25 Years Ago today..Greatest moment in San Diego Chargers history..AFC Championship game...Bolts beat the Steelers in Blitzburgh..Humprhries TD passes to Tony Martin-Alfred Pupunu..Dennis Gibson knocks down 4th down pass at goal line...Stadium party in rain..
Who remembers
Personal Note:
7-years ago this weekend, Dean Spanos turned his back on 55-years of San Diego Chargers loyalty, moving to Los Angeles.
Never forget
Never forgive
Program Note: LA Times does survey..
Which team do LA fans root for?
23%-Rams
5%-Chargers
5%-Raiders
5%-Cowboys
5%-49ers
4%-Packers
**How's that fight for LA going Spanos?
Radio Update
Very disappointed. The Fan 97.3 has removed Coach John Kentera as mid day host. The Coach has been a fixture on sports talk radio since our days at the legendary XTRA 690
He deserved respect from everyone.
Shame on Program Director Adam Klug.
1-Man's Opinion
To my listeners and friends...
Keep our friend 'Philly Billy'
Bill Werndl in your thoughts today...on the passing of his wife after a courageous battle with cancer...
Bill has been a friend to all of us for a long time..
Hacksaw
Today the Mighty 1090 went out of business again-changing format
We remember great times with great talent that made XTRA-Sports 690 and Mighty 1090 iconic sports talk stations.
Sadly corporate ownership ruined both stations.
Hope listenership enjoyed what we built for fans.
Saddest part of all this...So many talented people put their lives into developing the sports talk format on these Border Buster stations (690-1090) only to see management-leadership-ownership destroy the format and impact so many careers of guys who cared ! It's a shame..
Purely Personal:
MLB-across the board is praying for Dodgers 1st baseman Freddie Freeman and his family...as his 3-year old son fights a paralyzing nerve disease
If you believe in prayer, pray for a good man and his family at this hour.
Give them strength tonight
Thank You
Remembering how much San Diego fans loved the Chargers...1995-AFC Championship Party-Bolts win in Pittsburgh...
Thinking how much we hate Dean Spanos for what he did so he could play football in a futbol stadium filled with other teams fans...
"SHOW ME YOUR LIGHTNING BOLT"
Personal Note...Hoping new ownership can surface to resolve financial-contractual-ownership woes.... to rally the return of the station and the format....and to save jobs of bunch of good people I worked with over the years.....Rooting for
@Mighty1090
San Diego Fans:
Rams owner Stan Kroenke buys 90% development rights to build new Sports Arena...the Rams owner
Dean Spanos-Chargers owner turned his back on 55-years of loyalty in SD to be Kroenke's tenant at So Fi
Says alot about both of them doesn't it?
"RT" everyone
Best 15...FULL DISCLOSURE....Fleet backup QB badly overthrows wheel route on final play of practice...Nails 'Hacksaw'....standing on sidelines with TV camera crew......right in the 'package'.....took my breath away....but I soldiered on to Mike Martz press conference....
Aztecs & BYU both confirm some talks about moving SDSU-at-BYU game up two weeks and play this week in Provo...
Would open slot for SDSU to put MWC conference game vs Fresno possibly back on schedule last week of regular season.
Best 15...Raiders announce they have sold out new Las Vegas-NFL Stadium PSLs....478M in revenue....
Chargers...under 250M....
"Hey Dean...How's that Fight for LA going on?"
#loser
.
Saddest moment in San Diego Sports History
Padres owner Peter Seidler passes at 63
A great entrepreneur...a great owner...a great philanthropist.....a greater man !
Aztecs...Coach Brady Hoke says Wednesday is 'drop dead' date to get game scheduled for SDSU football replacing this weekend's cancelled Fresno State game....
Hoke says Aztecs would be willing to play in Seattle vs Washington Huskies.
Attn:
@johncanzanobft
Strictly personal.....Bobby Beathard goes into Pro FB Hall of Fame...for building 5-teams that got to Super Bowl including the 1994 San Diego Chargers....do you know Dean Spanos not once-ever honored that team in SD....not on 5th-10th or 20th anniversary...
