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Originating in Boston, Sports Huddle is a raucous weekly radio show dedicated to "looking out for the fans." The proprietors-Mark Witkin, Jim McCarthy and Eddie Andelman-are an unholy trio of amateur broadcasters and professional fans. Every Sunday night from 7 to 11, they rail against everything from overpriced tickets and cold hot dogs to sportswriters ("Sock sniffers in the locker room") and the sports establishment ("They've been abusing the public for years"). Their format is like the New England Patriots' offense: haphazard. Their delivery sounds like three guys gassing in a ginmill-that is. loose...
...comes naturally to Attorney Witkin, 33, Insurance Executive McCarthy, 44, and Real Estate Broker Andelman, 36. They were "discovered" four years ago when an executive from station WUNR overheard their loud banter in a Boston bar and invited them to sound off at a microphone. Sports Huddle was such an instant hit that six months later it was transferred to WBZ, a 50,000-watt station heard in 32 states and Canada. Before long, the station, which also broadcasts the Boston Bruins' games, had some grievances of its own: McCarthy dismissed Bruin President Weston Adams Jr. as "the biggest...
...among 1,600 English soccer players; the winner, Mike Walker, a Lancashire bricklayer, was not only signed by the Patriots last season but appeared in eight games. In March the three superfans are going to Australia to scout some rugby players who can reportedly punt a football 70 yds. Andelman confidently says that when the "Kangaroo Kid" makes his debut in pro football next season, "he'll be so good they'll have to change the rule book...
...want any exception for me," he said, "I want exceptions for every blind person and his dog." Chicago's officials could hardly agree fast enough. "To separate guide dogs from their masters would be like taking a person's eyes away from him," said Health Commissioner Samuel Andelman, and City General' Counsel Allen Hartman came up with a ruling that Leland and others like him are not really dogs but "gentlemen...
Asked whether immunization of all first-graders at a cost of about $24 million would stamp out measles in six years, Chicago's Dr. Morten Andelman answered: "It could be done sooner, and for less." Even $24 million would be less than the current annual cost of care for the mentally retarded victims of measles encephalitis...