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Kurt Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, and widow, Courtney Love, are about to lose a vicious tug-of-war over his famed “Unplugged” guitar that has raged on for years — a battle that’s involved alleged death threats and murder plots, private investigators and multiple ugly lawsuits. As recently as July, Love and Frances were mounting a …
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No more phone calls, please! We have a winner! First, a moment to give thanks for being truly blessed throughout this pandemic to have been served by relentless over-the-air geniuses — especially Mike Francesa and Stephen A. Smith, both of whom take themselves very seriously as per their advanced media megalomania. Both stir themselves into …
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It didn’t take long for the anonymous Twitter user Funhouse to get back to posting clips from Mike Francesa shows. What was the first one he posted on Wednesday since returning from the self-imposed ban? A clip of Francesa telling his audience that he witnessed first-hand the gambling exploits Michael Jordan. Francesa brought himself into …
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Like the WFAN host he chronicles, @BackAftaThis is going back on his word. All that’s missing? “I nevah said dat!” Less than two weeks after the anonymous Twitter user Funhouse said he would never again post clips from Mike Francesa’s show — this, after Francesa and Entercom barred anybody from posting videos of the show …
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WFAN is getting a new boss — same as the old boss. And this could have huge implications for the potential return of Craig Carton to WFAN whenever he is released from prison. Sources have told The Post that Chris Oliviero is taking over as the head honcho at WFAN and all of the Entercom-run …
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Even if handshakes are still a thing in the post-coronavirus era, Michael Kay won’t be extending one to Mike Francesa. Kay has overtaken Francesa in the ratings, but the New York sports radio rivalry remains fiery between the longtime afternoon drive voices of ESPN New York and WFAN, so much so that Kay said he …
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Mike Francesa folded, but the man behind the popular Twitter handle that for years posted video clips of Francesa still says: No tweets for you. After Francesa said he and WFAN’s parent company, Entercom, would not allow clips of his show to be posted without their consent, Francesa reversed course in a tweet Thursday saying …
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Dan Fouts, who was sentenced by CBS to call many Jets telecasts, never failed the 1 p.m. NFL Sunday Wince Test. You know the Wince Test? That’s when you find out who the announcers will be on the CBS and Fox early games. Too often the likes of Daryl “Moose” Johnston, “Hollerin’ ” Kevin Harlan and …
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Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, alongside Mike Francesa, helped build WFAN into a sports-talk giant, having the No. 1 afternoon drive-time show in the area for years. Now, watching from a distance, he isn’t sure what to make of the station’s direction. So many of its big names are gone, Russo pointed out, from Don Imus …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. Could ABC push for their own 1 p.m. NFL broadcast window along with CBS and Fox? — …
Kurt Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, and widow, Courtney Love, are about to lose a vicious tug-of-war over his famed “Unplugged” guitar that has raged on for years — a battle that’s involved alleged death threats and murder plots, private investigators and multiple ugly lawsuits. As recently as July, Love and Frances were mounting a …
