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E and T Short: What color is Evan's beard today?

Hour 1

The Broncos are releasing Russell Wilson and will need to start over at the quarterback position in the NFL draft. We talked about JJ McCarthy’s stock going up as we get closer to the draft. He’s been linked to the Giants. Rich Eisen said the Giants are done with Daniel Jones and have buyer’s remorse. Kirk Cousins has also been linked to the Falcons, as has Justin Fields. Jerry is here for his first update of the day and starts with the sounds of Jason Kelce retiring. He got all choked up. Jerry went around the NBA and the NHL last night. Zack Wheeler met the media after signing a huge extension with the Phillies. In the final segment of the hour, what will Jason Kelce do in his retirement? Will he be a studio analyst during the NFL season? Maybe he would be good as a color analyst. 

Hour 2

Boomer watched the movie ‘Saltburn’ and found it really twisted and weird. The Mets will be debuting a dance team this year. When will the Mets highlight the dance team? Gio remembers a male member of the St. John’s dance team who was a little thick but all in. A caller wonders about the Rangers at the trade deadline. A caller wonders why Big Zoo wouldn’t try out for the Mets dance team. Jerry returns for an update and starts with Shannon Sharpe and Ochocinco talking about Russell Wilson being released by the Broncos. Jerry has audio from Jason Kelce’s retirement press conference. He cried his way through it. Charles Barkley is not a fan of people wearing Donald Trump mugshot t-shirts. In the final segment of the hour, a caller wonders if the Giants should bring in Russell Wilson for cheap. A caller wonders what Boomer’s motivation is to keep getting up early for radio and giving up weekends during football season. Boomer said it’s a great platform for The Boomer Esiason Foundation which is very important to him. 

Hour 3

A moose attacked an iditarod team and the musher had to kill and gut the moose. We talked about how large Moose really are when you are up close and personal with them. Remember that time when Mike Francesa said he ‘met’ Secretariat? Jerry returns for an update and starts with Jason Kelce retiring and crying his way through his speech. Braylon Edwards saved an 80 year old man from getting beat up by a 25 year old in a YMCA locker room. Tommy Luguaer called Evan Roberts an ass for celebrating the Jalen Brunson injury in a group text. Chris Russo gave his Mt Rushmore of sports media people. In the final segment of the hour, Shinesty, the ball hammock underwear company, sent us some products. A caller wonders if Boomer could still beat up a 25 year old if he had to. We also talked about Evan dying his beard every day for the next 3 weeks. 

Hour 4

A caller just returned from Mets spring training and said if they don’t sign Pete Alonso, he might just root for the team he goes to. He also said he has a 7-foot son. Jerry returns for his final update of the day and starts with audio of Jason Kelce’s speech from his retirement press conference. The Moment of The Day involves an ill-Boomer, the Rangers and Boomer’s take on Devils fans. In the final segment of the show, Gio contacted someone at the Mets about getting Big Zoo out to Citi-field to perform with the new Mets team. Callers continue to say Gio is not good at golf. Gio agrees, but he’s getting better every time he plays. Gio doesn’t brag about playing great. He just started golf about a year ago.

A caller just returned from Mets spring training and said if they don’t sign Pete Alonso, he might just root for the team he goes to. He also said he has a 7-foot son. Jerry returns for his final update of the day and starts with audio of Jason Kelce’s speech from his retirement press conference. The Moment of The Day involves an ill-Boomer, the Rangers and Boomer’s take on Devils fans. In the final segment of the show, Gio contacted someone at the Mets about getting Big Zoo out to Citi-field to perform with the new Mets team. Callers continue to say Gio is not good at golf. Gio agrees, but he’s getting better every time he plays. Gio doesn’t brag about playing great. He just started golf about a year ago.

If the Mets don’t sign Pete Alonso, a caller said he will root for the team that signs him.

