Craig Carton is the victim here

[Halldan1]

Craig Carton is the victim here, lawyer says
By Bruce Golding and Carleton English

September 8, 2017 | 4:54pm | Updated


The criminal charges against benched WFAN host and accused fraudster Craig Carton are based on “a gross misunderstanding of what happened,” according to a statement issued Friday by one of his defense lawyers.

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Craig Carton scrubbed from his charity website

Carton is “a good man” and “a victim who was deceived, manipulated and used by individuals seeking to gather assets for their own fraudulent schemes,” lawyer Robert Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb also said Carton’s Tourette syndrome charity, TicTocStop, “has sponsored a $340,000 study by the University of Tennessee Dental School to develop a revolutionary new treatment for patients with mild to moderate Tourette Syndrome.”

“Currently in review with the FDA, the appliance, called the Tic Guard, has shown an average tic reduction (both motor and vocal) of 39%. Every year the foundation also fully funds Camp Carton, a sleep-away summer camp serving children ages 9–13 years old that are suffering from Tourette’s,” Gottlieb added.

Carton and two of his four kids suffer from the disorder.

TicTocStop’s IRS filings show it has raised more than $1 million since 2013, with most of the cash spent on galas, golf outings and other celeb-studded events.

The records don’t detail any spending on the Tic Guard or Camp Carton, and show only two unexplained “contributions,” totaling $103,390, in 2013 and 2014.

Its most recent filing, for 2015, shows nothing spent on actual “program expenses,” which the Charity Navigator watchdog group called a “major red flag.”

Gottlieb released his statement after TicTocStop removed Carton’s name from the home page of its Web site, along with a photo gallery that showed the suspended sports-talk radio host posing with comedian Jerry Seinfeld, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and numerous ex-athletes at big-bucks fund-raisers.

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WFAN's Craig Carton arrested in concert ticket Ponzi scheme

Links to to pages containing Carton’s bio, a “Founder’s Message” and more pictures were also removed.

A video featuring Carton remained on the home page, and another one promoting Camp Carton was added later Friday.

Carton, 48, was busted Wednesday in an alleged $5.6 million Ponzi scheme involving a sham ticket-reselling operation that promised investors huge returns on seats at performances by pop stars including Adele, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Barbra Streisand.

The feds say Carton perpetrated the fraud, with the help of two alleged accomplices, to help pay off around $3 million in gambling debts.

A spokesman for the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, which filed conspiracy and fraud charges against Carton and co-defendant Michael Wright, declined to comment.

 

[andover joe]

Bottom line, Craig Carton is not a good guy

 

[SOBO1]

I would be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if it weren't for the fact that there are emails and text messages from him blatantly discussing the fraud. The paper trail is too strong to have any plausible deniability.

 

[ponyfoot19]

Would you expect a criminal defense attorney to say anything different about his/her client?

 

[SOBO1]

Of course not. Just don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

 

[HallLine69]

Would you expect a criminal defense attorney to say anything different about his/her client?

Correct. It's the job --and the legal obligation--of criminal defense attornies to vigorously work in their client's behalf.

Carton is a total schmuck imho, but he has the constitutional right to presumption of innocence. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Maybe Carton gets a deal and testifies against the other guy. Either way, his radio career is in major jeopardy.

 

[knowknow456]

The article said two things.

1. Carton was duped. Discovery and the trial will sort that out. I will say what has been released so far seems really damaging but perhaps we do not have the whole story

2. The Charity is legit. I am interested in finding out more. What was proposed in the article can ultimately be verified. I certainly hope the charity was not part of the scheme. Bilking a hedge fund guy is bad, but stealing from your own charity is really bad.

 

[PMB Pirate]

Not buying it, please prove me wrong.

Never could listen to him, not my style but I feel for the family.

 

[Halldan1]

Craig Carton couldn’t stand to be silent anymore
By Bruce Golding

September 12, 2017 | 12:09pm


Benched WFAN host Craig Carton broke his silence Tuesday about his arrest in an alleged $5.6 million Ponzi scheme — predicting that he’ll be vindicated in court and return “stronger than ever.”

