Michael Reghi Blows Up About “Really Big Show”
Written By: Scott | Category: General | Comments: 111
Those of you listening to WKNR/AM850 this afternoon were able to hear a very, very rare Michael Reghi.
Reghi has gone on record to slam the Really Big Show, the 9a-12p show that airs on ESPNCleveland and the credibility that lacked today with a female host, Sabrina Parr - who claimed to be an eye witness for the Braylon Edwards altercation on Sunday night.
Reportedly, her depiction of the events have already been refuted by a handful of individuals. Parr has been on the ESPNCleveland airwaves in the past discussing her relationships with Cleveland athletes as well as her place in the “scene” that occurs frequently at The View nightclub. Today, she aired conversations about football that (per Reghi) lacked credibility and were based more on “pillow talk.”
“Miss Parr, I hope you enjoy all the time you get on the Really Big Show. Because you will never, ever have a word to say between three and six. You are not credible, and the stuff you were throwing out today were shocking. Have you ever thought about legalities involved in the things you say?”
Rarely do you hear talk show hosts calling out others by full name when they usually go by one-word air names. Reghi called Parr a “gossip monger,” and has voiced his complaints to upper management of ESPNCleveland, WKNR.
“A joke. An absolute joke, what took place today with that young woman running her mouth.”
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(Update: Via CursedCleveland, we have some audio that occurred earlier in the Reghi show prior to the segment that has been discussed in this report. Also, Parr has reportedly already been questioned by Cleveland police regarding her statements made over the air. From what I gather, it is the portion regarding Edwards’ criticism of teammates/coaches and lack of claimed responsibility that has produced this response from Reghi)
Author: Scott
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REGHI BEAST MODE
Yo go Reg! that guy is the best.
Bringing it STRONG
What did sabrina parr say can anybody tell me or show me a picture of her?
mike
This is great. Does anybody know exactly what she said? I understand where he’s coming from though. He doesn’t want the station to become TMZ. Reg also just said that she wasn’t even there! At any rate, GET OFF OF REGHI’S LAWN SABRINA PARR!
I missed The Really Big Show this morning, what exactly did she say that got Reg so fired up?
What I heard was Sabrina’s account of what happened Sunday night/Monday morning. According to her, she was at the club, talked to Braylon before and then was calming down unnamed Browns players after the incident.
So, it was essentially her eyewitness accounts to what went down at The View.
I’m not sure why Reghi is so fired up.
I think she’s more credible than he is when it comes to this topic. She was there, he wasn’t. Besides, what she said wasn’t that “appalling”. Get over yourself, guy.
“The Really Big Show” has become the Fox News of sports broadcasting. Nothing of substance, pure speculation, and constant lies when it suits their needs.
Tony Rizzo and Aaron Goldhammer use the show for nothing more than an excuse to gorge themselves on free food, and take every chance they get to attack Ohio State.
Bravo to Reghi for his stance today. It’s about time somebody did something, for that show is tainting the image of Cleveland sports talk.
I’m working on getting some of this audio up. So many times these stories don’t get their due b/c the audio is never uploaded to the sites.
Unfortunately I only have his most recent rant (from 4:30-4:38) and not what he started the show with that led to me getting literally four calls about this.
Typical Reghi making a big deal out of nothing. Did you here his Chris Carter interview??? Definitely didn’t bring it strong.
And screw you Scott for getting this up so fast.
Because she also said this morning that Braylon told LeBron’s friend ,whom he hit, that he started saying crap about how he would never be so popular without LeBron, wouldn’t get girls, etc.. Then she claimed that without provocation and with no one pushing him, that he then hit LeBron’s friend.
Now whether or not this was exactly how this happened is where the question of credibility comes in to play. She openly admitted that she had a crush on Braylon, that she frequents the scene and was outside the club just talking to the players at 2:30. As Reghi put so brilliantly, she’s a d**m gossip monger and the Really Big Show and vis a vis 850 was passing her off like a credible source. They really did attempt on the Morning Show to make it seem like this was the only way that this could have occured. I listened to about 20 minutes worth of the show while I was driving downtown this morning and it was really pathetic in terms of “news” and not even discussing the Braylon trade at that point.
Heard it this morning- she basically corroborated the story we’d heard, that Braylon was into this little guy (friend of 23) about how he’d be nothing w/o LeBron. Braylon was at least a little drunk and was being restrained (ineffectively) by his agent who was also there. From Sabrina’s POV, and she said she was very close, it seemed like Braylon was clearly at fault and was essentially unprovoked. That part seemed fine because she made it clear this was just her perspective on the situation.
I think Reghi’s problem is with her relating a conversation she supposedly had with Edwards before this all happened. It was probably unnecessary to relay this info, but it did make for some fun radio. She said he was talking trash about the coaching staff and how they didn’t have a quarterback who could get him the ball. According to her, she asked him if he felt responsible in any way about how bad the team is, and he said no. He came off like a complete diva douchebag, which really just confirmed what we already thought, but I guess Reg feels this is talking out of school.
Who does this guy think he is, Bob Costas? Reghi is the one who thought Quinn was the 2nd coming of Montana. I do recall him predicting 8 wins by the Browns this year also. That girl probobly gets more info in one hour from the players than Reg does spending weeks in the locker room. I’m done listening to this guy, he’s always chewing on food during his segmants.
The Really Big Show doesnt claim to be ESPN News …they are a talk show. Twenty times more interesting than the arrogant Rhegi. She was there and told what she saw…big deal?? Rhegi has issues.
I’ll take her word for it. Besides, If you cross the line with Lebron you are gonna be sent on your way. If Lebron wants Reg gone, he can do that too. There’s only one King in this city. So Bray, Reg, Quinn… swallow your pride. Really Big Show 4ever!
Thanks bitmatt. None of that seems to damaging but Reghi is apparently old school.