#NOCLASS
Purely Personal:
Sad to see the demise of Sports-Talk Radio in San Diego Market..
The loss of XTRA-Sports 690-we created the format
The demise of the Mighty 1090-who followed it
So many talented talkshow hosts from 1990-to-2018
Proud of what we all built-never the same now
Heart drops with this....Dick Enberg passed away this morning of a heart attack in LaJolla.....Great-Great Friend...Classy Broadcaster....Consumate Professional....Not enough words to describe this loss.
Like I said on KUSI this morning...
If Dodgers get Ohtani after Padres dealt away Soto
the Padres season is over before it ever started.
Season is over.
Personal Note...Sorry for my friends at my former station
@Mighty1090
..legendary all sports format pulled off the air because of contractual-money-ownership problems...Great legacy dating to our days at XTRA-Sports-690...Alot of people put a lot of their lives into the format.
Fun Flashback.....Remember all the fun we had broadcasting Chargers football on XTRA-690....77,000-watt blowtorch signal...from Baja to the Canadian Rockies...Chargers should never have left our station- should never left city
PS...."Show Me Your Lightning Bolt"....
@hacksaw1090
Pro football returns to SDCCU Stadium on Sunday as the
@AAFFleet
host the
@AafLegends
at 5 pm PT. To celebrate, we're looking back all week at the Top 10 moments in SDCCU/Qualcomm/Jack Murphy/San Diego Stadium history. No. 10: The Chargers rally to beat Miami in the '94 playoffs.
Saddest day in broadcasting...Mighty 1090-BCA Radio ceased operations at 2pm today...aftermath of enormous financial issues involving US-ownership -Mexican license holders....Great format-Great heritage-Great ratings...Financial issues dating back to 2002 launch.
#1090STRONG
Purely Personal...
THANKS for so many followers
FYI..spent 8-hours in Emergency room this week-back issues
Still got website written and prepared for Thursday Podcast..What a week.
Hope I can survive all this and you continue to enjoy my website
NFL Update..ESPN reports owners talked about Chargers problems in LA market...PSL sales flat...Revenue projections cut from 400M-to-150..Commissioner Goodell..."Rebuild relationships-lots of work to be done".....Call me when NFL admits allowing move out of San Diego was wrong
On This Day....24-years ago today 15-Jan-1995...Greatest Day in Chargers history....Historic AFC-Championship. win in Pittsburgh over Steelers....24-years ago tonite..68,000 in rain at Welcome Home Party at the Stadium...
Attn:
@Chargers
.."Show Me Your Lightning Bolt" .."RT"
LT....LaDainian Turncoat......Cannot forgive ownership for what they did for 55-years of loyal support...Town loved the player-he deserved that...but he deserves criticism now for his public stance now.
Purely Personal...
Sorry to hear that Darren Smith Show taken off air 760-Sports
Solid-consistent-honest-unique
Like all the sports talk talent who are free agents...we all deserved better from corporate management.
Could start a helluva new sports station with us.
Best 15...Really disappointed in Union-Tribune sports...writes story about Mighty 1090 might drop sports-talk format...No truth to that.....Look for 1090 to buy more stations...You reported a bogus rumor..and missed the real story about their FM stations...Get the facts right
Takes my heart away today...
Chargers Courtney Hall passes away..
Tremendous person..great post NFL career in finance
Drafted at 19 from Rice..played a decade
Went back to Graduate School
What a gentleman
RIP
Greatest Moment in "San Diego Chargers" football history...
Bolts win in Blitzburgh over Steelers in AFC-Championship Game.
"San Diego Chargers" moment....not LA.
You left our city-quit trying to steal our memories. They belong to us-not you.
Just wondering.....CHARGERS OWNERSHIP.....how's that Battle for LA thing going.....77,000 plus at Coliseum for Rams win on Monday night over Chiefs...Rams (10-1)....
Chargers home game Sunday....color of the day Broncos Orange-and-empty Blue-Chargers seats...
Attn:
@agspanos
1-Man's Opinion on Sports......."The Death of the Mighty 1090-Blood on their Hands".....What happened to two successful sports-talk stations in San Diego.....The Insider Story.
