"I'm excited to be back in the game, grateful for another opportunity. I'm confident I can earn the trust of Bay Area listeners all over again. More than anything, I'm hopeful my friend Greg Papa wins the only battle that really matters."
"I'm in this business because of him. This past off season was hell. It's been well documented. I didn't know when he was coming back on the mic, and I wanted him to dictate that himself."
"I honestly didn't need to prove anything to anybody or myself. I didn't do it for that reason. I did it for the 49ers organization. They've had my back during this."
"I could not go through all the people at UCSF, where I was yesterday, that have basically saved my life and put me on a course to live my life again, as normal as I can"
"Guy Haberman, Justin Allegri, Troy Clardy, Carlos Ramirez, and Jack Smith will each serve as play-by-play commentators alongside veteran color analyst Tim Ryan"
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."