Awful Announcing
For the second straight quarter, ESPN PR sent out a release claiming Michael Kay "beat" Mike Francesa, citing numbers that include Kay's streaming feed and don't count Francesa's.
Kay saw a specialist in Boston and was recommended to undergo surgery.
"You destroy him daily and defend him. Good gig."
ESPN PR put out a release that Michael Kay's show "beats" Mike Francesa's. But that's only if you count ESPN's streaming and discount WFAN's.
Francesa's old partner, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, will be appearing on ESPN New York instead of WFAN in the final day of the ratings book battle.
On The Michael Kay Show, Casserly revealed that he annually trains prospects for combine interviews. That should have been disclosed when he started passing along anonymous critiques of Kyler Murray's interviews.
Francesa's audience has declined since his April return to WFAN, and Kay's has risen to surpass him. If that trend continues, that's a big shakeup in New York sports radio.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was drafted in 2013, and Phil Jackson was hired in 2014. The only way to blame Jackson is if you think he has a time machine.
"Well, keep picking! Keep picking! I don't know...Sid Luckman! I'll go with Sid Luckman! Gimme Joe Namath! Don Maynard! Let's go with Don! Morons! I can't take it."
“You know I was being facetious” didn’t come across well with Frazier.
Kay will continue to call about 125 Yankees' games a year for YES while also hosting his ESPN New York radio afternoon show.
Kay topped the New York sports show radio ratings for much of the period with Francesa gone, but the Sports Pope is now back on his throne.
"You can't do a long goodbye, because if you do a long goodbye, it gets a little tedious, number one, and number two, if you change your mind in five or six months, you look like a horse's fanny."
"High fly ball, left field. Martinez... and that ball is over the wall, a home run! A two-run shot for Sanchez, and it is 4-0 Yankees."
Francesa beat Michael Kay, but was no match for the holiday stylings on Lite FM.