I think Reghi is a blowhard in love with his own voice. I hate hearing his “interviews”, which consist of him taking a long time trying to make big words fit together awkwardly and talking over his guest. He may have a small point on this Big Show thing, but it just isn’t that big a deal, certainly not worth getting this worked up about. I think of Rizzo’s show as entertainment, not news.
reghi must be jealous, he tried to get all three parties involved with the view-club and did not have any takers. rizzo had sabrina parr on that was an eyewitness & spoke to braylon & edward givens that night.
kudos to rizzo for allowing an inside source that was an eyewitness relate their account of events.
reghi calling sabrina’s report ‘pillow talk’ is an old school dis on women reporters.
when is the last time michael reghi gave any of his listeners any inside information? never.
Wow apparently this is like actually a big deal to people.
Reghi is a pompous jerk who talks like one of those dimwit corporate-management types. “I’m going to effort to get Braylon on the show.” Effort is a noun, not a verb, you drone.
Questioning credibility? Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black. Reg is the first to assume things before having confirmation. I’ll stick with listening to Rizz and Hammer (and Sabrina), they’re more credible than him and entertaining (and won’t stick their tales between their legs and be intimidated when talking to Chris Carter like he was).
Michael Reghi is one of the worst people on radio that I’ve ever heard.
I can’t take him for more then 10 minutes. He cannot speak English. The other day he used the word “recant” when he meant he wanted to restate what he said earlier. He’s too dumb to understand that recant means the opposite. He changes tenses, constantly mixes up singular and plural. And how this…how funny.
Tony Rizzo – 40-something going on 14 – and his group of immature, unskilled human beings that get on the radio and refer to 25 year-old professional athletes with children as “kids” show both what Cleveland radio and Cleveland sports has sunk to as they cater to 30 and 40 year old unemployed people that never bother to learn a skill, and surely won’t read a book unless it has big pictures in it.
I heard Reghi’s BS and turned it off on 3 minutes when I realized he had nothing to say. I’m tired of hearing him on the radio talking about how long he’s been in Cleveland. So what? I lived in major markets and when I heard him doing some Cavs games when I came into visit I thought he was mediocre. It appears that being from Detroit and hearing major league announcers, Dan Gilbert felt the same way. Fortunate for Cleveland sports fans.
Reghi and his “credibility” rant was ironic. Does he think anyone on Rizzo’s show – including Rizzo – has any credibility? Hanging around the Cleveland sports market does not make one a sports expert. The media in the city is just plain awful. Everything is personality-based and “I know more then you do” stuff that manifests itself on cleveland.com with posts everyday from people sick of not winning a championship, and afraid to change the mindset in order to win one. Reghi’s “credibility” nonsense sounds to me like the classic Samual Johnson writing, “patriotism is the last vestige to which a scoundrel clings.”
For an area so enamored with pro sports because it does not value education and has nothing other then pro sports to offer, someone badly needs to raise the consciousness and professionalism of the NE Ohio Sports Media.
The only reason I was listening was because before that he had on Chris Carter from ESPN that was telling the truth about the Edwards trade as he contradicted Reghi’s lead-in questions by giving answers that the national media knows, but the local media either doesn’t or will not report. As Carter said – Mangini is not Belichick, the players do not respect him, and you can forget free agents signing for less money and submerging themselves into “team play” to come here, as they go to NE and do for Belichick.
Time to long onto cleveland.com, where I can read a bunch of Terry Pluto led reactionaries talk about how happy they are that Edwards was traded….and tomorrow I can read the same people saying it’s not Mangini’s fault the team is losing – they have no talent.
When will you people put one and one together and get two?
A story by someone he thinks is not credible. Isn’t that the entire media. I think that if Sabrina was there than it’s her right to speak on the accounts of the situation. Obviously something occurred to give Givens a black eye and a bloody lip, along with Lebron commenting on it.
As a former intern at KNR this past summer, I’m not surprised Reghi went off like he did.
As he explained on his show, he voiced his complaints before when Sabrina spouted off during training camp.
That said, I have no opinion since I like everyone there. Reghi’s a class act and everyone on The Really Big Show (especially Chloe) was great to me.
And before anyone asks, no I will not air any dirty laundry. I will only tell you it’s a great place to work and everyone on and (especially) off the air works their asses off and does a great job.
well stated howard roarke!
Reghi contradicts himself all of the time. He said yesterday he wouldn’t speak on the Braylon situation because he wasn’t there. Then he said none of you should because you weren’t there. Then he goes on and says I want the stories of those who were there (actually involved) and interview them. Now someone who was there speaks up and he’s appalled by it?? Make up your mind. What a joke he is
When will you people put one and one together and get two?
Where have I heard this before???
I didn’t hear either show today, but I am a bit surprised at some of these responses. I thought Clevelanders liked Reghi. I know I grew up on the dude and when I have seen him he’s been a genuine, nice guy.
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@ Nullster – hey, what does he mean by “you people” !!
Can you post that audio?
Ike,
Michael Reghi may well be a nice guy.
But a guy that can’t speak English should not be running a talk show in a mid-sized market. There are times I just laugh out lound as he butchers the language.
WKNR is a joke. You got 40, 50 and 60 year-old people trying to talk to 12 year-olds.
And the PD isn’t much better. Pluto states the obvious with next to no real insight, and the 12 year-olds love him because Livingston and Shaw have covered sports in cities where the local teams win. And like others in markets with educated people, they often point out things in a humerous or ironic manner, but it takes a level of education and knowledge to appreciate it. So the fans like Pluto – whose columns are like a ‘Cliff Motes’ summery of what has gone on.
All the media in NE Ohio are pretty much jaded by the losing. It’s not a good media market. Try reading the sports section of some of the papers in NYC, Chicago, LA, Miami, Dallas, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, or 10 other major markets via the Internet. See where people do articles on what is happening with agents, laws, trends in stadium design, trends in the major sports – what batters or pitchers are doing, how offenses and defense are changing in basketball and football – both college and pro. Then come back to Cleveland, and all you get is, “this guys no good, he’s overrated”, and “that guy’s real good, I don’t know why no one likes him.”
