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No more phone calls, please! We have a winner! First, a moment to give thanks for being truly blessed throughout this pandemic to have been served by relentless over-the-air geniuses — especially Mike Francesa and Stephen A. Smith, both of whom take themselves very seriously as per their advanced media megalomania. Both stir themselves into …
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One of the up-and-coming play-by-players in sportscasting, Adam Amin, is leaving ESPN for Fox Sports, The Post has learned. Sources said Amin and Fox are finalizing a deal that will have him call NFL or college football, as well as Major League Baseball. Amin, 33, could also do some college basketball. Amin had moved up …
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Like the WFAN host he chronicles, @BackAftaThis is going back on his word. All that’s missing? “I nevah said dat!” Less than two weeks after the anonymous Twitter user Funhouse said he would never again post clips from Mike Francesa’s show — this, after Francesa and Entercom barred anybody from posting videos of the show …
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WFAN is getting a new boss — same as the old boss. And this could have huge implications for the potential return of Craig Carton to WFAN whenever he is released from prison. Sources have told The Post that Chris Oliviero is taking over as the head honcho at WFAN and all of the Entercom-run …
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Saturdays could be for the NFL this fall, if college football doesn’t play, The Post has learned. With the NFL expected to release its schedule soon, its officials have discussed giving the league some flexibility to move games to Saturdays this fall if college football postpones its entire season, according to sources. The NFL has …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. Will Chris Russo ever be on local New York radio again? — Alice, Brooklyn I’d say that …
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ESPN Radio is in the process of what could be a complete transformation that may impact every part of its schedule and eventually lead to Dan Le Batard no longer being on the network and the potential return of Mike Greenberg to radio, The Post has learned. While these plans may play out over the …
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What happens in Dennis Rodman’s Chicago bachelor pad, stays in Dennis Rodman’s Chicago bachelor pad. One of the more intriguing stories that came out of Sunday’s two-part installment of “The Last Dance” on ESPN was Michael Jordan retrieving Dennis Rodman from his Las Vegas vacation from the team. Most took it as Jordan actually flying …
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ESPN got personal in its NFL Draft coverage this year — a little too much for some fans’ liking, resulting in the network apologizing for one case in particular. When Tee Higgins was drafted 33rd overall Friday night by the Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN flashed a “Get to Know” graphic about the star Clemson wide receiver. …
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Even if handshakes are still a thing in the post-coronavirus era, Michael Kay won’t be extending one to Mike Francesa. Kay has overtaken Francesa in the ratings, but the New York sports radio rivalry remains fiery between the longtime afternoon drive voices of ESPN New York and WFAN, so much so that Kay said he …
No more phone calls, please! We have a winner! First, a moment to give thanks for being truly blessed throughout this pandemic to have been served by relentless over-the-air geniuses — especially Mike Francesa and Stephen A. Smith, both of whom take themselves very seriously as per their advanced media megalomania. Both stir themselves into …
