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SiriusXM Kicks Off NFL Training Camp Tour

“NFL insiders, former players, coaches and executives will be on site to host the live shows”

Brandon Contes

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SiriusXM’s 2019 NFL Training Camp Tour will begin Thursday, July 25th, for its subscribers via NFL Radio channel 88.  Starting with Alex Marves and Ed McCaffrey in Denver, live shows will be featured from all 32 NFL Teams’ training camps, prepping fans for the 2019 NFL season.  The tour will last through August 15th, when SiriusXM will broadcast live from training camp in Houston and Minnesota.

NFL insiders, former players, coaches and executives will be on site to host the live shows, the full schedule of broadcasts are listed below.  Hosts will be joined by current players and team personnel live from each training camp, offering listeners in-depth coverage of their favorite NFL franchises as they prepare for the upcoming season.  

SiriusXM will also broadcast the induction of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 in Canton, OH on Saturday, August 3rd.  Included in the 2019 Hall of Fame class is longtime SiriusXM NFL Radio host, Gil Brandt, who will also be prominently featured in their Training Camp Tour.

Denver Broncos with Alex Marvez & Ed McCaffrey on Thursday, July 25 from 3pm—6pm ET

Los Angeles Chargers with Alex Marvez & James Lofton on Friday, July 26 from 6pm—9pm ET

Chicago Bears with Jeff Joniak & Jim Miller on Saturday, July 27 from 1pm—4pm ET

Arizona Cardinals with Alex Marvez & Gil Brandt on Saturday, July 27 from 6pm—9pm ET

New Orleans Saints with Bruce Murray & Mark Dominik on Monday, July 29 at noon ET

New England Patriots with Jim Miller, Pat Kirwan & Charlie Weis Monday, July 29 at 3pm ET

Dallas Cowboys with Alex Marvez & Gil Brandt on Monday, July 29 from 6pm—9pm ET

Philadelphia Eagles with Bruce Murray & Mark Dominik on Tuesday, July 30 at noon ET

Buffalo Bills with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Tuesday, July 30 from 3pm—6pm ET

Los Angeles Rams with Alex Marvez & Torry Holt on Tuesday, July 30 from 7pm—10pm ET

Cleveland Browns with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Wednesday, July 31 from 3pm—6pm ET

Tennessee Titans with Mike Keith & Brad Hopkins on Thursday, August 1 from 2pm—5pm ET

Pittsburgh Steelers with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Friday, August 2 from 6pm—9pm ET

New York Jets with Bill Lekas & Erik Coleman on Sunday, August 4 from noon—3pm ET

Atlanta Falcons with Alex Marvez & Charles Davis on Monday, August 5 from 1pm—4pm ET

Washington Redskins with Alex Marvez & Charles Davis on Monday, August 5 at 4pm ET

Cincinnati Bengals with Solomon Wilcots & Bruce Gradkowski on Monday, August 5 at 7pm ET

New York Giants with Bob Papa & David Diehl on Tuesday, August 6 from 10am—1pm ET

Baltimore Ravens with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Tuesday, August 6 from 3pm—6pm ET

Carolina Panthers with Alex Marvez & Ed McCaffrey on Tuesday, August 6 from 6pm—9pm ET

Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Wednesday, August 7 at 4pm ET

Kansas City Chiefs with Alex Marvez & Gil Brandt on Thursday, August 8 from noon—3pm ET

San Francisco 49ers with Ed McCaffrey & Cole Wright on Thursday, August 8 at 4pm ET

Jacksonville Jaguars with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Saturday, August 10 from noon—3pm ET

Miami Dolphins with Charles Davis & Charlie Weis on Saturday, August 10 from 3pm—6pm ET

Detroit Lions with Alex Marvez & Gil Brandt on Sunday, August 11 from noon—3pm ET

Seattle Seahawks with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Sunday, August 11 from 3pm—6pm ET

Indianapolis Colts with Jeff Rickard & Bill Polian on Monday, August 12 from 3pm—6pm ET

Green Bay Packers with Bruce Murray & Charles Davis on Tuesday, August 13 at 2pm ET

Oakland Raiders with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Tuesday, August 13 from 7pm—10pm ET

Houston Texans with Jim Miller & Pat Kirwan on Thursday, August 15 from noon—3pm ET

Minnesota Vikings with Bruce Murray & Bruce Gradkowski on Thursday, August 15 at 4pm ET

Brandon Contes is a freelance writer for BSM. He can be found on Twitter @BrandonContes. To reach him by email click here.

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Jason Puckett Launches PuckSports.com

“I am super motivated right now and I can’t wait. I have probably been busier now than I’ve ever been in the last 48 hours.”

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Jason Puckett, who decided to walk away from a contract offer from iHeartMedia’s KJR in Seattle after finding out his partner Jim Moore had been laid off, has launched a new venture – PuckSports.com. ‘Puck’ has a baseball opening day show posted on the Puck Sports YouTube page and also posted an introductory message about his new venture and what led to creating it.

“I wanted to talk to you guys, the listeners out there, the viewers out there, sorry for all of this,” an emotional Puckett said. “Sorry for what has happened and what has taken place. Thank you for all of the comments and the well-wishes and what you have said about myself and Jim.

“It has been a whirlwind of a last few days, for sure and I do want to say that I feel for the people that we used to work with. “I know it’s not easy to go through that, I have been on that side of it many, many times in this industry when someone is let go and you have to sit there and answer all the questions about them and for them…It’s unfortunate and it shouldn’t be that way, but the reality of this business is it’s like that.”