In the past month I’ve see Steve Stone – a White Sox TV announcer – on both Bruce Drennen and Les Levine’s cable show. He blow those guys right out of the water. Pluto was sitting in on Levine’s show, bring up his same 5 points over and over as Stone brought up 20 points of vale that no one in the Cleveland media ever discusses.
What happened to Reghi today following the Edwards trade earlier in the day – typical Cleveland sports. Nonsense being discussed as another talented player happily leaves to go to another town where he can play his game and help his team win.
I agree with Roarke. But the size of the market should be no excuse. Yes I have seen some of the best reporting come from the major markets, but that doesn’t mean it’s ok to have subpar journalists. The goal of being successful in journalism is to break/report major stories first hand, have accurate information, and knowledge on what you are talking about. Count how many times Reghi says “I suppose”, “I believe”, “Evidently”, “supposedly”. He doesn’t have the facts nor his stories straight. What that young lady did today was break a news story that people wanted answers to, and they did not prior to her witness accounts. I support her and the station for what occured today and do not see anything wrong with a young journalist providing information to a major story here in Cleveland. Just my opinion
Who the hell is Howard Roarke ?? Move back to your “major market, [WFNY Edit] !!!!
Long live Riz and The Really Big Show !!
Does anyone else think it’s hilarious that such condescending rants would come from a guy who names himself after Ayn Rand’s vision of the perfect man?
Ayn Rand, one of “perfect’s” historically staunchest allies in its brutal campaign against “good.”
WFNY commenter Howard Roarke, who might have a few decent points, burns all bridges in an attempt to get them across.
Get over yourself, dude. And try considering that the sporting scene here might (just might!) be more complicated here in Cleveland than it is in New York, Chicago, whatever city you’ve run off to, and maybe anywhere else in America. (Believe it or not, this is a possibility.)
Also hilarious that the same guy who stops by to condescend lets us know that he’s bought into the New York Mangini meme as well. The problem must be Mangini, and not the guy who bragged to ESPN magazine about his “war cologne” and his Hollywood dreams, proceeded to lead the league in drops and ask Will Demps about modeling and acting jobs during a game, then chastized Cleveland fans for not appreciating him enough while he was having one of the most disappointing seasons in recent local memory.
It’s hard enough to trust a guy who can’t see the irony in that commenter name, though this take on the Browns coming from a guy like this should reassure Browns fan. I know it does me.
As for the rest, Reghi is a guy who brags about how much he hates Twitter, and clearly hates that he has to be more open-minded about his conceptions of journalism. That was great radio this morning from Rizz and Hammer, based on what I’ve read of it. Wish I could find a replay on the web somewhere.
“…as another talented player happily leaves to go to another town where he can play his game and help his team win.”
Sure thing Howard. The Browns certainly did a lot to keep Braylon from running his routes and catching a ball. Except he couldn’t do that, so the fans helped to run him out of town.
Thankfully, with the Jets, no one will keep him from playing his game anymore.
Good job Reghi for having the chutzpa for calling out was was an absurdly classless use of the airwaves. Sabrina should be giving her deposition to the polics/prosecutors-not drivelling hearsay over the air. WKNR should and probably will be reprimanded internally if not face civil liability.
Sabrina has shown nothing but a proclivity and desire to bed any Cleveland Brown of color she can get her hands near, could it be that Braylon spurned her affection? While this type of trash should be expected from a juvenile like Tony Rizzo, WKNR should have higher standards-even on sports talk show that is just about having fun. Perhaps Sabrina will tell us of the junked up sexcapades she had with Brandon McDonald next, wouldn’t that be special.
Nice job Reghi-integrity counts, if only to a few.
Isis, news flash: Sabrina has a right to give her account to anyone she wishes. Who are you to say otherwise? Would love to hear what your basis is for any civil liability. What a joke.
Also, where’s the lack of integrity? Figures that you’re right there with Reghi in being unable to cope with the blurring and shifting lines of journalistic ethics, but what makes Sabrina any different than an eyewitness who gives an account of a burning building on the news?
Again, didn’t hear Sabrina’s interview, but it also sounds like you and Reghi would like to try and tell Sabrina how she should live her life, who she should have sex with, who she talks about it with, etc. You realize that leaves you susceptible to a charge that you’re uncomfortable with the increased empowerment of women vis a vis men. Just sayin’.
Bottom line here is that Rizzo, correctly, doesn’t view “journalism” as the ivory tower that Reghi does, and Reghi is uncomfortable both with that, and that it gives Rizzo better access than he has to sources like Sabrina, who again, was there, take it for what it’s worth.
@ClevelandFrowns
As a Twitter user/blogger (My twitter name is MikeAmmo), I agree with you. Journalism as the ivory tower is a dying breed and I can see why Sabrina would want to give her eye-witness view of it. Honestly, one of the reasons why I love The Really Big Show is because it’s different from any radio show out there.
However, I certainly see and respect Reghi’s viewpoint and his view is very valid. Reghi is a pro’s pro and was easy to work with and is admittedly old school.
IMO, the truth is somewhere in between. There are certain lines that shouldn’t be crossed and Sabrina was walking that line today.
The really big show is the only show I can listen to on this station (besides the “Roadman”). I have to agree with AlexPR, I think it’s great Rizz gives young journalists an opportunity to do work (though it is limited) on the show. They are always at events, practices, and have pretty good takes on the game itself. As a former division I football player (Kent St.), I have pretty good knowledge of the game. And what I hear out of Reghi’s mouth on a weekly basis offends me and should offend any other coach or athlete. Whether it is his ideas on who should be starting, to his take on play calling, he is not accurate with how the game is really played, nor does it have any substance. Leave the questions of play calling and decision making up to those who have been IN the game.
Reghi is a dinosaur in a new media. His show, and every other show besides Rizzo and Hammer is BORING beyond belief. Been listening to that version of ’sports talk’ for over 25 years and it’s outdated and boring.
