Mike And Mad Dog Split? Russo To Sirius XM?
They have been together for 19 years. Mike and the Mad Dog has been a sports staple for so long it is tough to imagine New York radio without them. There is however rumors circulating that the duo is indeed splitting up, and that Chris Russo may be on his way to Sirius XM Radio. According to Newsday, the Fan now confirms that, “we’ve already heard the last of Mike Francesa and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, and Neil Best expects Russo to come to earth at Sirius XM.”
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Newday’s source at WFAN says that Mike Francesa may have signed a new deal with the terrestrial radio station despite the fact that his contract was not up until 2009. The source says Francesa will go solo in afternoons for now.
Mel Karmazin recently completed a merger between Sirius and XM. During the midst of the merger, some speculation surrounding Don Imus circulated, but Imus wound up staying on terrestrial. Karmazin’s philosophy seems to be that of picking and choosing talent while at the same to keeping costs in line at the merged company. Sirius XM does have some high profile names, but the costs for those names has been high profile as well.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has been known for so long as one half of Mike and the Mad Dog that it will be interesting to see how he does on his own. As the more “energetic” side of the duo, he may fit well into the sports mix on satellite radio.
Thanks Muscle
Position – Long SIRI
Thanks Bruce? My name is Muscle! Is your name Tyler or something else? Is Lord Charles going to censor this comment?
Forgive me muscle for I have sinned.
LOL! No problem. I am having it out with Ryan now. I can’t seem to get along with any of you guys. These internet egos with Lord Charles and Ryan are killing me. You are the only one who seems to get it Tyler. I wish you ran your own site.
Ryan and I are both assholes…riiight. Ever think that YOU might be the problem?
There are rules here… and they couldn’t be more loose so, quit your bitching.
Ever listen to the “Dog” solo, like on Saturday mornings or when Mike is on vacation?
Not good, not good at all . . . more over-paid talent plucked from a local based show, added to a national roster; I am sure folks in the midwest are running to sign-up to hear the Dog’s perspective on the Yankees payroll. . . another good reason to be a short.
On the bright side, maybe the Dog can sneak Mel on to Manasquan River while visiting the in-laws down in Lavallette (not “Mantoloking” dog).
No Lord Charles, you both think the internet is supposed to be like the real world. You treat message boards like they have to be civil and respectful and in accordance with your own tastes. That is not the internet.
Tyler and probably Ryan as well, both know that I have more knowledge of media than both of those 2 guys put together. What do I ask for? A stupid internet message board where I can post info freely. But from Ryan I get that I am not respectful enough to him and from you, Lord Charles, I get censorship.
I can’t catch a break. Tyler, can’t you get you’re own freakin site already?
I don’t think the internet is suppose to be like anything. I have rules on my forums, if you don’t like them then go somewhere else. I have thousands of people who visit this site per day and I am not going to cater to one single person.
I have never censored you. I have simply deleted spam from the board. I warned you once and you did it again. No one should be posting a single link with no comments on a board, its not me being picky, its how forums work. Why? Because there is no way to tell if that link is self serving. How do I know that you didn’t post that link to siriusxmnews because you were promoting it? How do I know that is not your website?
Stop hijacking the comments section of these articles. People reading this don’t know who you are or care about you. If you would like to contact Tyler or I then use our emails as this is not th place for that.
You’re a clown, move on.
I post a Fox interview of Mel on your site and you call it spam. I searched for it and I found it and posted it on your message board. Its the first time I even saw that other site and you think I am promoting it. What planet do you guys live on?
Tyler must have called me 10 times asking me to post and emailing that I am hurting him personally by leaving this site. You know how bad that makes me feel? The guy went out of his way for me, and I don’t even know him.
But you, Lord Charles, do power play censorship on a freakin internet mesaage board. WHY??? So ridiculous. Bye Tyler.
You posted a link to siriusxmnews not FOX. So, make sure you tell the whole story.
How the hell am I suppose to differentiate? If some guy signs up for a new account and posts a link to a valid relevant post which happen to be his own site I would want to squash that. We get paid for advertising. I am not going to differentiate.
If you think something is relevant, email us. If you think a link dump might be useful to everyone, email us that suggestion. If you would like to talk about something, do it on the forums but, they are forums, not an FFA link exchange.
It has nothing to do with a “power play,” I have spoken to other members about the same thing I spoke to you about and you know what? They said NO PROBLEM because they “get it.” You, on the other hand, threw a fit and you still are MONTHS later. Grow up dude, this is nothing personal. You can post today if you want to, you are welcome to visit the site, but you cant link dump. That is the only thing I have asked you not to do. Is that really an unreasonable request?
Ask yourself this… what if everyone did what you did on the forums? How useful would that community be? It would be useless, it would be a linkdump FFA page. If you think that is useful then request that we set that up but that is not a forum.