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Ranking the Top 100 Sports Radio Shows
Talkers Magazine has once again ranked the Top 100 sports radio shows in the country, and New York’s unintentionally hilarious blowhard, Mike Francesa, remains No. 1. I don’t pretend to listen to...
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Chris Russo Ripped Former Partner Mike Francesa's A-Rod Interview
On Wednesday Mike Francesa welcomed embattled Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez to his studio. The pair were chummy. Rodriguez joked if his 211-game suspension was upheld by arbitrators, he’d spend his...
View ArticleMike Francesa World War II Parody Includes Dead-On Chris Russo Impression
Mike Francesa and Chris Russo have long since gone their separate ways, meaning there will never be a reunion of the popular WFAN radio show “Mike & the Mad Dog” which ended in 2007. Last month...
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March Media Madness 2014: The Sports Talk Bracket
March Madness is nearly upon us. The unwritten rules of Internet mandate we must do some form of zany bracket competition. Since we aren’t ones to get jazzed up over rock albums or condiments, we...
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Chris Russo Spent 5 Minutes Ranting on Michael Pineda and the Yankees,...
Your browser does not support iframes. Chris Russo, the man who spent 19 years sitting next to affable sports media overlord, Mike Francesa, might want to consider switching to decaf or highly...
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Chris Russo Catches Heat Following Comments About Finding a "Worthy" Black...
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo put his foot in his mouth this week after a caller named Warrior asked him why his Sirius channel, Mad Dog Radio, had never hired a black host. Russo’s explanation was not exactly...
View ArticleSteve Phillips Would Like To Wish You A Happy Cinco De Mayo
Happy #CincoDeMayo from Steve Phillips, @EvCoRadio @Babchik & @TonyScags from #EvanAndPhillips! #SombreroSteve #MDSR pic.twitter.com/JL6o9gsfdX — Mad Dog Sports Radio (@MadDogRadio) May 5, 2014...
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Roundup: Sofia Vergara is Single; Krispy Kreme's Triple Cheeseburger & Judge...
Alessandra Ambrosio at AMFAR … Sofia Vergara is single again … Tennessee fraternity suspended for pouring hot sauce on genitals … the 10 wealthiest zip codes in Texas … “Naked violinist arrested in...
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Did a Mike and the Mad Dog Reunion Almost Happen in September?
Once upon a time there was a radio show in New York on WFAN called Mike & the Mad Dog. It was a great show. People loved it. The duo invented the term “Radio Row” at the Super Bowl, for pete’s...
View ArticleChris Russo Yelled the Loudest About Tom Brady
There have been lots of takes about Tom Brady, but none of them had higher volume than Chris “Mad Dog” Russo’s. He wasn’t altogether unreasonable, but again, was quite emphatic. This came after Dog...
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Bill Simmons Leaves ESPN: Six Other Recent Media Moves to Remember
News broke Friday morning that ESPN will not offer Bill Simmons a new contract, making him the biggest sports media free agent in history. The easy parallel here (in honor of Simmons) would be to make...
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Chris Russo and Peter King Yelled at Each Other About Tom Brady
Peter King apparently heard Chris Russo bashing him on his show, and called in to defend himself on the matter. King has been talking about flaws in the Ted Wells Report’s characterization of the...
View ArticleJohn Dowd Hung Up on Chris Russo After Highly Intellectual Radio Debate on...
Pete Rose is back in the news this week — yay! Accordingly Chris “Mad Dog” Russo had John Dowd on as a guest his SiruisXM show. Russo demanded from Dowd, author of the Dowd Report (an investigation on...
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Neither Mike Francesa Nor Chris Russo Ruled Out Reuniting
Here’s some interesting news for New York sports radio fans. Chris Russo said he “would consider” an offer to reunite with former partner Mike Francesa. Francesa, when asked about Russo’s comments,...
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Roundup: Road Rage Victim Pulls Bat, Chases Attacker & Incredible RKO Off of...
Emily Ratajkowski, who was also in Gone Girl … “Is Gawker Destroying Itself From The Inside? Let’s Hope So” … Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are getting a divorce after four years of marriage …...
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Roundup: Taylor Swift vs. Nicki Minaj & There's a Lion on the Loose in Milwaukee
Halston Sage … is this really a lion on the loose in a Milwaukee neighborhood? … NYC’s Kennedy airport spending $48 million to build a luxury animal terminal … things you shouldn’t do: Head-butt a bus...
View ArticleChris Russo Was APOPLECTIC No Callers Could Answer His Packers Trivia
Chris Russo wanted to know which Packers offensive lineman was the last to be introduced in Super Bowl I. None of his callers knew the answer. This angered Russo quite a bit. Process of elimination...
View ArticleChris Russo Wouldn't Not Want to Be Considered to Replace Mike Francesa on...
Chris Russo was a guest on WFAN’s Boomer and Carton on Wednesday. The whole conversation is worth a listen, but the snippet below where they asked him if he would consider replacing his former Mike...
View ArticleChris Russo Gyrated and Shouted About Something on MLB Network
Angry dog. @MadDogUnleashed #HighHeat pic.twitter.com/zvtQVBGvJc — MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) March 10, 2016 Chris Russo was fired up on MLB Network’s “High Heat” today. No clue what about. Doesn’t...
View ArticleRichard Deitsch Talks Bayless, Tirico, and Possible First Take Replacements
Sports Illustrated media reporter Richard Deitsch and TBL founding editor Jason McIntyre join the podcast this week. Topics discussed: Whose exit has bigger potential impact on ESPN’s bottom line:...
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