Brent Axe, a native of Syracuse, N.Y. and columnist at Syracuse.com, is starting his own podcast with the company to cover local sports in the area. The project, titled Syracuse Sports with Brent Axe, launches next week and will include guests ranging from those on the field to the people covering the game. Axe is known for his compelling opinions and shrewd intellect, and he will be bringing both of those factors to the airwaves to discuss sports in the Central region of New York.
“We’re going to talk about the topics that you are most passionate about when it comes to Syracuse sports – Syracuse football; Syracuse basketball; the local sports topics that you want to hear about, we’re going to have them on Syracuse sports,” Axe said. “We are going to have some fun. We’re going to do drafts; we’re going to have lists and conversations and topics unlike you’ve heard on the Syracuse sports scene.”
Axe is a former radio host who has been with a variety of local and national outlets, including The Score 1260, ESPN Radio Syracuse and SiriusXM. Galaxy Media Partners owns ESPN Radio Syracuse and ended Axe’s radio program with the entity in March after the show conveyed a feeling of pessimism towards the university’s teams. He had been with the outlet for parts of nine years and gained a following both locally and abroad.
In an interview with Syracuse.com, Axe’s full-time employer, Galaxy Chief Executive Officer Ed Levine expressed his sentiments towards the decision to move on from the popular media personality. Within his remarks, he expressed how former Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim is an investor in his company. Galaxy broadcasts Syracuse football, lacrosse and basketball contests and has been partnered with the venerable university since 2007 as the flagship station for the Syracuse Sports Network at Learfield.
“We’ve called it pretty fair, and I would argue we’ve been tough on Syracuse University when the on-field or off-field events warrant it,” Levine said at the time. “I think over the past six months it took a different tone and became overly dark and negative. I don’t think that’s what Syracuse fans want to hear.”
Axe is excited to launch his new program and described more about the content of the show in a two-minute introductory clip posted across various platforms. Within the clip, he stressed how the show will do things differently than mainstream sports coverage and implement its audience.
“There is going to be a fun and unique way – I don’t want to give it away quite yet; you will find out soon enough – but there is going to be a really fun way that you are going to be a part of this show,” Axe said. “You are going to be a huge part of this show – your questions; your interactions and the way that you are going to shape the content and the conversation of the show.”
