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Doug Gottlieb Calls Media ‘Full Of Crap’ On College Sports

“My media brethren are trying to sell you this idea that if you don’t support players unionizing, that you are anti-athlete.”

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Doug Gottlieb took his fellow media members to task over a pair of issues on Monday’s edition of The Doug Gottlieb Show. They range from arguing against college players unionizing to debunking the idea that college players only play the games so they can become professional athletes.

Gottlieb uses himself and Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields as examples to bolster each argument.

“My media brethren are trying to sell you this idea that if you don’t support players unionizing, that you are anti-athlete,” Gottlieb said. “I have maintained athletes are compensated for their time and talents and I’m not just talking about scholarships. I’m talking about the ability to get into their school, which means something. Their books are taken care of. They are well fed and they have access to top training as an athlete. I don’t think it is so much colleges not taking care of athletes as it is athletes not taking advantage of colleges to promote themselves.”

Gottlieb then uses himself and his time on the Oklahoma State basketball team as an example of what that promotion can look like.

“As you know ,I was a college athlete,” he said. “I was pretty good and an excellent passer, but I knew I was not an NBA player. I majored in Marketing and I began to market myself and create an image for myself to the media and they began to take notice. The media became my career path.”

“If you look at the history of unions there purpose is to regulate hours,” Gottlieb continued. “Athletes are already capped at 20 hour per week. The other purpose is to have equal treatment of all players. Athletes already have that. The same rules apply to the stars as the rank and file players. My question is, ‘why do we need unions with college’s players then’? Are there potential benefits? Sure. But the potential for disadvantages outweigh them.”

Gottlieb shifts gears slightly addressing Justin Fields’ petition to have the Big 10 reinstate football this fall.

“Some media members say that the only reason for athletes to play college football is to prepare to play professionally,” he said. “The reality is that most players won’t play professionally. They play because they want to play and they want to win. Look at Justin Fields. He doesn’t have to play. He WANTS to play. He has nothing to gain by playing. In fact, his draft position will probably drop, but yet he started a petition that has over 200,000 signatures just because he wants to play. It also shows you what the reality really is. Most players feel that way and my friends in the media who try to sell you a different narrative, they are full of crap.”

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KNBR’s Brian Murphy Speaks for First Time After Paul McCaffrey Laid Off

“Paulie Mac is my guy, will forever be my guy. The best thing I could ever wish anyone is that you get to work with someone as loyal, energetic, funny, consistent as the guy his Jersey buddies call ‘Smack’.”

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Earlier this week, KNBR underwent a round of layoffs, affecting a pair of programs on the Bay Area sports station, including the departure of longtime morning host Paul McCaffrey. His longtime partner — Brian Murphy — has taken to X to share his thoughts.

In a thread to X, Murphy shared his admiration for McCaffrey, whom he hosted Murph and Mac with for 18 years.

“Paulie Mac is my guy, will forever be my guy. The best thing I could ever wish anyone is that you get to work with someone as loyal, energetic, funny, consistent as the guy his Jersey buddies call ‘Smack’,” wrote Murphy. “So much love.”

He then shared that everything listeners and fans of the program have shared on social media has been read by the duo, and thanked them for the outpouring of love and support.

Finally, Murphy addressed his future. Fill-in host Dieter Kurtenbach shared on Thursday he did not have a definitive answer about Murphy’s future with the Cumulus-owned station.

However, Brian Murphy has shared he will return to the airwaves on Monday morning.

“I’ll be back Monday morning on KNBR with our guy Markus (Waterboy) Boucher,” Murphy wrote. “Come on. It’s Niners-Eagles. Wouldn’t miss it. As Paulie Mac’s board itself would say: The show goes on.”

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Mike Mulligan: Sports Radio is More Difficult Than Other Formats Think

He shared that he has worked with people on morning shows that he has seen come to a station fully hungover who play music and proceed to sit on the couch.

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On Friday morning’s edition of Mully & Haugh on 670 The Score in Chicago, co-host Mike Mulligan outlined the difference with music radio that hosts are not continuously talking to the audience, instead taking mic breaks and then interspersing commentary with different songs.

Filling in for David Haugh on Friday’s edition of the program was Gabe Ramirez, who used to work in the format with B96 as the host of its morning show. Mulligan’s assertion about the differences between the two formats resulted in a conversation about the differences between the grenres, with Ramirez explaining the difficulties that music radio hosts face on the air.

“The music station’s still creating content,” Ramirez said. “You get to have a guest – since I am going to defend my music stations – you get to have a guest and toss them a softball question and listen to them rant for five minutes.”

Mulligan disagreed with this perspective, conveying that he does not feel their program provides guests with easy questions. Additionally, he shared that he has worked with people on morning shows that he has seen come to a station fully hungover who play music and proceed to sit on the couch.

“As a former sportswriter, we sit around and we talk about sports,” Mulligan said. “We talk about the sports we cover and we talk about other sports.”

“You have to talk about Justin Fields seven days in a row,” Ramirez replied. “As a morning show for music, you have to come up with new content every day.”

Rather than taking umbrage towards the response, Mike Mulligan explained that the key to effectively performing his job is being able to discuss important stories of the day even when they are not the headlines. Furthermore, he expounded on the commitment that it takes to watch the amount of sporting events and to be properly informed on the action so he is able to take the air.

“That I will agree with,” Ramirez said. “I’ve told people this – they ask me, ‘What’s the biggest difference?’ The prep, without question, is way more difficult in sports radio because everyone that’s listening to you already knows the answers and you have to be equally if not more informed in all of those things.”

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Minnesota Twins Set to Tab Cory Provus as New TV Voice, Kris Atteberry as Lead Radio Announcer

Provus has been the radio voice of the Minnesota Twins since 2012.

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After Dick Bremer exited the Minnesota Twins TV booth in October, the search began for his replacement. The MLB franchise didn’t have to look far, though.

Twins radio voice Cory Provus is reportedly set to become the new TV play-by-play broadcaster for the club, according to a report from Dan Hayes of The Athletic.

Provus has been the radio voice of the Minnesota Twins since 2012. Many immediately tabbed him as the club’s replacement for Bremer, who retired after 40 seasons as the lead television voice of the American League club. Before joining the team in 2012, Provus worked for the Milwaukee Brewers as the number two broadcaster after spending two seasons as the radio pregame host for the Chicago Cubs.

Meanwhile, Kris Atteberry has been signaled as the person set to replace Provus inside the franchise’s radio booth. He has served as the pregame and postgame host for the Minnesota Twins Radio Network since 2007. Atteberry joined the club after spending five years calling games for the then-Independent St. Paul Saints from 2002-2006.

While the television and radio broadcast crews appear set, questions remain about where the team will televise its games in 2024. The club’s contract with Bally Sports North has reportedly expired, and it has yet to sign an agreement with the bankruptcy-laden RSN, or with a local over-the-air television station.

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