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Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology

Badenhausen: Rubenstein bought a distressed asset in Orioles

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Our defending champion of sports business valuations and the whys and hows of billionaire owners, Kurt Badenhausen of Sportico joins Nestor once again to (finally) discuss the exit of the Angelos family and the financial realities that David Rubenstein and new ownership inherit with the Baltimore Orioles. And the media and sponsorship landscape for Catie Griggs to take $600 million of your money to grow Camden Yards and an All Star Game into a cash machine that stimulates payroll growth…

Authors and Books, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News, Technology

Rubenstein creates prosperity in Baltimore that doesn’t exist everywhere in Major League Baseball

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Maury Brown of Forbes talks MLB goals and Orioles realities in new world of digital and streaming beyond leaving the disaster of Angelos and the MASN debacle behind for Baltimore and Washington baseball.

Sharing the heart of a Baltimore sports fan as baseball season begins Koulatsos
Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology

How the Orioles and Ravens will split your wallet – and hearts – moving forward

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For the first time in most of our lifetimes, sports in Baltimore and parade fever is blossoming as the baseball and football franchises both have a chance to win a championship. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the power of money in local sports and how a guy in Caps jersey can say “no” to pricey playoff tickets. And we’re all expecting playoff games here for the Orioles and Ravens in the coming years…

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss stadia, money and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams

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While we watch Steve Bisciotti’s paid-for-by-the-citizens new shiny object get erected on the football stadium and await to hear the plan of David Rubenstein for Camden Yards, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss aging stadia, big money, threats of moving sports franchises and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams that aren’t happening in places like Kansas City, Phoenix, Oakland and Northern Virginia.

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

The unlimited free money for billionaire sports franchise owners isn’t coming so easy outside of Maryland

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While we watch Steve Bisciotti’s paid-for-by-the-citizens new shiny object get erected on the football stadium and await to hear the plan of David Rubenstein for Camden Yards, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss aging stadia, big money, threats of moving sports franchises and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams that aren’t happening in places like Kansas City, Phoenix, Oakland and Northern Virginia.

Janet Marie Smith joins Nestor to discuss power of Key Bridge and new baseball ownership for Baltimore

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Our resident Hall of Famer and a visionary of the original designs for Camden Yards comes home to discuss the loss of the Key Bridge, fond memories of Peter Angelos and the future of her hometown baby under the new ownership of David Rubenstein and with civic funding to make it awesome for Orioles fans. Janet Marie Smith joins Nestor to start the season with a home run conversation about the city we love.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Museums, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology, Theatre, Travel, WNST Classic

Janet Marie comes home: The full Canopy of love for Baltimore and baseball

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Our resident Hall of Famer and a visionary of the original designs for Camden Yards comes home to discuss the loss of the Key Bridge, fond memories of Peter Angelos and the future of her hometown baby under the new ownership of David Rubenstein and with civic funding to make it awesome for Orioles fans. Janet Marie Smith joins Nestor to start the season with a home run conversation about the city we love.

Authors and Books, ColumnNes, Community, Education, Featured, Free The Birds, MASN, Nestor Aparicio, Orioles, Peter Angelos, Sports, The Peter Principles

The Peter Principles (Ch. 4) – The Dumb Dumb error begins in Baltimore

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The Ballad of Davey Johnson begins in Baltimore in 1996. All he ever did was win baseball games. He and Peter Angelos never agreed on much. And then he was gone. Here’s the whole story through the eyes of the journalists who covered it.

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Community, Dennis Koulatsos, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Lamar earns his chance to win The Big One at home

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Like all Baltimore sports fans, we’ve waited a lifetime to host an AFC Championship Game. Sunday evening stands as one of the greatest nights in the history of local sports. Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the magic and history of hosting the biggest game – or event – possible in the stadium we built three decades ago for nights just like this one.

Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Can the young, upstart Texans come to Baltimore and win?

