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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

WFAN’s Mike Francesa Denies Police Escort To The Super Bowl

Mike Francesa
Social media was buzzing Monday with the rumor that NYC WFAN sports radio talk show host Mike Francesa had a police escort to New York’s LaGuardia Airport  for his flight to the Super Bowl.

Based on Francesa’s self-important track record, a lot of people apparently bought into it, according to inquisitor.com. But Francesa took five minutes at the beginning of his week-long remote from New Orleans (which is simulcast on the YES television network) to call BS on the claim of a police escort.

Francesa, who famously denied falling asleep on the air last September (see video posting, Click Here), also categorically denied that he had a police escort yesterday and noted in fact that he had to wait on the security line just like everyone else. Moreover, Mike said he received no preferential treatment — just the opposite. The talk host was subject to an extremely invasive pat-down by the TSA because his artificial knee set off the machines (what Francesa called “the metal check”).


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