Jalen Brunson scare, Mets add dancers, Russell Wilson released, and much more

Hour 3: Evan observed something new in the Mets locker room

Hour 1

The Jets continue to be a story for all the wrong reasons during the offseason. Mecole Hardman was accused of leaking the Jets game plan to the Eagles and the Chiefs this past season. Rob Saleh was also voted in the bottom third of head coaches in the league by his players. Boomer said Hardman should be happy the Jets sent him back to KC. He shouldn’t be trashing them a month after the Super Bowl. Is there anything the Jets can do in the offseason to make us feel positive about this upcoming season? The Jets will probably end up with David Bakhtiari if Aaron Rodgers wants him here. Jerry is here for his first update and starts with Joe Douglas giving Zach Wilson permission to talk to other teams. Boomer thinks he’s going to Minnesota. Chris Russo has a hard time saying, ‘Caleb Williams’. Chiefsaholic has pleaded guilty to his bank robberies. Jerry went around the NBA last night. St. John’s won their third straight. Pete Alonso hit his first HR of Spring. In the last segment of the hour, we talked about Peter Schwartz son, Bradley, and where he will be going to college for ‘long snap’. The NFLPA survey had the Chiefs 31st out of 32 teams as far as players not liking the facility. Boomer talked about his time with the Bengals and how they started a food drive for the homeless but some of the players were taking the food instead. Then the homeless who were coming for the food were breaking into players cars. 

Hour 2

Justin Fields was on video celebrating and it seems like he was celebrating news that he is going to the Falcons. Boomer still thinks there’s a chance he goes to the Raiders. We talked about the Bears looking to trade Justin Fields to draft Caleb Williams. Richard Lewis passed away and Al posted a photo of him and Richard. Jerry returns for an update and starts with Joe Douglas talking about Mecole Hardman and Zach Wilson. Steve Belichick was on a podcast and he sounds just like his father, Bill. Pat McAfee was on a podcast and talked about what a bad ass he is or something to that effect. Jerry went around the NBA last night. St. Johns won their third straight. In the final segment of the hour, Bradley Schwartz, son of Peter Schwartz, makes his college commitment as a long snapper. 

Hour 3

Brian Daboll got great reviews in the NFLPA survey of players. Rob Saleh did not. Gio wonders what the Jets can do this offseason to get the fans fired up for the season. With the Jets still in the news this offseason for all the wrong reasons, it’s good that Aaron Rodgers isn’t one of the players involved. Jerry returns for an update but first Gio said there are mailboxes here at WFAN from people who have passed away or who haven’t worked here in years. There is a debate as to who the ‘penis pioneer’ of broadcasting is. Jerry said it’s Al Dukes, and Eddie has plenty of drops to prove that. Justin Fields seems excited about something and many are speculating that he’s being traded to the Falcons. St. Johns won their third in a row. In the final segment of the hour, all of the dogs that came in yesterday were exhausted when they got home. Former WWE wrestler, Virgil, passed away. We talked about Cameo and if anyone ever got one for somebody. 

Hour 4

We talked about the Knicks and all their injuries and how that will affect their playoff run. We also talked about the Rangers seasons so far and what they need to do in a playoff run. Mikey in Astoria calls to say it’s ‘Rempe-mania’ at the Garden. Jerry returns for his final update of the day and wonders why some NFL coaches don't go to the combine. Scott Boras talked about MLB teams cutting payroll compared to last season. The Moment of The Day involves the ‘penis pioneer’ of broadcasting. In the final segment of the show we talked about the Knicks and some hip language. Drip is one and ‘you glazin’.

The Jets continue to be a story for all the wrong reasons during the offseason. Mecole Hardman was accused of leaking the Jets game plan to the Eagles and the Chiefs this past season. Rob Saleh was also voted in the bottom third of head coaches in the league by his players. Boomer said Hardman should be happy the Jets sent him back to KC. He shouldn’t be trashing them a month after the Super Bowl. Is there anything the Jets can do in the offseason to make us feel positive about this upcoming season? The Jets will probably end up with David Bakhtiari if Aaron Rodgers wants him here. Jerry is here for his first update and starts with Joe Douglas giving Zach Wilson permission to talk to other teams. Boomer thinks he’s going to Minnesota. Chris Russo has a hard time saying, ‘Caleb Williams’. Chiefsaholic has pleaded guilty to his bank robberies. Jerry went around the NBA last night. St. John’s won their third straight. Pete Alonso hit his first HR of Spring. In the last segment of the hour, we talked about Peter Schwartz son, Bradley, and where he will be going to college for ‘long snap’. The NFLPA survey had the Chiefs 31st out of 32 teams as far as players not liking the facility. Boomer talked about his time with the Bengals and how they started a food drive for the homeless but some of the players were taking the food instead. Then the homeless who were coming for the food were breaking into players cars.

