<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Talkers Magazine Ranked the Top 100 Sports Radio Shows, and Mike Francesa Was No. 1</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:01:50 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1894947</link> <dc:creator>Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:23:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1894947</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;96. Czaban and Pollin – Lots of Czaban fans visit this website.&lt;/blockquote&gt;  Too high.  Plus, I bet Polin would be interested to find out that he is on Czaban&#039;s radio show as opposed to vice verse reality of the Sports Reporters.  Czaban should have alot of fans on here since he comes off as Joe Blog commenter, which is a lower standard than what you should have for even a talk radio host.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>96. Czaban and Pollin – Lots of Czaban fans visit this website.</p></blockquote><p> Too high.  Plus, I bet Polin would be interested to find out that he is on Czaban&#8217;s radio show as opposed to vice verse reality of the Sports Reporters.  Czaban should have alot of fans on here since he comes off as Joe Blog commenter, which is a lower standard than what you should have for even a talk radio host.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: LesNessman</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1894944</link> <dc:creator>LesNessman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:56:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1894944</guid> <description><![CDATA[Think Francesa&#039;s top seed will be threatened if he keeps getting crank callers to his show?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think Francesa&#8217;s top seed will be threatened if he keeps getting crank callers to his show?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: jimw350</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1889252</link> <dc:creator>jimw350</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:01:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1889252</guid> <description><![CDATA[J T The brick is the biggest douchebag in radio history, screaming into the mic is not a take, Tom Looney is just a joke, Give me Bruno, Rome and Patrick all day long, Jt is just a douche]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>J T The brick is the biggest douchebag in radio history, screaming into the mic is not a take, Tom Looney is just a joke, Give me Bruno, Rome and Patrick all day long, Jt is just a douche</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: YoungmanU2</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1784677</link> <dc:creator>YoungmanU2</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:07:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1784677</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sports radio - Dan Patrick is #1. Overall? TK is #1.1. Dan Patrick 2. KornheiserDon&#039;t know where I&#039;d put Cowherd, but he is decent.Rome is old hat and tiring.The LeBatard love affair from Jason is bizarre. He&#039;s terrible on the radio.Mike&amp;Mike are just so passé - they had a decent odd-couple-schtick-moment about six or eight years ago for three days; but really offer nothing but whining. So tiring. I cannot abide listening to more than .03 seconds of their show.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sports radio &#8211; Dan Patrick is #1. Overall? TK is #1.</p><p>1. Dan Patrick<br /> 2. Kornheiser</p><p>Don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;d put Cowherd, but he is decent.</p><p>Rome is old hat and tiring.</p><p>The LeBatard love affair from Jason is bizarre. He&#8217;s terrible on the radio.</p><p>Mike&amp;Mike are just so passé &#8211; they had a decent odd-couple-schtick-moment about six or eight years ago for three days; but really offer nothing but whining. So tiring. I cannot abide listening to more than .03 seconds of their show.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: prat4429</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1777487</link> <dc:creator>prat4429</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:19:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1777487</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tony Kornheiser.  That&#039;s it.  That&#039;s the list.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tony Kornheiser.  That&#8217;s it.  That&#8217;s the list.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: kyyank</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1777145</link> <dc:creator>kyyank</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:38:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1777145</guid> <description><![CDATA[While M&amp;M is a radio show, they are just an extension of ESPN&#039;s coordinated agenda setting between tv, radio and internet. It is rarely free-form, reactionary or spanning the many topics sports talk radio addresses in a single day, which not so coincidentally makes them more and more unlistenable.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While M&amp;M is a radio show, they are just an extension of ESPN&#8217;s coordinated agenda setting between tv, radio and internet. It is rarely free-form, reactionary or spanning the many topics sports talk radio addresses in a single day, which not so coincidentally makes them more and more unlistenable.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Quietgoesthedon</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713890</link> <dc:creator>Quietgoesthedon</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:23:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713890</guid> <description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t find Rome interesting. I think Kornheiser ought to be #1.Regionally, I listen to Miklasz frequently. He does a fine job covering St. Louis sports. Finebaum is solid too, if you can stomach his agenda.