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  1. the sports section
    Steve Somers’s Final SchmoozeThe eccentric WFAN host on retiring after 34 years, his favorite callers, and talking New York sports when the teams aren’t very good.
    By Joe DeLessio
  2. vulture sports
    No Voice Has Been More Soothing in Quarantine Than WFAN’s Steve SomersFor a certain type of tristate-area sports fan, the radio host has become a reliable source of comfort, connection, and guidance.
    By Saki Knafo
  3. niche drama
    You Need to Listen to This Clip of Chris Christie Fighting With a Radio CallerGo ahead and put this on loop.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  4. Chris Christie Auditioning for WFAN Sports Talk-Radio Gig Next WeekCan Chris from Trenton replace Mike Francesa, the Sports Pope?
    By Adam K. Raymond
  5. the sports section
    The Man Behind @WFANAudio on the End of His Mike Francesa UploadsA copyright claim yanked dozens of clips from his YouTube channel, and he won’t post any more.
    By Joe DeLessio
  6. the sports section
    Listen to Mike Francesa Rail Against Paternity Leave for More Than 20 Minutes“I don’t know why you need three days off. I’m gonna be honest. You see the birth and you get back.”
    By Joe DeLessio
  7. the sports section
    FrancesaCon Is a Real Thing, and It’s Happening in FebruaryIt’s like SantaCon, but with a roving army of Mike Francesas.
    By Joe DeLessio
  8. turn it on and try ‘em
    Mike and the Mad Dog to Temporarily Reunite TodayBoth hosts broadcasting from Yankee Stadium and appearing on each other’s shows.
    By Joe DeLessio
  9. so long astoria
    WFAN Moves Out of Queens — and Above Ground! — TomorrowThe radio station is set to move out of its Shea Stadium–esque dump of a studio.
    By Joe DeLessio
  10. Governor Paterson Knows Who He’s Picking, But He’s Not TellingWell, eventually he will. But not yet. Not yet.
    By Dan Amira
  11. the sports section
    Press-Box Confidential: Fights, Splits, and a Profoundly Sad Michael KayMike and the Mad Dog go separate, mediocre ways; paper prizes Favre over Pope; and other troubling news from the past week in sports.
  12. company town
    Mike and the Mad Dog Break Up at LastAfter months of rumors, Chris Russo is off the popular sports-radio show — that and more, in of our daily industry roundup.
  13. gossipmonger
    This Movie Is Innnsaaane!Danny DeVito is trying to make a movie about Crazy Eddie. One of Lindsay Lohan’s MySpace friends sold online correspondence between Lohan and Samantha Ronson to Star magazine. Philip Roth complained about showing up in “Page Six.” Jane staffers stole a lot of stuff from the fashion closet after learning the mag was folding. Former Jets QB Boomer Esiason may replace Don Imus as WFAN’s early-morning D.J. Gore Vidal is annoyed that Los Angeles Department of Water and Power tore out his solar-power system. Congressman Charlie Rangel is offering $1,000 to anyone who can prove he went on a “date.” Today show contributor Amy Jacobson was fired from her Chicago post after being caught on tape in a bikini at the house of a woman whose disappearance she was covering. Gisele and Tom Brady PDA’d at Palma on Cornelia Street. 50 Cent canoodled with Ciara.