"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."
“This is an exciting time to be taking over the Program Director position for these brands. Each station has its own distinct flavor, and all of them are filled with great talent I’m looking forward to working with,”
First Things First, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and Speak all extended their viewership growth streaks into February and posted their most Februarys in their collective show histories
“I’m so grateful to The Zone and Cumulus for believing in and investing in Lucas, Jackson and me. We could not be happier to continue to do the show for such an incredibly supportive audience and the city that we love."
“While iHeartMedia may be celebrating Cumulus’s Nash FM 106.1 in New Orleans flipping to FOX Sports Radio, I wonder if sports fans in the Crescent City feel the same way.”
“There’s no question that there’s days that I wake up and I can feel the juices when sports stories are breaking and I’m sitting there going man I wish I was involved in that right now."
As revealed by McAfee on the Monday, Mar. 4 edition of The Pat McAfee Show, the Friday, Apr. 5 edition of the show will air live from WWE World in Philadelphia.
The report says the announcers were also told they could “agree or disagree” with a controversial call, but not imply that the replacement referees were “the reason for the controversial call.”
"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."