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t find Rome interesting. I think Kornheiser ought to be #1.</p><p>Regionally, I listen to Miklasz frequently. He does a fine job covering St. Louis sports. Finebaum is solid too, if you can stomach his agenda.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: RAT-Man</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713843</link> <dc:creator>RAT-Man</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:07:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713843</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rome should be #1.What happened to JT The Brick. I used to listen to him every evening on KNBR. Then he jumped to Fox Sports radio (Tom Looney is terrible) and I lost track of him after 2004 or so. Did he burn some bridges or something?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rome should be #1.</p><p>What happened to JT The Brick. I used to listen to him every evening on KNBR. Then he jumped to Fox Sports radio (Tom Looney is terrible) and I lost track of him after 2004 or so. Did he burn some bridges or something?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GenghisSchmenghis</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713803</link> <dc:creator>GenghisSchmenghis</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:41:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713803</guid> <description><![CDATA[PTI Kornheiser is so-so, his current radio persona is also so-so.  His old internet show, that blows away anything on this list.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PTI Kornheiser is so-so, his current radio persona is also so-so.  His old internet show, that blows away anything on this list.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GenghisSchmenghis</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713802</link> <dc:creator>GenghisSchmenghis</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:40:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713802</guid> <description><![CDATA[F-Bomb has a pretty solid SEC listener base, but woe to the fan of another conference who calls in.  The rest of that day&#039;s show is committed to &quot;proving&quot; why the SEC is better.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>F-Bomb has a pretty solid SEC listener base, but woe to the fan of another conference who calls in.  The rest of that day&#8217;s show is committed to &#8220;proving&#8221; why the SEC is better.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: chatterbox</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713650</link> <dc:creator>chatterbox</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:37:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713650</guid> <description><![CDATA[I used to really enjoy Colin Cowherd of ESPN Radio.  Now that he is ESPN&#039;s Colin Cowherd, and I don&#039;t like it at all. BTW, I believe the actual date that he officially sold out is October 10, 2008.As for the local FM sports radio station in St. Louis having three shows on this list, it must be all about ratings and nothing to do with content. They apparently have better ratings due to the FM signal, but only the local paper can confirm that, and most of the paper&#039;s staff works for the radio station.NONE of those three shows can hold a candle to the afternoon drive show on the longtime AM station hosted by Kevin Slaten.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to really enjoy Colin Cowherd of ESPN Radio.  Now that he is ESPN&#8217;s Colin Cowherd, and I don&#8217;t like it at all. BTW, I believe the actual date that he officially sold out is October 10, 2008.</p><p>As for the local FM sports radio station in St. Louis having three shows on this list, it must be all about ratings and nothing to do with content. They apparently have better ratings due to the FM signal, but only the local paper can confirm that, and most of the paper&#8217;s staff works for the radio station.</p><p>NONE of those three shows can hold a candle to the afternoon drive show on the longtime AM station hosted by Kevin Slaten.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Maui Tom</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713613</link> <dc:creator>Maui Tom</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:20:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713613</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kornheiser SO much better on the radio...no contest with PTI Tony....]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kornheiser SO much better on the radio&#8230;no contest with PTI Tony&#8230;.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Lando</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713594</link> <dc:creator>Lando</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713594</guid> <description><![CDATA[PMS is great radio and Petros could do it alone and perhaps be even better.  Loose Cannons and Mason and Ireland are icepick in my ears terrible.  Why is Vick the Brick on the radio?SVP should be in top 10.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PMS is great radio and Petros could do it alone and perhaps be even better.  Loose Cannons and Mason and Ireland are icepick in my ears terrible.  Why is Vick the Brick on the radio?</p><p>SVP should be in top 10.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Mugatu</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713570</link> <dc:creator>Mugatu</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:56:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713570</guid> <description><![CDATA[Men in Blazers is a great podcast. Bob and Dan on the Ticket (DFW). Still listen to them even though I&#039;m not there.  Their Gay/Not Gay segment is pretty prettay good.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Men in Blazers is a great podcast.