Credibility has nothing to do with this Reghi. This is entertainment. You’re not a journalist. Today’s culture is fast-paced and out in the open. We don’t need gatekeepers of “the media” to give us their version of information anymore. We have cameras and people everywhere now who are more than willing to tell their stories. Frankly… I love it and it’s a good thing.
Sabrina’s opinion and view is just as valid as yours is Reghi, and that’s what you guys don’t get. EVERYONE has a voice now, not just you, and you don’t like it. But it’s the way it is, and the way it is going to stay.
Welcome to the future.
“I certainly see and respect Reghi’s viewpoint and his view is very valid. Reghi is a pro’s pro and was easy to work with and is admittedly old school.”
Could you unpack that a little bit for me? What’s Reghi’s viewpoint? What did Sabrina do wrong? What did she do other than relay her experience? And what did Rizzo do wrong in giving her the platform?
Understood there are lines, but how do you suppose they were close to being crossed today?
One more thing… You know why The Really Big Show is #1? Because they get it.
It’s entertainment. It’s a must listen. I’m vested in the “characters” on the show. And they don’t just talk about sports.
The rest of KNR needs to get that going too. Look at Howard Stern show. Look at Jim Rome. The same thing. Build “a show”, not a “sports-talk call-in show”.
I want to be entertained, not listen to DA/Brady calls ad nauseum as I’ve been listening to in one form or another for over 30 years.
ClevelandFrowns is right. I don’t think they were even close to crossing the line. It was an eyewitness account. If Reg was there and saw the same exact thing as Sabrina did, would he not only mention it on the air, but consider it credible information?? It’s no different than him saying “league” sources tell us… He’s the one that tried to get all parties involved on the air.
As far as the PD is concerned, Windhorst is the best beat writer in the NBA. Widely lauded throughout the league.
newsflash, no one gives a crap if you date a Browns player.
Its the equivalent of dating a Arena football league star.
Frowns- agreed. She didn’t say anything that wasn’t already reported or speculated. Not one thing she said should have changed anyone’s mind about Braylon’s character or lack thereof, I believe all of us had our opinions set on that issue already. This should be a non-story, but Reghi is the one who brought our attention to it. Who’s being sensationalistic in this case again? Rizzo for having someone he trusts relate her first-person experience, or Reghi for blowing up on air to make a big deal of it? With a sexist “pillow talk” slant to boot. Stay classy, Reg.
His view is that it’s sensationalistic, shoddy journalism.
Think of FOX News and MSNBC. Are they real news networks? No, they’re sensationalistic crap. News Entertainment.
Let me put it in this analogy: Reghi is an “old school pro wrestler” while Rizzo and crew are “sports entertainment.” There’s good and bad about both.
One of the reasons I like the Really Big Show is because it’s “sports entertainment,” but I consider Reghi’s view valid as well.
Ammo is spot on. The two shows are different. The issue that Reghi has is that the alleged Edwards quote stems from a place that is off of the field and outside of the locker room/press conference area.
He’s (for lack of better term) old school, and thinks that reports should be on the record. And that’s fine. It doesn’t make one side more “right” than the other, it’s all opinion. That’s what makes each radio show different.
Let’s be honest here….If Reghi would have seen the incident, I’m pretty sure he’d voice his opinion on what he saw too, but guess what? Reghi doesn’t go to The View! Sabrina just happened to be at The View and told what she saw. What is the big deal? She knew what she was getting into when she decided to tell her story.
How is it “sensationalistic, shoddy journalism,” for Rizz to have an eyewitness give her account on the show? I just don’t see it.
Which gets me to where I disagree with bitmatt when (s)he says that “[n]ot one thing she said should have changed anyone’s mind about Braylon’s character or lack thereof.”
That’s for the listener to decide. That’s why we have juries. Whatever else you want to say about Sabrina, she does have a reputation at stake here, and her testimony is at least some evidence. For those who were on the fence, I’m not sure why Sabrina’s testimony couldn’t serve to push them on one side or the other.
The story itself is sensationalistic. Hammer and Rizz had a duty to cover it. I suspect Reghi’s major problem is that they covered it better than he did, in a way that he’d never be able to put himself in a position to do due to his own weaknesses.
Agreed that Reghi was pandering to the prejudices of some of his listeners with the “pillow talk” slant. Pretty disgusting.
@Howard Roarke
Your first post was truly excellent. You shoulda quit right there, because the second sucked.
BTW, I’ve gotten over the fact that Rizzo is a Chris-Berman-wannabee graying adolescent who used to love fart jokes when he was on Lanigan’s show. But Cleveland radio has devolved so much that I would love to listen to Rizzo’s show more. But that a-hole Goldhammer is so flipping grating that I can’t. He’s a clueless no-nothing with a big mouth.
If they’re not going to get rid of Goldhammer, the least they could do is tell him to tone it down. I just can’t take that show for more than about 10 minutes when he starts running his ignorant mouth.
Frowns,
I’m trying to be careful about it because of my experience with the station over summer. I don’t wanna rub anyone who might read this the wrong way. My opinion is somewhere in between.
The Really Big Show is great. I think it’s easily the best show in the city and I thought they were phenomenal when they filled in for Rome. If I ever get my own show (I wish) someday I’m gonna try to do “a show” and not a “sports call in show.”
I trust Rizzo and Hammer’s judgement on this, I’m willing to bet they checked and double checked with Sabrina so that they were completely sure about this before putting her on.
I just wonder what’s going on behind the scenes but I don’t feel like e-mailing anyone there about it because it’s none of my business anymore, but man I’d love to be a fly on the wall at the next programming meeting. Programming meetings are always fascinating.
The Really Big Show is flat out great radio. IMO there hasn’t been a more entertaining sports radio show on the air since Kiley and Booms. Reghi is just an egotistical, hot air bag who is simply jealous. Listening to Reghi’s show is just that, listening to Reghi. How does he stay on the air?
