“Hubie Brown is 90 and still not only lucid, excellent on the air,” Cowherd said Wednesday on The Herd. The Hall of Fame coach turned 90 years old last month. Through his role, he has had the opportunity to be on the call for two Super Bowl championships and countless memorable moments.ĮSPN NBA analyst Hubie Brown recently began his 20th season calling games for the network, and Colin Cowherd has nothing but respect for Brown still putting on the headset.īrown has been calling games with ESPN since 2004, but the 2023-24 season marks Hubie’s 50th involved in the NBA. As a co-worker used to say to me, that’s showbiz!”Ĭarl Banks continues calling Giants games on the station with play-by-play announcer Bob Papa, a role he has had since the 2007 season. “Sometimes on the station, we will argue *very* passionately about sports,” Eskin said. He explained that he is proud of the job Tierney and Licata are doing in middays and understood the circumstances that can come out of sports radio. Spike Eskin, vice president of programming at WFAN and CBS Sports Radio, addressed the incident on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday morning. “When things go awry, as they sometimes do, you’ve got to own it, and I think we did, and I think Carl did as well.” “Things are going to happen in this medium when you bring a lot of passion to a topic, as certainly we did that day and hopefully every day, and Carl did that day,” Tierney said. Tierney has known Banks for over a decade and also spoke to him during the week. Although he said that he was okay, he decided against returning for the weekly spot. While on the air for their program on Wednesday, Licata addressed the matter and acknowledged that he apologized both on the air and to Banks directly regarding the incident. WFAN management reportedly tried to smooth things over with Banks, but he was resolute in his decision. Licata then deemed he had heard enough and brashly ended the conversation. Banks, who was scheduled to appear on The Brandon Tierney and Sal Licata Show in middays weekly during the football season, defended the Giants second-year linebacker and criticized the hosts for trying to find flaws with players. Eskin will look to be the Aaron Rodgers following up Brett Favre after the latter famously also moved on to the Big Apple.Īfter a heated debate surrounding New York Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux on WFAN’s midday show last week, former Giants linebacker and current radio color commentator Carl Banks has resigned from his weekly guest appearance. He mentioned the challenge of having to diversify his content from primarily NFL which was the main focus in the city of Brotherly Love, to a city with nine pro sports teams. He mentioned his goal in radio was always to make his way to WFAN, just up I-95, and said it did not hit him until he got on the subway to go to the studio for his first day of work.Įskin has radio in his blood as he is the son of Howard Eskin, a longtime host on WIP. “It’s really, really exciting.”Įskin came to WFAN from WIP in Philadelphia, bringing over two decades of industry experience. to turn on the radio and hear Mark would be here already,” Eskin said. officially took over as WFAN's Program Director today, and he stopped by to chat with to kick off his tenure with and /EMMpy2Ouif- WFAN Sports Radio July 6, 2021
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