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So it looks like Lavar is going from F&B to radio.

He will be on the radio at 2pm on the new Fan (106.7) with Chad Dukes. If you know Chad this should be a pretty crazy show.

I will still contiue to listen to the Junkies but I am exicited to see this marriage of Lavar and Chad in radio heaven or should I say hell.


[URL]http://imgsrv.wjfk.com/image/wjfk2/UserFiles/File/106-7_The_Fan_Press_Release.doc[/URL]

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[quote=mredskins;567970]So it looks like Lavar is going from F&B to radio.

He will be on the radio at 2pm on the new Fan (106.7) with Chad Dukes. If you know Chad this should be a pretty crazy show.

I will still contiue to listen to the Junkies but I am exicited to see this marriage of Lavar and Chad in radio heaven or should I say hell.


[URL]http://imgsrv.wjfk.com/image/wjfk2/UserFiles/File/106-7_The_Fan_Press_Release.doc[/URL][/quote]

I'm just glad there are 2 sports radio stations instead of the 1 controlled by Synder, but I still don't think 106.7's lineup beats 980.

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I'm actually a bit offended by the format change on 106.7 because they yanked Mike O'Meara to try out a radio team with LaVar Arrington as the lead. I've always liked LaVar, however he's a slow talker and doesn't seem right for radio. The other guy Chad Dukes is the typical ignorant, douchebag fan that wants to start the regular season with Colt Brennan under center and Marcus Mason in the backfield since they looked so good in preseason last year...

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^ Honestly somebody probably feed that to Chad Dukes I think he is more a shock jock then a sports radio guy.

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Hopefully they can do something about their signal. I lose it in Howard County

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[quote=Crash;567980]Hopefully they can do something about their signal. I lose it in Howard County[/quote]


Yeah I can only hear it through streaming here in Harford County.

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[quote=Southpaw;567974]I'm actually a bit offended by the format change on 106.7 because they yanked Mike O'Meara to try out a radio team with LaVar Arrington as the lead. I've always liked LaVar, however he's a slow talker and doesn't seem right for radio. The other guy Chad Dukes is the typical ignorant, douchebag fan that wants to start the regular season with Colt Brennan under center and Marcus Mason in the backfield since they looked so good in preseason last year...[/quote]

Good points. LaVar and Dukes will bring in an audience, but LaVar definitely can't carry a full radio show (at least I don't think so). He'll definitely say "outrageous" stuff like how Gibbs was the worst coach he ever had to get people to tune in. But when push comes to shove and people want to talk Redskins, I doubt he'll have the access to the locker room that the guys at 980 will have.

Looking forward to Wise's show though. And I suspect there's another big name down the line.

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So what's the over/under on how many broadcasts they do before Lavar announces he's coming back to play for the Skins?

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[quote=vallin21;567973]I'm just glad there are 2 sports radio stations instead of the 1 controlled by Synder, but I still don't think 106.7's lineup beats 980.[/quote]

So should we expect a more positive view of the Redskins? Because either Snyder likes to hear bad things being said about his team, or the fact that he owns 980 doesn't matter b/c I keep hearing negative crap from the Sports Reporters.

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[quote=vallin21;567973]I'm just glad there are 2 sports radio stations instead of the 1 controlled by Synder, but I still don't think 106.7's lineup beats 980.[/quote]

Its a pretty good line up to start. I will listen to 106.7 till noon; anything is better then Mike & Mike and the Herd. And I remember hearing Lavar once or twice when he filled in for Doc and he wasn't that bad.

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I live in NYC and i can't stand Mike & Mike, when they first started the were great now, they want to be comedians and their not funny stick to sports that's what i use to tune in for.

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Chad Dukes lost all credibility in my book when he was blabbering about how the skins should go after Favre a while back. I distinctly remember "Every TRUE skins fan should want Favre in DC". Donk. Lavar doesn't have enough of a presence in my book. Mike Wise is legit, however.

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[quote=Ruhskins;568001]So should we expect a more positive view of the Redskins? Because either Snyder likes to hear bad things being said about his team, or the fact that he owns 980 doesn't matter b/c I keep hearing negative crap from the Sports Reporters.[/quote]

I remember everyone (maybe even me) got really upset when he bought 980, but it has been pretty unbiased. I am sure he just stays away from the programing and tells producers not to sensor people.

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Yeah I'd probably listen to 106.7 till noon then switch to 980, only because I don't care for Mike and Mike that much, and Cowherd makes me sick, Lavar is good but 980's afternoon lineup is far better than 106.7's right now.