“As you can imagine, it’s been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way, but I’m confident that when the facts come out, you’ll see that I am not guilty of these charges,” Carton said in a statement released by a publicist.

“My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I’ll be back, stronger than ever.”

Carton also expressed gratitude to his supporters, “especially” former Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason, with whom he hosted the “Boomer and Carton” sports-talk radio show for 10 years until getting suspended over his arrest last week.

“Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life,” he said.

Carton, 48, was busted on conspiracy and fraud charges in what the feds say was a sham ticket reselling operation involving concerts by pop stars including Adele, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Barbra Streisand.

Court papers say he and two alleged accomplices pulled off the scheme to help Carton pay off around $3 million in gambling debts.

 

[Halldan1]

Lawyer says 'it doesn't look good' for Craig Carton, who plans to fight charges
EVAN GROSSMAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 3:14 PM

WFAN shock jock Craig Carton has "a hard, long road" in front of him as he attempts to fight serious federal fraud charges, according to one attorney.

Carton said Tuesday he is in "one of the greatest battles of my life" as he stands accused of running a multi-million-dollar ticket-resale operation that's been compared to a Ponzi-like scheme. Richard Roth, a trial attorney at the Roth Law Firm, said the co-host of "The Boomer and Carton Show" better roll up his sleeves for a tough fight.

"The thing about the federal government, the Department of Justice is the biggest law firm in the country, and they put in a tremendous amount of time and energy before they go out and slap someone," Roth said. "But he's innocent until proven guilty. His lawyers have said it's a complete misunderstanding of the business, and if he has some defense, he does have a shot. But it doesn't look good."

The intricate details of the case against Carton don't bode well for getting out of this, Roth said. According to the federal complaint, Carton was pinched for taking money from investors who believed they were buying into a ticket resale enterprise. Carton is accused of falsely claiming he had access to millions of dollars worth of concert tickets, took the money, and instead, paid off gambling debts with it. Court papers include references to emails and text messages between Carton and accused accomplice Michael Wright.

Giants QB Geno Smith rips WFAN's Craig Carton for arrest

"If it's not true, then the authorities have it wrong," Roth said. "But if it is true … it's pretty serious, and the thing that's most concerning is this is a very detailed complaint. It states dates, times, places, documents, the debts, and emails. Emails are the curse of death for people who put things in writing and go send them their email address. So I think it's very serious.

"This is not hard to prove. If he raises money and it goes to pay the debt, either to a lending company or a bank, whatever it is, and you're paying it with the money that's raised, that's pretty serious. I know his lawyer has come out and said this is a misunderstanding, but it sounds to me, from the specific allegations, he's in trouble."

Carton's lawyer Robert Gottlieb said Friday in a statement this is "a gross misunderstanding" and Carton is "a victim who was deceived, manipulated, and used by individuals seeking to gather assets for their own fraudulent schemes."

"If I'm raising money and using the proceeds for a different purpose than what's stated in the documents, that's securities fraud," Roth said. "I can't tell you you're investing in an oil company and then you give me money and I go ahead and pay my debts."

WFAN's Craig Carton 'confident' he won't be found guilty

The maximum sentence for what Carton is accused of could be as much as 45 years.

"That's not happening," Roth said.

Roth said Carton has only two choices: He can plead guilty "if they have him dead to rites," or he can fight in court. If he's tried and he loses, there is a separate sentencing portion, and that sentence would be based on the number of people defrauded, the total amount of money, the level of involvement, and so on.

"This is not going to be 45 years," Roth said, "but it could certainly be a few years in jail."

Francesa seems open to staying if WFAN asks after Carton arrest

Or, Carton could beat this. He said in a statement Tuesday, "My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I'll be back, stronger than ever. Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life."

Federal charges can be beaten. Last year, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban beat charges of insider trading. At the time, Cuban said, "I won't be bullied … I don't care if it's the federal government." Cuban said he spent more in lawyers defending himself than what the federal fines would have been.

