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	<title>Russo To Sirius To Be Made Official This Morning</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/russo_to_sirius_to_be_made_official_this_morning/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/19/russo_to_sirius_to_be_made_official_this_morning.png" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Russo To Sirius To Be Made Official This Morning " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  It was a foregone conclusion that Chris &quot;Mad Dog&quot; Russo was heading to Sirius Satellite Radio, but it it will be made official today at 10:30am at Sirius HQ on Sixth Avenue in NYC.... It appears Siriux/XM radio is ready put an end to the speculation and officially announce Chris “Mad Dog” Russo as their newest sports host. The satellite radio provider has scheduled a press conference for&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies found this 2 days ago on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3109819/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/nba/"&gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/nba/david_stern/"&gt;David Stern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:05:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Sirius XM finally read to introduce Russo Tuesday?!</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; Sirius XM is planning to introduce a &quot;major sports media personality&#39;&#39; Tuesday morning at its Manhattan headquarters. 

 Hmm. Take a wild guess. Go ahead. I&#39;ll wait. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;XM MLB Chat found this 2 days ago on weblogs.newsday.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3106831/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/other/"&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:05:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>DOG GONE! MIKE A REAL BLOWHARD  - New York Post</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Posted: 4:10 am August 16, 2008 AAAAAAAAAAH, move over, MacArthur, make room for Mikey!  Never, ever underestimate Mike Francesa&#39;s ability to seize any opportunity to present himself as a self-important blowhard. Hey, it&#39;s a gift.  Yesterday, during what became the last installment of WFAN&#39;s &quot;Mike and the Mad Dog,&quot; Francesa repeatedly tried to make one thing clear: Between the two, he was the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football found this 5 days ago on www.nypost.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3090293/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/other/"&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:43:19 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Chris &quot;Mad Dog&quot; Russo has left WFAN -- Newsday.com</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;wo weeks shy of its 19th anniversary, the &quot;Mike and the Mad Dog&#39;&#39; show is no more.

WFAN announced early Thursday evening that Chris Russo is leaving the company, making Mike Francesa the sole host of the popular afternoon drive time show.

&quot;Mike and Chris pioneered the genre more than 18 years ago and have shaped the sports talk format into what it is today,&quot; WFAN operations director Mark&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McLovin posted 7 days ago from www.newsday.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3077681/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:44:47 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Breaking: Chris Russo has left WFAN</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; Chris Russo has left WFAN. Mike Francesa to go solo for now. Details to come 
 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sports Media Watch found this 7 days ago on weblogs.newsday.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3077447/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/other/"&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:10:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Gardner, Ransom Promoted</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; According to Mike Francesa on WFAN, the Yankees just sent down Melky Cabrera and waived Richie Sexson. Taking their place is Brett Gardner and Cody Ransom . 
 This move can only help the Yankees. Cabrera gave us nothing at all, and Richie was a waist of a precious roster spot (never knew why he was on the team in the first place). In fact, I bet Jesus Montero would have given us better&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Green Pinstripes found this 5 days ago on mvn.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3085364/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/melky_cabrera/"&gt;Melky Cabrera&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/richie_sexson/"&gt;Richie Sexson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brett_gardner/"&gt;Brett Gardner&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cody_ransom/"&gt;Cody Ransom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:55:13 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mike and the Mad Dog relationship changed frequently -</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mike_and_the_mad_dog_relationship_changed_frequently/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/15/mike_and_the_mad_dog_relationship_changed_frequent.gif" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Mike and the Mad Dog relationship changed frequently - " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chris &#39;Mad Dog&#39; Russo Chris &#39;Mad Dog&#39; Russo, who for so long was one half of a successful sports talk duo with Mike Francesa. ( Photo by Bruce Gilbert )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sports Media Journal found this 6 days ago on www.newsday.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3081265/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/other/"&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:29:06 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Radio Alert: It’s Now Mike Minus Mad Dog</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;On Thursday, WFAN’s “Mike and the Mad Dog” became just Mike, when Chris Russo left the station abruptly, ending the most formidable duo in sports-talk radio. &gt;      
 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life ... found this 6 days ago on www.nytimes.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3081416/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:39:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>GOOD OR BAD, MIKE &amp; DOG MADE HISTORY</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;OK, so maybe it wasn&#39;t always for the best reasons, but Mike Francesa and Chris Russo still had a good run - a great run, even - and for nearly 20 years.  Hell, for better and worse, they made radio history. Like Burns and Allen, Klavin and Finch...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sports Media Journal found this 6 days ago on www.nypost.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3079022/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/other/"&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:29:06 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Breaking News:  WFAN Drops The Mad Dog</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/breaking_news_wfan_drops_the_mad_dog/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/14/breaking_news_wfan_drops_the_mad_dog.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Breaking News:  WFAN Drops The Mad Dog " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  And just like that, the long rumored breakup between Chris &quot;Mad Dog&quot; Russo and Mike Francesa has finally come to pass. Neil Best of Newsday first reported on the rift back in June and now according to Newsday , it&#39;s official.... WFAN announced Thursday that it has released Chris (Mad Dog) Russo from his contract. This means the end of his 20-year partnership with Mike Francesa on the highly&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bob&#39;s Blog - Live from Lewisville found this 6 days ago on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3077719/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/other/"&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/chris_russo/"&gt;Chris Russo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/mike_francesa/"&gt;Mike Francesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:20:52 +1900</pubDate>
	
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