He detailed his rise to WFAN in New York, which began in February of 1983 with a drive in his AMC Gremlin to Jacksonville, Florida to sell advertising for the AA Jacksonville Suns with the hope to eventually become their play-by-play announcer. “And all the other stuff, you know I was fortunate enough to do a couple of books…fortunate enough with (David) Letterman. “39 years I have been talking on the radio,” Russo said. SiriusXM host and sports talk legend Chris Russo is celebrating the announcement he’ll be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame later this year and took time on his podcast, Mad Dog’s Daily Bite, to reflect on the honor Tuesday. He used the word “hypocrite” several times, but probably got his message across more effectively by saying “You can’t claim to be a righteous dude and then talk about my mama on Twitter, and that’s what sports trolls do.” Covino said that a number of people started their comment with how important family is before hurling an insult at him or the way they believe he treats his family. What he took the most exception with in this particular instance is the way he was being criticized. People who cry and complain on Twitter because you don’t agree with them, are the lowest form of weenie possible.” “I tweeted this out yesterday and I mean it. “Sports trolls are the bottom of the chum bucket,” Covino said. He pointed out example from a number of FOX Sports personalities that give an opinion, have a clip posted to Twitter and then have to deal with abuse just because a fan doesn’t like their take. He noted that it isn’t just he and Covino that experience this. Sports Twitter is the most brutal place.” If anything, it solidified an opinion most in the sports media have held for a while. I don’t take back anything I said.”Ĭovino’s partner, Rich Davis, said the incident didn’t teach anyone anything new. “I want everybody to know, I double down and stand my ground.
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