One of the great Super Bowl traditions in sports media is no more. For the first time in eons, Chris Russo is not doing his customary trivia for his radio listeners to win a trip to the Super Bowl. Russo has done the yearly trivia since joining SiriusXM in 2008, and did it for years … Read more
James Corden says he missed hosting “The Late Late Show” when the “Barbie” movie hit theaters. “In the summer when the ‘Barbie’ movie came out, you think, ‘Oh, I wonder what we would have done around that.’ We would have found some mediocre song to do about it, without question,” he told “Today.” During a … Read more
Sometimes, dookie happens. And when you name an album “Dookie,” clearly you’re not taking yourselves too seriously. But here we are — 30 years after Green Day released its blockbuster breakthrough on Feb. 1, 1994 — and the Cali trio of singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool is still punking … Read more
The Mad Dog is refusing to be neutered by the Diamondbacks. Chris “Mad Dog” Russo said he will not leave sports media after he promised to retire “on the spot” if the Diamondbacks won two straight games in Philadelphia to wrestle the NLCS away from the favored Phillies. Arizona proceeded to quiet the Phillies’ bats … Read more
The Boss is not in charge of his aching body these days. Bruce Springsteen, 74, introduced himself Tuesday on his SiriusXM E Street Radio show “From My Home to Your” as “your favorite rock star with a bitch of a bellyache” as the “Glory Days” singer continues to deal with peptic ulcer disease. Springsteen & The … Read more
The “Mad Dog” is about to be an empty nester and he’s about to start evaluating his options. Chris Russo appeared on the SI Media Podcast and was asked about recent hints he’s been dropping that he’ll continue his radio show on SiriusXM through the Super Bowl and then see what’s what from there. The … Read more
Howard Stern will return to his Manhattan SiriusXM studio on Monday for the first time in more than two years to interview none other than Bruce Springsteen. The 68-year-old radio show host has been interviewing guests via Zoom while he broadcasts from the basement of his Hamptons home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The noted germaphobe and … Read more
Howard Stern’s former longterm sidekick John Melendez — who was famously nicknamed “Stuttering John” — has lost an appeal of his lawsuit claiming that SiriusXM exploited his name and voice to promote Stern’s shows. Melendez — who left Stern’s radio show in 2004 after 15 years — filed suit against the network in 2020 claiming it … Read more