MIKE LUPICA RUMORS & GOSSIP

This month presents a passing of the torch at ESPN on Sunday mornings. After almost 30 years on air, the Sports Reporters will air its final episode on Sunday May 7th. It has long been a showcase for sports reporters and writers from around the nation and was most notably hosted by Dick Schaap and John Saunders for long runs. The final Sports Reporters episode will feature Mike Lupica...

Mike Lupica’s reputation within sports media circles is not good. The words “insufferable,”  “pompous,” and “diva” have been used to describe him and those are the kinder ones. The latest Bleacher Report cutting 50 employees in layoffs, largely in editorial and studio production [updated] DirecTV Sunday...

One of the more insufferable writers in America is Mike Lupica. He has an inflated ego and is willing to let you know how good he is in no uncertain terms. Yet, he remains as a featured coleum its with the New York Daily News after taking a significant pay cut after the paper’s latest round of layoffs last year. The Sports Reporters panelist and former ESPN Radio New York host...

ESPN has extended the contract of network president John Skipper. In other news, sportswriter Mike Lupica may or may not be out at the New York Daily News, and former Astros play-by-play voice Milo Hamilton has passed away. ESPN Extends President ESPN president John Skipper has agreed to a contract extension through 2018. The news [...]

Last night, when the GOP's Last Convict Standing puttered into its 16th scoreless inning - (a three-hour debate? you gotta be kidding me) - Jeb Bush was imitating Beau Bridges, and my steel-trap mind somehow flash-connected him to the Baker Boys, which somehow reminded me of Tampa, and suddenly I remembered there was something important going on, and I clicked to YES, where Dellin...

Sometimes words are not necessary to describe certain tweets. Other times, words are just plain unavailable. This Dick Vitale tweet has left us here in the Awful Announcing offices totally speechless: Like Duke thus far thes 2 journalists represent greatness / @MitchAlbom & Mike Lupica @jksports pic.twitter.com/o7BEJcZlWT — Dick Vitale (@DickieV) April 4, 2015 I’m not...

Mel Allen used to keep an egg-timer in the booth to remind him to recap the game score for new listeners. The Daily News' Mike Lupica must have had electrodes implanted in his head to inspire another regular drunk-dial rant A-Rod.If Alex Rodriguez lately were promoting ISIS or exposing himself to toddlers, Lupica could righteously rip him as a disgrace to humanity. Instead...

Both have a new script but the same old circus act.A-Rod recycles an old apology, while Lupica reruns an old column, switching the last paragraph for the lead. Works every time.

Since the New York Yankees recently extended the contract of general manager Brian Cashman, there have been a slew of articles written by those “in the know” -- namely the Bombers beat writers and others in the New York print media -- about how the Yanks will fare in the upcoming season.Today, I’m going to delve into the work of one of the most well-known members of New York’s...

I like Lupica. Good grief, I've been reading him since Hoss Clarke arrived. He's New York's Dan Shaughnessy, minus six pounds of curls and 10 descriptors per paragraph. I remember Old George mocking him as "little Mike Lupica," as if The Boss was some titan of manhood, rather than just Leona Helmsley with a penis. And it was always to watch Lupica bounce from the Daily News to the...