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News Media Reacts to Death of Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II of England died Thursday afternoon at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

The United Kingdom’s longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth served for more than 70 years as Queen.

“My life will always be devoted to your service,” the Queen famously said on her 21st birthday in 1947. She reiterated those words at her Platinum Jubilee in February

Mike and The Mad Dog Reunite For Podcast Episode

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Mike and The Mad Dog Reunite For Podcast Episode

Mike and The Mad Dog have reunited. For a podcast episode. In his latest episode The Mike Francesa Podcast, the longtime WFAN host congratulated his former partner Chris “Mad Dog” Russo for his induction into the Radio Hall of Fame to begin the episode.

“Congratulations, publicly, for your which will come in Chicago in November, right in the middle of the World Series for you,” Francesa joked. “A spot in the Radio Hall of Fame. When you heard, what was your reaction?”

“I heard Mike right after a doubles less in tennis — 50 and over — at the New Canaan Field Club so I was all upset,” Mad Dog said. “So on the way home on July 15th they called me and I said to hell with tennis. I was very excited about it. I was very happy that it happened. I know that you got in there four or five years ago but I’m gonna miss a couple of games of the World Series because you told me when we talked back in July to enjoy it.”

“Absolutely. You have to go,” Francesa replied.

“Listen, you never know. Those are quirky votes,” Russo mentioned. “You know that better than anyone. You never know what they’re thinking, the folks on the board. Very excited about it. I bought a couple of tables. I’m gonna take all my wife’s family. It meant more to me than I thought it would…I didn’t really wanna think too much of it. It kind of hit me quick. Finally. It’s meant a lot to me, I have to admit.”

“Well deserved. A long time coming,” Francesa said before revealing he and Mad Dog saw each other last week under sad circumstances, after the son of their former contributor Bob Heussler died.

Mike and the Mad Dog discussed several topics during the episode, including their predictions for the upcoming NFL season, and who would play in Super Bowl LVII.

Al Michaels ‘Really Comfortable’ With Kirk Herbstreit

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New Amazon Thursday Night Football play-by-play announcer Al Michaels joined the SI Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina this week to discuss the upcoming NFL season, and the legendary announcer said he was slightly surprised by the chemistry he has with new analyst Kirk Herbstreit.

“By the end of the first quarter, I said, ‘This is really working extremely well,’ and then we did 3 1/2 quarters that night,” Michaels said of of the pair’s first rehearsal together. “We didn’t take the game to its conclusion because we said, ‘Hey, this is gonna work.’ We went down to Houston to do a real game—a preseason game, anyway—that went out on the air, and it felt very very comfortable.”

Michaels said he and Herbstreit didn’t have a relationship until earlier this year but things came naturally between the pair.

“With Kirk, I didn’t really know him until April,” Michaels said. “And then we had a couple of days in New York together and a couple of other meals and meetings and phone calls, and I knew his rhythm and he knew mine. I don’t want to say I was shocked by it, but I was very pleasantly surprised and walked away from the booth that night saying, ‘You know, for a preseason game where you’re not talking about any strategy and it’s the Wild West in a way, and we’re going to the sideline reporter, Kaylee Hartung, a lot, it’s not like a regular-season game. But I feel really comfortable going into that Chargers-Chiefs game next week.”

Michaels made the move to Amazon after more than a decade announcing Sunday Night Football for NBC. Michaels claims the network never offered him a contract to stay.

Joe Buck: ‘Baseball Fans Don’t Like National TV Guys’

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If you ever watched a World Series and thought it sounded like Joe Buck was rooting against your team, you are not alone. Buck was making the rounds for ESPN Thursday morning to promote a new season of Monday Night Football. Keyshawn, JWill and Max began their final hour by debating if their new colleague was a better voice for Major League Baseball or for the NFL.

Buck joined them and explained that as a broadcaster for a national network, it is easier to call football than baseball.

“The NFL has local but that’s radio,” he said. “There is no local TV. Every game in baseball is on local TV and the announcers for each fan base is rooting and living and dying just like the fans are.”

Joe Buck said he sympathizes with fans. He has had moments as a fan himself when he wished familiar local voices could call his favorite team’s biggest moment.

“I get it. I experience that as a fan. I’m a fan of the St. Louis Blues, so when the Blues won the Stanley Cup and the national guys were doing it, I wanted my local guys doing it that I hear all year, that I know have the same rooting interest that I have.”