Link:
The
#Chargers
are the most embarrassing franchise in the NFL ever since they moved to LA. Laughing stock of the league. If one thing is clear, is that the Dean is the worst owner in professional sports. You had everything in SD and now have nothing in LA, thanks for the laughs 🤣
Bulletin....Family of Coach Marty Schottenheimer confirm he has been moved to hospice in his battle with Alzheimers...Say a prayer...a fine man and leader...in Cleveland-Kansas City-San Diego
Thanks
@hacksaw1090
Chargers...
"Results oriented business"...so says Spanos on firing another coach
"Results oriented business"...for everyone except the owner and his two sons.
Chargers-Only Team in NFL history to play 16-road games a year....This is the 'Road Game-at-Home-vs Steelers.
Fredo in Godfather.."I'm not stupid like everyone says-I'm smart-I'm not stupid-I deserve respect"
Fredo = Dean Spanos for screwing 55-years of loyal Chargers fans.
@ScottKaplan
Dean Spanos....Could have been "revered" in San Diego forever...Help build the stadium..Save the Chargers franchise..Retain the legacy..Repay the loyalty..Instead moved to LA and forever will be "reviled" Forever linked to Modell-Irsay-Frontiere. Am I right or Am I right! "RT"
Strictly personal....
Attempts to relaunch Mighty 1090 Sports Radio have ended.
Economic business model dealing with Border Blaster station do not make sense at this point.
Sad night. A lot of us put our lives into the sports-talk format in San Diego. Others destroyed it.
Personal Note...Looking to re-boot my followers...shooting to get back to 9,000 after a bunch of fans bailed because of the Election...
Who wants to join my Twitter All Star team....Hit "Following" and join us...
Check my website...www.leehacksawhamilton.com
What a great night for all the fans of the San Diego Chargers
DON CORYELL voted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton as the architect and founder of 1-of the greatest passing attacks ever in football
Merry Christmas to all my followers, the Twitter All Stars, and those who have followed me on my website...on XTRA 690...XX-1090....CW6-TV and KUSI.
Hoping your holidays are fulfilling and that 2021 will take us in a new direction.
Cheers
@hacksaw1090
BULLETIN.....Padres have just traded for Tampa Bay Rays closer Emilio Pagan....deal away Manny Margot and a minor league catcher....Pagan (20-saves..2.31-ERA)....
Might be the front end of another deal...Stay tuned.
Personal Note...Billy Ray Smith-Chargers legendary LB-steps away from talkshow grind at 1090....wishing well in the next game in life 'health issues'...Always had time for the media...always a smile..great NFL career...great guy....Root for
#54
..
@ScottandBR
Sports Fans in San Diego should say 'thank you' for all the things Rocky Long brought to SDSU....Pride-Honesty-Tradition-Passion.....He took young players and turned them into men. He won games, bowl games, graduated players.
Great Coach-Great Man
LA Times lead columnist continues rant he started three years ago the day the Chargers moved to LA.
Players continue to talk about having to play 16-road games a season.
Owner has undermined his own franchise.
Worth a read-but column not tough enough on owner.
On a Personal Note: I received my second vaccine for the Covid virus tonite. Petco Park Medical crew spectacular. The system to check people in is fantastic
Please register for vaccine. Protect yourself and your family.
Help someone get registered too.
Check on neighbors
Best 15....Chargers-Rams front office execs take tour of new LA-NFL Stadium....Hope construction engineers showed Spanos where 'mailbox' is to put his rent check to Kroenke.
@BenAndWoods
Why settle for a cheap imitation when you can have the real thing....Waiting for my invitation to come in and exchange verbal gunfire with you. Ha-Ha
Thanks to
@ScottKaplan
and the entire gang for having me as guest today ...
@ScottandBR
on Facebook-Twitter-You Tube and another assorted new media.
Fired some shots...asked-answered questions...fought with the host...you name it-we did it.
Best 15....Padres-Bryce Harper....according to agents-San Diego has real shot....building farm system...good stadium....tremendous weather...now do they go (5Y-150M) with opt out after 3rd-4th years? That's what I am told...
