"With a potential $60 million-$65 million annual extension reportedly waiting in the wings, ESPN is clearly wanting to make a significant investment in his future. Whether you love McAfee, tolerate him or cannot stand him, there is little denying his ability to generate attention."
"It's bittersweet. What I will do is just be grateful. I'll be grateful for the 26 years with Salem, and the 50 years in the business, and the wonderful people that I've worked with."
“I am looking forward to celebrating him and mocking him,” Danny Parkins said in teasing that Spiegel would be joining him later in the hour. “That is what true friends do.”
"Anyone can look at numbers on a screen and decipher if they are rising or dropping, but why are they doing that? I am a firm believer that you can’t answer that by just knowing your talent. You have to know your audience better."
"Two heads are always better than one, and more than ever, creative ideas and customer service are the number one priority for our advertising partners."
"Merkin said that the move means that listeners will hear the duo do crosstalk every day with Waddle and Silvy and that they will be able to be on the road on Fridays during the football season."
"It's bittersweet. What I will do is just be grateful. I'll be grateful for the 26 years with Salem, and the 50 years in the business, and the wonderful people that I've worked with."
"I was only going to use it to mess with people. I did not plan on it being big at all. But it lends to what I do, which is find stuff. And because it’s sports, it makes it that much better for me."