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A Red Sox Fan Called Sports Radio To Complain About John Farrell Today
Billy from Lynn woke up this morning, presumably after a long night of celebrating the most unlikely of championships, and was so annoyed by John Farrell's moves in the postseason that he just had to call up WEEI to complain....
Redskins Sports-Radio Caller Is Righteously Pissed
Kel from Suitland was not happy about Washington's loss to Dallas on Sunday night. So he called up the Sports Junkies show on 106.7 The Fan, and just straight-up ranted for two uninterrupted minutes....
Mike Francesa Doesn't Remember Cutting Off An On-Air Marriage Proposal
Remember back in July, when poor Moe in Jersey tried to propose to his girlfriend live on Mike Francesa's radio show, and Francesa quickly cut him off to talk A-Rod with Jimmy in Paramus? Yeah, well, Francesa says he doesn't. Perhaps he nodded off again....
Unnamed Sources Don't Get More Pointless Than This
Exclusive! Must credit PFT! Professional athlete excited for sporting event!...
What The Fuck Is Mike Florio Talking About?
Florio is on an absolute roll today. After spending the morning carrying the NFL's water up and down the page like a good shill is supposed to, he went and dumped this pile of crap on his website....
Hand Jive
You'll like this—Peter Duffy's 2009 New York magazine story on handball:...
Sports Radio Caller's Rant Interrupted By Falcon Attack
Tim from Irondequoit was all set to go on a rant about Mario Williams's mental fortitude when he called into the John DiTullio Show on 1280 WHTK, but the conversation took a sudden turn when Tim's backyard played host to a scene from a nature show. "Oh, jeez!" Tim exclaims. "I tell ya what, a Peregr...
Mike Francesa Cuts Off Caller's On-Air Marriage Proposal To Girlfriend
Are you near New York and thinking of proposing to your lover? Yay for you! But how and where to pop the question? Your cup runneth over with charming options: a favorite restaurant, somewhere with a stunning view, the afternoon drive-time show on WFAN....
I Wanted To Make Boring Things Seem Dramatic
The Talking Heads vs. Television....
Why Pre-Recorded Stadium Music Is Stupid, By Huey Lewis
This post was originally published on The Talkhouse....
Arencibia's Pleasant Retorts Are Canada's Version Of Shit-Talk
When Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia heard the media criticism in Toronto, he had two choices. He could bear the slings and arrows in silence, or he could stand up take the fight right back to 'em. The 27-year-old opted for the latter, and did so in a most Canadian fashion: respectfully dispute his...
Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking
"We had a great preview up to the last ten minutes. Then the bottom dropped out. It ended on a laugh and it was no comedy. The preview cards were average, mostly marked fair, but gave us no clues to the ending. (God, how I hate audiences.) Suddenly that non-existent, invisible bug whispered in my ea...
Now Mike Florio Is Getting In Twitter Fights With NFL Mascots
Resident NBC/ProFootballTalk moron and supposed NFL maven Mike Florio took his lifelong itinerary of bad decisions to a new level last night, getting into Twitter beef with Jaguars mascot Jaxson de Ville. ...
Here's The Steve Gleason Bit That Got Three Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired
Today, former Saint Steve Gleason guested on SI's MMQB—no mean feat since he's in the later stages of ALS. He types using a program that tracks movements of his eyes, and his 4,500-word column took him four hours to compose. Around the same time the column was published, an Atlanta sports talk radio...
Mike Francesa Really Could Not Give Less Of A Shit About Soccer
Yesterday, it was announced the New York is getting a new MLS team, one partially owned by the Yankees. You'd think this is something a sports radio host would want to mention. That's why you're not the Sports Pope....
Boston, Newtown, Challenger: How To Talk To Kids About Awful Things
I was in fourth grade at Myrtle Schumann Elementary School in Orono, Minn., when the Challenger exploded. I didn't see the shuttle explode live on TV. We were in our class doing our usual lessons as word of the disaster spread. I remember a little kid named Jason broke the news to me personally....
"Change This Face. Be Happy. Enjoy!" Says Ricky Rubio To A Bummed Out Alexey Shved
Man, why can't we live in a world where Ricky Rubio magically appears whenever we're having a bad day and tells us to turn our frowns upside down? Spilled coffee on your new shirt? Poof! There's Ricky reminding you that sea otters hold hands when they sleep next to each other so they don't float a...
Mike Francesa's First Two Callers Berated Him About Stuttering And Weather Forecasting
Hardly a day goes by without WFAN's Mike Francesa getting trolled by his own listeners. But this is something special—today's show kicked off with two callers, each uninterested in sports, but consumed with blasting Francesa for the oddest peccadillos....