OT: Official Sports Media Thread X: WEEI's owner is nearly broke

[quietbruinfan]

Felger and Mazz do not talk enough about the Patriots-said no one ever.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Felger and Mazz do not talk enough about the Patriots-said no one ever.

I like how they started off talking about Mac Jones and no more excuses and how Zappe was better

 

[mikelvl]

The Voice through a single earplug that carried me to sleep as a kid during the annual west coast swing. May as well have been the voice of God.

Same here except with an old Sony Walkman, for some reason I can still recall certain calls of a game when they were into Vancouver 'Over to Manno.....' He really was amazing.

 

[Babajingo]

My god the ESPN NHL product is crap. from the studio team to the callers.

 

[Patrice37]

Who’s Cullinaine

Dave Cullinane, producer of the Kirk Minihane Show. He is the one who tweeted out the Mazz audio originally a few weeks ago which got the reactions rolling. The show's large twitter presence basically got the ball rolling with this Curtis audio as well.

 

[DKH]

Dave Cullinane, producer of the Kirk Minihane Show. He is the one who tweeted out the Mazz audio originally a few weeks ago which got the reactions rolling. The show's large twitter presence basically got the ball rolling with this Curtis audio as well.

Ok I listened to a couple of Kirk’s shows and it was the same boring shit both days nowhere near the WEEI stuff- Kirk making fun of producers and producers young and in awe/petrified of Kirk

I been doing podcasts and my sports talk listening almost nothing

Was listening to this podcast this morning and they went over all of it and mentioned Dave

Outstanding podcast - imo best Boston podcast

 

[mikelvl]

Can somebody who subscribes to the Herald post the Howie Carr article on WEEI from today? Please and thank you.

 

[FRyan4426]

Unfortunately 98.5 is on at the shop I work at all day long. I can’t take the morning show anymore. Legitimately every subject that comes up, Fred is a miserable negative prick about. I know he’s going through it personally but it’s absolutely awful radio. They’re even trying to mitigate it by having Dan Roach on. It can’t be going unnoticed by the higher ups at this point. He’s not fit to be on the air and it’s not just the voice issue.

 

[Alicat]

Not sure where to put this

 

[EverettMike]

Not sure where to put this

ON YOUR CALENDAR

 

[jgatie]

Not sure where to put this

Oh this should go well . . .

 

[Bleached]

Can somebody who subscribes to the Herald post the Howie Carr article on WEEI from today? Please and thank you.

Front Page

Everyone is looking to lose weight these days, but most people miss the one key to just how easy it really is: eating more fiber! While you need protein, healthy fats, and many vitamins and minerals for overall health, the one food that can help you stay fuller longer and keep your weight down...

howiecarrshow.com

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Front Page

Everyone is looking to lose weight these days, but most people miss the one key to just how easy it really is: eating more fiber! While you need protein, healthy fats, and many vitamins and minerals for overall health, the one food that can help you stay fuller longer and keep your weight down...

howiecarrshow.com

I would say Howie nails this on the head.

 

[HustleB]

We really could use a break from these endless sports betting commercials - The Boston Globe

Nobody ever loses in these ads. Everybody’s happy, surrounded by young, attractive friends, making cash without actually working.

www.bostonglobe.com

Please make it stop. I can’t take it anymore.
I want to take a chain saw to my big flat-screen every time I see another ad for sports betting.
Which is … every commercial break … of every game.
We get it, DraftKings. You too, FanDuel. Ditto BetMGM.
You keep telling us how easy it is to … make … it … rain.


It is implied to be free money, right? We can’t lose, right? We are smarter than the average fan, so if we just go with our instincts, we can make a bundle just sitting on our couch.

Or, more likely, we’ll end up being one of a million suckers who’ll regret ever placing that first “legal” bet.

Seriously.

Why not just attach a hose to your bank account and turn on the giant sucking machine?

Nobody ever loses in the pathetic bro-culture commercials. Everybody’s happy, surrounded by young, attractive friends, soaking up some suds and making cash without actually working. They hug. They high-five. They do cartwheels in the man cave.

