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Sal Licata: No ‘Wonder Why Players Hate Media’ After Durant Retirement Rumor
“Common sense could break half these stories. My common sense says Kevin Durant is obviously not going to retire.”
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BSM StaffA now denounced report from NBA reporter Marc Stein that said Kevin Durant was more likely to retire than play for the Brooklyn Nets again caught the ire of WFAN’s Sal Licata Tuesday morning.
While filling in for Boomer & Gio, Licata said he struggled to believe some NBA reporters after the rumor of Durant’s possible retirement came up.
“I think some of these are phony and made up,” Licata said. “Who would believe that crap? Who comes up with that crap? Who even reported it? I wanna know who reported that. It’s ridiculous! Was it Shams (Charania)? (Ric) Bucher? So what? Some BS reporter or website is reporting this stuff. ‘Oh, he may retire.’ Common sense could break half these stories. My common sense says Kevin Durant is obviously not going to retire. Now obviously, he tweets that he’s not going to retire. Of course you’re not retiring! Who would leave that money on the table and not play basketball? Gimme a break!”
“It came from Mark Stein,” Jerry Recco said.
“Alright. At least that’s a name I know,” update anchor Chris Lopresti said.
“What was the exact — was it his opinion? Was it he might –“, Licata said.
“I don’t know,” Recco interrupted. “I’m reading from SI.com right now because they’ve got the Durant portion of it. The denial. And it says ‘the rumor of Durant possibly retiring came from Substack’s Marc Stein. He reportedly heard from one well-connected executive who insisted that, based on what he was hearing, Durant was more apt to retire than play for the Brooklyn Nets again’.”
“That is BS!,” Licata shouted. “Who would take that and run with it?! To a point where it gets on a crawl? To the point where Durant’s gotta respond to that nonsense?! Then you wonder why players hate the media?! According to a source that you heard through an executive?! I mean, come on! It’s ridiculous!”
Durant has since tweeted he will not be retiring, and any report that insinuates he was considering it “is comical at this point“.
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101.9 The Horn in Austin Sold to Norsan Media
Norsan has appointed Edgar Saucedo as Southwest Market President overseeing all of the company’s Texas operations and Ramon Loo as Austin Program Director.
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9 hours agoon
April 19, 2024By
BSM StaffA Radio Insight report says Norsan Media has purchased 101.9 The Horn in Austin, Texas from Genuine Austin Radio. According to the report, Norsan had already been operation a couple of Genuine Austin Radio’s stations and will now take add the rest of their stations, which also includes country stations 99.3 FM.
The report also says Norsan has appointed Edgar Saucedo as Southwest Market President overseeing all of the company’s Texas operations and Ramon Loo as Austin Program Director.
The Horn used to also be on 104.9 FM and was the University of Texas flagship station for Longhorn athletics. That stopped when Norsan took over the signal to air Regional Mexican programming. The Texas Rangers games air currently on The Horn.
Should anything change with the programming or format at The Horn, we will keep you posted.
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AJ Hoffman Headed to Mornings on San Antonio’s Sports Star
“Excited for my next chapter post-Vegas and stoked to start building an audience in San Antonio!”
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11 hours agoon
April 19, 2024By
BSM StaffAJ Hoffman announced via his X account he will be back on local radio in Texas doing mornings at San Antonio’s Sports Star. “Life announcement,” Hoffman wrote. “I’m moving back to Texas. Starting May 6, you can find me back on local radio, doing mornings on San Antonio’s Sports Star. Excited for my next chapter post-Vegas and stoked to start building an audience in San Antonio!”
Hoffman had worked for several years at ESPN 97.5 in Houston and was most recently in Las Vegas serving as the executive vice president and director of digital content for Pregame, an information site for sports wagering.
Hoffman had hosted the popular show, The Blitz, with Fred Faour for more than 10 years and then became the station Program Director in 2019. He exited the station in the summer of 2021 to take the position with Pregame.
San Antonio’s Sports Star made a change earlier this year in mornings when Rudy Jay left the station in mid-January. RJ Ochoa, Managing Editor of the ‘Blogging the Boys’ website, took over for Jay, doing the show with station Program Director Rob Thompson.
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Steak Shapiro About Pat McAfee: “Dude, Relax”
“That is the definition of cringe. You have to be authentic.”
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13 hours agoon
April 19, 2024By
BSM StaffSports radio has spent a lot of time during this football offseason talking about Bill Belichick. From his ending in New England to the search for a new head coaching position to being a free agent in the sports media world, his name has come up often. Steak Shapiro and Sandra Golden hit on the topic this week during The Steakhouse on 92.9 The Game in Atlanta.
A lengthy story from ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler this week reported Belichick may not have landed the Atlanta Falcons head coaching position because of a conversation Falcons owner Arthur Blank had with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Another part of the story says the executives around Arthur Blank didn’t have Belichick in their top 3 of candidates which had interviewed for the position.
The same report also divulged that Belichick is expected to sign a deal with Omaha Productions to provide analysis and is interested in potentially coaching either the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles or New York Giants after taking this year off.
The same day, The Pat McAfee Show had Belichick on as a guest and announced the coach would join McAfee and team for their annual Draft Spectacular.
Shapiro and Golden talked about the article as it related to Atlanta, but also about Belichick’s appearance on McAfee’s show. “[Belichick] on McAfee trying to be this lighthearted guy that loves The Pat McAfee Show, it’s a stretch dude, that is a stretch.”
“That is the definition of cringe,” Golden replied. “You have to be authentic.”
Shapiro does an impersonation of McAfee talking excitedly about hanging out with Belichick and said, “Dude, relax, relax…the whole thing…I wish we hadn’t gotten started on this…”
Back in late January, McAfee had said on his show about Belichick, “I would like to let everybody know…I will make this promise that if Bill Belichick is going to do TV, ol’ Pat McAfee will be in the running to try to get Bill Belichick to join our progrum [sic],” McAfee said. “Belichick… knows everything about the NFL. Every game that’s ever been played…every player that’s ever been great — that’s why he was so great on [NFL 100 All-Time Team]. And after what we saw on College GameDay, he’s got moxie too. He’s great on TV, I think we’ll all be incredibly lucky if that’s the case.”