Fred Toucher: ‘Deflategate’ may be ‘worst period of sports talk radio’
"People that I knew didn’t care about it – I hated it.”
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Boston radio host Fred Toucher goes after Pat McAfee: ‘If you listen to him, you’re an idiot’
"I am jealous about how he leveraged garbage views on YouTube into a really lucrative TV gig."
Boston radio host Fred Toucher unloads on ‘petty little prick’ Bill Belichick
"Even when they do well, he doesn't give them credit."
Fred Toucher celebrates ‘backstabber’ Rich Shertenlieb’s firing: ‘Don’t be a snake’
"I’m not surprised and I’m very happy because I feel like he’s a backstabber and does not tell the truth."
Boston radio host disrespects Bill Walton as a ‘phony hippie’ after death
"Just go ahead; he's dead. I didn't kill him."
Rich Shertenlieb’s new Boston radio show takes shots from Kirk Minihane, Fred Toucher
"Rich Shertenlieb is a radio producer, he shouldn’t be on the air, he’s a bits guy."
Fred Toucher: Tom Brady, Bill Belichick will suck at broadcasting
Toucher thinks Belichick would be a "terrible" broadcaster and is worried that Brady would be "atrocious" in the booth.
98.5 The Sports Hub announces Rob “Hardy” Poole will join Fred Toucher for new morning show
"As soon as I found out there might be a problem with Rich…I had one name in mind."
The ‘Toucher & Rich’ saga epitomizes sports talk radio’s fight for survival
Rich Shertenlieb's sudden departure from the highly successful morning show is playing out in an entirely different media environment.
Fred Toucher questions why Rich Shertenlieb wanted to do sports radio in the first place
"He doesn’t like negativity. He doesn’t like being drawn into it with the likes of me."
Toucher and Rich, Boston’s top sports radio show, comes to abrupt end
After a tumultuous year, Boston's top sports radio show Toucher and Rich came to an abrupt end on Friday.
Fred Toucher: ‘Everyone in [Kansas City media] sucks’
"Chiefs fans are awesome...but the announcer (Mitch Holthus) sucks and like everyone in media there sucks."
Fred Toucher signs extension with 98.5 The Sports Hub amid speculation about show’s future
The current tension continues what has been a strange year for The Sports Hub’s longtime morning show.
Fred Toucher blames Mike Greenberg for Aaron Rodgers’ injury
“It’s Mike Greenberg’s silly, little cutesy theatrics that got him hurt."
Toucher and Rich torched Mike Greenberg in wild rant
"Listen to this no-talent p***k."
Fred Toucher speaks on time in detox facility: ‘It was the worst five days of my entire life.’
"I was like, 'All right, I've lost control, I've lost control of alcohol, I've lost control, I'm not thinking like me, I need to make sure that I'm in a position where I do not have the opportunity to drink.'"
Rich Shertenlieb addresses co-host Fred Toucher’s absence: ‘We’re rooting for you, Fred.’
"I don't know exactly when he'll be back, but I've been a friend of Fred's for years and I hope the best for him."
Fred Toucher’s return only adds more questions about his relationship with co-host Rich Shertenlieb
Toucher is back on the air, but Shertenlieb is curiously absent.
What’s actually going on with Fred Toucher?
Fred Toucher expects to be cleared to return on-air next week following cancer scare
"I think that if I go to the doctor on Monday, he is going to give me permission to go back on the air."
Fred Toucher blasts co-hosts for not reaching out during his ‘cancer scare’
"They don't need me. Cancer scare and I don't hear a word for weeks.
Boston sports radio host Fred Toucher takes extended leave of absence after life-saving doctor visit
"Not to sound dramatic, but it is possible a listener saved my life by setting up that appointment."
Fred Toucher wants you to know he’s not dying
"If you’re ever negotiating a contract and have anything going on remotely sketchy, they will use that against you."
Boston sports radio host Fred Toucher’s voice has been gone for nearly two months: ‘Is my career over?’
"I mean, it has occurred to me. Is my career over if I continue to talk like this?"
Boston Celtics announcer Mike Gorman details frightening medical emergency that requires him to wear an eye patch
"I had to be operated on within 48 hours, or I could’ve lost my eyesight forever."