Mike Francesa denies charging $50 for autographs at upcoming appearance: ‘I have never and would never.’
"This was to be an appearance, nothing more."
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SNY’s SportsNite, WFAN’s Craig Carton duped by fake Mets prospect tweet
"I think the guy was being sarcastic."
Report: Tiki Barber will replace Craig Carton on WFAN’s afternoon show
Barber currently co-hosts the midday show with Brandon Tierney.
Craig Carton says emotional goodbye to WFAN: ‘One of the most difficult days I’ll ever do in radio.’
"I’m a radio guy at heart, always have been, always will be. And yet the challenge of trying to do a successful national morning show on Fox Sports 1 is something that appeals to me."
Craig Carton leaving WFAN, Turtle from ‘Entourage’ floated as a replacement
"Internally, Tiki Barber is the leading candidate while, externally, Jerry Ferrara is someone WFAN will consider, according to sources."
Stephen A. Smith vehemently defends Evan Roberts calling Mets players ‘pieces of crap’: ‘I know I’ve said as bad’
"The softness of sports fans. It’s really getting on my last damn nerves."
WFAN’s Evan Roberts calls Mets’ players ‘mercenary pieces of crap’
"The Mets spend $90 million on these two mercenary pieces of crap who’ve done nothing."
Tampa Bay Rays mock WFAN’s Evan Roberts with T-shirts
“Christian Bethancourt – HELLOOOO – Taylor Walls, WHAT?!”
WFAN’s Craig Carton and Evan Roberts tag team former WWE star Matt Cardona
"Matt Cardona’s maybe my favorite wrestler of all time."
Erik Kratz blasts WFAN’s Evan Roberts for Tampa Bay Rays cheating accusation: ‘You’re such a troll saying this.’
"That's an absolutely horrible take."
WFAN’s Evan Roberts accuses Tampa Bay Rays of cheating after hot start: ‘Sometimes you don’t need evidence.’
"Are you gonna wake up when the article’s written in The Athletic, or are you gonna wake up now?"
Evan Roberts accuses Craig Carton of ‘being used’ by the Packers to spread ‘fake’ Aaron Rodgers rumors
"Why would anyone want to use me?"
WFAN’s Evan Roberts retires from Saturday show after 16 years
"16 years have gone by and it finally hit me recently, I can’t do it anymore. I gotta spend time with my kids."
Craig Carton explodes at the notion that his James Dolan interview was soft
"To say on Twitter right now that we did not confront Dolan about fans being concerned that they might be banned or harassed because they took a shot at James Dolan...is a bold-faced lie."
Craig Carton confused by The Ringer’s John Jastremski calling him a ‘crook’ in radio feud
"If you want to have a war, you’re picking the wrong guy"
Craig Carton keeping receipts on WFAN morning show after Boomer Esiason makes prison quip
"He likes to hold grudges," Boomer Esiason added of his former co-host Craig Carton.
Craig Carton says Mets’ SNY “c-blocked” Kevin Burkhardt from going to Fox
"He had to toil for another year doing hot dog and sausage updates from random ballparks."
Craig Carton chides all play-by-play announcers for losing touch with real sports fans
"When you become a play-by-play broadcaster…You’ve lost touch with the average fan"
This Week In Hot Takes: Rich Lowry calls soccer “fundamentally flawed,” says baseball’s “purest” because…it’s not subjective?
"In this sense, baseball is the purest sport. It relies less on subjective umpire calls, especially now with replay."
Filling in for Mike Francesa, Chris Christie calls critical caller “a communist”
WFAN to try out possible Mike Francesa replacements this summer, including Evan Roberts
WFAN VP (programming) Mark Chernoff sees the summer as a way to try some different combinations of potential Francesa replacements.
