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Riggins Joins 106.7 The Fan

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Two weeks after ESPN 980 introduced Clinton Portis as its newest Redskins analyst, 106.7 The Fan on Wednesday announced that Hall of Famer John Riggins will provide radio commentary about his former team two days a week throughout the season.

Beginning Aug. 14, the day after the Redskins’ first preseason game, Riggins will join The Fan’s Chad Dukes on his regularly scheduled show for an hour every Friday at 5 p.m. During the regular season, Riggins will also join Dukes on Mondays at 5 p.m. to review Sunday’s game and co-host a show with Grant Paulsen from 6 to 7:45 p.m. leading up to The Fan’s “Monday Night Football” coverage.

Riggins, one of the more colorful personalities in Redskins history and the only player ahead of Portis on the franchise’s all-time rushing list, says his role will be part analyst, part entertainer.

“I really think people probably want to know how the team is doing,” Riggins said Wednesday. “There’s moments where you throw in a little yesteryear. I’ll tell you, I go for the laughs. I slept through the meetings when I was a player, so I don’t know a lot about football, but I know a lot about people. It’s going to be fun. It’s going to be entertaining. And there may be a little information in there somewhere.”

Riggins’ last regular gig as an analyst was during the 2011 season, when he provided commentary, often critical of Mike and Kyle Shanahan, for WTOP and MASN. Since then, he has starred in a hunting and cooking show called “Riggo on the Range” that debuted on the Sportsman Channel and later aired on Comcast SportsNet. He filmed a pilot episode for a show called “Brew Stories” — synopsis: Riggins travels the country in search of the perfect beer — but, somehow, it hasn’t been picked up.

“I needed to make a paycheck,” Riggins said of his return to radio. “‘Riggo on the Range’ was great and I had a lot of fun. I can’t thank [producer] Art Major enough, but it just wasn’t commercially successful like we hoped. When the opportunity [to join 106.7] came along, I was more than willing to share my opinion with the fans.”

“We’re excited about it,” 106.7 The Fan program director Chris Kinard said. “…From our discussions, he’s really been paying attention [to the Redskins] and always kind of keeping an eye on what’s going on with the team and the direction the team’s going in.”

Riggins plans to attend the first of the Redskins’ three joint practices with the Houston Texans in Richmond on Thursday. He said he’ll be monitoring the team’s attitude because “that will probably tell you more than anything how they’ll do.” Riggins has followed the Redskins’ offseason moves, including the hiring of GM Scot McCloughan, but he’s hesitant to allow himself to be too optimistic about their chances for improvement.

“Wouldn’t you really say that we went through this with Mike Shanahan?” Riggins said of the almost universal praise that followed McCloughan’s hiring. “Who would’ve thought that that would’ve turned out the way it did? Nobody. They’re bringing in one guy. Is he going to be the lightning rod? Perhaps, but who knows? … People talk about what might happen. We know from the past that they’re guilty until proven innocent. That’s what you go in with. Then, if anything changes, you’re pleasantly surprised. It’s not being overly pessimistic, it’s just being realistic.”

Credit to the Washington Post who originally published this article.

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Kirk Minihane: WEEI is “Going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in Afternoons”

“Maybe the two most sensitive c***s in the history of radio. That’s a show we are going to ruin.”

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As the speculation continues on where Boston sports talker Rich Shertenlieb will end up, one former WEEI host said he has the scoop on what is going to happen. Kirk Minihane, now with Barstool Sports, said, “What I heard was, initially, was they were moving Rich Keefe from nights to middays, moving Adam Jones from afternoons to middays and keeping Fauria there, and moving Andy Gresh to afternoons…But now it appears Rich Shertenlieb is going to do afternoons with Andy Gresh.”

On Wednesday, Boston Globe sports and sports media columnist Chad Finn put out a post on X, saying, “Didn’t think Rich Shertenlieb would end up at WEEI after leaving Sports Hub. I do now, most likely in afternoon drive. Audacy management has been telling people to expect changes.”

