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Michael Strahan fires back at Warren Sapp after Hall of Fame vote

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Warren Sapp and Michael Strahan, two finalists for the latest Pro Football Hall of Fame voting, have swapped shots after Sapp was elected, but Strahan was not.

After Saturday’s Hall of Fame vote, Sapp went on WDAE Radio with his belief that he couldn’t compete with Strahan’s media presence on Live With Kelly & Michael.

“Say if I rewind this to Saturday at 12 o’clock me and you are sitting and I say, ‘It breaks down whatever and whatever and then you have Michael Strahan and me.  C’mon, the menace and the media darling,’” Sapp told WDAE.  “C’mon.  Madness, or Good Morning America?  I mean, c’mon.”

Strahan apparently felt slighted and fired back at Sapp via Twitter.


  • Published On Feb 08, 2013
  • Four first-time Hall of Fame finalists include Warren Sapp, Michael Strahan

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    The 2013 class of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees will be announced on Feb. 2, 2013. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

    The 2013 class of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees will be announced on Feb. 2, 2013. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

    The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced 15 modern-era finalists Friday morning including four nominees in their first year of eligibility.

    Voters will consider guard Larry Allen, tackle Jonathan Ogden, defensive tackle Warren Sapp and defensive end Michael Strahan, along with last year’s 11 finalists who were not elected: Running back Jerome Bettis, wide receiver Tim Brown, wide receiver Cris Carter, owner Ed DeBartolo Jr., linebacker Kevin Greene, defensive end Charles Haley, owner Art Modell, coach Bill Parcells, wide receiver Andre Reed, guard Will Shields and cornerback Aeneas Williams.

    As many as five modern-era finalists will be voted in as inductees on Feb. 2, the day before Super Bowl XLVII.

    Semifinalists who did not advance include kicker Morten Andersen, safety Steve Atwater, coach Don Coryell, running back Roger Craig, running back Terrell Davis, tackle Joe Jacoby, cornerback Albert Lewis, linebacker Karl Mecklenburg, ex-commissioner Paul Tagliabue, special teamer Steve Tasker and executive George Young.

    Two senior nominees — defensive tackle Curley Culp and linebacker Dave Robinson — were announced in August.


  • Published On Jan 11, 2013
  • Michael Strahan to replace Regis Philbin as co-host of Live! with Kelly Ripa on ABC

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    Michael Strahan will make the leap from NFL to TV co-host on Live! alongside Kelly Ripa. (Elsa/Getty Images)

    Former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan will reportedly replace Regis Philbin as the new co-host of Live! alongside Kelly Ripa on ABC, according to a report from BroadcastingCable.com.

    According to Roger Friedman of ShowBiz411.com, Grammy award-nominee Josh Groban and SNL funnyman Seth Meyers were also in the running to replace Philbin, who retired from the show in 2011. Strahan had been a guest-host while the network tested new candidates to permanently replace Philbin.

    An official announcement from ABC is expected in early September.

    According to the report, Strahan will still remain an analyst with Fox NFL Sunday, which means he will spend part of his week in the New York studio with ABC and then spend part of his weekend at the Los Angeles studio for Fox. 

    He retired from the NFL in 2008 after a 14-year career in the league that included seven trips to the Pro Bowl, Defensive Player of the Year in 2001 and Super Bowl Champion in 2008.


  • Published On Aug 21, 2012


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