Mike Missanelli is an American

United States

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 sports radio

Sports radio

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 personality for ESPN affiliate, 97.5 The Fanatic, in Philadelphia.

Missanelli began his career in Bristol, Pennsylvania

Bristol, Pennsylvania

Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Philadelphia opposite Burlington, N.J. on the Delaware River. Bristol was first incorporated in 1720. Although its charter was revised in 1905, the original charter remains in effect, making Bristol one of the older boroughs in...

 as a newspaper writer, working at the Philadelphia Inquirer and eventually moved over to radio working on-air at 610 WIP and 93.3 WMMR

WMMR

WMMR is an active rock radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcasting at 93.3 MHz FM. The station is owned by Greater Media....

. In January 2010, he signed a new multi-year deal at ESPN

ESPN

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 affiliate, 97.5 The Fanatic. He was fired from 610 WIP in January 2003 and began a show with Joe Conklin

Joe Conklin

Joe Conklin is a Philadelphia comedian who has also been announcer on the Nickelodeon game show Finders Keepers-Career:Conklin makes guest appearances frequently on WIP-AM in Philadelphia, and is known in the Philadelphia area for impersonations of local athletes as well as national...

 on WMMR. Missanelli is also a professor at Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's University is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university located partially in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia and partially in Lower Merion Township and located in the Pennsylvania Main Line, Pennsylvania, United States.The school was founded in 1851 as Saint...

.

School

Missanelli attended Penn State where he was a second baseman on the varsity baseball squad, graduating in 1977. He is also a 1986 graduate of the Delaware Law School of Widener University

Widener University

Widener University is a private, coeducational university located in Chester, Pennsylvania.Its main campus sits on 108 acres , just southwest of Philadelphia...

  at the same time he was working for the Philadelphia Inquirer

Career

In an interview with Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 kicker David Akers

David Akers

David Roy Akers is a left footed American football placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 1997. He played college football at Louisville....

, Missanelli called the Eagles kicker a "girl" and criticized him for not being "a real athlete" and referred to him as "just a kicker".

In 2006, Missanelli was fired from WIP after a altercation with a on-site producer.

Missanelli reportedly said that Philadelphia fans have been unfairly criticized for being violent and hostile.

In July 2010, Philadelphia Magazine profiled Missanelli in an article describing the Philadelphia sports talk radio ratings war.

External links

• http://www.975thefanatic.com/roster/mike-missanelli/
• http://950espn.com/Audio/tabid/183/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3679/ESPNs-Skip-Bayless.aspx