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re: Worst national sports radio shows

Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:09 pm to
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14844 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:09 pm to
Got tob lebtard. I was a regular listener until he just had to become hyper political. Do sports… it’s not thst hard and I saw a clip of him today talking about the fights and it was eating him up that it was a success. He’s insufferable
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
33427 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 10:22 pm to
Bleck and Abdalla on Westwood One are absolutely terrible. It's the equivalent to listening to high schoolers talk about sports. And it's mostly Chicago related
This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 10:23 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78455 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 10:27 pm to
WWL needs 8pm to midnight programming. Is this ever going to return? They had it for years.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69326 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 11:33 pm to
Peak ESPN (Baton Rouge) Radio Broadcasting was 2010:

1. Mike and Mike
2. The Herd
3. SVP and Rusillo
4. AFR (I like AFR, me)
5. I don’t remember the evening show but whatever it was I remember it being pretty good. ETA: Doug Gottleib.

Bonus for Sunday morning Ronnie Rantz show.

You could listen to ESPN Radio all day and it was enjoyable.
This post was edited on 6/16/26 at 7:14 am
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
85004 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 11:49 pm to
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Lebatard


The Bastard
Posted by Combaro01
Member since Mar 2024
210 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 1:53 am to
National sports radio has taken a massive dip lately. The constant yelling and over-the-top hot takes get old fast. Sometimes you just want actual, insightful sports analysis instead of people trying to create forced drama for clicks.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18815 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:35 am to
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Evan Cohen (formerly of Sirius Mad Dog Sports, Chris Canty (Former NFL Dlineman) and Michelle Smallmon (kinda cute St Louis chick from what I gather).

It is so bad. They have the fake disagreements about whatever topic is being discussed and make fun of the hot blonde for just about everything.


Yes, that's the one - Smallman is cute - but I can't see her on the radio so that does me no good. Heard her one day going on and on about wanting to have a house party for her birthday and modeling it after some cross between the part at the frat house on Old School and the movie House Party, it was brutal and pandering to a target audience that probably wasn't even listening.

To your point I have not heard about the fake disagreements but it lines up with the times I've heard them.

Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18815 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:53 am to
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Lebatard was awful years ago - I don't even understand how anybody liked it
It was just blabbering about nothing; you could listen for 30 minutes and not hear a thing about sports


That really became his thing - he became above talking about sports at some point - he was too smart for to do that anymore at least in his mind I think - and just kind of made fun of it as part of his schtick - he decided lecturing us on socio-political topics was his calling and he took that to another level.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69326 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 7:16 am to
Was Freddie Coleman the night show? That was great too.
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
13484 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 7:19 am to
I purchased Sirius radio just so I had a 24/7 sports talk show, but you would have to pay me to listen to the college sports radio. They must not require background checks, because they way those guys talk there is no way they could pass one. It's disappointing Sirius doesn't have respectable people on the show.
Posted by BeachDude022
Premium Elite Platinum TD Member
Member since Dec 2006
36485 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 7:24 am to
Chris Mad Dog Russo’s show on Mad Dog Sports Radio is an abomination. It’s just 3 hours of him obnoxiously yelling into the mic. Legit has given me migraines
Posted by Friendly Satan
Member since Nov 2024
1703 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:14 am to
Dan LeBastard
Posted by pelicansfan123
Member since Jan 2015
2423 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 4:12 pm to
I know there's some nostalgia with Mike & Mike in the morning, but that was always a super weak radio show back when it was on.

Anything with Mike Greenberg on it is too corporate and bland.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
41283 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 4:21 pm to
Evan Cohen started here locally in West Palm Beach. Completely unlistenable. How he made it nationally, I have no idea.
Posted by Gnash
KTX
Member since Oct 2015
11227 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

Chris Mad Dog Russo’s show on Mad Dog Sports Radio is an abomination. It’s just 3 hours of him obnoxiously yelling into the mic. Legit has given me migraines

I came here to say this. I’d rather stick my head in an oven
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
16991 posts
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:05 am to
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Bleck and Abdalla on Westwood One are absolutely terrible. It's the equivalent to listening to high schoolers talk about sports. And it's mostly Chicago related


I don't think there is a single show on Westwood One Sports I like more than the Infinity Sports Network shows it got rid of when they bought it. Also it should be called Westwood One Sports Betting because half the shows are sponsored by MGM and spend three quarters of the show talking about what bets they are going to place.
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
33427 posts
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:09 am to
It's on a betting station that's why
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1450 posts
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:10 am to
The general purpose national sports shows are horrific right now, due to stupid hosts and the fact that their audiences are primarily gamblers who know nothing nor care nothing about sports.

Real fans have other places to go. The shows on all the Sirius XM sports specific channels are excellent. The Best is Jacob Hester and Pat Kirwin on SXM NFL Radio...outstanding show. The shows on MLB, NBA, and NHL radio and NASCAR, PGA Tour and others are great too
Posted by LSUMJ
BR
Member since Sep 2004
20819 posts
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:14 am to
The best show is Dan Patrick
On Sirius its on nbc sports
Its on youtube and I think foxsports radio as well

He has said Hes retiring in 2028 after the super bowl
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
2269 posts
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:56 am to
Is Cowherd still around? he was horrible on ESPN. I assume he's not changed.
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