Tag: Chris “Mad Dog” Russo

Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo somehow made up a name when listing players better than anyone on the Knicks

This was an embarrassing mistake by Russo.

After the Knicks were eliminated from the NBA’s In-Season Tournament, TNT’s Kenny Smith diagnosed the main issue with the franchise.

According to Smith, no matter who New York is playing, the Knicks will always have the second-best player on the court. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo discussed the topic, too, and Russo agreed with the take.

Russo argued that Julius Randle is a “decent” player and that Jalen Brunson is a “very, very good” player. But he feels that neither are “great” players and that there are other great players in the Eastern Conference.

He proceeded to list a few of the players who he considers “great” and that list included Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum, Reggie Brown and Joel Embiid.

Three of the players mentioned by Russo are indeed “great” players but it’s unclear who, exactly, he meant when he referenced Reggie Brown. There is no NBA player by that name.

Perhaps he was mixing up Boston’s Jaylen Brown with the former NFL player who was left temporarily paralyzed while making a tackle against the New York Jets in 1997.

Either way, this was an embarrassing mistake by Russo who appeared to read names directly off a paper and still couldn’t get it right.

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Is Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo really going to retire after his failed Phillies – Diamondbacks prediction?

Mad Dog said he’d retire if the D-backs won the NLCS. Well, here you go.

Congrats to Chris Russo, the loud, legendary sports TV and radio personality known as “Mad Dog,” on his retirement.

Well … probably not. But Mad Dog did the thing you’re not supposed to do on the air or on social media, and made a promise connected to a prediction that he probably won’t follow through on.

Earlier in the week, he said this on Mad Dog Sports Radio: “If [the Diamondbacks] win the next two games and win the [NLCS] in seven games, I will retire on the spot.”

You know what happened next. Arizona took down the Philadelphia Phillies and will move on the World Series.

Russo posted that he stood by his promise, along with a few other notable tweets:

But he’s also said this in recent days:

Soooo … hmm. We’ll see how Russo will get out of this one. Also, the Diamondbacks were DEFINITELY aware of this:

Chris ā€˜Mad Dogā€™ Russo broke down his wild weekend plans involving weed gummies and $10K bets on First Take

Mad Dog is out here popping the gummies, y’all. This is wild.

Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has made a pretty nice living for himself by being a stiff gas bag on sports talk radio for decades.

He’s wild, of course. But that “wild” version of him is kind of scripted. It’s a character. It shows up to work every day with the same outlandish takes that are really only meant to shock you and get you up out of your seat in the middle of the day.

But, for whatever reason, Mad Dog told everybody on ESPN’sĀ First TakeĀ about his weekend plans for watching the Colorado vs. Oregon game and, y’all, let me tell you. It did NOT go how you expected it to go.

Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina dropped the clip on Twitter and it’s just wild hearing it. There’s not even really anything I can say to properly prepare you for the clip you’re about to watch. Just…watch it. You’ll see.

No, you did not mishear that. This man said he was pouring himself a cocktail, taking half a gummy and dropping 10 racks on the Colorado game.

That, right there, folks, is a WEEKEND.

“I am going to get a run in. I’ll take the dogs, Bo and Riley, for a walk. At about 12 o’clock, I’ll sit down. I’ll make a cocktail. Cut a gummy in half. Cut a gummy in half. We’ve got Florida State-Clemson. I like the Florida State quarterback. I see something there.”

Folks, he was not done. Now, he’s talking about when he’s “sauced.”

“At about 3:25 when I’m sauced … I’ll put the call into Fat Rob … ‘Rob, you know what? What the hell. I can’t root for Oregon. Alright, I’ll pretend on TV. Put 10 dimes on Colorado and Deion.”Ā 

This is the only appropriate reaction to everything that was just said.

Like…yo. Did he really just say that? On live television? On ESPN!?!? This is wild. So wild. But, also, kind of relatable? Well, except for the $10,000 part. I ain’t got that to spare.

I cannot tell if Mad Dog is serious or if he’s just doing this for TV, but, uh, either way, this is fantastic content. This man sounds like he’s about to have a, uh, saucy weekend.

Everyone was so confused. But, also, there were jokes. Lots of jokes.