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How Chris McMonigle Landed in Afternoons With Craig Carton at WFAN
"It’s been a lifelong dream. Just to be the overnight host I felt was a dream, and I felt I was just becoming accustomed to that role. It’s been a whirlwind, but it’s been a crazy but exciting couple of months."
Al Michaels Is Failing to Measure Up to His Own Standard
"When the magic starts to fade, everyone seems to know it but you. The audience hears it. Your partner feels it. Producers see it. The industry whispers it and the only person who doesn’t… is the living legend himself."
Mike Francesa: I Asked Bill Simmons to Replace Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo Following His WFAN Exit
"I called Bill. I said 'Bill, I got an idea.'"
Max Kellerman: I Was Supposed To Replace Chris “Mad Dog” Russo at WFAN and Join Mike Francesa
"I think when he thought they’re gonna make me take a partner, then it was like, okay, well, I’d like it to be with that guy [Kellerman]. And then it was like, I don’t need a partner."
Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo Explains Why Enthusiasm Remains Key in Crowded Sports Media Landscape
"If you've been doing it for 40 years, that still has to mean something to you if you're going to do it right"
Chris Russo Feels Molly Qerim Left ‘First Take’ Abruptly Because She “Felt Embarrassed”
"I think Molly probably looked at it as, ‘I’m not gonna do First Take. I don’t want to do SportsCenter,’ so she probably didn’t want to, felt that would be a demotion"
ESPN NFL Analyst Peter Schrager: “I’m a Product of WFAN Sports Talk Radio”
"I think it helped form a lot of the ways that I like to connect with the listener, viewer, reader, whatever. They’ve been a huge influence over my career"
Katie Nolan Launches New Program On SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio
"Being a sports fan is a complex experience, and I’m dying to talk about it"
Why is a ‘Final Show’ Difficult for Talent and Management to Execute?
"A final show shouldn’t be about ego. It should be about closure for the host, company, and audience."
SiriusXM Parts Ways With Michelle Beadle, Cody Decker
"You don’t usually get such love on your way out. Security usually walks ya to the door. You guys rule. Six hours of how you felt. And you all were heard."