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Mike Francesa is passing the buck, distancing himself from what went down in his feud with the popular anonymous Twitter user Funhouse. During a rare series of Twitter interactions on Saturday, Francesa said the decision to ban Funhouse from using his content came from Entercom, WFAN’s parent company. “I did nothing to funhouse,” the sports-talk …
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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: the Knicks. Why can’t the Knicks build superior training facilities like the Nets if that is what it takes …
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The feud between Mike Francesa and the anonymous person behind the popular Funhouse account on Twitter escalated overnight and ultimately resulted in the iconic radio personality issuing a half-hearted apology for publicly engaging with his chief viral antagonist. “With what is going on in the world, I apologize for even responding to such inconsequential nonsense,” …
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The Funhouse Twitter account @BackAftaThis has gotten many followers over the years posting clips of Mike Francesca’s WFAN show, but it looks like it’s coming to an end. After opening his half-hour WFAN show with a tribute to the retiring John Minko, Francesca didn’t mention Funhouse by name but expressed displeasure that social media posted …
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Where do you want to start? Wednesday? On Wednesday, Alex Rodriguez and his fiancée, Jennifer Lopez, were photographed defying a Florida stay-at-home order to work out in a closed gym that appeared open to only them. The sign on the gym read that it was closed. Their limo driver disinfected the car’s entrance handles. Some …
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Another WFAN original will be signing off. Longtime update man John Minko announced Thursday on Mike Francesa’s Radio.com show that he will be taking a buyout from WFAN’s parent company Entercom because of the economic strain of the coronavirus pandemic. Friday will be the final day for the 67-year-old – nicknamed the “Mink Man” after …
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As part of its layoff and furlough plan, WFAN’s parent company, Entercom, has asked its top hosts from Mike Francesa to Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti to take 20-percent pay cuts and forgo bonuses through near the end of July, The Post has learned. Sources said Entercom’s COO Susan Larkin had a conference call with …
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Stephen A. Smith attacking his own burner account is the coronavirus distraction we all need right now. The loquacious ESPN personality has a notorious “burner account” on Twitter with the handle @SASBurnerAcct that has over 347,000 followers. For a moment, it seemed that the real Stephen A. Smith was one of them. On Wednesday, the …
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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: the Rangers. Do you think the Jets will still try to pry Trent Williams from the Redskins (for less than …
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This is news ESPN doesn’t want Adam Schefter generating. With the NFL Draft 2020 still scheduled to be held — shifted from Las Vegas to a virtual experience due to the coronavirus pandemic — a little more than three weeks after the federal government announced projections of 100,000 to 240,000 deaths from the disease, the …
Mike Francesa is passing the buck, distancing himself from what went down in his feud with the popular anonymous Twitter user Funhouse. During a rare series of Twitter interactions on Saturday, Francesa said the decision to ban Funhouse from using his content came from Entercom, WFAN’s parent company. “I did nothing to funhouse,” the sports-talk …
