Could Michael Kay be saying “See Ya!” to his ESPN New York radio show? The future of “The Michael Kay Show” is up in the air while ESPN and Kay negotiate a new deal, with his existing one ending in the middle of next month, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported Wednesday. Kay has hosted the … Read more
Michael Kay’s ironman streak could be coming to an end. For 37 straight years, Kay has worked the Yankees’ game on Opening Day, between being a sportswriter (first at The Post in 1987) and then moving on to radio in 1992 to YES Network in 2002. However, the Yankees will open their 2025 season against … Read more
Michael Kay is pouring some water on the hot stove for Yankees fans. The Yankees’ television broadcaster believes owner Hal Steinbrenner is not going to go dollar for dollar with Mets owner Steve Cohen in the bidding war for prized free agent Juan Soto and said he heard from a baseball source that Cohen intends … Read more
Michael Kay’s and John Flaherty’s bizarre interaction during Friday’s YES broadcast of the Yankees-Cubs game was so awkward that GM Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone were worried about a possible beef between the two. But Kay poured cold water on the notion during his eponymous ESPN radio show on Monday and revealed that he … Read more
Ever consider whether game announcers return home after games to review their recorded work? Given that announcers rarely change their overall approach, most must be well satisfied with their work, right? In other words, is it possible that Michael Kay enjoys his superfluous verbal presence on Yankees telecasts? Say, the way he adds to moments … Read more
John Sterling returned to Yankee Stadium and was greeted by a botched rundown from the Bronx Bombers. Sterling, the legendary 86-year-old who retired as the Yankees’ radio announcer earlier this season, was in the YES Network booth with his former partner Michael Kay during the bottom of the third inning of a game against the … Read more
Imagine … Imagine if MLB players spent as much time practicing winning fundamentals — say, bunting — as they do practicing and perfecting elaborate home run celebrations. Imagine if late in close games in anticipation of a 10th inning with automatic runners on second, prospective leadoff batters were sent inside to the batting cage to … Read more
Michael Kay was not having it with this caller. The Yankees play-by-play man on YES Network was doing his hosting duties on his eponymous ESPN radio show on Wednesday when a seemingly irate caller — Mike from New Jersey — claimed the announcer does not criticize the Bronx Bombers. Kay, working on the show from … Read more
Michael Kay is over the antics. The long-time Yankees play-by-play announcer on YES Network expressed his disdain with the team partaking in a July 4 staredown with the Reds during his eponymous radio show on Friday. Yankees pitchers Cody Poteet and Ian Hamilton engaged in a pre-game national anthem standoff with Reds pitchers Graham Ashcraft … Read more
The Mets’ SNY crew came up with their “best” retort to Michael Kay. On Wednesday afternoon, Kay, the Yankees play-by-play man on YES Network, went on a lengthy diatribe on his eponymous radio show over the fact that SNY advertised on the program and labeled the Mets broadcasters the “best booth” in major league baseball. … Read more
The Subway Series rivalry might be carrying over to the broadcast booth. During his Tuesday afternoon edition of “The Michael Kay Show,” which airs on ESPN Radio and is simulcast on YES Network, host and Yankees television broadcaster Michael Kay took issue with an advertisement by neighboring TV station SNY. “What I’m going to say … Read more
Michael Kay has some concerns over CBS’s decision to move on from Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason. On his ESPN Radio show on Tuesday, Kay wondered if the network’s decision to cut ties with the two former quarterbacks in favor of Matt Ryan and J.J. Watt was based on age. Simms, 68, and Esiason, 63, … Read more
Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay is aghast that Shohei Ohtani has not had to answer any questions about the gambling scandal involving his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. Mizuhara, who was also a close friend of the Dodgers slugger, has been accused of misappropriating $4.5 million of Ohtani’s money to pay illegal gambling debts. Ohtani held a … Read more
Yankees manager Aaron Boone seemed to be prepared for everything during spring training, except for the fact that YES broadcaster Michael Kay was growing a beard. The longtime Yankees play-by-play man caught the skipper off guard during the postgame news conference after their 9-2 Grapefruit League win over the Twins at Steinbrenner Field on Monday. … Read more
Michael Kay is never one to hold back, and he let ESPN have it this week after Doc Rivers left the network to become the next head coach of the Bucks. The ESPN New York radio host told his audience on Thursday that the network had “Egg on its face” after it previously let go … Read more
MIchael Kay has cake on his face. The ESPN radio host said Monday on “The Michael Kay Show” that Giants coach Brian Daboll had a “huge” party at his house Saturday night, the night before the Giants no-showed in their 40-0 humiliating loss to the Cowboys. Well, turns out Daboll did have a party Saturday … Read more
Regrets, he’s had a few. Or at least one. WFAN radio legend Mike Francesa said in an interview Monday with Barstool Sports that his initial retirement in 2017 was perfect and he “should have kept it at that.” But like Michael Corleone, just when he thought he was out the station pulled Francesa back in. … Read more
Michael Kay and Peter Rosenberg got into it over the disappointing Yankees. On the ESPN New York and YES Network simulcast of “The Michael Kay Show” on Wednesday, Kay said that last year’s Bombers swoon was triggered by DJ LeMahieu’s injury and then a postseason without the infielder and Andrew Benintendi and a hobbled Matt … Read more
Once again, Alex Rodriguez has said something he probably should have kept to himself. On Sunday’s edition of the “Kay-Rod Cast,” ESPN’s alternative broadcast for “Sunday Night Baseball” with Rodriguez and Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay, A-Rod made a baffling analogy when he was trying to describe a technique for hitting a baseball. “Posture up and … Read more
Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to mess with, and neither is ESPN New York host Peter Rosenberg. Caller Greg from Ronkonkoma learned that lesson the hard way on Monday when the sports talk caller chimed in to complain about a picture of rapper Method Man in the background of the YES simulcast of “The Michael Kay … Read more