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[quote=NYCskinfan82;568017]I live in NYC and i can't stand Mike & Mike, when they first started the were great now, they want to be comedians and their not funny stick to sports that's what i use to tune in for.[/quote]

Yeah their act is pretty tired and it seems like they are constantly on commercial breaks.

Thank god for Sirius.

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This is Mike and Mike pre-gaming around 4:30am before the show starts.

Ok Mike you like the Cowboys this weekend and I like the Redskins, lets argue about it.

Oh and Mike your kids had a sleepover this weekend, think up some crazy story to make everyone laugh.

Oh and the other Mike you lost a bet and you have to wear a leperchan suit this coming weekend.

OMG this is all great stuff they are going to love it!

ZZZZZZZZ...me on the highway listening to them while going to work.

I have not listen to them in over a year, their crap is so canned they should start calling their show Natural Light because it only comes in a can.

The Junkies can get old as well but at least during football season you know they are passoinate about the Skins.

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Having had the pleasure of knowing and working with both the Junkies and Mike & Mike...umm, I'll stick to my Saved by the Bell reruns weekday mornings on TBS.

Seriously though, Mike & Mike is the greatest morning radio show there is. Believe dat!

As for Cowherd, not a big college football fan and I am a big Redskins fan so I don't listen to his show that often (plus I'm generally busy, meetings, work, posting on the warpath, etc) at that time of day. But I must say, while I've dealt with his producers the past few years, only recently have I really gotten to know Cowherd personally...and honestly I was kind of ready for him to be a total jerk. But he's not, not at all. Extremely down to earth, friendly guy. I never thought when I came up here that Colin Cowherd and Sean Salisbury would be my favorite on-air personalities off-air. (Brian Kenny is up there as well)

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[quote=SmootSmack;568086]Having had the pleasure of knowing and working with both the Junkies and Mike & Mike...umm, I'll stick to my Saved by the Bell reruns weekday mornings on TBS.

[B]Seriously though, Mike & Mike is the greatest morning radio show there is. Believe dat![/B]

As for Cowherd, not a big college football fan and I am a big Redskins fan so I don't listen to his show that often (plus I'm generally busy, meetings, work, posting on the warpath, etc) at that time of day. But I must say, while I've dealt with his producers the past few years, only recently have I really gotten to know Cowherd personally...and honestly I was kind of ready for him to be a total jerk. But he's not, not at all. Extremely down to earth, friendly guy. I never thought when I came up here that Colin Cowherd and Sean Salisbury would be my favorite on-air personalities off-air. (Brian Kenny is up there as well)[/quote]

I am not trying to be a jerk to you at all and I respect that you have a great deal more insight then I do but as a sports fan who listens to sports talk radio the Mike and Mike show has become complete garbage, IMHO.

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im new to the radio thing down here i gotta get in the mixxxx

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[quote=freddavisbro86;568106]im new to the radio thing down here i gotta get in the mixxxx[/quote]

Where have you been for 150 years?

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I have a love/hate thing with Cowherd. Hate how he comes off sometimes as a know it all jerk, but he does make me laugh at times with his non-sports observations and the guy does know his college ball.

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Lavar's show isn't going to last. It will go through football season then it will die. DC isn't NY, Chicago or even Boston when it comes to sports. Even though the team has been average to below average the last 16 years, DC is still a Redskins town. There isn't enough of a market for two sports stations cause not enough people care about the Wizards, Nats, MD. football/basketball or Caps. That's why Snyder merged with Clear Channel. He wasn't getting enough ad dollars or ratings to support John Riggins and co. Hell they're still not and that's why you saw Koken and BMitch get the ax.

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[quote=mredskins;568080]This is Mike and Mike pre-gaming around 4:30am before the show starts.

Ok Mike you like the Cowboys this weekend and I like the Redskins, lets argue about it.

Oh and Mike your kids had a sleepover this weekend, think up some crazy story to make everyone laugh.

Oh and the other Mike you lost a bet and you have to wear a leperchan suit this coming weekend.

OMG this is all great stuff they are going to love it!

ZZZZZZZZ...me on the highway listening to them while going to work.

I have not listen to them in over a year, their crap is so canned they should start calling their show Natural Light because it only comes in a can.

