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Sid & Friends In The Morning

Joe Benigno | Sports Radio Personality | 08-12-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, Comedy, News

4.2828 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Joe Benigno, sports radio personality, calls into the program to discuss the NFL's preseason games, particularly focusing on the optimistic signs for the Jets under Coach Aaron Glenn and the Giants' quarterbacks. The conversation transitions to MLB, discussing the performance struggles and future prospects of the Yankees and Mets. Benigno touches upon managerial controversies and contracts, with a humorous take on Bobby Bonilla's extended payments. The conversation wraps up with speculation on potential impacts of figures like Shohei Ohtani on the sport and geopolitical humor involving President Donald Trump's meetings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

We love this guy, WFAN legend.

0:03.3

And now a contributor on this program as well, my former partner back in 2004 and 5 at WFAM, the great Joe Beningo.

0:11.7

Joseph, good Tuesday morning, buddy.

0:13.4

How are you?

0:14.3

Sidney, how are you, bro?

0:15.4

By the way, I think he also moved the first Bush's picture up there, too, right?

0:19.1

The two Bushes and Barack were moved. I don't know. I know he moved 43. I'm not sure if he moved 41. Yeah, I think I saw yesterday. I think it was the two bushes he moved. Yeah. I liked 41. I had a chance to hang out in the FAN studios, and I miss his old office. You remember that? Oh, yeah. But I didn't know that you were hanging with Bush. I didn't know he was there.

0:39.6

Oh, yeah. He was, he was there because in 2004, we held the Republican National Convention here in New York.

0:46.3

And his son actually spoke 43. So George, the dad, came in to see Imus. He had no idea. Amos was in New Mexico.

0:55.6

So Chernoff puts Bush in the office, and he comes out and gets me, and he goes, you know, the president is here.

1:02.9

He's a big sports fan.

1:04.5

Him and Barbara love you.

1:05.8

They think you're hilarious.

1:07.2

Could you go in the office and talk to President Bush?

1:09.2

And I swear, Joe, no exaggeration.

1:11.4

I spent 15 minutes talking of 41, everything from the Astros to the Cowboys to Rice.

1:18.6

That's how in-depth the Texas sports conversation was.

1:22.9

That's pretty good.

1:23.8

Now, he was, look, I mean, you know, he followed, he followed Reagan.

1:27.9

We know what he was, he was much better than number two, that's for sure. No, much better. He did a good job. He lost to Clinton, of course. Bill Clinton beat him, but, you know, he did a great job in the Gulf War. That was an easy win. Right. But, you know, I like the guy. Wasn't that also the Ross Perrault was involved in that too?

1:43.7

Wasn't that probably the reason he lost, Ross Perrault?

1:46.5

That's exactly the reason he lost, Ross Perrault?

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