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Longtime Texans writer and Houston sports aficionado and historian Steph Stradley checks in with Nestor on the the C.J. Stroud expectations in a special season for the Texans fans who suffered the departure of the previous quarterback and regime. And some Oilers Luv Ya Blue thoughts and angst on the Tennessee Titans antics this season with the derrick and Columbia blue.

25 Stories of Glories, Business, Community, Featured, Leadership, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Travel, WNST Classic

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 22 – The first and best to ever take Baltimore sports fans on roadtrips

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Over three decades of taking our friends, listeners, sponsors and Baltimore sports fans on the road with the home team, we have some snapshots. We’d love to see yours! nes@baltimorepositive.com if you ever traveled on a WNST Roadtrip. The first and best to ever take Baltimore sports fans on road trips all over the world.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, Maryland Lottery, Nestor Aparicio, News

Holiday winners and the scents of the season

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With the Maryland Crab Cake Tour doing a tasty holiday stop at Weis Markets at Honeygo, it was a great chance to visit with Maryland Lottery Executive Director John Martin to discuss all of the games of the season and stocking stuffer do’s and dont’s as Santa is bringing winnings and the scent of gingerbread to the season.

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

Tying up the loose ends of important family business during the holidays

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It’s never easy and always awkward but the holidays are the only time some families gather to discuss the important stuff. Leonard Raskin tells us there’s a solution and real value in planning and using together time to make sure that 2024 is the best year ever for everyone’s peace of mind.

Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Another big road opportunity for Lamar and Ravens under bright lights in Jacksonville

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Two big nationally televised prime time games ahead for the Ravens and a chance to earn the No. 1 seed and bye in the AFC. Luke Jones and Nestor get you ready for the Jaguars and discuss the coldest beer and the tastiest hot dogs “inside the perimeter” of the Ravens’ $480 million renovation plans using our money for more of their profit.

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

Another week of Angelos chaos and a $13 million closer

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In a week of swirling rumors and the usual anarchy and chaos of Orioles ownership and the lease fiasco, at least Mike Elias landed a stopgap closer in Craig Kimbrel. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the promise of new Orioles ownership and why the bullpen move makes sense in the short term for a team that believes it can win the World Series.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Local, Museums, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Measuring progress and impact with City Councilwoman Odette Ramos

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Councilwoman Odette Ramos joins Nestor from her beloved 14th District inside Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art to discuss Baltimore’s progress and challenges on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time

There’s no place like ho-ho-home for the holidays in Baltimore

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Baltimore Magazine editor Ron Cassie joins Nestor and Ko-host Ricig to talk KISS, local sports, neighborhoods, bike lanes and better transportation at Koco’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by the Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare. And the time that Morganna The Kissing Bandit kissed Nestor…

Business, C-Suite, Community, Dennis Koulatsos, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

The Ravens’ relevance and the Orioles’ silence

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As the clock ticks on the Orioles agreeing to a lease that would gift them $600 million of Maryland taxpayer charity, Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the Ravens’ relevance and local baseball offseason silence as the turkey and pumpkin pie loom.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, ColumnNes, Community, Dennis Koulatsos, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Ravens, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

What kind of a civic cash grab is John Angelos trying to get away with in darkness?

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Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos what he’s learned about the Orioles intentions for Camden Yards and the downtown area. And he doesn’t like anything about the facts he’s uncovered and the legitimate people with knowledge who are speaking out about the future of our city and who will control the future of the complex and the Maryland Stadium Authority.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Bill Cole, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Museums, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology, Theatre

What will Baltimore look like when we’re done?

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As we all await the Angelos Family signing a long-term lease at Camden Yards and the Orioles offseason spin will

Bill Cole, Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Sports, Sports News, Technology

The dark clouds over The Warehouse in a sunny season as Angelos stalls Orioles lease

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Bill Cole and Nestor return from MACO business networking in Ocean City with every leader in the state – and all of them talking about the Orioles lease stall and the outlandish demands of John Angelos to keep Baltimore baseball alive at Camden Yards.

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