Two different shows, two different styles.
One common theme… the topic at hand was sensationalism at it’s ugliest in sports talk.
I don’t really like Reghi’s show, but IMHO with this topic I thought he was spot on. This was really a matter she should have shared with authorities first, and the way it was presented was not in the least tactful.
That being said, I listened to the whole thing, was glued to it, in a cringe-worthy sort of way. She is awful on the air… and is obviously still there due to her presence on the scene.
I enjoy the Rizz show, but I normally can’t listen to it when my day off is on a Wednesday. It’s entertainment, but when Sabrina is on, it’s “name drop the athletes I know” time, and I can’t take it. What I enjoy is that the old, stale Cleveland callers like Bostonian and Hiram have no input on the show.
I’d love to have K&B back on the air…
@28 – Lebron James posts on WFNY! We’ve made it!
Does anyone really consider Sabrina to be a “journalist”? While her normal insight may consist of “pillowtalk”, as Reghi calls it, she was an eyewitness to the conflict with Braylon and Givens.
Reghi’s show is quickly becoming unlistenable to the educated fan. His rants make him sound like a blowhard. I’m beginning to understand why Gilbert dumped him as the Cav’s play-by-play guy. Is he jealous of The Really Big Show’s success? Did their substitute host gig for Rome drive him over the edge?
I never thought I would say it, but I miss Roda doing afternoon drive. I’m not a fan of Brinda either, but when he teamed up with Roda in place of Rizzo, while he subbed for Rome, I enjoyed it. Maybe Brinda and Roda should be doing afternoon drive. Or maybe they need to bring back the BSK.
I thought Munch was bad…Reghi is horrible. “Ummm yeah..you know what I’m saying….Come on Cleveland…I said this back in…..just repeat this for 3 hrs and you have his show.
Sabrina was just stating what she saw. Grow up Reghi.
@9″ “The Really Big Show” has become the Fox News of sports broadcasting.”
Fox News is the only news network that isn’t completely in bed with the obama administration.
I love my some Reghi!
folks i’ve BEEN to Spa West!
I honestly have zero horse in this race (likely due to being out of the market), but just wanted to pop in and say that it seems a lot of people here are very passionate about show X or show Y. That’s great and all, but let’s not let things start to slide into talking politics – this isn’t a forum for that sort of thing.
Absolutely some of the best debate I’ve seen here though guys. Kudos for keeping it respectable (sans a few edited occasions).
I agree totally with Reghi, this supposed journalist, is sleeping with a Browns player, which in turn means she is getting inside info. Now she airs this laundry about what supposedly happened, now how will any other Browns player or manangement trust this station. If I were the Browns organization I would want nothing to do with them. As for the young journalists, Hammer has no sport experience what so ever and brings no credibility to the table, and there show is a juvenile joke fest, it is not a sports talk show. Michael Reghi has more credibility by being a commentator for NBA, Major league baseball (orioles play by play man), college football and college basketball. What has the Rizz done? He should be pissed because Ms. Parr just made everyone at that station look bad, Braylon was not on the record, cuz if he was why didn’t she air the stuff on Monday or Tuesday? He gets traded and now she airs the laundry, real professional. It was a personal conversation between her and Braylon, and by the way I am glad he is gone but what is right is right, and she should be called out. I applaud Reghi and it is about time the early show gets some heat for the unprofessional stuff that goes on during its time slot. It is time they put sports talk back on, and not bring in prize goodesses or women openly discussing there off field relationships with pro athletes they are dating because most don’t care.
F her, Reghi is the best thing to happen to afternoon drive time radio in years. 3-6 followed by Roda is great, great radio. To any of you who have beef with these two, then I’d say you aren’t true Cleveland fans.
Keep up the good work, Reghi.
Howard Roarke NEEDS to become a guest writer at wfny (if he isn’t already). Like, Reghi, he’s BRINGING IT STRONG!!!
@ # 66 – NEEDS… false.
“For an area so enamored with pro sports because it does not value education and has nothing other then pro sports to offer, someone badly needs to raise the consciousness and professionalism of the NE Ohio Sports Media.”
So you’re all about a guy that trashes Northeast Ohio and claims that the area as a whole does not value education, and has nothing else to offer besides pro sports? Seriously? That’s asinine. Way to be proud of where you live.
It’s certainly not my call, but I’d rather not write with somebody that’s so willing to throw an entire state under the bus and essentially mock Ohio. This coming from a guy who criticizes Reghi for not being able to “speak English” – then 2 paragraphs later writes “whose columns are like a ‘Cliff Motes’ summery of what has gone on.”. Just sit back and read that sentence a few times, and then laugh at the hypocrisy, because as a commenter who seems to think that Ohio needs better education, they certainly aren’t BRINGING THEIR EDUCATION STRONG!!!
@67:
The joke was that Roarke hates Reghi. Yet I equated the two as both “bringing it strong” (Reghi’s catchphrase). Nevermind.
However, I do think he has a valid point about people here caring more about the sports than more important things, like education.
# 37 Cleveland Frowns Says:
Does anyone else think it’s hilarious that such condescending rants would come from a guy who names himself after Ayn Rand’s vision of the perfect man?
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We have a winner!
ROFLMAO!!!!!
I’ve been using that name in Cleveland for a year. And no one, media or otherwise has figured it out.
But before you read her philosophy into my comments, understand that I’ve also used John Dunne and ACamus, and no one here gets those either.
You’re living in a terribly uneducated area of the country my friend.
That was great radio this morning from Rizz and Hammer
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Never happen in this lifetime.
Those guys have to wear loafers because they’re too dumb to figure out how to tie their shoes.
next you’ll tell me they’re two of the Murrow boys.
Sorry nobody stroked your raging ego by calling out your literary references sooner, Howard. Weez alls jest dum kouch-taters in Ohio.
Jason – I’m out of the loop. My bad. Next time go for all caps as the sarcasm font – half caps doesn’t register.