Roth indicated speedy trial rules could require a trial within a few months.

"However, in most cases, the parties get a lot more time by asking the judge to exclude certain time periods from the ticking clock," he said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/lawyer-doesn-good-craig-carton-article-1.3490352

 

[dehere23]

What the lawyer said about the level of detail in this particular Complaint is the most interesting aspect to me and the thing that seems to be the most damning to Carton. Guess we'll see.

Lawyer says 'it doesn't look good' for Craig Carton, who plans to fight charges
EVAN GROSSMAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 3:14 PM

WFAN shock jock Craig Carton has "a hard, long road" in front of him as he attempts to fight serious federal fraud charges, according to one attorney.

Carton said Tuesday he is in "one of the greatest battles of my life" as he stands accused of running a multi-million-dollar ticket-resale operation that's been compared to a Ponzi-like scheme. Richard Roth, a trial attorney at the Roth Law Firm, said the co-host of "The Boomer and Carton Show" better roll up his sleeves for a tough fight.

"The thing about the federal government, the Department of Justice is the biggest law firm in the country, and they put in a tremendous amount of time and energy before they go out and slap someone," Roth said. "But he's innocent until proven guilty. His lawyers have said it's a complete misunderstanding of the business, and if he has some defense, he does have a shot. But it doesn't look good."

The intricate details of the case against Carton don't bode well for getting out of this, Roth said. According to the federal complaint, Carton was pinched for taking money from investors who believed they were buying into a ticket resale enterprise. Carton is accused of falsely claiming he had access to millions of dollars worth of concert tickets, took the money, and instead, paid off gambling debts with it. Court papers include references to emails and text messages between Carton and accused accomplice Michael Wright.

Giants QB Geno Smith rips WFAN's Craig Carton for arrest

"If it's not true, then the authorities have it wrong," Roth said. "But if it is true … it's pretty serious, and the thing that's most concerning is this is a very detailed complaint. It states dates, times, places, documents, the debts, and emails. Emails are the curse of death for people who put things in writing and go send them their email address. So I think it's very serious.

"This is not hard to prove. If he raises money and it goes to pay the debt, either to a lending company or a bank, whatever it is, and you're paying it with the money that's raised, that's pretty serious. I know his lawyer has come out and said this is a misunderstanding, but it sounds to me, from the specific allegations, he's in trouble."

Carton's lawyer Robert Gottlieb said Friday in a statement this is "a gross misunderstanding" and Carton is "a victim who was deceived, manipulated, and used by individuals seeking to gather assets for their own fraudulent schemes."

"If I'm raising money and using the proceeds for a different purpose than what's stated in the documents, that's securities fraud," Roth said. "I can't tell you you're investing in an oil company and then you give me money and I go ahead and pay my debts."

WFAN's Craig Carton 'confident' he won't be found guilty

The maximum sentence for what Carton is accused of could be as much as 45 years.

"That's not happening," Roth said.

Roth said Carton has only two choices: He can plead guilty "if they have him dead to rites," or he can fight in court. If he's tried and he loses, there is a separate sentencing portion, and that sentence would be based on the number of people defrauded, the total amount of money, the level of involvement, and so on.

"This is not going to be 45 years," Roth said, "but it could certainly be a few years in jail."

Francesa seems open to staying if WFAN asks after Carton arrest

Or, Carton could beat this. He said in a statement Tuesday, "My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I'll be back, stronger than ever. Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life."

Federal charges can be beaten. Last year, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban beat charges of insider trading. At the time, Cuban said, "I won't be bullied … I don't care if it's the federal government." Cuban said he spent more in lawyers defending himself than what the federal fines would have been.

Roth indicated speedy trial rules could require a trial within a few months.

"However, in most cases, the parties get a lot more time by asking the judge to exclude certain time periods from the ticking clock," he said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/lawyer-doesn-good-craig-carton-article-1.3490352

 

[mbraue]

Would you expect a criminal defense attorney to say anything different about his/her client?

Manhattan US Attorney's Office is about as good as it gets for top flight prosecutors.