Max Kellerman asked Buck which sport he preferred to call. He answered that he had fond memories of both baseball and football, but only one of the NFL is where broadcasters make a bigger impact.

“I like both, but football is just so damn big. I mean, these games are so huge that you do a Super Bowl for 112 million people! There’s just nothing in television that compares to that.”

A new season of Monday Night Football begins on September 12 with Russell Wilson returning to Seattle as a member of the Denver Broncos. It will be the first game Joe Buck and Troy Aikman call for ESPN.

Brett Yormark: No Better Partners Than ESPN and Fox

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Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has confirmed to The Athletic the conference has began negotiations on a media rights extension with ESPN and Fox.

“I met with ESPN last week, had great meetings with them,” Yormark told Justin Williams. “I think we’re very aligned and like-minded in where we want to go in the future. I’ll be meeting with Fox in the next week to gauge their interest.”

The commissioner also added if no extension is reached the conference has an exclusive window with ESPN and Fox to negotiate until February 2024.

He also noted the ideal television partner would “help us glamorize and market and promote the Big 12 and our member institutions” noting he didn’t believe there were better partners than ESPN and Fox.

“It is an exciting time for college athletics and given the changing landscape we welcome the opportunity to engage with our partners to determine if an early extension is in the best interest of all parties,” Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark said in a press release last week.  “The Big 12 has enjoyed a fantastic relationship with its multi-media rights holders, and I look forward to having these conversations.”

Jesse Kelly: Media Now ‘Hostile, Anti-American Insurgency’

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Jesse Kelly: Media Now ‘Hostile, Anti-American Insurgency’

During his Wednesday edition of The Jesse Kelly Show, the eponymous host railed against the American media, showing disbelief that people still believe corporate media.

Kelly said he was initially turned off by former President Donald Trump’s insistence the media is against American interests.

“I heard him say ‘Media is the enemy of the people’ and I’ll be frank I thought that was a little too far at the time. I thought to myself that’s going too far. I don’t know about that. Man, was he 1,000% correct and I was 1,000% wrong. We don’t have a media in the country. We have a hostile, anti-American insurgency that brings people the news. That’s the craziest thing about it. And waking normal people up to that realization, is more and more important now than it ever has been.

“Because there’s still so many people out there who believe — just because of tradition — that you can sit down after a long day of work and you can turn on CBS News or ABC News and you’ll get the nightly news that might be biased but its not outright lies. No. It’s outright lies. Everything you’re seeing is wrong. And if you walk away from that think you’re informed of what’s going on, you’re actually much dumber than you were before you turned on the news at all.

Kelly went on to mock people who said “the media wouldn’t like to us”.

“They’re lying to you. They are a hostile force in this country. They’re a hostile insurgency that has done more to rip this country apart more than politicians even have.”

ESPN Expands Sports Betting Content

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ESPN Expands Sports Betting Content

ESPN has seen an expansion into the sports betting landscape that continues with more sports betting content and expanded roles for current betting talent.

Doug Kezirian has been named ESPN Sports Betting Insider. Kezirian, who joined ESPN in 2012, has hosted Daily Wager since its launch in March of 2019. He will continue to be based in Las Vegas and will make regular appearances on Daily Wager. He will add several betting columns per week on ESPN.com and will contribute to ESPN Radio during weekends throughout the college football and NFL seasons.

Tyler Fulghum, a Sports Betting Analyst for ESPN, will become the new host of Daily Wager. He’ll continue to make appearances on SportsCenter and NBA Today.

After signing a new contract extension earlier this week, Joe Fortenbaugh also has an expanded role. Fortenbaugh will continue to contribute to Daily Wager, but will also host a new podcast beginning in January.

“Fans are craving sports betting content, and ahead of and during football season we want to provide it to them,” said ESPN Vice President of Fantasy and Sports Betting Content Scott Clark. “We have added some talented minds to the diverse and well-respected industry experts we already have, and are implementing new creative ideas into the mix. Now we’re just ready to watch it all unfold starting with football season.”

ESPN has also announced a new show called Bet with Erin Dolan will be published each Monday on Snapchat. ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Anita Marks is adding a weekly sports betting show on ESPN Los Angeles from 7:00 PM-10:00 PM PT. Marks will continue her work on The Anita Marks Show on ESPN New York.

