OT: Official Sports Media Thread XI :Self-proclaimed ‘sports dork’ Michael Felger of The Sports Hub feels like he ‘will do this forever’

[smithformeragent]

Unless you would like to hear Felger relitigate Spygate to defend diaper babies Big Ben and Bettis I would avoid 2-6. It takes something like this for me to finally turn them off.

Was visiting another school today and heard a bit of Zolak and Beetle.

Beetle hit the nail on the head. There’s little to talk about with this Patriots team. They’re boring and mediocre.

So Felger dips back into his bag of tricks and finds some content to troll the fan base and generate some interest.

Classic.

 

[Fenway]

He was a joy to hang out with after games.

Former ESPN, national baseball writer Caple dies

Jim Caple, a noted baseball writer who spent 17 years at ESPN, died Sunday at 61, his wife wrote on social media. Caple wrote for Page 2 and covered baseball at ESPN. He finished his writing career at The Athletic.

www.espn.com

 

[Johnnyduke]

Fred vs. Dan Lifshatz war

It'd be like choosing between a root canal or a colonoscopy

 

[Fenway]

 

[McGarnagle]

I'm listening to this morning's T&R, and just have to ask, is Fred drunk again? He's slurring badly. Maybe he just had dental work or something, but given his track record I don't know. Plus he's just yelling at everyone over whether other teams would hire Belichick.

 

[Terrier]

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[smithformeragent]

I'm listening to this morning's T&R, and just have to ask, is Fred drunk again? He's slurring badly. Maybe he just had dental work or something, but given his track record I don't know. Plus he's just yelling at everyone over whether other teams would hire Belichick.

He repeatedly refers to Zach Wilson as “Mac”.

He’s insufferable and argumentative. Got into it with Rich and picked a fight over a baseball related disagreement first thing in the morning yesterday.

God forbid anyone disagree with him on something or he’ll act like one of my 7th graders.

Felger is a dink, but there’s a schtick there.
Fred is just friggin miserable.

 

[FRyan4426]

I'm listening to this morning's T&R, and just have to ask, is Fred drunk again? He's slurring badly. Maybe he just had dental work or something, but given his track record I don't know. Plus he's just yelling at everyone over whether other teams would hire Belichick.

Sure sounds like it. It’s like clockwork every 3 or so months. He’s a miserable human being.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Felger can be overbearing when you disagree with him but Fred's act is so much worse. He has rabbit ears and has to respond to anything someone says about him. He's so damn sensitive. Plus he can't go one show with mentioning he's going through a divorce etc. Everyone bust out a violin for all the turmoil in his life.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I thought Felger's 'Bruins minute' this afternoon was entertaining. Talking about Poitras lol. Then before commercial he was like "celtics minute next, promise you it won't be as positive".

Since he's actual a fan.

 

[Fenway]

Station	Format	Owner	Feb 23	May 23	Jun 23	Jul 23	Aug 23	Sep 23
WBZ-FM	Sports	Beasley	7.5	8.3	5.5	4.9	5.6	7.8
WMJX-FM	AC	Audacy	5.1	4.9	5.3	5.4	6.3	7.0
WBUR-FM	Public Radio	Boston U	4.5	5.5	5.7	6.1	5.6	5.4
WZLX-FM	Classic Rock	iHeartMedia	5.1	4.6	4.7	4.3	5.2	5.1
WROR-FM	Classic Hits	Beasley	6.2	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.5	5.0
WXKS-FM	Top 40/M	iHeartMedia	5.4	5.1	5.3	5.4	5.2	4.8
WKLB-FM	Country	Beasley	4.3	4.8	5.3	4.3	4.4	4.6
WWBX-FM	Hot AC	Audacy	3.8	3.5	4.6	4.9	4.0	4.3
WEEI-FM	Sports	Audacy	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.7	4.2
WBZ-AM	News	iHeartMedia	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.5	4.2	3.8
WGBH-FM	Public Radio	WGBH Foundation	3.4	3.5	4.0	3.8	3.9	3.6
WBWL-FM	Country	iHeartMedia	2.4	2.9	2.3	2.3	3.4	3.5
WBQT-FM	Rhythmic AC	Beasley	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.1	3.2	3.2
WBGB-FM	Adult Hits	Audacy	3.2	3.2	3.1	4.0	3.0	3.0
WRKO-AM	Talk	iHeartMedia	4.1	4.4	4.1	3.4	3.5	2.8
WBOS-FM	Classic Rock	Beasley	2.3	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.8	2.6
WJMN-FM	Top 40/R	iHeartMedia	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.5
WXRV-FM	AAA	Northeast	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.1	2.1
WERS-FM	AAA	Emerson College	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.3	1.8	1.9
WCRB-FM	Classical	WGBH Foundation	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.7
WXLO-FM	Hot AC	Cumulus	2.3	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.2	1.4
WZRM-FM	Tropical	iHeartMedia	2.3	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.1
WXKS-AM	Talk	iHeartMedia	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.1	0.6
WCTK-FM	Country	Hall	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
WNNW-AM	Tropical	Costa-Eagle	1.0	0.4	0.5	--	0.3	0.3
WUMB-FM	AAA	University Of MA	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
WBGB-FM Stream	Classic Hits	Audacy	--	--	0.1	0.1	--	0.2
WMVX-AM	Classic Hits	Costa-Eagle	0.1	0.1	--	--	0.1	0.1