 

[catholicman]

I see a future for Carton as sports information director for Rutgers. Great fit.

 

[Halldan1]

Craig Carton was ‘a cancer’ at our radio station
By Justin Terranova

September 13, 2017 | 10:17am

Craig Carton’s enemies are coming out, even the one who never met him.

Jim Gearhart, a morning host on 101.5 in New Jersey, remembers Carton’s presence at the station as a “cancer” for him and his colleagues.

“The man caused all sorts of trouble, there was constant turmoil and trouble,” Gearhart said on his podcast. “One day, I remember Judi Franco (another host at the station) was in tears over his harassment. Carton had the program director in a chair yelling and screaming and cursing at him, treating him as if he was a dog over the fact that a station promotion [wasn’t about him].”

Carton is facing 45 years in prison for his alleged role in a concert-ticket Ponzi scheme and allegedly defrauding investors of $5.6 million. Carton spoke for the first time since his arrest on Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence and promising to come back “stronger than ever.” The feds believe Carton’s involvement started over a $3 million gambling debt.

Gearhart works the mornings at 101.5, while Carton worked the afternoon as part of the station’s “Jersey Guys” show with co-host Ray Rossi. Gearhart claimed that despite the two never meeting, he was a constant victim of Carton’s on-air abuse.

“I never met the man, but he hated me…” Gearhart said. “For some reason he singled me out and just had a blind hatred. He would get on the air and insult me every day. I don’t think he missed a day. He made up a story about me insulting women with breast cancer and talking very disparagingly about them. Nothing like that ever came close to happening, but that’s the kind of thing he did.”

Carton has made his enemies at WFAN, as well, most notably his running feud with Mike Francesa. But he also has inspired loyalty from those who work closest with him. Boomer Esiason said he was “heartbroken” over Carton’s arrest and talked to him this weekend. Esiason described the station to be “a morgue” on Sept. 6, when Carton did not show up to work because he was in custody.

Gearhart remembers the day in 2007 when Carton got the job at WFAN and was leaving 101.5.

“[I was the] happiest man in the world,” Gearhart said. “A fiesta nearly broke out in the station. He conned his way to New York and a very good job, I wouldn’t care if it’s “The Tonight Show,” just get him out of here because this man is a cancer on the radio station.”

 

[Johnny Biggs]

There's a story I can believe.

 

[QueRico]

My cousin's son is a legit baseball prospect (HS Jr) from Manhattan. Carton was one of his coaches a few years ago. My cousin is a "let the coaches coach" kind of guy who doesn't believe in every snowflake getting a trophy. They switched programs after continual conflict over Carton's treatment of these kids.
(Un)fortunately, Pirate blue doesn't look to be in his future as he has multiple SEC offers already

 

[Bobbie Solo]

Craig Carton was ‘a cancer’ at our radio station
By Justin Terranova

September 13, 2017 | 10:17am

Craig Carton’s enemies are coming out, even the one who never met him.

Jim Gearhart, a morning host on 101.5 in New Jersey, remembers Carton’s presence at the station as a “cancer” for him and his colleagues.

“The man caused all sorts of trouble, there was constant turmoil and trouble,” Gearhart said on his podcast. “One day, I remember Judi Franco (another host at the station) was in tears over his harassment. Carton had the program director in a chair yelling and screaming and cursing at him, treating him as if he was a dog over the fact that a station promotion [wasn’t about him].”

Carton is facing 45 years in prison for his alleged role in a concert-ticket Ponzi scheme and allegedly defrauding investors of $5.6 million. Carton spoke for the first time since his arrest on Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence and promising to come back “stronger than ever.” The feds believe Carton’s involvement started over a $3 million gambling debt.

Gearhart works the mornings at 101.5, while Carton worked the afternoon as part of the station’s “Jersey Guys” show with co-host Ray Rossi. Gearhart claimed that despite the two never meeting, he was a constant victim of Carton’s on-air abuse.