Former CNN Anchor Bernard Shaw Dies

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Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died yesterday after a short battle with non-COVID related pneumonia, the network reports.

The first chief anchor in the network’s history, Shawn retired from CNN in 2001 after more than 20 years with the network.

“CNN’s beloved anchor and colleague, Bernard Shaw, passed away yesterday at the age of 82. Bernie was a CNN original and was our Washington Anchor when we launched on June 1st, 1980,” CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht said in a statement Thursday. “He was our lead anchor for the next twenty years from anchoring coverage of presidential elections to his iconic coverage of the First Gulf War live from Baghdad in 1991. Even after he left CNN, Bernie remained a close member of our CNN family providing our viewers with context about historic events as recently as last year. The condolences of all of us at CNN go out to his wife Linda and his children.”

Funeral services will be closed to only family and invited guests, the family said. A public memorial will be held at a later date.

“As a journalist, he demanded accuracy and fairness in news coverage,” said former CNN CEO Tom Johnson. “He earned the respect of millions of viewers around the world for his integrity and independence. He resisted forcefully any lowering of ethical news standards or any compromise of solid news coverage. He always could be trusted as a reporter and as an anchor,” Johnson said.

Shaw was 82.

Shaun Morash: ‘I Could Do Several Sports Better Than Boomer Esiason’

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Boomer Esiason said Shaun Morash looks “like a pear” Wednesday, which the CBS Sports Radio producer took great offense to before claiming there are several sports he could beat Boomer at.

During Boomer & Gio Thursday, WFAN update anchor Chris Lopresti played a clip of Morash’s statements.

“How dare Boomer, honestly,” Morash said during The DA Show Thursday morning.

“The guy was a former NFL MVP!”, Damon Amendolara shouted.

“What, 30 years ago?”, Morash countered. “I guarantee you today I could do several sports better than Boomer Esiason and a lot of that has to do with age. Basketball, I could be better at than him. If we played one-on-one hockey with a goalie I could definitely be better than him.”

“(Boomer) plays actual hockey on skates. Not an annual deck hockey celebrity tournament,” said CBS Sports Radio update anchor Andrew Bogusch.

“I know several people in his league that say he’s not very good,” Morash continued. “You wanna say he could still sling it at quarterback? Ok, fine, but I’d be a smoother route runner.”

Morash then admitted Esiason would beat him in golf, but said he moves well to beat Esiason at tennis, roller hockey, and softball.

“Listen, if you looked like a pear, you’d have to take some shots, too,” Esiason said after the clip ended.

After Lopresti said it was a “weird hill to die on”, co-host Gregg Giannotti quipped “he’s died on so many hills, that Shaun Morash. His body is all over the place.”

“What he doesn’t realize is I love the kid,” Esiason concluded while speaking about Morash. “I think he’s talented and he’s funny and I think he’s opinionated and I like that.”

Bill O’Reilly: The Washington Post ‘Primary Conduit’ For Justice Department Leaks

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During his podcast Wednesday, Bill O’Reilly maligned “corporate media”, specifically The Washington Post, for what he sees as their complicit interaction with government agencies to accuse Donald Trump of crimes, going as far as saying “their media allies and the corporations are helping to carry that out”.

“Every day the Justice Department is leaking stuff about Donald Trump. Every day,” O’Reilly said. “The primary conduit is The Washington Post. Which yesterday reports, citing several unnamed sources — where have we heard that before? — that among several unclassified documents in Mr. Trump’s basement was a nuclear capability analysis of a foreign nation. And this was the big story in the corporate media.

“Now, on Fox and Friends on the Fox News channel, they actually said ‘Well what is Trump doing with nuclear analysis of a foreign nation?’ Well — number one — how do you know its true? Number two, how do you know its classified? And why would he take it? Number three. It’s just like ‘suck it up’ whatever they throw out there.”

O’Reilly then questioned why the former President would take such a document, going as far to say there’s “no reason on Earth for Donald Trump to take a document like that”.

The former Fox News host continued by expressing his disbelief that people haven’t completely discounted traditional media sources.

“You would think Americans would say ‘Enough. I’m not watching this anymore. I’m not reading these newspapers anymore. I’m gonna watch O’Reilly. Or something else that has some kind of credibility.’ You would think! Now, it is happening to some extent. The network news is losing audience and so is cable news.”

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