Oh, and remember this, fanboys: If you purchase anything remotely, or just open your phone, there are enticing ads to “bet $5, get $200 in free bets instantly.” The Caesars Sportsbook App offers $1,500 in deposit matching credits. Others offer up to $1,000 in “risk free” bets.

It’s all legal and they are coming after you and your wallet.

It’s recruitment. Some might call it grooming. They draw you in and then you can’t get out. They can even hire academic “experts” who’ll tell us that there’s no problem here.

I wonder when we start hearing the sad stories of fanboy bros who lose a bet or two watching TV while downing brewskis, then empty their bank accounts trying to catch up.

I especially loathe the TV ad with my pal Lenny Clarke walking past Zdeno Chara and Bruins anthem singer Todd Angilly, strolling outside the Garden alongside Brian Scalabrine and Aly Raisman, then having a little quick convo with “Everywhere, Everything” anything-for-a-dollar David Ortiz. I mean, how many local heroes can we puncture in one 30-second commercial?

Swell.

Meanwhile, here in the sports media world, local TV, radio, and sports websites, including BostonGlobe.com and Boston.com, are poisoned with the stuff. The once-respectable NESN, now absent any substantive local programming other than Bruins and Red Sox games, has become a 24/7 go-to for sports bettors.

Monday morning on NESN, I stumbled into a hideous show called “Follow the Money” (not to be confused with NESN’s “Ultimate Betting Show”) and listened to two guys agonizing over the final seconds of every NCAA game from the weekend. While discussing strange happenings at the end of tourney games already won or lost, the gambling experts chastised network announcers for not calling attention to how final-minute random plays affected point spreads and betting lines.

Meanwhile, the crawl below highlighted “prop analyzers tracking past player performances … fresh betting splits sourced in real time … exclusive betting tools with the best data … bonus money by playing the squares” and urged me to buy a subscription to VSiN (Vegas Stats and Information Network).

I needed a shower after a half-hour of this garbage.

I travel for work. Based on what I see in other states this is going to get much worse.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

I travel for work. This is going to get much worse.

I never understood it.

I gamble on one thing, myself in a round of Golf. That way I only get to blame one person if I lose. And being a 7 index means the odds are against me so I don’t bet much when I do.

The gambling apps and those big beautiful Casinos are successful for a reason.

You will lose.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

The ads are freaking annoying but I'm used to them being in NH it's been shoved down our throats for 2+ years now.

I've bet a good.. probably 7-8 times since 2 years ago and yeah I'm definitely not in the + but not in the negative by much, barely anything over that span of time. I find it just to be fun here and there and I don't know anyone personally who got so addicted to gambling they lost their house, then again I don't have a bazillion friends either soo..
It can be fun here and there, earlier in the season the Bruins made me 125 bucks off a $50 bet against the Penguins which was fun. Usually I only bet 20 MAX, and that's once every like 2-3 months.

 

[McGarnagle]

I know some people make a living as professional sports gamblers like that James Holzhauer guy, and if you're going to be systematic, mathematical, using statistical analysis to guide your decisionmaking, I see very little difference between that and playing options on the stock market. Informed speculation is still speculation. The issue with both is that you need to have control over your emotions and not give in to greed or make mistakes out of fear. And there are a lot more of the latter than the former playing the games.

I've only actually gambled on sports twice, both times when I was visiting family in NH where you can play draftkings, and both times I put in about $25 betting against the Pats and lost it because they beat the Ravens in a rainstorm during the Cam Newton year and they beat the spread against Brady and the Bucs the following year despite still losing the game (truly the worst of all possible outcomes). But I have a ton of TSLA and BTC in my robinhood account so who am I to judge people for listening to the Bankroll Boys podcast and betting on Bryant basketball games and Russian volleyball?

 

[08SeaBass08]

I know some people make a living as professional sports gamblers like that James Holzhauer guy, and if you're going to be systematic, mathematical, using statistical analysis to guide your decisionmaking, I see very little difference between that and playing options on the stock market. Informed speculation is still speculation. The issue with both is that you need to have control over your emotions and not give in to greed or make mistakes out of fear. And there are a lot more of the latter than the former playing the games.