Hour 1

Oh hey, Boomer’s back and we immediately start talking about the Rangers who lost but had won their previous ten games. Frank The Tank was tossed from the Devils game for yelling and screaming too much. Boomer recounts the time he and Gunnar got into a fight at the Rangers game because Boomer was being too negative according to Gunnar. The norovirus has reared its ugly head again in the tri-state area. Jerry is here for his first update and starts with audio from last night’s Rangers’ loss. They are 39-17-3, so that’s pretty good. We heard from John Minko as St. John’s beat #15 Creighton while Rick Pitino wore a white suit. Jerry went around the NBA yesterday. Francisco Alvarez hit a HR for the Mets in spring training. Jerry has audio of AJ Brown calling in to WIP in Philadelphia to talk about how negative the media is. In the final segment of the hour, Tom Izzo here at WFAN has taken WFAN out of his name and now he’s TomIzzoDigital instead. Peter King also announced his retirement. Izzo comes into the studio to explain himself. 

Hour 2

WFAN’s search to replace Spike Eskin seems to be at a standstill. A caller wonders if Matt Rempe is able to turn down fights when people challenge the rookie in the NHL. Gio said somebody told him that Evan Roberts said he could beat up almost everyone at WFAN. Jerry is here for another update and starts with Peter King announcing his retirement. Jerry has audio of Russell Wilson on a podcast and he’s fired up for this season if he’s in Denver or somewhere else. There’s talk of Russell to the Steelers. Cam Newton was involved in a fight at a flag football game. We talked about the pronunciation of Andrej Jakimovsky. In the final segment of the hour, we talked about Shane Gillis hosting SNL. 

Hour 3

Julius Randle said there is still a chance for season ending surgery. Boomer wonders how many wins the Knicks need to stay in the top 4. Gio said they have to go 15-10 from here on out at a minimum. Jerry returns for an update with audio from Brandon and C-Mac talking about the 5 borough bike tour. Jerry has audio of C-Mac singing ‘Sandy’ from Grease. A-Rod explained why he was looking so tan at the Milwaukee Bucks game. St. John’s beat #15 Creighton this weekend. Russell Wilson was on a podcast and wants to win 2 Super Bowls in 5 years. In the final segment of the hour, Gio said Boomer was looking up WAR stats on Juan Soto and Pete Alonso. A caller wants Gio to evaluate his piano playing nephew. Another caller wonders which Mets player will get norovirus first. 

Hour 4

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman gets in the mix on trans-athletes playing in women’s sports. It gets us into the whole discussion of transgender women playing women’s sports in high school and college. Jerry returns for an update and starts with Shannon Sharpe and Ochocinco talking about players spending way too much money on parties. John Minko is on the call as St. John’s beat #15 Creighton this weekend. Juan Soto is having a great time at spring training in Tampa. The Moment of The Day involves the pronunciation of Andrej Jakimovsky. In the final segment of the show, a caller said if Gio’s wife left him for Boomer, it would be a huge upgrade. We also wrapped up our talk about transgender women competing in women’s sports.

Julius Randle said there is still a chance for season ending surgery. Boomer wonders how many wins the Knicks need to stay in the top 4. Gio said they have to go 15-10 from here on out at a minimum. Jerry returns for an update with audio from Brandon and C-Mac talking about the 5 borough bike tour. Jerry has audio of C-Mac singing ‘Sandy’ from Grease. A-Rod explained why he was looking so tan at the Milwaukee Bucks game. St. John’s beat #15 Creighton this weekend. Russell Wilson was on a podcast and wants to win 2 Super Bowls in 5 years. In the final segment of the hour, Gio said Boomer was looking up WAR stats on Juan Soto and Pete Alonso. A caller wants Gio to evaluate his piano playing nephew. Another caller wonders which Mets player will get norovirus first.

Boomer is busy comparing WAR with Pete Alonso and Juan Soto.

Hour 3: Does Steve Cohen tell us something?

Hour 1

Kevin Clancy, KFC from Barstool Sports, is in for Boomer today. He’s a huge Mets fan so Gio starts with the Mets offseason or lack thereof. We talked about Pete Alonso’s future with the Mets. We also talked about Frank The Tank’s Mets negativity. Mets fans were negative for so long in the Wilpon era and we all thought things would turn around in the Steve Cohen era. C-Lo is in for Jerry today and is here for his first update, but first we talked about how bad the new Fanatics/Nike uniforms are. The pants are see through, so you can see the tucked in jersey in the pants. C-Lo starts with Kodai Senga already experiencing arm fatigue in February. Evan Roberts was angry with the Mets and cannot say the word, ‘compartmentalize’. Rick Pitino finally apologized for calling out his players over the weekend. 

