sports franchises

Ed Frankovic returns to discuss Ravens and Orioles evolution and a little Caps and Ovechkin with Nestor

BP Podcast Audio / January 11, 2026

After the Ravens’ sudden elimination and the end of another season, we all need the comfort of old friends. It’s a bit of ‘Friends and Family’ week as Nestor welcomes longtime media cohort and two-decade WNST hockey insider Ed Frankovic back for a 2026 sports reset as Ovechkin remains on the ice, the Ravens search for a head coach and the Orioles try to get baseball fans like us back to Camden Yards. Oh, and “Why does Nestor deserve a press pass?”

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The changing games through the years and betting on the future

Baltimore Positive / January 11, 2026

Dave Sheinin of The Washington Post joins Nestor and Luke to talk Opening Day realities for Orioles

BP Podcast Audio / March 25, 2025

Can Adley Rutschman return to his All Star form? Will Gunnar Henderson be healthy in April? Can Jackson Holliday stick this time? Will Colton Cowser and Jordan Westburg continue to surge? Our pal Dave Sheinin of The Washington Post joins Luke Jones and Nestor talk Opening Day realities for Orioles as the Maryland Crab Cake Tour moved to Pizza John’s in Essex for some expert baseball talk.

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Time for Rubenstein to raise bar – and payroll – to get Orioles to October success

Baltimore Positive / March 24, 2025

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Some prescriptions to lift local business of 2025 Baltimore Orioles – off the field

Baltimore Positive / December 27, 2024

They’ve gathered for many years to discuss how to lift the Baltimore sports community and how local business and humans support it all. Finally, Georgetown sports business professor Marty Conway joins Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Amicci’s in Little Italy to discuss the commerce, media and future of professional sports in Maryland.

Marty Conway joins Nestor at Amicci’s to discuss business of sports in Baltimore

BP Podcast Audio / December 25, 2024

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There’s no knocking the legacy of “Hard Knocks” with legendary HBO producer Ross Greenburg

Baltimore Positive / November 25, 2024

It’s been nearly a quarter of a century and sports documentaries as we all know them were seeded by the work of longtime HBO president Ross Greenburg, who returns to discuss how the landscape has changed and broadened for storytelling and entertaining since Steve Sabol partnered to create the first “Hard Knocks” with the Modells and Brian Billick and the Baltimore Ravens in 2001.