When I was younger - mostly in middle school, but a little in high school as well - I would listen to the local sports talk radio station, WFAN 660-AM, fanatically. I knew the entire schedule, all of the hosts, and even some of the frequent callers. However, as I grew older, I became particularly disillusioned with the biggest show on the station (outside of the now-defunct Imus In The Morning), the weekday afternoon program Mike and the Mad Dog. Hosted by Mike Francesa and Chris Russo (the 'Mad Dog' who was more like a yelping puppy at his best), the show would often devolve into one (or both) of them yelling mindlessly over the people who were calling in. Francesa came off as an arrogant bastard, while Russo was just an idiot, plain and simple.
So it comes with a hearty platter of schadenfraude that I read today that the show is likely coming to an end. It's not that Francesa or Russo won't find another gig, but they are paid an obscene amount of money to do a job that the average sports fan in the Tri-State area would do better. Getting paid nearly a cool million and a half to do what they do...WFAN would do better by replacing them (and a lot of the rest of the useless roster of hosts) with new, younger, and most importantly, more knowledgeable, talent.
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