“I never met the man, but he hated me…” Gearhart said. “For some reason he singled me out and just had a blind hatred. He would get on the air and insult me every day. I don’t think he missed a day. He made up a story about me insulting women with breast cancer and talking very disparagingly about them. Nothing like that ever came close to happening, but that’s the kind of thing he did.”

Carton has made his enemies at WFAN, as well, most notably his running feud with Mike Francesa. But he also has inspired loyalty from those who work closest with him. Boomer Esiason said he was “heartbroken” over Carton’s arrest and talked to him this weekend. Esiason described the station to be “a morgue” on Sept. 6, when Carton did not show up to work because he was in custody.

Gearhart remembers the day in 2007 when Carton got the job at WFAN and was leaving 101.5.

“[I was the] happiest man in the world,” Gearhart said. “A fiesta nearly broke out in the station. He conned his way to New York and a very good job, I wouldn’t care if it’s “The Tonight Show,” just get him out of here because this man is a cancer on the radio station.”

Like I said.

 

[Halldan1]

Boomer Esiason says goodbye to Craig Carton
By Mark W. Sanchez

September 14, 2017 | 9:42am

Boomer and Car-done.

Boomer Esiason said goodbye to his co-host of a decade on Thursday morning, a day after Craig Carton announced his resignation from WFANfollowing his arrest.

“It’s a sad day, it’s the end of ‘Boomer and Carton,’ and for 10 years I sat next to someone who I think, and I still believe this, is one of the greatest radio personalities we have ever seen,” Esiason said on the newly branded “The Morning Show with Boomer.”

“I had the privilege of sitting next to him for 10 years and watch him do his thing every single day for four hours. I wish Craig and his family nothing but the best.”

Carton was arrested last Wednesday on charges he was part of a $5.6 million concert-ticket Ponzi scheme launched to offset mounting gambling debt. He is fighting the charges, but walked away from WFAN because he said he did not want his presence or looming non-presence to be a “distraction.”

“It’s a good move for Craig,” Esiason said, ending perhaps the most tumultuous eight days in WFAN history. “For he and his family, he has to focus supremely on that. That’s the one thing he has to take care of. That’s the one thing we want him to do, we want him and his family to get through this. He’s going to have to put all his energy in that. By resigning, I believe he takes a lot of pressure off of us at WFAN, his co-workers and everything else.

“I don’t know what else to say. He has to get his life in order.”




Carton, in his statement, called WFAN his “dream job.” He is facing 45 years in jail if convicted, but expressed hope he would one day be able to speak to his listeners again. CBS accepted his resignation in a release and said the search to find a replacement would begin “immediately.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if someday, somewhere, somehow he’s behind a microphone somewhere,” Esiason said. “I don’t know where, I don’t know when, I don’t know if I’ll be a part of that or not. But I do know that he has resigned from WFAN, so that ‘Boomer and Carton’ chapter is now closed. As I said last week, we have to move forward. We’ll move forward the best we know how.

“They came in here and scrubbed this studio. If you’re watching on CBS Sports Network, everything has now changed… Everything that Craig was a part of in this studio has been taken down. They almost took everything down of me, by the way.”

 

[Halldan1]

If Don Rickles was ever a sports reporter instead of a insult comedian he would look like this

On the Fan, Rutgers, ESPN and more.....


Carton, Francesa and Esiason egos know no bounds
September 15, 2017 | 1:53am


It’s called gaming the game. And sometimes — as in inevitably — the gamers are left gamed by their own games.

In classical TV terms, think of “Leave It To Beaver’s” Eddie Haskell, teenage con man who thought he was conning everyone when he was only gaming himself, much like the adult Mike Francesa, only Eddie was fictional — and funny.

“Gaming the Game,” a dark, at times perversely comical drama, is now appearing in and around WFAN in three actors — Craig Carton, indicted as a cash-desperate point man in a $5.6 million fraud, Weekday Boomer Esiason, the coarse-mouthed, trash-talking radio man not to be confused with the well-comported gent who appears Sundays on CBS, and “Let’s Be Honest” Francesa.

Carton: This week, in a statement released by a publicist, he declared his innocence, adding, “As you can imagine, it’s been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way.”

