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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