The point may be valid but I think the mizpellings etc more or less negate any validity to the argument.
And Howard, it may be “terribly uneducated” in your mind, but it certainly isn’t the deep south.
MrCleaveland,
I’m glad that radio has (as other have mentioned) opened up to be “entertainment”, and we can listen to people use sports as a soapbox to tell “fart jokes”….does Trivassano still talk about “diarrhea” on the air?
I left Cleveland almost 30 years ago and have came back for some family. I’m sorry, but I’ve traveled the country on business, and people do not talk or act like this in markets around the country.
I had a cousin in Chicago that went to college at U/Miami in the early 80’s and stayed there to raise a family. back in ‘82 we were talking at her wedding, and she made the comment to me that everyone she met at U/Miami from Cleveland were pretty dumb, and thought they werre so smart. I had left years earlier, and had to tell here that yes, that’s the way it is there.
Why shouldn’t radio reflect it?
By the way – what is all the “he said/she said” about?
3 months from now you guys will be writing comments about why the Cleveland teams can’t keep good players like Edwards. The more I learn about he situation, the more I realize that very few professional athletes that can go elsewhere when their free agency is up, are going to want to continue to play in Cleveland.
I like Reghi, but his tirade today was just as, if not more, unprofessional than what Sabrina did. If Reghi was upset over her account of what she saw, then he had every right to voice it to management, but to go ON AIR and absolutely trash a young women like he did was appalling.
Sabrina does not make the decision of what is aired on The Really Big Show. She isn’t trained in the profession. Why Reghi personally attacked Sabrina is beyond me.
Reghi basically went off on her… personally attacking her for hanging out at nightclubs. (Whether he meant it or not, his condescending and HATEFUL tone implied how little he thinks of her “lifestyle”). Sabrina’s young… she’s associated with athletes and likes to party with them… nothing new or shocking. All it did in my opinion was make Reghi look like a arrogant, righteous, square.
Honestly, I’m a fan of both shows. I feel both shows have their place.
Even Roda has his place.
KNR’s problem in the past was everyone had the same type of show, one call in show after another but with a different person. I don’t think that’s how radio’s going to work in the future because what I’m typing right now is like calling into a radio station…and I don’t have to wait on the phone for 40 minutes!
Blogs, IMO are the new “call in show.” Reghi works because he’s an established personality. If I went out there and tried to do his show I’d probably flop, so I’d be forced to find a format similar to The Really Big Show. I consider the Really Big Show to be my model format of what a new style radio show is.
Guys,
I just popped in because I heard the BS on the radio, and googled “Michael Reghi” to send him an email and it sent me to this article. Then I checked in tonight and saw the nonsense.
Look, Rizzo is simply doing “zoo radio” with mid-day sports as opposed to drive time. The same set-up. The same sophomoric attitude. Great ratings at a time of the day that is not important.
Reghi cannot speak English, and takes 3 minutes to say something that can be said in 2 sentences. He talks for 10 minutes asking people to call in and give their take, and then like Jim Donovan (another loser that has to scream at nothing) cuts off the questioner halfway through his first sentence (Les Levine does this too), so he can give his opinion.
I don’t listen to much of any of it for more then 10 minutes. It’s like reading horoscopes in the newspaper, listen/read and forget it. I have friends around the country. Sometime when we talk we talk sports….like when Mangini was hired….no one I know could believe that anyone would hire him. I had to expalin Randy Lerner to them. They seem to know more about sports then any of the “personalities” here in Cleveland.
The media is fractured. Frank DeFord had a comment in SI last week about people not reading or listening to local sports anymore. ESPN has already opened up separate websites for sports in 3 sports-crazed cities – Chicago, Boston and Dallas – with more to come. They are cutting right into the local papers there, using their own columnists. So I guess people have to do more and more outrageous things to get people to listen. Of course, the listeners can never figure out why their jobs have gone overseas. has nothing to do with Obama. And they ain’t coming back. And that too has nothing to do with Obama. When you can’t make your mortgage payment, tell the bank what Rizzo and Reghi said on the radio that day.
The Reghi-Rizzo thing is probably good for WKNR. You guys take sides and give them pub.
Me? I can go into any sports bar anywhere in America and get pretty much the same takes as I hear on WKNR, or read in the PD. Quality-wise both are terrible. But I do admire people that can come in every day and talk or write about 2 of the worst organizations in their sports – the Indians and Browns. I couldn’t do it. What’s to say about constant rebuilding and trading away good players for you guys that will leave when they become good.
By the way – the first 2 winning pitchers in the MLB playoffs tonight were CC and Cliff. Maybe Sabrina (or whatever that little girls name is) can get you some insight on the Jets in the playoffs the next few years….as you’re talking about Mangini rebuilding the Browns.
Nice talking to you guys. The smart ones will laugh. Most of you will call me names. In the big picture, that means as much as anything Rizzo or Reghi will ever say.
# 72 bitmatt Says:
October 7th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Sorry nobody stroked your raging ego by calling out your literary references sooner, Howard. Weez alls jest dum kouch-taters in Ohio.
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One more because this is validation of everything I wrote.
No, it’s not “stroking my ego” at all. People like you always find nonsensical hidden meanings in things because you can’t recognize what a person is saying.
I think it’s hilarious that O can post on Cleveland blogs using 3 names that are epic in literature, and even the “journalists” at the Plain Dealer don’t recognize them. That’s all.
“Weez alls jest dum kouch-taters in Ohio.”
Got to agree with you there.
Howard,
I just popped in to read up on all of the comments and do appreciate your educated wit at times in your long paragraphs. The thing I do take offense to however is your critique of the education of this region, choosing to belittle the intelligence of the entire Northeast part of the state because of our sports journalist and radio personalities. Of course you made reference as well to our sports fans, but I do not think it is a legitimate argument that Reghi “does not speak English” or “says something in three minutes that could be said in two sentences.”