The Junkies can get old as well but at least during football season you know they are passoinate about the Skins.[/quote]

The worst is the stupid schtick they go through with the lead pipe locks segment during football season... all the stupid voices and sound effects. I can't even take it anymore. And then they laugh afterwards like it was the funniest thing ever. :vomit:

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[quote=SmootSmack;568086]Having had the pleasure of knowing and working with both the Junkies and Mike & Mike...umm, I'll stick to my Saved by the Bell reruns weekday mornings on TBS.

Seriously though, Mike & Mike is the greatest morning radio show there is. Believe dat!

As for Cowherd, not a big college football fan and I am a big Redskins fan so I don't listen to his show that often (plus I'm generally busy, meetings, work, posting on the warpath, etc) at that time of day. But I must say, while I've dealt with his producers the past few years, only recently have I really gotten to know Cowherd personally...and honestly I was kind of ready for him to be a total jerk. But he's not, not at all. Extremely down to earth, friendly guy. I never thought when I came up here that Colin Cowherd and Sean Salisbury would be my favorite on-air personalities off-air. (Brian Kenny is up there as well)[/quote]

Sorry SS, but respectfully I'm not a fan of the big dogs on ESPN radio. I think Golic is funny, but Mike Greenberg's girly man schtick is SOOO tired. And I just can't stand his voice. Plus, commercials take up at least half of their show. It's amazing to me how many ads there are. And nothing is more annoying than radio ads IMO.

I think Colin Cowherd is pompous as hell. He LOVES the sound of his own voice, and without anyone else on his show, it has a feel of him just forcfeeding his opinions. Plus he loves to bash the Skins.

I've only heard Brian Kenny's show once, and it was pretty solid. Doesn't Van Pelt have his own show now? He's my favorite of the ESPN anchors, plus he's a local guy. Is he a Redskins fan? I think he went to Sherwood High School and I know he's a Terp.

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I listened to M&M for a while but the schtick gets tired fast. The few times they had interesting content, it took forever to weed through the commercials. I swear 3/4's of the show is made up of teasers and commercials. Just not worth listening to IMHO.

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[quote=Mattyk72;568137]The worst is the stupid schtick they go through with the lead pipe locks segment during football season... all the stupid voices and sound effects. I can't even take it anymore. And then they laugh afterwards like it was the funniest thing ever. :vomit:[/quote]



[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]I know! It sounds like a goddamn Transformer having an orgasm.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]

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skinsfan69---if Baltimore can have 3 sports radio stations, DC can have 2

GMScud---Van Pelt does have his own show on ESPN radio, I'm pretty sure he is a Skins fan, I think he used to call into the postgame show on 980

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[quote=Crash;568149]skinsfan69---if Baltimore can have 3 sports radio stations, DC can have 2

GMScud---Van Pelt does have his own show on ESPN radio, I'm pretty sure he is a Skins fan, I think he used to call into the postgame show on 980[/quote]


I would argue B-more has two teams people generally care about, O's and Ravens. DC just really has the Skins. Also keep in mind DC is probale the most transient city in the US. There are very few home grown locals in DC that pass down generation to generation a love of local DC sports. Also the amount of forgieners that live in DC that don't care about American Sports is pretty large. I bet if you polled all of DC the number one sport would be football and I am not talking about the kind football the Skins play. For the record DC United doesn't count these fans are cheering for their home country's teams.

Probably best Sports Jock on ESPN radio is Erick Kueselias. the guy rocks and why they moved him to NASCAR is beyond me.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Kuselias]Erik Kuselias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

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Give it a few months I think it will make both stations better

I think there are more home grown DC fans then people realize...and there are also more people who moved here because of college that will listen if they know their school is going to be covered

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[quote=Mattyk72;568076]Yeah their act is pretty tired and it seems like they are constantly on commercial breaks.

[B]Thank god for Sirius.[/B][/quote]

I'll second that.

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[quote=GMScud;568138]Doesn't Van Pelt have his own show now? He's my favorite of the ESPN anchors, plus he's a local guy. Is he a Redskins fan? I think he went to [B]Sherwood High School [/B]and I know he's a Terp.[/quote]He did indeed.

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[quote=mredskins;568153]I would argue B-more has two teams people generally care about, O's and Ravens. DC just really has the Skins. Also keep in mind DC is probale the most transient city in the US. There are very few home grown locals in DC that pass down generation to generation a love of local DC sports. Also the amount of forgieners that live in DC that don't care about American Sports is pretty large. I bet if you polled all of DC the number one sport would be football and I am not talking about the kind football the Skins play. For the record DC United doesn't count these fans are cheering for their home country's teams.