Hour 2

Rob Saleh seems to have no control over his players on social media. Sauce Gardner is now calling himself, ‘LaSauce’, and is playing GM. He is posting who he would be signing to the Jets if he were the GM. Kevin Clancy tells us he’s not a big uniform guy and doesn’t remember player numbers even the ones he’s watched forever. We also talked about Gio's love of 1,000 lb Sisters. They also both love Love Is Blind. C-Lo returns for an update but first we talked about needing a colostomy bag. Gio thinks Kevin Ollie looks like an evil magician because of the mustache and thin face. Rick Pitino finally apologized for attacking his players and saying they can’t move. Justin Fields explained why he unfollowed the Bears on Instagram. In the final segment of the hour, we talked about Shane Gillis hosting SNL even though they fired him before he started working there. 

Hour 3

Craig Carton reported that the thing going on with the Eagles locker room would fracture any relationship. Adam Schefter was on the radio in Philadelphia and pretty much said this is tabloid journalism. Kevin Clancy just remembered he forgot to tell his Mom he was hosting with Gio today. He also didn’t tell her to turn the Mets game on when Johan Santana was throwing a no hitter. They also talked about what it’s like when you first have children and how it changes your life. There should be some sort of test to be able to have children. A caller said he was playing craps in a casino in Florida and Eli Manning was right next to him at the next table. We also talked about Dana White betting an insane amount of money at the tables. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with Knicks injuries as we come out of the All Star break. Charles Barkley said of Kevin Durant, ‘Kevin’s a follower, he’s not a leader’. KD responded saying these guys on tv need to fill segments with negativity. Rick Pitino finally apologized for his comments over the weekend where he went after his players. We talked about Eddie going to sleep at 5pm during the week. Nick Saban is out of coaching but he doesn’t want to stay home and just watch Netflix. In the final segment of the hour, we talked about Dave Portnoy and his newly adopted dog, ‘Miss Peaches’. We cringed at his ‘Miss Peaches’ voices that he uses to talk to her. 

Hour 4

Scottie Pippen, Luc Longley, and Horace Grant are going on tour to dispute some of the things presented in The Last Dance documentary. They are calling it ‘The No Bull’ Tour. We talked about friction when you’re on a team like the Bulls experienced. It happened at Barstool and it has happened at WFAN over the years. Gio wonders who best stood up to Dave Portnoy over the years. Gio wonders if Portnoy likes to be challenged. C-Lo returns for his final update of the day and starts with the arm fatigue of Kodai Senga. And yes, arm fatigue in February. The Moment of The Day includes an older caller who wanted to be quizzed on Brooklyn Dodgers uniform numbers. In the final segment of the show, we get breaking news that David Stearns is going to address the media to talk about the Kodai Senga arm fatigue. That sounds like it’s terrible news.

Kevin Clancy, KFC from Barstool Sports, is in for Boomer today. He’s a huge Mets fan so Gio starts with the Mets offseason or lack thereof. We talked about Pete Alonso’s future with the Mets. We also talked about Frank The Tank’s Mets negativity. Mets fans were negative for so long in the Wilpon era and we all thought things would turn around in the Steve Cohen era. C-Lo is in for Jerry today and is here for his first update, but first we talked about how bad the new Fanatics/Nike uniforms are. The pants are see through, so you can see the tucked in jersey in the pants. C-Lo starts with Kodai Senga already experiencing arm fatigue in February. Evan Roberts was angry with the Mets and cannot say the word, ‘compartmentalize’. Rick Pitino finally apologized for calling out his players over the weekend.

Kevin Clancy of Barstool Sports cohosts with Gio this morning. We began the show with the Mets offseason or lack thereof. We talked about Pete Alonso’s future with the Mets.

Hour 4: The top 5 ways Evan can get out of his beard situation. Did Pete Alonso & Juan Soto tip their hands on what their future in this city will be?

Full Show: There are several stars in New York that may not be around after this year. 

Hour 1

Jerry is in for Boomer today so it’s Gio & Jerry. The Nets have fired Jacque Vaughn so you can add him to the list of NY sports coaches that have been let go recently. We talked about the worst NY hires and came up with Adam Gase and Mickey Callaway. Gio put David Fizdale on that list as well. We could get two new football coaches and a new Yankees manager if things don’t go well this upcoming season. C-Lo is here for his first update but first we talked about him co-hosting with BT yesterday, filling in for Sal. Gio said that Kevin Clancy of Barstool will be filling in for Boomer on Thursday morning. Juan Soto met the media and said it’s going to be ‘electric’. Luke Voit talked about the potential of being a DH with the Mets. Anthony Rendon said baseball is a job but it’s not his highest priority. Antonio Pierce thinks he has the formula to beat the Chiefs, the ‘Patrick Mahomes Rules’. Rick Pitino said he wasn’t ripping anybody when he criticized his team on Sunday. In the final segment of the hour, Jason Kelce was a guest on Shaq’s podcast. He told Kelce to retire and spend time with his wife and kids because he screwed up in the past. It made both Gio and Jerry sad to hear Shaq sounding so lonely. Jerry said you better have a plan when you retire or you are going to struggle. Ryan Clark put out a hype video for himself saying his deal with ESPN is over and ‘somebody gotta pay the piper’. 