#10 Boston, MA​

Station Cume​

Station	Format	Feb 23	May 23	Jun 23	Jul 23	Aug 23	Sep 23
WMJX-FM	AC	820,200	801,800	809,800	741,800	759,000	803,800
WXKS-FM	Top 40/M	760,400	757,700	769,700	747,700	673,500	714,300
WROR-FM	Classic Hits	632,100	655,500	647,600	693,500	677,100	599,400
WZLX-FM	Classic Rock	500,300	532,800	504,100	488,100	484,500	547,300
WBGB-FM	Adult Hits	513,300	593,100	555,500	560,900	487,900	540,600
WBQT-FM	Rhythmic AC	512,200	501,300	489,400	461,700	428,300	506,700
WWBX-FM	Hot AC	528,600	576,800	520,000	538,000	521,700	493,400
WBZ-FM	Sports	533,900	587,800	445,000	410,100	362,900	460,900
WKLB-FM	Country	422,900	505,300	498,300	411,600	400,000	444,600
WJMN-FM	Top 40/R	383,700	430,400	387,600	379,400	383,700	397,800
WBUR-FM	Public Radio	320,700	375,200	385,200	362,400	367,100	393,700
WEEI-FM	Sports	279,800	343,000	314,800	327,000	354,400	365,000
WBOS-FM	Classic Rock	336,800	405,400	382,000	394,800	383,000	356,600
WBZ-AM	News	418,100	358,100	355,400	347,700	350,700	353,800
WXLO-FM	Hot AC	338,100	345,700	324,800	297,300	299,000	331,900
WXRV-FM	AAA	305,100	353,100	349,000	336,000	339,800	325,000
WGBH-FM	Public Radio	254,800	310,800	280,200	280,900	274,800	288,100
WBWL-FM	Country	243,500	270,700	254,500	235,300	268,600	246,900
WZRM-FM	Tropical	161,000	187,300	155,100	148,600	161,400	181,800
WCRB-FM	Classical	175,700	218,800	240,600	173,500	166,500	171,200
WERS-FM	AAA	138,900	192,300	174,400	193,000	164,200	161,500
WRKO-AM	Talk	167,300	157,800	159,100	139,400	135,200	118,400
WCTK-FM	Country	48,000	44,700	53,700	42,100	52,200	76,500
WUMB-FM	AAA	33,400	44,100	35,900	46,800	40,200	44,900
WNNW-AM	Tropical	58,100	53,900	61,600	--	48,500	39,400
WXKS-AM	Talk	33,300	37,500	37,600	36,300	43,300	38,200
WMVX-AM	Classic Hits	34,900	32,200	15,900	--	28,200	28,900
WWFX-FM	Classic Rock	15,900	11,900	14,200	29,000	29,500	19,700
WBGB-FM Stream	Classic Hits	5,600	7,500	6,500	8,000	9,000	18,800
WBGB-FM HD2	Classic Hits	2,900	2,900	9,000	7,400	5,500	10,100
WWBX-FM HD2	Rock	800	4,300	6,400	2,600	1,300	9,100
WORC-FM	Country	12,500	6,200	2,100	4,900	10,100	6,300
WEEI-AM	Sports	15,700	16,100	9,500	6,400	10,900	5,900
WBZ-FM HD2	Alternative	600	3,800	1,700	1,700	--	2,400
WRCA-AM	Ethnic	2,900	5,900	5,700	4,500	2,900	2,200
WCCM-AM	Spanish Talk	17,900	2,900	5,200	--	3,400	2,000
WNNW-AM Stream	Tropical	--	600	--	--	--	1,700
WNBH-AM	Classic Hits	1,400	3,900	3,600	1,500	1,100	900
WVEI-AM	Sports	500	--	--	800	--	900
WERS-FM HD2	Variety	3,300	3,700	--	600	3,200	600

 

[Fenway]

ESPN's Melrose has Parkinson's disease, retiring

Barry Melrose, an Emmy Award-winning hockey analyst for ESPN for nearly 30 years, is retiring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

www.espn.com

 

[MrKabukiman]

I remember the last few years he looked really rough on TV. I noticed the shaking when he was standing and holding a microphone and I suspected that something was not well, as my wifes uncle had similar symptoms a few years before his formal diagnosis.

Best of luck to him, I will miss his insights and humor.

 

[Terrier]

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[Johnnyduke]

I remember the last few years he looked really rough on TV. I noticed the shaking when he was standing and holding a microphone and I suspected that something was not well, as my wifes uncle had similar symptoms a few years before his formal diagnosis.

Best of luck to him, I will miss his insights and humor.

Same here. During a Frozen Four broadcast a couple years ago you could see his hands shaking. I thought the worst of course but was hoping maybe it was just nerves etc.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Fenway]

Barry Melrose asked me after this game if I was OK - and I wasn't

 

[Johnnyduke]

Barry Melrose asked me after this game if I was OK - and I wasn't

I was very much ok after this!

 

[Fenway]

The day 98.5 passed WEEI forever

 

[bruins19]

I was very much ok after this!

PC, class of ‘79.

 

[sarge88]

Barry Melrose asked me after this game if I was OK - and I wasn't

That one hurt.

 

[Fenway]

That one hurt.

The killer was it happened at TD Garden

 

[sarge88]

Working from home today and checking out NESN while eating lunch and a “Bruins on this Day” is playing.

Its a game from 2003 and the one thing that is soooooo clear is that Dave Shea is the absolute worst PBP guy in hockey history.

Just awful.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Working from home today and checking out NESN while eating lunch and a “Bruins on this Day” is playing.

Its a game from 2003 and the one thing that is soooooo clear is that Dave Shea is the absolute worst PBP guy in hockey history.

Just awful.

Nobody talked louder than Dave Shea

 

[sarge88]

Nobody talked louder than Dave Shea

Or knew less about hockey.