As a popular radio personality, his job is to continue to make things interesting for his loyal listeners and appeal to their vernacular. It does not matter if his usage of terms in connection to the sports industry is trivial to the rest of the country as he is a Cleveland radio show host. If he wanted to become the next Dan Patrick on the other hand, you could definitely accuse him of not following a national perspective for the sports world. I simply take offense to the fact that you are calling this area uneducated because of the actions of certain individuals simply connected to the sports industry. Those two subjects usually have nothing to do with the other, and I am pretty sure that my fellow young scholar Denny would have to agree with that statement as well.
I do recognize all of your commenting names by the way. Albert Camus is a very famous French existentialist while Howard Roark is the architect in The Fountainhead and John Dunne is another American novelist. My scholarly talents however, have little to do with my analytical skills in the sports world on the blogging front here, and I do take great pride in my journalistic work. Going back to your take on the field of sports journalism, it is not the end of the world now that newspapers are dying as we know it. Many leading sports journalists (Kevin Blackistone, Joe Posnaski and Jay Marrioti come to mind) are leaving their newspapers for internet sites because that is where the market is today. It just simply makes little sense for people to continue with the primitive newspaper industry and thus the old methods of information in the sports world are almost extinct.
Roarke, go to JoseMesaIsDead.com – we got you.
Clevelanders need to stop shilling for Pluto. He offers as much objective info and factually supported opinion as a convo I’d overhear at a bar after last call.
The overall attitude of the majority of NE OH needs to change. The bad attitude that exists is reflected in how many people in town look at sports.
Drinking game – whenever Reghi tells a guest he appreciates their candor.
# 78 Howard Roarke Says:
October 7th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
One more because this is validation of everything I wrote.
No, it’s not “stroking my ego” at all. People like you always find nonsensical hidden meanings in things because you can’t recognize what a person is saying.
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Why is it you assume we are undereducated because no one decided to take time out to congratulate you on your supremely clever screen name even though you said you’ve been waving it in our faces for over a year? Why would you assume that anyone here would feel it necessary to acknowledge someone who clearly despises us? You seem to think you are very important, and for that, I congratulate you. High self-esteem is the pathway to health and success! I can only speak for myself, but I believe it is safe to say that many here do not hold you in the same high regard. But keep typing your meandering lectures- the longer they are the more satisfying it is to skip over them.
Hey guys, how come no one has commented on my screen name? Don’t any of you like to ROCK?? This whole area, for being the “home of rock and roll”, sure appears ignorant to such serious rockers like Jethro Tull. I have been all around the country and in every other major market, people know Jethro Tull. These are people who love to rock. People that admire the beauty of a killer flute jam. You? Well I’d have to say you clearly have no idea what it means to rock. I had a friend who back in ‘82 went to U/Miami and said people in Cleveland didn’t know who Jethro Tull was and didn’t love to freaking rock. I am back in the area now because of family and must say all of that is more clear now than ever.
Oh and to further prove my point I have also posted as Reo Speedwagon, Foreigner, and Blue Oyster Cult. Hillbillies…
Let me give my perspective of someone who has been in and around the Cleveland sports radio scene (including at WKNR some years ago as an intern).
Reghi is absolutely RIGHT. The Really Big Show is absolute rubbish and credibility and responsibility are thrown carelessly by the wayside in pursuit of what some consider “good radio.”
Let me be clear about this: Tony Rizzo and Aaron Goldhammer have never and will never create good radio. Rizzo, despite his background, is better on TV in his 10:25 PM niche than he’s ever been on the radio. Goldhammer, on the other hand, has no redeeming qualities. He has no personality, is not even remotely funny and seems to be flat-out making crap up 99% of the time. Like a lobotomized Denverite Skip Bayless. I digress.
If you want to see what the “Road Beef” of the world has to say, perhaps the audience can direct their web browsers to TheDirty.com. It’s bad enough that sports radio can devolve into shouting matches over third string outside linebackers and tedious overanalysis of the Indians’ loss in game 94 of the regular season, but to turn it into TMZ because someone on your staff knows someone who likes to bed local athletes… that’s just ridiculous.
I fully support Reghi’s stance on this matter; what would the late great Pete Franklin say?
I’d rather listen to Myron Cope read the unabridged screenplay from “Baby Geniuses 2″ than listen to a second of Rizzo, and Reghi reminded me why today.
Well played, Jethro- although I liked you better as Foghat.
first does rizz wear a hair piece lol 2nd hammer sux so does rizz and hammer calling people kids that are 2 yrs younger than him is so sad.he and rizz need to go to vegas and get a room for the weekend and then fill out sum much needed resumes 4 real.that is the worst talk show ever ever evr ever they are both a waste of sperm and hammer will be single at least with women for his whole life unless rizz finally gets real hair and admits it
#82 that was CLASSIC…you made me laugh
I agree with some of what Mr. Literature Reference says…but honestly…in my opinion…anyone who feels it’s their duty to correct another’s grammar can go suck on Braylon Edwards dropped balls in NY
Just because you know what a dangling participle is doesn’t make you smarter than everyone else
reghi’s from deeeeeetroit radio (nuff said)
actually, i like the guy, just wanted to work in a “deeeetroit” or 2.
i think the thing that surprised me most about this post was… the return of cursedcleveland! where the heck has HE been, its been like 8 months since he’s graced us with his presence
Jethro is my new favorite.
I’m going to start making chemistry references and laughing because it’s been so blatantly obvious that I’m named after a drug that is used as an H2 receptor antagonist – and all the while, our sports teams are giving us heartburn!!!
IN YOUR FACES, STUPIDS!!!
Also, welcome Ammo – great, great insight.
Back during my days as a traveling AAU basketball star, whenever we would come to the Cleveland area to play a game, I would bang Sabrina Parr. How do you think she got diabetes.
