'Mad Dog' Touches Off Twitter Furor

Chris Russo

Chris (Mad Dog) Russo lapsed into a Donald Sterling moment Friday on SiriusXM, creating his own controversy when he told a caller he has not found a black host “who is worthy of doing a national talk show.”

With sensitivity running high, it’s perfectly fine to discuss Sterling, especially on sports-talk radio, where controversy sells.

According to the NY Daily News, after a regular caller, known as the Warrior, asked why Russo’s “Mad Dog Radio” never had a black host, Dog, in his own slightly mangled style, said he has not found one who “is worthy of doing a national talk show.”

His words, predictably, touched off a furor on Twitter and in other media precincts.



In an interview Friday night with the NY Daily News, a defiant Russo was not backing down.

“The idea that I wouldn’t hire a black talk-show host, a Korean talk-show host, or a talk-show host from Mars is absurd,” Russo said. “If there is any person of any ethnicity who wants to get a job at ‘Mad Dog Radio’ and we feel he or she is capable of doing a national talk show at the highest level, I’d put them on in a second. Let’s just say we are not being overwhelmed by resumes.

“Send me the damn resumes,” Russo said.

I don’t care what your persuasion is,color,where you are from, or background. It means nothing to me. We’re always looking for good hosts
— Chris Mad Dog Russo (@MadDogUnleashed) May 2, 2014