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Unless Vitriol is a liquid laundry detergent, I’m not sure how a stream of it can be hurled. But it’s both fascinating and unsurprising that Carton, whose stock in radio trade and ascension to WFAN drive-time was predicated on his eagerness to hurl streams of vitriol at anyone and everyone for the entertainment of the easily entertained, now chooses the path of self-sympathy. Or is that more gaming the game?

Only the wrong-headed would relish the colossal fall of the father of four, but the only significant vitriol Carton has suffered since his Sept. 6 arrest appears in the 26-page federal indictment that details charges of operating a Ponzi scheme to service “millions of dollars of gambling-related debts to casinos and other third parties.”

Interesting, too, is that one of Carton’s co-conspirators, Joseph Meli, in January was indicted for a tickets resale fraud similar to the charges against Carton. Perhaps, then, Carton expected this hammer to drop for months. Perhaps those pillow ads heard on WFAN in which Carton modestly revealed, “As most of you know, I have trouble sleeping,” weren’t a complete con.

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Boomer Esiason says goodbye to Craig Carton

Wednesday, Carton was still gaming his own game, releasing another statement, this one declaring he has “resigned” from WFAN in the selfless, noble interests of what’s best for the station — as if the CBS-owned station otherwise wanted him to remain at the wheel while under a federal indictment for a $5.6 million scam.

Esiason: Declaring that his heart breaks for his now-former radio partner and that he’s pulling for him to beat these gambling-tethered raps, Esiason the Sensitive, the morning after Carton was arrested, read a promo for a fantasy sports gambling operation that seeks to lure young and younger male suckers with get-rich-quick payouts.

But Carton and Esiason steadily filled the ears and vulnerable senses of their young male demographic target audiences with point-spread gambling come-ons, while even mocking destitute compulsive gamblers — as if it were all fun and gaming, as if Carton didn’t know better and Esiason still doesn’t.

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Mike Francesa open to saving WFAN from Carton disaster

Francesa: This week, in a maudlin imitation of both Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper as the one man in Tombstone to turn to, the last-chance bastion of altruism, kindness and self-sacrifice, Francesa volunteered to The Post that he volunteered to ride in — or have his driver, Julio, drive him — to save CBS Radio from ruin, thus he may delay his December departure and first-ballot Sainthood.

Francesa: “The only thing I said [to management] is that I would not turn my back on the company if I thought it was in trouble.”

Thus the future of CBS Radio awaits Francesa’s decision as to whether he’ll dam the flood, rescue the low-landers, save the crops and the cattle. “Aw, shucks, if they need me to keep the town from collapsin’, I reckon I might stick around a spell longer.”

No matter the time of day, the circumstances, including a federal indictment, and the ability to hear and see right through them, these people believe they’re special, so special they’re to be taken seriously.

And let the permanent record show that hired gamer of the games Roger Goodell made his outrageously, demonstrably false claim that PSLs are “good investments” on the “Boomer & Carton Show.”

Loss is doubly costly for RU
An HBO “Real Sports” segment, last year, focused on two universities, Eastern Michigan and Rutgers, as having sold their academic souls to big-time football that neither school, their student bodies and taxpayer funding could afford.

HBO reported that while some EMU students were forced to choose between food and tuition, the football team spent a relative fortune by staying in a hotel — before home games. Hey, same with Rutgers’ football team!

Having typically played home games before fewer than 5,000, EMU in 2015 went 1-11. So whom better for Rutgers to schedule for Saturday’s non-conference home game than EMU?

It’s fortunate for Hill, an African-American female, she’s protected by ESPN’s well-known code of highly selective justice and injustice, one that would have us believe that inequality promotes equality.

And so a non-apology apology from Hill — “My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light”— was plenty good enough for ESPN.

Still out there, left to dangle, is Doug Adler, fired as an ESPN tennis analyst, defamed by the network as a racist for calling Venus Williams “a gorilla” when he admired her stealthy poach of the net as “a guerrilla tactic.”

