The Paulie and Tony Fusco Show from FOX Sports Radio was named “Best Sports Comedy by The Sports Podcast Group. The annual podcast awards aim to celebrate talented creators around the world and unite the sports podcast community.
Distributed by iHeartPodcasts and FOX Sports Radio, “The Paulie and Tony Fusco Show” is a satire of sports talk radio and “hot take” media personalities. It is written, produced and hosted by veteran sports talk producers Andrew Samson and Sharief Ali, who play two Philadelphia Eagles fans who claim to have the “smartest” sports takes, when in reality, their takes are terrible. They also bring on notable guests from across the sports world, only to abruptly kick them off the show.
“We 100% renounce this award,” Paulie and Tony Fusco said in a joint statement. “This show is not a comedy. The only joke is the entire voting body for these Sports Podcast Awards. Their judgment is as good as the refs’ in last year’s Super Bowl.”
“I am thrilled that Paulie and Tony won this award,” said Scott Shapiro, Senior Vice President of Programming for FOX Sports Radio. “It’s about time they realized everyone is laughing at them, and certainly not with them.”
New episodes of The Paulie and Tony Fusco Show are available every Thursday, everywhere podcasts are heard.
