Phil Mushnick
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Phil Mushnick has been the New York Post's television and radio columnist since 1982. His Equal Time column runs twice a week, on Fridays and Sundays. A native of Staten Island, Mushnick joined The Post in 1973 as a copy boy before being promoted to a reporter and covering the New York Cosmos and New Jersey Nets. Mushnick's no-holds barred commentary has taken on some of the biggest individuals, teams and companies in the sports world, most notably Vince McMahon and the WWE and Phil Knight and Nike.
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Paul O'Neill and David Cone can't keep lying like this
June 27, 2024 | 8:13pmAs far as I’m concerned, David Cone and Paul O’Neill were lying Tuesday during YES’s telecast. I can’t believe that they believe what they told us.
Weak ESPN caving to error-ridden Stephen A. Smith feels inevitable
June 22, 2024 | 1:39pmLet’s spend the week asking sports-minded folks if they find ESPN’s top man, Stephen A. Smith, representative of why they watch ESPN or now avoid it.
TV sports insulting viewers' intelligence at rapid pace
June 20, 2024 | 9:32pmNot that I’ve ever been accused of brevity, but today’s broadcasters seem compelled to say far too much as opposed to just enough.
Unanswered questions remain in Shohei Ohtani, ex-interpreter gambling probe
June 15, 2024 | 1:37pmEver see a house fire that emits no smoke? Perhaps, however, you could see this smokeless fire from miles and weeks away.
MLB games being ruined by broadcasting gimmicks
June 13, 2024 | 10:56pmDoes it matter to Rob Manfred and Co. that Apple’s baseball productions are dreadful?
MLB avoids disaster with Yankees-Dodgers streaming decision
June 8, 2024 | 5:33pmGood things come to those who wait. At least to those who wait it out.
Ex-ESPNer among those quick to blame color for Caitlin Clark popularity
June 6, 2024 | 7:54pmWhat do players resent her for? National TV coverage? Maximized exposure? Would it not be reasonable to at least partially credit Caitlin Clark’s WNBA presence with the new luxury of...
Urban Meyer, Draymond Green prime examples of how far sports broadcasts can sink
June 1, 2024 | 2:28pmGeez, spring intrasquad college football is now all over afternoon TV. And smack in the midst of finals! How do these scholar athletes manage it all!?
Bill Walton was much more than just his hippie persona
May 30, 2024 | 9:20pmThere was a lot to learn — and unlearn — about Walton after I came to know him.
MLB's greed makes watching baseball easier to live without
May 25, 2024 | 1:45pmWhen you’re blinded by greed, it’s impossible to apply clear foresight. Yet, MLB has shown us its generous side, allowing us to watch, at no extra charge, baseball destroy itself.
NFL has many more things to condemn than Harrison Butker's speech
May 23, 2024 | 10:44pmHarrison Butker delivered a civilized, advocacy/testimony of his Catholic life as a husband and father. He is clearly against abortion.
How legendary phone number helped launch some of sports broadcasting's biggest names
May 18, 2024 | 1:10pmPut simply, not until the cell phone explosion that began 35 years ago was there a more immediate option for immediate info than Sports Phone — oddly enough inspired in...
Sounding off on latest ridiculousness plaguing sports
May 16, 2024 | 8:46pmA 24-year-old, smallish — by modern standards — lefty with no discernible flash, Josh Gasser was what today is easily missed or dismissed.
MLB managers keep nonsensically botching late-game decisions
May 11, 2024 | 1:24pmWhy is it that the most astute fans so often know before the GMs, managers, coaches and assigned media experts?
TNT announcer glorifies ex-Knick's selfish and reckless play
May 9, 2024 | 10:18pmThere’s must be a good reason why aerosol cans of Stink don’t sell. Yet Stink predominates game broadcasts.
CBS shaking up NFL pregame show still won't make it worth your time
May 4, 2024 | 12:31pmNot to be cruel or cold, but what difference does it make?
John Smoltz's constant blathering ruins MLB broadcasts
May 2, 2024 | 10:10pmWhy do Fox sports execs dare diminishing numbers of viewers to suffer three hours of John Smoltz as the nation’s lead MLB analyst?
Roger Goodell has some explaining to do after divisive NFL draft decision
April 27, 2024 | 2:38pmIn 2024, I very much want to do what’s right by society and humanity. If only I had a copy of the plan, the instructions manual.
YES production crew got it right with timely Yankees throwback
April 25, 2024 | 9:20pmWe hold some truths to remain self-evident. Just as stats don’t make games, games make stats; good games don’t make good TV, good TV makes good TV.
Fundamentals becoming relics of the past in MLB — and it may only get worse
April 20, 2024 | 3:51pmNot a day passes without reading the woeful tales of MLB games from devotees throughout the continent and beyond of games risked or lost to the inability or unwillingness to...