<br /> Bob and Dan on the Ticket (DFW). Still listen to them even though I&#8217;m not there.  Their Gay/Not Gay segment is pretty prettay good.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: squawkbox</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713569</link> <dc:creator>squawkbox</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:55:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713569</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;That guy next to Lavar Arrington….I turned lesbian for a split secon&lt;/em&gt;I&#039;d love to hear your reaction to &quot;The Hawk&quot;(I think that&#039;s his name - I don&#039;t have the patience to hit that crap page and wait for it to load again.)]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>That guy next to Lavar Arrington….I turned lesbian for a split secon</em></p><p>I&#8217;d love to hear your reaction to &#8220;The Hawk&#8221;</p><p>(I think that&#8217;s his name &#8211; I don&#8217;t have the patience to hit that crap page and wait for it to load again.)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: squawkbox</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713567</link> <dc:creator>squawkbox</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:53:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713567</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;new york. each one of the 10 million ...&lt;/em&gt;Any one, from any city, that calls any radio/TV show is an idiot. I was referring to the hosts and format.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>new york. each one of the 10 million &#8230;</em></p><p>Any one, from any city, that calls any radio/TV show is an idiot. I was referring to the hosts and format.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: cursedcleveland.com</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713562</link> <dc:creator>cursedcleveland.com</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:51:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713562</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;96. Czaban and Pollin – Lots of Czaban fans visit this website.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I think I figured out why that is. Czabe was doing snark way before the blogs thought it was cool to do snark. The guy somehow manages to rip on Michelle Wie once a week funny every single time. He&#039;s hysterical. His ripping on Mike and Mike never gets old either.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>96. Czaban and Pollin – Lots of Czaban fans visit this website.</p></blockquote><p>I think I figured out why that is. Czabe was doing snark way before the blogs thought it was cool to do snark. The guy somehow manages to rip on Michelle Wie once a week funny every single time. He&#8217;s hysterical. His ripping on Mike and Mike never gets old either.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: A.P.</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713557</link> <dc:creator>A.P.</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:44:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713557</guid> <description><![CDATA[CJ, some people are made for radio, some for tv.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CJ, some people are made for radio, some for tv.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Full Point (1000)</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713555</link> <dc:creator>Full Point (1000)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:43:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713555</guid> <description><![CDATA[I listened to Francesa during super bowl week, that was all I could handle.Totally over Patrick. Tired of his being petty over ESPN. He likes to make contrarian picks and they say &quot;I told you so!&quot;. Don&#039;t like the producers either.I&#039;m over Rome cause I&#039;m not 19 anymore. Whoever said local hosts are mini-cowherds, they are actually mini-romesI don&#039;t have a problem with Missanelli and will listen to him along with Mayes/Bruno. Its better when the Phillies/Eagles stink. Same reason why I listen to quite a bit of WEEI, cause the sox suck and the patriots lost the super bowl.I love Kornheisers show, but that&#039;s not sports]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I listened to Francesa during super bowl week, that was all I could handle.</p><p>Totally over Patrick. Tired of his being petty over ESPN. He likes to make contrarian picks and they say &#8220;I told you so!&#8221;. Don&#8217;t like the producers either.</p><p>I&#8217;m over Rome cause I&#8217;m not 19 anymore. Whoever said local hosts are mini-cowherds, they are actually mini-romes</p><p>I don&#8217;t have a problem with Missanelli and will listen to him along with Mayes/Bruno. Its better when the Phillies/Eagles stink. Same reason why I listen to quite a bit of WEEI, cause the sox suck and the patriots lost the super bowl.</p><p>I love Kornheisers show, but that&#8217;s not sports</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: cracker jack</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/16/talkers-magazine-ranked-the-top-100-sports-radio-shows-and-mike-francesa-was-no-1/comment-page-3/#comment-1713554</link> <dc:creator>cracker jack</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:43:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=195949#comment-1713554</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I thought the same thing – no wonder they’re all in radio.&lt;/blockquote&gt;That guy next to Lavar Arrington....I turned lesbian for a split second]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I thought the same thing – no wonder they’re all in radio.</p></blockquote><p>That guy next to Lavar Arrington&#8230;.I turned lesbian for a split second</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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