Mike Fornelli Jr.

Honored to accept the WZND Leadership Award in Communication. Thank you to Deb Lesser & @ProfSuess for their faith in me to lead this sports staff the last two years! Also to @MikeFornelli, @FornelliJill, @TommyFornelli, & @giacapitano for their support through the years.

@CollSportsComm @NoahPowell0599 @bill_salyer @IllinoisStateU @ISURedbirds Huge congrats @bill_salyer. One of the hardest working in the biz!

Bill Salyer (@bill_salyer) of Illinois State University (@IllinoisStateU / @ISURedbirds), who has spent time at many different schools from the NCAA Division I to Division III levels, will be receiving his CSC 25-Year Award this June at #CSCUnite26! "I am honored to be able to remain in this wonderful profession for a quarter century and am thankful for those that have helped me along my path from starting." Read the full feature: collegesportscommunicators.com/news/2026/3/5/… @MVCsports @NCAA

So well done by these guys. Great on the analyst to get out and not scream over the moment at the end. And good on the play by play guy to have something snappy cued up but not do too much while keeping the real excitement. “Ooooh what a feeling” gave me legit chills.

Stumbled across a great move this weekend and just getting around now to sharing it. Gf’s grandpa orders an Old Style, next time I glance over its bundled up. Bringing a coozy from home for a draft beer. CBTM? @CouldBeTheMove

Call us when they win at ANYTHING!

Nice of them to embrace America’s sport before playing America.

@TackyKan This guy is FED UP!

Can they please stop calling lightning the stupid “electricity” buzz word on golf broadcasts?! Please!!!!

Maxx trade falls through, USA falls down 5-0 to a bunch of young Americans claiming they’re Italians and then Bam Adebayo scores 83 points. It’s storming out and only 9 o’clock.

Final: Great Britain 7, Brewers 3

@MLBLarry @peoriachiefs Congrats @MLBLarry. No one works harder in the industry!

Overjoyed and grateful to become the next voice of the @peoriachiefs. Excited to have the opportunity to do what I love in a place that feels like home. One month until Opening Day!

“Dude, think about it — 18 to 36 holes every weekend this summer. You down?”

@jon_greenberg These are both so great. Do you happen to have the clip of Ron accidentally pressing Pat’s cough button instead of his own and breaking up Pat’s intro with his own cough? I saw it once on a Marquee Pat doc & was crying laughing but have never found it since then it’s all time

If you want to enjoy some classic Ron Santo stories to celebrate his birthday today, I heard some great ones when I did a feature on Pat Hughes a few years back. nytimes.com/athletic/46538… nytimes.com/athletic/47105…

Four years closer to his AARP card, a much older & slightly wiser @Tim_Nugent10 has a sudden inkling to make a #rootbeerfloat for Big Monday. “Could be the difference,” Nugent says as he remembers the glory days

This is the funniest thing @BarstoolBigCat has ever said on this show. I had to go back & clip it. Absolutely need to find one of the discarded Canadian labubus and put it with the @AdamSchefter burner phone on display

Oops I accidentally parked on Canada floor today

Have fun waiting. Who wants an ULTRA? @usahockey

@suzukiplshomer How will he find a way to blame this one on the fans or the wind or the ballpark or what he ate for lunch today

Picked up right where he left off

Al leaving for Prime & Mike stepping in to become NBC’s frontman for literally everything (SNF, NBA, Super Bowl, Olympics) has been absolutely stellar. NBC is the premier for sports fans in the big ‘26, and Mike has much to do w it. Can’t wait for Sunday Night Baseball to start