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ESPN Executive Peter McConville Departs After More Than Three Decades at the Network

"To my talented colleagues, thank you. The relationships and experiences will stay with me long after this chapter closes."

Michael Kay Defends Pat McAfee From Critics Saying He’s “Thin Skinned”

"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"

SummitMedia Names Matt ‘Brodie’ Lesley Brand Manager Over Entire Knoxville Cluster

In Knoxville, he'll oversee programming for Classic Rock 93.1, 100.3 The Wolf, Star 102.1, and Hot 104.5.

SiriusXM WWE Radio Listenership Up 20% From Launch Of Re-Branded Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7

"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."

Howard Simon Bids WGR Farewell

"I will never ever forget how much you did you for me and this show today. It is the greatest thing in the world."

Allan Davis Knows He Can’t Replace Howard Simon at WGR

“That would be hard to do. I don’t try to do that.  I just try to look at who’s out there and who’s next and build around that team."

Howard Simon Knew It Was Time to Scale Back From WGR

"When you get to the point where you don’t have it every day, to me that’s a sign that you’ve done your time, you’ve put in your work and it’s time to go do something else.”

Jeremy White: Manningcast Now About Teaching Football

"All of the sudden it's these teachable moments where you're actually learning about the game."

Jeremy White: Al Michaels Is A Legend, Can Say Games Stink

White's comments came after he reiterated that he believes the Amazon Prime Video broadcast is the best in the NFL.

Howard and Jeremy: Richard Sherman Can’t Hold Back On Russell Wilson

"He's gotta unleash, right? He'll know he can't hold back."

Howard and Jeremy: Amazon Prime Video Is Best NFL Broadcast

"Fitz (Ryan Fitzpatrick) is good. Andrew Whitworth is good. It's top to bottom -- maybe Tony Gonzalez is the weak link, I mean, he's fine -- but top to bottom it's a great broadcast."

Schopp And The Bulldog: What Happened to Player Shows?

"I don't know. Maybe because the teams feel like they just want to control the message themselves and they don't need the media to do all that?", The Bulldog pondered.

WGR Host Howard Simon Scaling Back To 3 Days Per Week

Simon shared on Twitter Monday morning he would be scaling back to working on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.

BSM’s Top 20 Mid Market Sports Radio Stations of 2019

"A look at BSM's Top 20 Mid Market Sports Stations as voted on by sports radio professionals."

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Michael Kay Defends Pat McAfee From Critics Saying He’s “Thin Skinned”

"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"

SummitMedia Names Matt ‘Brodie’ Lesley Brand Manager Over Entire Knoxville Cluster

In Knoxville, he'll oversee programming for Classic Rock 93.1, 100.3 The Wolf, Star 102.1, and Hot 104.5.

SiriusXM WWE Radio Listenership Up 20% From Launch Of Re-Branded Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7

"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."

Ernie Johnson Explains The Timing Of His Inside the NBA Retirement Announcement

"I actually kind of got tired of people asking me if I was going to keep doing the show."