Hour 2

We continued talking about Ryan Clark, whose contract is up at ESPN, and he put out a hype video for his broadcasting career. He wants to work less in his next job, but get paid more. We also wondered what recently retired NFL players would want to do a 4-hour radio show, 5 days a week like Boomer. These guys have all made way too much money in their careers. C-Lo is here for an update, but first Gio has a story about a black hole that is scaring him. Juan Soto talked about his expectations for this ‘electric’ Yankees season. A caller said he’s ‘a moon chaser’, and is going to Mexico to see some sort of moon eclipse. He also is a micro-doser and a gynecologist. There was a brawl in the Texas A&M-Comm vs Incarnate Word basketball game. Also, Tyrese Haliburton has 2 completely different voices within the same conversation. In the final segment of the hour, a caller said his girlfriend’s grandmother died and his girlfriend thought the bird was a sign from heaven. He used Jerry’s line, ‘it’s a bird you moron’ and is now in the doghouse so to speak. 

Hour 3

Anthony Rendon met the media yesterday and he said that baseball isn’t really a top priority to him these days now that he has a family. Does he deserve credit for his honesty? It’s definitely turning the fans off since he is making a ton of money and he only plays like 50 games a year. Gio thinks a lot of athletes feel like Rendon. It’s just a job and a paycheck to them. Golf analyst Amanda Balionis wasn’t wearing her wedding ring at the Genesis Invitational and a lot of online speculation began. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with Juan Soto commenting on whether the Yankees have enough to win the World Series. Why is Gio so fascinated with Peter Schwartz? Chris McMonigle had a slip of the tongue and mentioned the Yankees when talking about hockey. Tiki Barber said Shaun Morash is ‘not a real Giant fan’. We also talked about how terrible Evan Roberts looks. In the final segment of the hour, Beyonce has a new song and it’s country. We also talked more about Pete Alonso’s upcoming free agency. 

Hour 4

We played a clip from Evan and Tiki where they were talking about the Matt Martin fight in the Rangers game. Gio talked about fearing guys coming to the house to date his daughter. We took calls from guys who have daughters and they talked to us about how to stay close to them as they get older. C-Lo returns for his final update of the day but first we play John Mayer’s ‘Daughters’. C-Lo has audio from Juan Soto and Anthony Rizzo. Aaron Boone talked about Soto reminding him of Barry Bonds. He also commented on Gleyber Torres’ mustache. Travis Kelce spent $13K on Taylor Swift for Valentine’s Day. The Moment of The Day involves a moon chasing, micro-dosing gynecologist. In the final segment of the show, Gio has been catching up on Love Is Blind. One of the women claimed she looked like Meghan Fox. She doesn’t, so the internet went all in on her. Evan attacked ‘fat Rangers fans’.

Anthony Rendon met the media yesterday and he said that baseball isn’t really a top priority to him these days now that he has a family. Does he deserve credit for his honesty? It’s definitely turning the fans off since he is making a ton of money and he only plays like 50 games a year. Gio thinks a lot of athletes feel like Rendon. It’s just a job and a paycheck to them. Golf analyst Amanda Balionis wasn’t wearing her wedding ring at the Genesis Invitational and a lot of online speculation began. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with Juan Soto commenting on whether the Yankees have enough to win the World Series. Why is Gio so fascinated with Peter Schwartz? Chris McMonigle had a slip of the tongue and mentioned the Yankees when talking about hockey. Tiki Barber said Shaun Morash is ‘not a real Giant fan’. We also talked about how terrible Evan Roberts looks. In the final segment of the hour, Beyonce has a new song and it’s country. We also talked more about Pete Alonso’s upcoming free agency.

The Voice of the Ney York Mets - Howie Rose, along with Keith Raad and Pat McCarthy will preview the 2024 Mets season. They will give their thoughts on the season and what to expect. They will talk with new Mets pitcher Sean Manaea as well as President of Baseball Operations David Stearns. The Mets first Spring Training game is Feb 24th and we will have it on the home of the Mets - WCBS 880!