Neil Best reports Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN could be history

Neil Best: "Mike and the Mad Dog," the most successful, influential show in sports talk radio history, could soon be history itself.

• Barring a change of heart, the partnership between Mike Francesa and Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo is not expected to survive to see its 19th anniversary Sept. 5, industry sources with knowledge of the situation said.

They may have already done their final show together; their next scheduled broadcast is not until July 11.

• It is not clear which host would remain on WFAN, only that it would not be both of them. One factor appears to be a fraying of their personal relationship in recent months."...

From Newsday by Neil Best, 9:56PM, 6/21/08, "Mike and the Mad Dog radio show could be history."

• P.S. I've listened regularly for many years. There is nothing like them anywhere. It will be a disastrous loss, if true. (sm)

UPDATE: MIKE FRANCESA PAINTS GRIM PICTURE OF SHOW'S FUTURE, 6/27

• UPDATE #2: MIKE AND THE MAD DOG ARE HISTORY, CHRIS RUSSO LEAVES,
• FRANCESA TO STAY SOLO ON WFAN.
• 8/14/08

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