I've only actually gambled on sports twice, both times when I was visiting family in NH where you can play draftkings, and both times I put in about $25 betting against the Pats and lost it because they beat the Ravens in a rainstorm during the Cam Newton year and they beat the spread against Brady and the Bucs the following year despite still losing the game (truly the worst of all possible outcomes). But I have a ton of TSLA and BTC in my robinhood account so who am I to judge people for listening to the Bankroll Boys podcast and betting on Bryant basketball games and Russian volleyball?

Not judging anyone's choices, either. But your bitcoin bets aren't being advertised by Big Papi and Big Z on sports broadcasts my nine-year-old is watching.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

I lived in Vegas for four years. Would hit the Blackjack table and think. “Hey. Let’s hangout, bet minimum, get free drinks and lose $50.”

If I lose, I planned to. If I break even, had a great time. If I won, first round is on me for the club we were waiting to open.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Not judging anyone's choices, either. But your bitcoin bets aren't being advertised by Big Papi and Big Z on sports broadcasts my nine-year-old is watching.

So be a parent just like when they see alcohol ads. Be informative and mute the tv.

 

[McGarnagle]

I lived in Vegas for four years. Would hit the Blackjack table and think. “Hey. Let’s hangout, bet minimum, get free drinks and lose $50.”

If I lose, I planned to. If I break even, had a great time. If I won, first round is on me for the club we were waiting to open.

I went to Vegas about a month ago for the weekend. I took like $300 out of the ATM in preparation to gamble expecting to lose it and just enjoy the thrill of playing, but I only actually ended up using like $40 of it in the end and most played the blackjack machine and evened out. I won like $17 on my first press at a slot machine, and after that I was pretty much good, because any other time we sat down at a machine we'd put in $5, press the button a few times, and it's gone. I don't understand the slot machines, I guess the lights and sounds of it all do get some people hooked, but slots just seem like a money pit to me. It's pure chance and zero skill, I don't feel like I'm engaged while playing. Even though blackjack is still designed to be in the house's favor, at least you can improve your odds with proper betting strategy so you're thinking and making active decisions. The only game of chance I liked was roulette because at least the odds are closer to 50/50 if you're just betting even/odd or red/black, won a tiny bit on that, I think like $15 or something.

So after playing for a little while I just cashed out what I had and used my money to get a really good pizza from the pizza shop in our hotel.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

I went to Vegas about a month ago for the weekend. I took like $300 out of the ATM in preparation to gamble expecting to lose it and just enjoy the thrill of playing, but I only actually ended up using like $40 of it in the end and most played the blackjack machine and evened out. I won like $17 on my first press at a slot machine, and after that I was pretty much good, because any other time we sat down at a machine we'd put in $5, press the button a few times, and it's gone. I don't understand the slot machines, I guess the lights and sounds of it all do get some people hooked, but slots just seem like a money pit to me. It's pure chance and zero skill, I don't feel like I'm engaged while playing. Even though blackjack is still designed to be in the house's favor, at least you can improve your odds with proper betting strategy so you're thinking and making active decisions. The only game of chance I liked was roulette because at least the odds are closer to 50/50 if you're just betting even/odd or red/black, won a tiny bit on that, I think like $15 or something.

So after playing for a little while I just cashed out what I had and used my money to get a really good pizza from the pizza shop in our hotel.

Slots are programmed to lose. Worst odds in all of gambling.
Next time avoid the Blackjack machine and hit a table. Farthest seat on the left to see the shoot. Watch it. Then tip that waitress for a free drink.

 

[Shaun]

real men play craps

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

real men play craps

If they know the odds.

Roll the dice knowing I might not get that outcome.

 

[smithformeragent]

I never understood it.

I gamble on one thing, myself in a round of Golf. That way I only get to blame one person if I lose. And being a 7 index means the odds are against me so I don’t bet much when I do.

The gambling apps and those big beautiful Casinos are successful for a reason.

You will lose.

I did find it hilarious this afternoon when Felger, whose show is sponsored by an online betting company, basically said “Nobody gives a shit about your bracket or your parlay.”