A newly ordained priest stands with his mother, who holds the maniturgium in her hands. When she is called home to God, she will be buried holding the maniturgium, so that all in Heaven and on Earth will know that she is the mother of a priest.
Purely Personal..
African American friend last night:
Could not hold wedding for my daughter
Could not hold funeral service for my mother
White House could host 2,000 of President's friends for his speech.
2-sets or rules in society...one for us...one for him.
Trump's America
Strictly Personal....INTERNET is great...75-years ago...my uncle was correspondent for Mutual Radio-INS wire service...broadcasting from carrier during bombing of Saipan.....I found the broadcast on the Internet archives....and picture of him during WWII-combat...Amazing.
Brian Dutcher...Players made a play that is what March Madness is all about
No one believed us when Steve Fisher and I started this 24-years ago...and we are now Final 4 team
Just Asking: On a night we honor Don Coryell and all he meant to the SAN DIEGO CHARGERS...
Has there ever been an ownership that fired a Hall of Fame coach..GM...Super Bowl Coach and a 14-2 coach (Coryell-Beathard-Ross-Shottenheimer)
The Spanos Family did...
"RT" that !
On a personal note...Got to know Chargers WR-Vincent Jackson while covering Bolts...Honest-Sincere-Respectful-Thankful..Went back to college-got degree after retired..Ran 2-foundations..started 2-businesses..Wife-4 Kids..Honored military..So Sad about this story. RIP-
#83
Best 15...The Big Lead website reports NFL upset at Spanos Family for failures in PSL sales for new stadium....Reports say major feud with Rams-Kroenke against substandard business practices of the Chargers.
That and how the NFL screwed 55-years of loyalty..from San Diego Chargers fans to allow a 2nd team to move to Los Angeles and become an embarrassment of an operation in the 'Fite for LA' campaign...Let owner refuse negotiate with SD after city-county came up with the money
Roger Goodell will hold Super Bowl press conference Jan. 31. No doubt will say how great 2018 season was: High-scoring, huge TV ratings & business never been better. There will be no mention how the NFL has mandated officials to throw all these flags, which has ruined the game.
Means all the LA ticket brokers have made their purchases...so a volume of Steelers-Packers-Chiefs-Raiders-Broncos fans can now purchase their tickets for Chargers 'road game-at-home'
Sad to confirm tonite.....the nephew of legendary Chargers Coch Bobby Ross....'Drew Ross'....was 1-of-3 soldiers killed by IED explosion last week in Afghanistan....was serving his second tour of duty....Keep the Ross Family in your thoughts...Great People.
Personal Note...Thank you to Twitter All Stars who sent me notes...My oldest son ordained into Priesthood on Saturday...Experience of a Lifetime for a Parent. So Thankful for God's Guidance !
Best 15.....San Diego Fleet-AAF will open season in February in new league...Ticket prices will be 15-to-50 dollars...I like round figures...how about home opener crowd 50,000...to support team and to spite Dean Spanos-NFL. React to me?
@ScottKaplan
@berniewilson
@AAFFleet
'Hollywood Sign' replaced by 'Rams House'
Goodell salutes Kroenke for Rams House
Super Bowl Parade-Wednesday in LA
Rams Super Bowl draws 112M-viewers
LA TV-Super Bowl..36-rating
Spanos-How's fight for LA going?
Not piling on...Just saying
Thanks to all our followers on Twitter...
The enormous number of subscribers to my Podcasts
And the volume of people who view what we post on Instagram.
Glad you enjoy the unique content we provide
Happy Holidays
Hacksaw & John Riley
Veterans Day...honoring the courage of my father...9-uncles...4-who died in World War II.......They all fought.....Truly the greatest generation....Fly a Flag on Monday.
NFL Note...
Peyton Manning on Zoom Call:
Question..."What's it like to play in empty stadium"
Answer.."Go ask a Chargers player in LA"
Ouch:
Attn:
@ScottKaplan
Drew 65,000 for Bolts games at the Q
Drew 25,000 fans wearing other teams colors in LA
San Diego...TV rating (28) for both AFC-NFL title games
Chargers fans loved their team and its players
Spanosdid not care about loyalty-just $
Bolts draw 22,000 in 72,000 seat Stadium LA