[B]Probably best Sports Jock on ESPN radio is Erick Kueselias[/B]. the guy rocks and why they moved him to NASCAR is beyond me.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Kuselias"]Erik Kuselias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL][/quote]

I would agree with that. He was filling in for Cowherd today so I stopped the dial on him for a while. I used to listen to him all the time back when he did the Sports Bash in the afternoons.

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Sportsbash was good radio use to look forward to it on my afternoon commute when I had a commute. You know a guy is good when you sit in your car for an extra few minutes even though you are home from your commute to hear him wrap up his thoughts.

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[quote=GMScud;568138]Sorry SS, but respectfully I'm not a fan of the big dogs on ESPN radio. I think Golic is funny, but Mike Greenberg's girly man schtick is SOOO tired. And I just can't stand his voice. Plus, commercials take up at least half of their show. It's amazing to me how many ads there are. And nothing is more annoying than radio ads IMO.

I think Colin Cowherd is pompous as hell. He LOVES the sound of his own voice, and without anyone else on his show, it has a feel of him just forcfeeding his opinions. Plus he loves to bash the Skins.

I've only heard Brian Kenny's show once, and it was pretty solid. Doesn't Van Pelt have his own show now? He's my favorite of the ESPN anchors, plus he's a local guy. Is he a Redskins fan? I think he went to Sherwood High School and I know he's a Terp.[/quote]

Seriously...I watch SBTB reruns in the mornings. My thoughts on Mike and Mike the show are that they can be good and their shows have good elements to them, but overall sometimes maybe they try too hard. My thoughts on Mike and Mike the people I'll save for another time. But honestly, I don't listen to them that often because in the morning, apart from checking this site, I tend to limit my sports exposure before I get to work because I know I'll be bombarded with it at work. I need balance in my life.

Not as big a fan of Cowherd is of college football so I generally don't listen to his show but he's grown on me as a person

SVP is a huge, huge, huge, Terps fan. It's kinda disturbing but good for him for being so passionate about his Terps. His radio show is pretty solid. He's got a face for radio :)...seriously though, his show is good.

I like Doug Gottlieb's show.

But truthfully, I don't listen to that much sports radio. And come football season, I generally will tune in online to 980 to get my Redskins fix

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ESPNRadio.com is like radio on demand...and you can skip all the commercials

(shameless plug)

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What is all the talk about the Mike Vick rumor about the Skins interest?

Also, why do people think he can come in after two years away and resume his prior athletic dominance? Some people are lost in a pigskin fantasy to believe he'll be the same player he was when he comes back.

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What does that have to do with 106.7 The Fan? Anyway, it's probably just people starting rumors...more likely Tavaris Jackson comes here (not saying that's likely)

As for 106.7, they had Gibbs on today. DC Sports Bog has a recap:

Gibbs on Skins: "Greatest Sports Franchise in the World"

So hot on the heels of CBS Radio landing the Redskins cheerleaders at the 106.7 The Fan launch party last week and scoring the Westwood One NFL package, The Mike Wise Show debuted today with Joe Gibbs as its first guest. Another shot at the Snyder-owned rival sports talker, in preparation for a year of snarky sniping at the 500-pound dude dressed up in Native American garb?

Well, maybe so, but when Gibbs uses the football questions to praise Daniel Snyder, Vinny Cerrato, Redskins fans, Burgundy wine and the gold standard, it doesn't really come across that way. Quite the reverse, actually. So for today, your options could be, Listen to Snyder employees on 980 bash the bloody heck out of the people who pay their bills, or listen to Gibbs on 106.7 talk about how "I think [the Redskins are] the greatest sports franchise in the world."

This is all very confusing to me. I guess that's what happens when you have two sports talk stations in town. I'm preparing for a life of confusion, or at least six months or so, before one of them goes all-boy band.

Here's most of the quote in question, concerning Gibbs's decision to come out of retirement, which started with him noting how the franchise had been in some disrepair for about a decade.

"I kind of wanted to be a part of trying to redirect things and get the Redskins back to winning again," he said. "I think it's the greatest sports franchise in the world. It was a thrill for me to be a part of it....Do you take a chance when you do that? Absolutely, but then I would have missed all of those great things and those experiences over that four-year period with all the relationships that I developed with the players, the coaching staff, the front office, Dan and the fans. And I felt like it's something I wanted to do.