Despite Rob Manfred’s soulful declaration that MLB’s primary responsibility is to make kids lifelong baseball fans, Sunday’s Baltimore-Cleveland game was switched to an 8:10 start for ESPN money and standard ESPN telecast mutilation.

Originally an afternoon game, it was sold as “KeyBank Kids Fun Day.”

 

[jcalz88]

Mushnick really taking the high road here

 

[Halldan1]

Never thought I would ever read the words Mushnick and high road in the same sentence.

 

[TomD82]

Say what you want about him, but his writing has been spot on especially about Francessa. Particularly him denying falling asleep on the air, the Al
Alburquerque fiasco, Zach Wheeler ACL injury update gaffe and countless others.

 

[Save Continental]

Say what you want about him, but his writing has been spot on especially about Francessa. Particularly him denying falling asleep on the air, the Al
Alburquerque fiasco, Zach Wheeler ACL injury update gaffe and countless others.

I know him as Alberto Jose Albuquerque, ugh K?

 

[Halldan1]

Chris Christie is on Craig Carton’s side
By Justin Terranova

September 18, 2017 | 4:18pm | Updated

Craig Carton has lost his job, but not his most powerful friend.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he has talked to the former WFAN host on a couple of occasions and will remain friends with him no matter what happens in the $5.6 million federal fraud case.

“I certainly don’t believe, I don’t want to believe that Craig’s a criminal, but I’ve also been a prosecutor,” Christie told NJ Advance Media.

“So, I’m anxious to hear all the facts come out, but it won’t change our friendship. He’s a friend and I feel bad for him, I feel bad for his wife and I feel bad for his children. Because, in today’s world, there’s no avoiding it. There’s no shielding the children from it. They all have smart phones, so they’re all going to see this stuff about their dad and I know that’s really hard for them.

“So, he’s my friend, he remains my friend and I hope it works out for him because it would be an awful thing not only for him but for his wife and kids.”

Christie’s friendship with Carton played out over the WFAN airwaves with the politician filling in repeatedly for morning co-host Boomer Esiason in the mornings. Christie tried out for Mike Francesa’s impending open, but did not get the gig. That spot may no longer be vacant as Francesa is reconsidering his departure given Carton’s legal trouble.

Carton was suspended and then resigned from WFAN last week after he was arrested for his alleged role in a concert ticket Ponzi scheme.

SEE ALSO
Craig Carton was 'a cancer' at our radio station

“He’s my friend, I feel bad for him. I don’t know where it’s going to land because I don’t know all the facts, obviously,” Christie told the website. “My relationship with Craig has always been personal, and so I, as I would feel for any friend in that situation, I feel bad.

“We’re friends with his wife and his children, they’ve swam in our pool, they’ve come to our house for barbecues, we’ve gone to theirs. We’ve gone out to dinner together. This friendship has been a friendship for a decade.”

Carton and Christie made news over the summer when Carton was granted permission to use the governor’s mansion to throw a party for the Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight, with Christie out of town on vacation. Christie took back the invitation, citing a change in vacation plans.

“I’m not the kind of guy that cuts and runs,” Christie said of the friendship. “If he’s made mistakes, if he has, he says he hasn’t. He hasn’t said that to me but that’s what I read in the papers. If he hasn’t then he’ll be exonerated. And if he is, there will be a lot of people that have to explain.

“And if he has, he’ll be held responsible but that won’t change the depth of our friendship over the last ten years and it won’t change how I’ll try to help his wife and his children. Because from everything I’ve read, they had no idea, no involvement in any of this stuff so they shouldn’t get tagged any worse than they have already.”

 

[jcalz88]

Good friend.

 

[Seton75]

Say what you want about him, but his writing has been spot on especially about Francessa. Particularly him denying falling asleep on the air, the Al
Alburquerque fiasco, Zach Wheeler ACL injury update gaffe and countless others.

Mike and dog made sports talk possible. So he screws up once in a while. I don't listen to him. I understand the digs. But he is a giant of his industry. And I hear he was supportive of carton after all the garbage that no talent punk poured on him, while vapid boomer nodded.