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They weren’t laughing. Chris Russo and Mike Francesa took some shots Wednesday over WFAN’s struggling ratings in the months after Francesa’s departure, and morning show hosts Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti, as well as WFAN’s vice president of programming, Mark Chernoff, responded Monday morning. “Classless, it really was,” Esiason said in comments first noted by Newsday.

Chris “Mad Dog” Russo conveyed his surprise to me after hearing former broadcast partner Mike Francesa finally express interest in a reunion that would shake up both terrestrial and satellite radio. “That’s the first time I’ve ever heard him say it. He’s been put on the spot like that a long time. I brought it up at the Super Bowl. But that’s the first time I’ve heard Mike say that,” Russo said.

If you prefer to keep a little magic in your life—by which I mean believing in the possibility of UFOs—then read no further. For I am going to tell you about the latest UFO hoax.

No need to phone home. Those red lights dancing over Morristown in recent weeks were not E.T. and his friends paying a visit. They were salesman Chris Russo of Morris Plains and science teacher Joe Rudy of Chester having a little fun. On the eSkeptic website, they reveal how they engineered the hoax with helium balloons, flares, a video camera and a call to a TV station. They write: ...despite the fact that there is still no evidence of their existence, the UFO myth is as strong today as ever, fed by cable channel shows that prop up UFO "experts"...