98.7 ESPN New York launched a revamped daily lineup earlier this week that is more locally focused. However, the animosity between the station’s afternoon show — The Michael Kay Show — and the morning show — DiPietro & Rothenberg — remains as strong as ever.
“Have you heard the savages on The Kay Show, who can’t get through a show without mentioning our new burgeoning show, by the way,” Dave Rothenberg before airing a clip from the previous day of Kay, Peter Rosenberg, and Don La Greca talking about the lack of athleticism from the morning show.
Rosenberg called DiPietro & Rothenberg listeners “lunatic fringe”, adding that once he saw Rothenberg throw a baseball, it’s something he “can’t unsee”. Kay later quipped that “other than Rick (DiPietro), that whole morning show isn’t athletic”.
“Yeah, they’re the pillar of athleticism,” Rothenberg said. “I don’t understand. Who cares? What’s the difference? Even if I’m the worst athlete in the world, it doesn’t change the fact that Peter Rosenberg is a fraud fan. He’s a fraud! That’s what the man is. He took shots at me for not wearing an Islanders jersey? He doesn’t even know what team he’s rooting for. You can buy Peter! You could so easily buy his allegiance.”
“Just for brevity, we had to cut some out, but Kay took a shot saying I could shop at the same place as my unborn son for clothing,” producer R.J. Santillo added.
“Michael said that about you? I’ll speak to him,” DiPietro said.
Santillo then said he had booked La Greca to join the program next week. DiPietro joked the afternoon show co-host “has no guts” and won’t actually appear on the program. In the past, La Greca has said he’d fight DiPietro, which the former NHL goalie said he’d “slap the beard right off his face”.