Minihane continued commenting on the matter, saying, “It’s going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in the afternoons, which is going to be so awful. Maybe the two most sensitive c***s in the history of radio. That’s a show we are going to ruin…we haven’t done that in a while, we are going to take that show down…Once that show starts, we are just going to blitz them with phone calls because Gresh can’t handle that.

“What they don’t understand, because they are so dumb, is that…Rich Shertenlieb has no fan base…no fan of [Toucher and Hardy] in the morning is going to be like ‘I’m not going to listen to Felger in the afternoons, I’ll now listen to Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb.’ It’s going to be dreadful.”

Recapping what he has heard the rest of the WEEI lineup will be, Minihane said, “…And then in middays you have Adam Jones, failed afternoons. Rich Keefe who has now failed middays, drivetime, nights and is now going to fail again in middays… and Christian Fauria who has never drawn a rating in his life.”

WEEI has not commented on any of the speculation. BSM will have more as the story unfolds.

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Former 670 The Score Host Tommy Williams Has Died

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Tommy Williams, who was heard for a decade on 670 The Score, died on Wednesday at the age of 66.

Williams began his broadcasting career in his hometown of Gary, Indiana in 1982 at WLTH before moving on to The Score. In 2003, Williams became the PA Announcer for the Gary Southshore RailCats of the American Association where he had his signature call to get the attention of the fans, “People, People, People.”

A story in The Times of Northwest Indiana said, “The longtime RailCats public address announcer and Lakeshore Public Media sports journalist was known for broadcasting countless games, interviewing countless athletes and covering Region sports at all levels. The Gary native and co-host of “Prep Sports Report,” “Prep Football Report,” and “Lakeshore PBS Scoreboard” often signed off shows saying, “Gary, Indiana, you know I love you.”

“The cadence he had in his voice echoed across the Region in a way we may never see again. He was widely known and widely loved,” Tom Maloney, vice president of radio operations at Lakeshore Public Media told the paper.

“He’d want to be remembered as the voice of Lakeshore sports,” his Regionally Speaking co-host and producer Dee Dotson told The Times. “Most people will remember him for covering prep sports all the way up to semi-pros. He’ll be remembered for treating each of his subjects like they were world champions. His depth of knowledge of sports at all levels is commendable. He was a walking encyclopedia of stats.” 

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Compass Media Networks Promotes Three Members to Oversee Play-by-Play Sports Platform

“It is our pleasure to give these three talented executives their day in the sun, knowing that they will continue to work incredibly hard to carry on this tradition of excellence.”

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Compass Media Networks has announced the promotions of three long-standing executives, Robert Blum, Tyler Brewer, and Chris Kleiber, who will collectively oversee the content creation, production, and distribution of the company’s play-by-play sports platform.

“For over 16 years, Compass Media Networks has set a standard of excellence for national play-by-play sports with Chris, Rob, and Tyler playing a vital part in our success,” said Peter Kosann, CEO/Founder of Compass Media Networks. “It is our pleasure to give these three talented executives their day in the sun, knowing that they will continue to work incredibly hard to carry on this tradition of excellence.”

Robet Blum has been appointed Vice President & General Manager of Sports and will also continue to serve as Vice President of Affiliate Sales for News-Talk and Sports. Tyler Brewer has been appointed Executive Producer – Sports Programming. And Chris Kleiber has been appointed Senior Producer – Sports Programming.

Compass Media Networks broadcasts annually over 100 play-by-play sporting events involving college men’s basketball and football (including the Big Ten Tournament and the Big Ten Championship Game), NFL 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday Doubleheaders, and complete coverage of the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders. The broadcasts are distributed across hundreds of terrestrial sports, news-talk and music stations as well as digital distribution platforms such as SiriusXM, Verizon Mobile, and the Varsity App.

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