Van Earl Wright Limbo and Lingo
From the Houston Chronicle:
Van Earl Wright has disappeared from the Fox Sports Radio Morning Extravaganza , heard locally on KBME (790 AM), but a spokeswoman said Wright remains with the network.
Which basically means that he isn't working for any other network.
From the same article:
If you need subplots to hold your interest during Saturday night's Texans-Cowboys broadcast on KTRK (Channel 13), Spencer Tillman suggests you focus on the performance of Houston's first-string offense and defense and on the traffic jam at wideout.
Tillman, who will call Saturday's game with Joel Meyers, said the Texans' defense showed potentially alarming weakness last weekend against the Raiders, particularly at defensive back.
Joel Meyers is a busy man. But for a seasonal sports announcer, you have to keep busy. Ross Porter (most famous as a Dodgers announcer) also announced UNLV football at one time, and I believe he announced basketball also.
Back to Van Earl Wright. Reaction from Richmond:
Van Earl Wrong, se ya. Without fanfare, Fox Sports dumped the immensely unpopular proprietor of the "Morning Extravaganza," heard on WRNL (910), and replaced him with sound-a-like David Stein. Judging from e-mails, Wrong won't be missed.
On second thought . . . the show's senior producer bombards some of us via e-mail with up-to-date highlights of the show. Here's one he thought particularly noteworthy recently:
"We laughed numerous times at former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips, who terrorized some kids by driving a stolen car through a neighborhood park."
Bet those kids were yuking it up, too.
Not sure how Stein's doing, but Pratte4Life at radio-info.com didn't hold out high hopes:
Van Earl Wright was awkward, but I found it to be more because of trying to fit into a difficult situation with a staff that was not receptive to him.
With Ben Stien [David Stein] you now have a mike hog paired with someone who thinks the show should be his (Sis) [Andrew Siciliano] and an air-head (Fernandez) [Krystal Fernandez].
Just wait 'til they do that "can't get a girl" shtick with Sisliano while Stien brags about playing golf with Randy West.
You'll be waxing poetic for references to "pig" and "Good Morning Everybody."
Not that those catch phrases were that good, either.
If Stein truly is a mike hog, Siciliano will be fuming. However, I don't know how things are going, since KLAC is still airing Mancow, proceeding on their quest to become the first sports station with no sports programming.
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