That being said, with her diabetes problem, I can’t help but wonder what her blood sugar reading was at the time she made these comments. A very low blood sugar level can sometimes impair one’s thinking and judgement skills. For instance, one time I was on the Best Damn Sports Show, Period… and I called Philip Rivers an “ASS”. At that time, my blood sugar level was 40… FORTY! I was near the point of a diabetic coma!!!!!!
Hold on…..people listen to WKNR around here? You’re all a bunch of massochists
This comment section went from germane, to idiotic, to absolutely hilarious.
Good job, friends!
I AM SO SMART! I AM SO SMART! S-M-R-T… I MEAN, S-M-A-R-T!
killer flute jam…hahahahahaha…
@ #93 Ben
WKNR is sweet up until 3pm when the worst talk show host ever comes on. Rizzo and Rome are always great!!! Rizzo is even better now at 3 hours a day!!!
@ #92 MacNip
WKNR is sweet up until 3pm when the worst talk show host ever comes on. Rizzo and Rome are always great!!! Rizzo is even better now at 3 hours a day!!!
Cleveland Frowns-go dig up a common civil liabilities handbook before you continue on embarrassing yourself in regards to the law.
Sure, Sabrina can say whatever she wants-brilliant stroke on that thought. There is also a pending legal/civil investigation going on. Sabrina’s first duty as a witness is to provide her statement to the police. (check-did you read the PD today and find that the police immediately questioned her after her on-air diarrhea?). She’s secondly an employee of WKNR, which carries as in all workplace environments rules governing etiquette. Going on air is merely hearsay-which is NOT admissable in a court. (therefore the police questioning that followed). Given that the case is being adjudicated, she is subject to civil liabilities (slander/defamation) if any part of her story on-air is proved innacurate. Furthermore, WKNR as her employer would doubly be accountable for allowing such if it’s proved egregious to a potential defendent. Sure, she has the right to say whatever she wants-within the confines of accountability given her on-air availability.
You want to talk about a joke? It’s your ignorant slam at my assessment of the situation. You don’t have to agree with it…….just go ahead and state your own. But since you apparently have no conception of the law or legal procedings, who’s joking who?
Good lord, I’m not sure whose condescending, self-important rantings I find more nauseating in this comment section–Isis’ or Howard Roarke’s. It’s pathetic that talking down to/berating everyone and anyone and being an overall Internet tough guy has become a hobby for some.
Hilarious that Isis is a lawyer. And not at all surprising. Even less surprising that he’s not a very good one.
Isis, the point, since you missed it, was that you have no basis for concluding that anything Sabrina said on air yesterday was false, other than your own speculation, which you’ve given us cause to suppose is rooted in your own prejudices regarding sexual mores. Same goes for your speculation regarding workplace codes of conduct. Completely baseless speculatiin and accusation on your part, no doubt because Sabrina makes you feel uncomfortable.
Thanks for the lecture though, bud. Was a real eye opener.
I have to say it: KNR is horrible. No personality on that station is worth listening to. I never knew this until I moved away from NE Ohio. I now live in Northern Virginia, so I listen to a lot of Washington’s sports talk radio, ESPN 980. Let me tell you guys, it is AMAZING how good their local sports radio personalities are. There isn’t a single bad program. I stream KNR a few times a week, and I always give up b/c they NEVER talk about the teams (especially Rizzo) and when they do, it is like my dumb uncle’s opinion or something.
You know why Washington’s sports talk is better? Because just about every show has at least one sports journalist. That’s right, someone who writes for a respected publication like the Washington Post or Times. In other words, they are smart and so their shows are smart. Rizzo? Reghi? Kenny Rhoda? They are all dimwits. I’m sorry. I LOVE Cleveland sports. But I can’t listen to these guys. It lowers my IQ. Reghi and Rhoda have these annoying fake radio voices, like they’re trying too hard. Rizzo is just a moron. The whole show is a bunch of sounds mixed w/ sophomoric conversations about totally irrelevant things. Can you imagine if Brian Windhorst had a radio program? Now THAT I would listen to!
I can listen to Washington radio hosts talk about the Redskins easier than I can listen to Cleveland hosts talk about MY team, the Browns! It is a joke.
I enjoy The Really Big Show but I’m not listening to it because I think it’s a credible news source. I’m listening to it because it’s NOT a credible news source.
Who cares.
Airing legal matters in public during an investigation is a dangerous water to be treading in for Sabrina Parr and for KNR.
I hope she’s lying, so her 15 minutes of fame ends with a civil suit.
While I like Michael Reghi, he should’ve stuck to calling games. He’s not a radio “personality”. The moment he starts expressing his opinion it’s pretty much over for me.
You’re a joke buddy. You come on here and write as if you’re some type of genius bashing countless members of the Cleveland media, but why do you keep listening and reading then? Seriously, you must have nothing better to do than listen to Reghi so you can mark down all his misuses of the English language. Reghi is a mediocre radio host, but what are you? Reghi has a lot more influence in this mid-market than you have in any market.
When Reghi farts dust fills the air and clouds his brain to what is reality and what is his egotistical view of life
[...] response to Michael Reghi’s comments late yesterday afternoon, the much-discussed WKNR/850AM radio contributor Sabrina Parr took the set [...]
bully!
Cleveland is a white trash radio market – a show like Rizzo’s appeals to a larger demographic in Cleveland because they use low class humor, gossip and 3rd grade antics to capture their audience – much like other successful shows in Cleveland (Maxwell, Rover etc…). The dumb Cleveland listeners with short attention spans need Hammer antagonizing them, Rizzo using childish sound effects and Sabrina bringing the “oh no you didn’t” attitude to their radio dials to keep them entertained. Ever listen to the WKNR callers – brain cells are lacking. “I think Quinn is good.” Great insight. “Hammer is mean – go Bucks.” Great take Cleveland.
Reghi provides a credible show that discusses sports – that is why I listen to him and I repsect his opinion.
Jay, Your last statement is all we need to know about you…
Hey Word – OH NO YOU DIDN”T!!!! – (Sound Effect) – NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!