I wouldn’t ordinarily recommend a column of Phil Mushnick’s, but given that he devotes considerable space today towards favorable observations about Mike Francesca, Chris Russo, Stephen A. Smith, John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman, said entry seems rather historic, if nothing else. There’s also this tidbit :
Ken Singleton’s cracks, last week, about Alex Rodriguez becoming the new “Mr. Rogers” because he hits so well in Toronto’s Rogers Centre, might have worked better if Mr. Rogers, as Singleton claimed, was, in fact, “retired.” Fred Rogers (above) is more than retired; he’s dead.
It’s the inability to make any comment without backstory that’s the hallmark of the all-knowing college disc jockey. while the Rogers faux-pas is High Fidelity funny, it’s also the kind of pedanticness that successful shock jocks ignore and move on in favor of the one line that goes over.
Don
I’m pretty sure that if Phil had done a college radio show, Attila would’ve been in heavy rotation.