"I wanted, too, for myself, to see could I be successful coaching in modern day football. I'd been away from it for 11 years. Certainly you never want to be afraid of taking a chance, and I felt like hey, that was something I wanted to do....The grandkids loved it. And Jackson got mad at me, our oldest grandkid, when I stepped down. 'What are you doing coach?' I said, 'Jackson, I want to come down and be with you and coach you on 8-man football,' and he said, 'We don't need you here, we need you up there.' "

More Gibbs.

On Vinny Cerrato: "He was a very, very valuable person in that organization, and he was for me. We worked together on acquiring talent, and I think Vinny had one of the best programs in place."

On Jim Zorn: "People want immediate victories. They want to win right now, and sometimes that's not realistic, as we know. Coach Zorn won eight games the first year, that's what I did, and I think sometimes it takes a while to kind of build the right program that you want and get things going in the right direction. I think that's been a huge change in modern-day sports; everyone wants to win right now....I think he'll be so much more settled this year coming. I was."

On being the biggest Redskin fan in the world: "I'm the biggest Redskin fan in the world."

On Jason Campbell's offseason: "The quarterbacks that we've been fortunate enough to be with the years that I coached, they went through some tough times, believe me, all of them did....Theismann, at one point we benched Joe....Mark Rypien got benched mainly for turning the ball over....Doug Williams came in really as a backup, he'd been through a lot of things in Tampa, went to the USFL, got bounced around, got criticized for a lot of things....

"So my point with quarterbacks, and what I kind of tell them is this, I said, 'Look, if you can't handle pressure situations, if you can't handle all the attention you're gonna get...Particularly playing in Washington, D.C, it's a huge deal, you're gonna be put through a lot, and if you're the kind of guy that's got a temperament that those kind of things are gonna bother you, then chances are you're not the kind of quarterback that's gonna take a big-time NFL team down the field late in the game in a hailstorm to win.' It's just not gonna happen.

"At times you're gonna get booed and kicked around, but if you have the right kind of temperament, at the end you're gonna win out as a quarterback, and if not, you probably weren't made to play quarterback in the NFL."

On Michael Vick: "I think that's gonna be a tough one....He's gonna have to get in the right situation in the NFL. I think he deserves a chance to play again and I think somebody will take a run at him and I think he could be a great producer in the NFL. Obviously we've seen him do that before, but I think it's gonna take the right team right place, and I think he deserves another chance. I think that's part of life. I think he's paid a huge price for the mistakes he's made, and to me, I think he's gonna find the right place and the right team, but I think he's gonna need the right place and the right team and the right coach."

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[quote=SmootSmack;568934]What does that have to do with 106.7 The Fan? Anyway, it's probably just people starting rumors...more likely Tavaris Jackson comes here (not saying that's likely)
[/quote]

Couldn't see a Mike Vick thread so I put it in this one since they were talking about that on The Fan.

I thought there was some intresting things discussed on there today.

The big secret they waited to tell at the end of the show was the fact that Dan Snyder tried to but WJFK right before the start of their new Fan programming and the Lavar lineup...apparently he wanted control over the local redskins fan media...anyway, interesting stuff.

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[quote=Ruhskins;568001]So should we expect a more positive view of the Redskins? [B]Because either Snyder likes to hear bad things being said about his team, or the fact that he owns 980 doesn't matter b/c I keep hearing negative crap from the Sports Reporters[/B].[/quote]

LOL. You know, during the last week of June, I was in the car listening to Kevin Sheehan ("The Locker Room"), and he was inviting callers/e-mailers to identify the worst move of the Snyder era. Some e-mailer made the mistake of trying to defend Snyder's firing of Marty (after someone had identified it as the worst), and Sheehan almost had a conniption. That was definitely not a filtered broadcast.

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[quote=Skinny Tee;568937]Couldn't see a Mike Vick thread so I put it in this one since they were talking about that on The Fan.

I thought there was some intresting things discussed on there today.

The big secret they waited to tell at the end of the show was the fact that Dan Snyder tried to but WJFK right before the start of their new Fan programming and the Lavar lineup...apparently he wanted control over the local redskins fan media...anyway, interesting stuff.[/quote]

I'm not sure why Snyder is so obsessed with buying up all the sports radio stations. They still poke fun at the front office on 980 ALL THE TIME.

I don't think I can listen to Lavar and Dukes anymore. Lavar is still bitter about his ending here. STFU already and get over it. I had to turn it off when he started crying about how he gave back 2 million just to get outta here.