Mike Felger Show
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The Mike Felger Show was a local sports talk show that originated in the 890 ESPN
WAMG
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 studios in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown, Massachusetts
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. The Mike Felger Show went off the air on July 10, 2008 when Felger leaving the station. The show was on from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and was also broadcast on YouCastr
YouCastr
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, an online broadcaster. There was a carousel of co-hosts in studio including Ryen Russillo
Ryen Russillo
Ryen Russillo is an American sports host. He has worked for ESPN Radio as the co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show since May, 2009....

, Andy Hart, Tom Casale, Joe Haggerty, Bob Halloran
Bob Halloran
Bob Halloran is the Friday and Saturday nights news anchor and sports anchor for WCVB Channel 5, an ABC affiliate located in the Boston, Massachusetts media market....

, and Bob Ryan
Bob Ryan
Bob Ryan is an American sportswriter for The Boston Globe. He has been described as "the quintessential American sportswriter" and a basketball guru and is well known for his coverage of the sport including his famous stories covering the Boston Celtics in the 1970s. After graduating from Boston...

. The show was formerly known as "The Drive with Michael Felger" but was later rebranded as "The Mike Felger Show". The show also used to run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. but made the switch to one hour earlier to make way for Metro GameDay.

Also included on the show was SportsCenter
SportsCenter
SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally broadcast only daily, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...

 anchor Kevin Winter. Besides providing sports updates every twenty minutes he steps in with his own commentary and take on the big stories. Ross Carey is the "Producer Boy" and is often referred to as Ross "Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Anne Loeb is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She launched her career in 1994 with the song, "Stay ". She was the first artist to have a number one single in the United States while not signed to a recording contract.Loeb's efforts now include music, film, television, voice-over...

" Carey because the glasses he wears are similar to those of the pop star. Ross is also referred to as "a 27 year old, seam head, untucked purple shirt wearing, Lisa Loeb glasses wearing slacker producer boy." Ross also takes lots of shots at Felger throughout the show. Mike Salk is also the on location Red Sox reporter who also covers for Kevin Winter when Kevin is not the Sports Center Anchor.

The Mike Felger Show had a regular rotation of ESPN
ESPN
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 and The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
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 writers and personalities who came onto the show. During baseball season Peter Gammons
Peter Gammons
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 called in every Thursday, while Buster Olney
Buster Olney
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 checked in every Wednesday. Football season had John Clayton
John Clayton (sportscaster)
John Travis Clayton is a National Football League writer and reporter for ESPN. He is also a senior writer for ESPN.com.-Early career:...

 every Thursday and Mark Schlereth
Mark Schlereth
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 on Tuesdays. Jeremy Green
Jeremy Green
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 was also a popular guest. During Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
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 season Chris Broussard
Chris Broussard
Chris Broussard is an American sports analyst for ESPN who mainly covers the NBA. He also is a columnist for ESPN Magazine and ESPN.com...

was often heard as well.
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