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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY FRIDAY:
MLB: Red Sox at Rangers, 4:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)
NBA: Celtics at Hawks, 8 p.m. (CSNNE; WEEI)

SATURDAY:
NHL: Thrashers at Bruins, 1 p.m. (NESN)
MLB: Red Sox at Rangers, 8:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)

SUNDAY:
MLB: Red Sox at Rangers, 3:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)
NBA: Pistons at Celtics, 6 p.m. (CSNNE; WEEI)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ A female Baltimore sports talk radio personality filed an $800,000 defamation lawsuit against a rival radio host for comments that she was unqualified for her job and had “personal, sexual and/or inappropriate relationships” with pro athletes. Jennifer Royle, who left New York’s YES network in 2010 to work for Baltimore cable network MASN and radio station 105.7 “The Fan,” is suing Nestor Aparicio, two of his co-workers and the station Aparicio owns, WNST. Royle said she needed to seek mental health treatment to treat “severe emotional distress” after the comments, including one that “she looks like a stripper.”

♦ Despite its incredible success on the court and with attendance, the UConn women’s basketball team lost $723,900 in fiscal 2010, reports Bloomberg.com. According to financial records of the 53 public schools in the six largest conferences, those women’s programs lost a total of $109.7 million while their male counterparts profited to the tune of $240 million.

♦ Free agent quarterback Chad Pennington tore an anterior cruciate ligament playing pickup basketball and is scheduled to have surgery next week, his agent said. Pennington has played for the Jets and Dolphins, seeing limited action in Miami the past two seasons due to major shoulder problems.

♦ Fans of the Dodgers and Giants engaged in a back and forth in the air Thursday, as rival backers hired plans to tow banners taunting each other during Opening Day at Dodger Stadium.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On April 1, 1973 which Celtic tied an NBA playoff record by hitting 24 field goals in a 134-109 victory over the Hawks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “He can say what he wants. He’s going after some of our littlest guys on our team to start a fight. He’s trying to challenge [Fernando] Pisani to a fight. What’s that say about him? He’s Mr. Tough Guy and he’s trying to challenge Pisani. If I’m in the lineup, he’s more than welcome to come chirp at me. I’ll kick the [expletive] out of him.” — Blackhawks defenseman John Scott, on Bruins winger Shawn Thornton

STAT OF THE DAY: 5 — Players ejected from Thursday night’s game between the Lakers and Mavericks

‘NET RESULTS: Jacob Tucker, a 5-foot-10 guard from Division 3 Illinois College, won the college slam-dunk competition Thursday night in Houston after winning an online competition just to get into the event against Division 1 players.

Giants closer Brian Wilson shows off his “Fear the Beard” face for ESPN.

Red Sox organist Josh Kantor gets some national exposure by playing for SportsCenter.

TRIVIA ANSWER: John Havlicek, who scored 54 points in the game

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Jimmy Cliff turns 64 Friday.

2 Comments for “Friday’s Morning Mashup: Sports radio personality sues rival over sexist comments”

1. Branden Says:
   April 1st, 2011 at 9:34 am

   All the linked videos are wrong…

2. FlaSox Says:
   April 1st, 2011 at 9:43 am

   Who’s doing the Mashup? Mel Tillis?

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