Boston sports radio listeners are not hearing as much from Fred Toucher these days. The morning man on 98.5 The Sports Hub has been dealing with voice issues since the beginning of the year. Anyone that has listened can hear the difference and there are days he has had to bow out of Toucher & Rich entirely.

Toucher missed two days this week. On Friday, his partner Rich Shertenlieb took to the station’s website to tell people what he knows.

“I feel awful for him because he’s truly and believe me when I say this, he is doing everything he can to get his voice back,” Rich wrote. “And if you work in our industry, there’s nothing more infuriating than not having your voice. Now, from everything he’s told us so far, it’s it’s nothing serious medically. It’s just sometimes crap like this can happen. He’s once again getting it looked at.”

He told the audience that he asked Fred Toucher if there is anything specifically he wants the audience to know. Toucher responded with a statement.

“No one wants to go on the IR, but I realize that radio is a physical game and it’s what you sign up for when you put on those headphones every morning,” he wrote. “I’m just pushing through my throat rehab right now, getting a little stronger after each session. I want to thank Coach Radzik for the support.

“Of course, Rich and the boys continue to do tremendous work. My family for all having my back. But most of all, hail zuse (sic) the God of gods. And the reason we have not been eaten alive by the troll people.”

Fred Toucher has not discussed the specifics of his condition on air. Shertenlieb wrote that Toucher has referred to his recent setback as “acid reflux”. There is no timetable for his full-time return.

Congratulations are in order for Ed Egros. He is joining the BetQL Audio Network. He will be part of BetQL Daily every weekday.

“Ed has become a leading voice on sports betting and analytics over the course of his career and we’re pleased to add him and his perspective to our weekday ‘BetQL Daily program’ alongside Joe and Erin,” Mitch Rosen, Vice President of Audacy’s BetQL Network said in a press release. “Through his wealth of experience in sports reporting and analysis, Ed will provide valuable insights to our listeners as they make their betting decisions, while using his expertise to break down games, analyze players and teams, and provide valuable betting tips, strategies and Wagertainment.”

Egros comes to BetQL from the NFL where he worked for the NextGen Stats team on digital content before and after games. His career has also taken him to Alabama and Dallas as a local reporter and to Bally Sports and FanDuel on the national stage.

“I could not be more excited! To join an established show with two of the more talented pros in the business in Erin and Joe is an opportunity I wholeheartedly embrace,” said Ed Egros. “It has always been a professional dream of mine to have a platform to combine my loves of sports analytics and sports betting. I am thrilled to be able to move the sports betting conversation forward and have a strong group to do it with.”

BetQL Daily airs every weekday at 9 am Eastern. Egros makes his debut on the show on April 3. He will join co-hosts Joe Ostrowski and Erin Hawksworth.

There are just three more games before the end of the college basketball season, and with it the annual crossover between the CBS NCAA and the TNT NBA studio teams will also conclude.

On Thursday, CBS college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg joined Dukes & Bell on 92.9 The Game in Atlanta live from radio row at the Final Four in Houston, and Kellogg said the busy TV schedule comes with the territory.

“It just happens to be that’s the way it unfolds during this time of year with Warner Bros. Discovery and CBS being partners since 2011 for the tourney,” Kellogg said. “I’m grateful to have a chance to sit where God has graced me to sit and be part of a sporting event that’s as special as we have on the sports calendar.”

The yearly meeting of the basketball personalities always makes for some entertaining studio segments with Kellogg and the TNT NBA studio guys. Co-host Mike Bell told Kellogg he stands out among guys like Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.

“I always get the impression when I watch that it’s like high school. And you’re in a room, and you’re like the valedictorian of your class and you got the two delinquents with Kenny and Charles,” Bell said.

“I’ve never heard it quite described that way,” Kellogg responded laughing. Clark said it’s all love when everyone is together.

“It’s obvious that we have a great time,” he said. “There’s mutual respect across the board with us on the air.”

“It’s as fun as it appears to be and even more so when we’re not on camera because we’re talking hoops and busting each others chops and having a great time,” Kellogg added.