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Megan Imbert Tells Nick & Cecil That NFL Cannot Let WFT Investigation Disappear

“Megan Imbert is a former WFT broadcast team employee, and she went on 104.3 The Fan’s Nick & Cecil to keep bringing awareness to the issue.”

Published

2 years ago

November 9, 2021

Russ Heltman

Courtesy: Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post

The Washington Football Team investigation received plenty of attention over the past month. Former Raiders head coach Jon Gruden became a casualty of the league’s findings, but one of the actual victims isn’t ready to let this story go by the wayside in our 24-hour news cycle.

Megan Imbert is a former WFT broadcast team employee, and she went on 104.3 The Fan’s Nick & Cecil to keep bringing awareness to the issue. Imbert and the rest of the victims would like to see what the league found in their investigation.

“Over time,” Imbert told the show,” We’ve noticed that the league really has mishandled this entire investigation. They have not released any findings of the report. In fact, they allowed Dan Snyder to get 100% ownership of the team before the conclusion of the investigation.”

The league fined Snyder $10 million for his role in the workplace mistreatment and suspended him from daily operations of the team. Imbert left the franchise in 2011 but felt compelled to tell her side of the story once others came forward last year.

“I was literally in shock, had a visceral reaction when I saw that article posted,” Megan Imbert said, describing her feelings when seeing the story. “Then I knew in that article, originally, was my former boss, Larry Michael, with allegations against him. So it all became very real to me that this is a moment in time that I can’t let pass by. To really expose what happened inside those walls and be a voice.”

Imbert noted the “explicit” videos involving Washington cheerleaders made her feel the time was right to put a name to her accusations.

“I discovered that my department created two explicit videos of the cheerleaders set to Dan Snyder’s favorite music, which I believe was at the order of the owner. When I found that out, I said, ‘I don’t want to be anonymous, I want you to put my name to this,'” Imbert said.

Listen to the entire 20-plus minute interview with Megan Imbert here.

Russ Heltman

Russ Heltman is a daily news writer for BSM. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH. He also works in gameday communications for FC Cincinnati and additionally contributes to the AllBengals blog for Sports Illustrated. Russ can be found on Twitter @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at [email protected].

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Mad Dog: Gus Johnson ‘Bothered The Hell Out of Me’ Saturday

“For crying out loud, Michigan/Ohio State isn’t even better than North Carolina/Duke, who play twice a year. So let’s be careful with the hype machine.”

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6 hours ago

November 28, 2023

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FOX Sports college football voice Gus Johnson has made no bones about his affinity for Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. However, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has heard enough.

During his Mad Dog Unleashed program on SiriusXM, Russo shared that not only was Johnson obnoxious for the constant use of a nickname he bestowed up Harrison, but he was also misguided for calling Ohio State/Michigan the greatest rivalry in sports.

“Gus Johnson — the hype machine that he is — please, when you broadcast a ballgame, I don’t need to hear about Maserati Marv, number one. And number two, that’s not the greatest rivalry in sports history. Have you heard of the Yankees and the Red Sox? Giants and the Dodgers? How about Bears/Packers? Have you heard about that?

“For crying out loud, Michigan/Ohio State isn’t even better than North Carolina/Duke, who play twice a year. So let’s be careful with the hype machine. That bothered the hell out of me.”

When a caller pushed back on Russo’s opinion on the Michigan/Ohio State rivalry, he continued by saying “That rivalry’s not Yankees/Red Sox. To compare college football to the Yankees and the Red Sox is ludicrous.”

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Nashville Predators Radio Voice Pete Weber Calling 2,000th Game Tuesday

“I always wanted to be there for the birth of a team. I feel like I’ve been a pretty fair midwife here.”

Published

6 hours ago

November 28, 2023

BSM Staff

(Photo: Nashville Predators)

Nashville Predators radio voice Pete Weber is set to hit a career milestone Tuesday, as he’ll call his 2,000th game for the NHL franchise.

Weber told The Tennessean that he has relished the opportunity to be the voice of a team since its inception. He claimed he applied for and was a finalist for the radio play-by-play job when the Carolina Panthers were conceived, before ultimately landing with the Predators.

“I always wanted to be there for the birth of a team,” said Weber. “I feel like I’ve been a pretty fair midwife here.”

Despite missing time late last season due to a rare brain condition, Weber said he has no plans of retiring anytime soon.

“I have not thought about it, other than when I thought about how (former Philadelphia Phillies announcer) Harry Kalas was carried dead out of the broadcast booth in Washington,” Pete Weber said. “I thought, ‘Well, that’s an interesting way to go. I don’t necessarily know that I want to do it like that. But it could happen. I’m not going to say no.”

Weber’s 2,000th game will come as the Nashville Predators play host to the Pittsburgh Penguins. 102.5 The Game is the flagship home of the Predators Radio Network.

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iHeartMedia Ending WEEI Simulcast in Cape Cod

A job opening for a sports talk co-host/producer/programming assistant that says its salary will “be funded by the savings that the market is acquiring from the expiring Audacy/WEEI & Red Sox contracts”.

Published

7 hours ago

November 28, 2023

BSM Staff

iHeartMedia is preparing to drop its simulcast of WEEI on its 96.3 WEII-FM signal in Hyannis/Cape Cod.

According to a report from Radio Insight, iHeartMedia has posted a job opening for a sports talk co-host/producer/programming assistant that says its salary will “be funded by the savings that the market is acquiring from the expiring Audacy/WEEI & Red Sox contracts”.

It goes on to state that the contract between the company and Audacy was $300,000 annually and it paid the Red Sox $65,000 annually.

The job posting alleges 96.3 FM will continue to carry sports programming with a local show.

WEEI is currently simulcast on stations in Springfield and Worcester, MA; Providence; Portland, Maine; and on stations in New Hampshire and Vermont, as well. Earlier this year, the station’s offices in Warwick, Rhode Island closed as part of a cost-cutting measure.

WEII-FM is licensed to Dennis, MA and features a 25,000-watt Class B signal.

BSM Staff