to first isn’t easy

Nestor traveled to 30 MLB ballparks in 30 days this summer and is putting them in order. We'll be counting them down from worst to first through Sept. 8 when he'll release a three-part essay on his MLB #GiveASpit leukemia and bone marrow awareness journey.
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Latest News

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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