Puckett then told his fans that PuckSports.com and YouTube are where you will be finding his content along with Moore. “I am going to take what I have learned over the years and apply it to a new age of media,” he said and noted this was a direction he had been thinking about for a while.

As for what took place that led to his decision to not sign his contract and talk away, he said, “I just want to take you briefly back to last week. I don’t want to get too much in the weeds, I’m not here to lay any blame or point any fingers at anybody…there’s too many good people that I have worked with that I don’t want to drag into this. It was a process that was at times handled fine, handled perfectly, and at other times it got to a point where it just went on too long. But that’s corporate media and that’s what happens.”

Continuing on Puckett said, “…I had been without a contract since about January…when I was away from the station that was something that we and the station agreed upon…to see if we could get something done and we were all hopeful that we would…I was only supposed to be gone a couple of days…unfortunately as these things sometimes happen, it just went a little bit longer…We received the deal and it was what we wanted, but unfortunately with that news a few hours later came the news from corporate that Jim had lost his job. Obviously there was a mix of emotions with that from me.

“I wrestled with that and the decision and what I would do. It was hard for me to move forward…I couldn’t fight the perception more than anything that I had received a new deal while at the same time, my partner and good friend, guy I love to death, who I grew up reading…it was a hard reality…The loyalty I have, I couldn’t live with myself even though Jim knew what the truth was.”

Puckett said he was aware Moore was planning to step away from the radio show at the end of the year and was looking forward to the nine months they would have left to work with one another. Then, when iHeartMedia made the decision to make Moore a casualty of their latest round of layoffs, Puckett knew he needed to revisit the idea of starting his own venture.

He said, “It has kind of changed my timeline as far as what I wanted to do and where I felt I was at…I am super motivated right now and I can’t wait. I have probably been busier now than I’ve ever been in the last 48 hours.”

Puckett said several of the show’s regular guests would stay with the show and he thanked several sponsors who he said would remain supporters of the show with the new venture. ‘Puck’ noted that starting next week, “…We get underway in full force…I’m going to continue to try and make people laugh and entertain you and talk about sports…and all of the other things you have become accustomed to with this show.”

As he started to wrap up, Puckett said, “I’m jumping into the deep end of the pool and I am going to see if I can swim or sink.”

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Kirk Minihane: WEEI is “Going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in Afternoons”

“It’s going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in the afternoons, which is going to be so awful.”

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As the speculation continues on where Boston sports talker Rich Shertenlieb will end up, one former WEEI host said he has the scoop on what is going to happen. Kirk Minihane, now with Barstool Sports, said, “What I heard was, initially, was they were moving Rich Keefe from nights to middays, moving Adam Jones from afternoons to middays and keeping Fauria there, and moving Andy Gresh to afternoons…But now it appears Rich Shertenlieb is going to do afternoons with Andy Gresh.”

On Wednesday, Boston Globe sports and sports media columnist Chad Finn put out a post on X, saying, “Didn’t think Rich Shertenlieb would end up at WEEI after leaving Sports Hub. I do now, most likely in afternoon drive. Audacy management has been telling people to expect changes.”

Minihane continued commenting on the matter, saying, “It’s going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in the afternoons, which is going to be so awful. Maybe the two most sensitive c***s in the history of radio. That’s a show we are going to ruin…we haven’t done that in a while, we are going to take that show down…Once that show starts, we are just going to blitz them with phone calls because Gresh can’t handle that.

“What they don’t understand, because they are so dumb, is that…Rich Shertenlieb has no fan base…no fan of [Toucher and Hardy] in the morning is going to be like ‘I’m not going to listen to Felger in the afternoons, I’ll now listen to Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb.’ It’s going to be dreadful.”

Recapping what he has heard the rest of the WEEI lineup will be, Minihane said, “…And then in middays you have Adam Jones, failed afternoons. Rich Keefe who has now failed middays, drivetime, nights and is now going to fail again in middays… and Christian Fauria who has never drawn a rating in his life.”

WEEI has not commented on any of the speculation. BSM will have more as the story unfolds.

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Former 670 The Score Host Tommy Williams Has Died

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Tommy Williams, who was heard for a decade on 670 The Score, died on Wednesday at the age of 66.

Williams began his broadcasting career in his hometown of Gary, Indiana in 1982 at WLTH before moving on to The Score. In 2003, Williams became the PA Announcer for the Gary Southshore RailCats of the American Association where he had his signature call to get the attention of the fans, “People, People, People.”

A story in The Times of Northwest Indiana said, “The longtime RailCats public address announcer and Lakeshore Public Media sports journalist was known for broadcasting countless games, interviewing countless athletes and covering Region sports at all levels. The Gary native and co-host of “Prep Sports Report,” “Prep Football Report,” and “Lakeshore PBS Scoreboard” often signed off shows saying, “Gary, Indiana, you know I love you.”

“The cadence he had in his voice echoed across the Region in a way we may never see again. He was widely known and widely loved,” Tom Maloney, vice president of radio operations at Lakeshore Public Media told the paper.

“He’d want to be remembered as the voice of Lakeshore sports,” his Regionally Speaking co-host and producer Dee Dotson told The Times. “Most people will remember him for covering prep sports all the way up to semi-pros. He’ll be remembered for treating each of his subjects like they were world champions. His depth of knowledge of sports at all levels is commendable. He was a walking encyclopedia of stats.” 

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