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Don La Greca Says His Rants Are ‘Better For Your Heart Than Holding Them In’

“It’s very cathartic to get it out. Everybody’s so worried about my health when I do this.”

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ESPN New York host Don La Greca has had some notable rants in his time behind the microphone, and he believes that it’s better he doesn’t keep things pent up inside.

In an appearance on The Jake Asman Show, La Greca recalled a few of his more memorable rants as a co-host of The Michael Kay Show. Don said he finds reacting the way he does is therapeutic in a way.

“It’s very cathartic to get it out,” he said. “Everybody’s so worried about my health when I do this. I tell them no you want to get that out. You don’t want to keep it in your body. You want to get it out, and it makes for entertaining radio I guess.”

One La Greca rant from a few years ago featured him flipping out over a caller believing Matt Forte would score a touchdown for the Jets in a game that weekend. The only problem was Forte wasn’t on the Jets anymore. Don said he was in Detroit working a Red Wings/Rangers game when Detroit TV broadcaster Ken Daniels saw him and jokingly referenced the Matt Forte quip.

La Greca said apparently the Toronto sports radio stations find humor in his reactions, and Daniels had heard a snippet replayed on the air up there.

“I’ve become like a folk hero in the Detroit/Toronto area up there because I guess Toronto radio plays my rants,” he said. “They think it’s funny.”

Another rant was one BSM reported on back in the summer. A caller ticked La Greca off trying to say Don wouldn’t be where he is without Michael Kay. La Greca went on an epic rant talking about how he’s a great driver, he has great hair and that he’s a great friend.

“At that point I was just going through the laundry list of things I had been complimented on in my life, and my hair was the first one I thought of,” he said.

But when asked which rant stands out the most, Don said a 2018 rant about how the New York Mets don’t have any forever players beyond Ed Kranepool stood out the most to him.

“People will scream Ed Kranepool if they see me at a game. I’ll get tweets from people,” he said. “That to me is the one that seemed to get the most traction, and the one I had the most fun doing.”

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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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Charley Steiner Injured; Tim Neverett to Handle Dodgers Radio Play-by-Play

“This will be the first Opening Day that I will have missed since 1976, when I wore a younger man’s clothes.”

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As the Los Angeles Dodgers get set to take on the St. Louis Cardinals in their first home game on Thursday, team play-by-play voice Charley Steiner has revealed he will not be doing games at the beginning of the season due to a severe back injury.

Through the Dodgers, Steiner posted a statement which said, “Over the winter, I landed on the Injured List with three compound fractures in my back. (I don’t recommend it.) With the start of the baseball season upon us, the Dodgers are ready to go – but I’m not. This will be the first Opening Day that I will have missed since 1976, when I wore a younger man’s clothes. I look forward to returning to the mic later this season. In the meantime, go Dodgers!”

TrueBlueLA.com reports Tim Neverett will handle play-by-play duties while Steiner recovers. Neverett called the first two regular season games with Rick Monday as the Dodgers started the season in South Korea. Neverett and Monday did not travel with the team, however, they called those games in a studio back home.

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