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Sports radio not same for Giants fans around US

By Jonathan Vogel

Oct 12, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; The helmet of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) (not pictured) sits on the field as players stretch during warm ups before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles defeated the Giants 27-0. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 12, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; The helmet of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) (not pictured) sits on the field as players stretch during warm ups before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles defeated the Giants 27-0. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Is there something missing from today’s sports radio broadcasts?

What is missing from ESPN and other national broadcasts, podcasts and news programs such as First Take, the Point After and Sportscenter is that special connection between the radio host and listener. It’s hard to ascribe because its cannot be directly perceived, just as is said about many great things alleged more powerful than us in life: a heartfelt smile that one has as one is writing a thank you card to a loved one. You know that the other person has strong feelings of affection but you can’t see it by reading the Trader Joe’s card with blue and red birds drawn on its cover.

Sure, there are fans that say that it is asking for the moon to give every fan in Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida and Michigan special unfettered access to WFAN after every Giants win or loss: you have cable TV, sports bars and fitness centers where you can wake up every morning and run five miles as you listen to Sportscenter’s recap of the Giants surprise victory over the Ravens last Sunday. You can wide,r though , whether this amenity practically widespread in every dwelling place makes up for not having the option of tuning the radio dial in one’s Lincoln Mercury Mystique to AM660, just as Seinfeld’s George Constanza would during his mid-day naps or, according to New York’s CBS Sports, celebrity Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld does in real life.

"It has become an annual rite of spring-slash-summer: comedian Jerry Seinfeld and WFAN host Steve Somers, two peas in a pod, talking Mets baseball."

Watching the Giants on TV isn’t fun anymore to plagiarize Odell Beckham Jr. It will never be the same again for fans late in their careers who migrated to warmer climates. The adage that all good things must come to an end is as true as it ever was.

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