Tierney seemed truly agitated by the perceived slight. …įAN’s Brandon Tierney did not think Sterling would use the Volpe HR call the Gasbag authored (“When the bat hits the ball and goes over the wall that’s A Volpe”) but appeared to be unhappy the Yankees social media department used it without crediting him. Or is it stupidity? While the ship be sinking, the suits signed Kay to a new multi-year deal. If anything, 98.7 management has displayed patience. The competition, FANs Carton and Roberts scored a 7.7 share, third in the market. The Kay show strayed into Emergency Broadcast Signal territory, recording a 2.9 share, which was “good” for 15th in the market. Not saying we have any answers, but it is truly mystifying watching the ratings collapse of ESPN-98.7’s “The Michael Kay Show.” In the Winter Book, the plunge continued. Those at WFAN responsible for producing the historic audio replays of great moments in New York sports might consider adding something to the highlight of the Rangers beating Vancouver to win the Stanley Cup in 1994.įAN uses Marv Albert’s call: “And the New York Rangers have won the Stanley Cup.” But the spot stops there, leaving out Marveloso’s next, and best, line.Īlbert: “… Something that most people did not think they would hear in their lifetime.” Now, if only Barkley would start complaining about the NBA’s stop-and-go playoff schedule? To have that last game at 10:30 Eastern is just wrong. “We should have played at 1 o’clock, 3 o’clock. We had the whole day to ourselves,” Barkley replied. Unfortunately, host Ernie Johnson tried putting an NBA/TNT spin on the matter saying it was an 8:30 start in Denver. He specifically referred to the Minnesota-Denver 10:30 p.m. Will the steady rocking Banks fire back on each occasion?Ĭharles Barkley, once again, provided a service to fans last Sunday by complaining about the late starting times of playoff games. Still, the longer the contractual situation drags on for the two Giants stars drags on, the more “outside” mouths are going to chirp. No, their happy Jones got his money….”īanks said Lombardi and Brooks can spin all they want about Barkley and Lawrence being unhappy over not yet getting their dough, but he hasn’t heard Schoen, John Mara or Steve Tisch say: “‘We’re all tapped out. “Don’t say that Dexter Lawrence (negotiations in progress) or Saquon Barkley (Giants placed the $10.1 million franchise tag on him) feels underappreciated. “Don’t paint this as a dysfunctional locker room” Banks said. He said Brian Daboll must “snuff this out” because the team is not good enough to “deal with these issues.”īrooks seconded that emotion, tweeting: “This happens when you overpay the QB (Jones)….It could wreck the (Giants) squad in ’23.”īanks, on his “Bleav Giants” podcast with Bob Papa, acknowledged that because of their experience with NFL teams, Lombardi/Brooks “know what a dysfunctional locker room looks like.” Yet as far as Banks sees it, neither Brooks nor Lombardi has been in the Giants compound since Joe Schoen took over as GM and Daboll as coach. “‘The disease of me’ is creeping into the Giants locker room after (Daniel) Jones’ big deal, with (Saquon) Barkley and (Dexter) Lawrence skipping workous,” Lombardi tweeted. Lombardi believes the Giants may already have locker room problems. That is until Carl Banks, the team’s outstanding radio analyst, recently had enough of NFL Insiders Mike Lombardi (former NFL exec/current GM shuffle podcast) and the NFL Network’s Bucky Brooks. With the media focus on the Jets and their Aaron Rodgers “negotiations” with Green Bay, there has not been much noise surrounding the Giants. If they did, they would have told him “sei licenziato” a long time ago. As far as Sterling’s style, or lack thereof, or the quality of the radiocast, the suits could care less. Sterling has been enabled by a Yankees’ organization that only cares about the financial terms of its radio deal with Audacy, parent company of WFAN. Suzyn Waldman, his current analyst and a trailblazer in her field, will also be remembered as playing the role of Madame Clean-Up, straightening out the microphone messes Sterling has created since they were paired in 2005. Sterling basically drove “partners” like Jay Johnstone, Joe Angel and Charley Steiner out of the Bronx booth. Sterling may be loved for providing the VOS with material, but it’s telling how many of his boothmates could never establish any chemistry with someone (in any language) who sees himself as a one-man show. For Sterling knows, and will tell friends, “that’s what the fans love.” Guess Sterling thinks it’s high praise when a VOS Gasbag replays audio of a gaffe, or a HR call, then says “That’s why we love John.” He will likely provide that answer quicker than coughing up the names of players involved in turning a 6-4-3 double play.
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