weblogs.newsday.com - 11/24/2008
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Click below for another installment of my conversation with Mike Francesa last week, in which he discusses his involvement (or lack thereof) in the breakup with Chris Russo, their fight last winter over the trade of Shaq from Miami to Phoenix and other matters.
On perceptions of ...
Mike Francesa, Chris Russo late to new media game
weblogs.newsday.com 11/24/2008 — Mike Francesa is under contract with WFAN through 2013, which also is when the simulcast renewal with YES expires.
Will Francesa continue after that, or hang 'em up?
Click below for his thoughts on that, as well as his admission that he and ...
Mike Francesa didn't hold Letterman against Russo
weblogs.newsday.com 11/24/2008 — Among the many theories posed in the spring and summer about the tension between Mike Francesa and Chris Russo was that Francesa was mad at Russo for not coming to his defense during Russo's visits to David Letterman's late-night TV show.
Francesa ...
Chris Russo liked Devils games more than Francesa
weblogs.newsday.com 11/24/2008 — One of the biggest sources of tension between Mike Francesa and Chris Russo was "remote" broadcasts, with Russo favoring them much more often than Francesa.
Francesa admitted in my Sunday newspaper column that he often was in the wrong in turning ...
Shaq has landed in Minneapolis
markmadsen.com 11/26/2008 — Most of our shoot around practice this morning
covered how we were going to contain Shaq, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire.
The early part of this season was frustrating to say the least because we were ahead
in many of our games going into the ...
Chris Russo had Mike Francesa at 'Pedroia'
weblogs.newsday.com 11/24/2008 — In my Sunday newspaper column , Mike Francesa references the pleasant time he had hanging out with Chris Russo at a fundraising dinner Nov. 7.
Click below for much, much more on that topic from my conversation with Francesa last week.
It ...
Mike Francesa does not want to do a one-man show
weblogs.newsday.com 11/24/2008 — Now that Mike Francesa has had his say looking back at his breakup with Chris Russo, the big remaining question is when he will get around to naming a new sidekick, and who it will be.
Click below for his thoughts on why he still is committed to ...
Maybe Resting Shaq Will Work For the Suns
nba.fanhouse.com 11/10/2008 — by Nate Jones Earlier this week, my colleague Brett Edwards posted his thoughts on the Suns strategy to rest Shaquille O'neal on back to back nights. With good reason, Brett thinks that the Suns should reconsider the strategy of resting Shaq on back ...
Will The Real Shaq Twitter Feed Please Stand Up? [NBA]
deadspin.com 11/20/2008 — This story involves technology and is written by an old person, so try to bear with me as I attempt to follow along. A few weeks ago, someone started using Twitter under the name Shaquille O'Neal. Everyone was all in a tizzy, until it was revealed ...
Mike Francesa still flying solo post-Russo
weblogs.newsday.com 11/10/2008 — After taking a week off, I suppose I ought to update you on the situation regarding Mike Francesa's search for a regular sidekick.
Umm . . . there isn't one, as far as I have been able to ascertain. Stay tuned, as they say in the journalism cliche ...
Shaq Is Twittering… Maybe
redsarmy.wordpress.com 11/10/2008 —
Shaquille O’Neal is on Twitter . I don’t know what can possibly be said about that other than you’re insane if you’re not following him (providing, of course, that it’s really him). Not doing so could cost you ...
Monday Morning Point Guard —
Wizards Insider 11/24/2008
How 'bout those Knicks, Phil? Wuh? You're trying to get LeBron in 2010, too? (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) Shouldn't we just hand the Los Angeles Lakers the next two NBA championships and fast-forward to the summer of 2010? If ...
