Phil Mushnick Email the Author Contact The Author Name (required) Email (required) Comment (required) Submit Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Back to Reading There was an error submitting your message Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Back to Reading Follow on X Get author RSS feed About the Columnist Phil Mushnick has been the New York Post's television and radio columnist since 1982. His Equal Time column runs twice a week, on Fridays and Sundays. A native of Staten Island, Mushnick joined The Post in 1973 as a copy boy before being promoted to a reporter and covering the New York Cosmos and New Jersey Nets. Mushnick's no-holds barred commentary has taken on some of the biggest individuals, teams and companies in the sports world, most notably Vince McMahon and the WWE and Phil Knight and Nike. The Archive Phil Mushnick Weak ESPN caving to error-ridden Stephen A. Smith feels inevitable June 22, 2024 | 1:39pm Let’s spend the week asking sports-minded folks if they find ESPN’s top man, Stephen A. Smith, representative of why they watch ESPN or now avoid it. Phil Mushnick TV sports insulting viewers' intelligence at rapid pace June 20, 2024 | 9:32pm Not that I’ve ever been accused of brevity, but today’s broadcasters seem compelled to say far too much as opposed to just enough. Phil Mushnick Unanswered questions remain in Shohei Ohtani, ex-interpreter gambling probe June 15, 2024 | 1:37pm Ever see a house fire that emits no smoke? Perhaps, however, you could see this smokeless fire from miles and weeks away. Phil Mushnick MLB games being ruined by broadcasting gimmicks June 13, 2024 | 10:56pm Does it matter to Rob Manfred and Co. that Apple’s baseball productions are dreadful? Phil Mushnick MLB avoids disaster with Yankees-Dodgers streaming decision June 8, 2024 | 5:33pm Good things come to those who wait. At least to those who wait it out. Phil Mushnick Ex-ESPNer among those quick to blame color for Caitlin Clark popularity June 6, 2024 | 7:54pm What do players resent her for? National TV coverage? Maximized exposure? Would it not be reasonable to at least partially credit Caitlin Clark’s WNBA presence with the new luxury of... Phil Mushnick Urban Meyer, Draymond Green prime examples of how far sports broadcasts can sink June 1, 2024 | 2:28pm Geez, spring intrasquad college football is now all over afternoon TV. And smack in the midst of finals! How do these scholar athletes manage it all!?? Phil Mushnick Bill Walton was much more than just his hippie persona May 30, 2024 | 9:20pm There was a lot to learn ? and unlearn ? about Walton after I came to know him. MLB's greed makes watching baseball easier to live without May 25, 2024 | 1:45pm When you’re blinded by greed, it’s impossible to apply clear foresight. Yet, MLB has shown us its generous side, allowing us to watch, at no extra charge, baseball destroy itself.? Phil Mushnick NFL has many more things to condemn than Harrison Butker's speech May 23, 2024 | 10:44pm Harrison Butker delivered a civilized, advocacy/testimony of his Catholic life as a husband and father. He is clearly against abortion. Phil Mushnick How legendary phone number helped launch some of sports broadcasting's biggest names May 18, 2024 | 1:10pm Put simply, not until the cell phone explosion that began 35 years ago was there a more immediate option for immediate info than Sports Phone ? oddly enough inspired in... Phil Mushnick Sounding off on latest ridiculousness plaguing sports May 16, 2024 | 8:46pm A 24-year-old, smallish ? by modern standards ? lefty with no discernible flash, Josh Gasser was what today is easily missed or dismissed.? Phil Mushnick MLB managers keep nonsensically botching late-game decisions May 11, 2024 | 1:24pm Why is it that the most astute fans so often know before the GMs, managers, coaches and assigned media experts?? Phil Mushnick TNT announcer glorifies ex-Knick's selfish and reckless play May 9, 2024 | 10:18pm There’s must be a good reason why aerosol cans of Stink don’t sell. Yet Stink predominates game broadcasts. Phil Mushnick CBS shaking up NFL pregame show still won't make it worth your time May 4, 2024 | 12:31pm Not to be cruel or cold, but what difference does it make?? Phil Mushnick John Smoltz's constant blathering ruins MLB broadcasts May 2, 2024 | 10:10pm Why do Fox sports execs dare diminishing numbers of viewers to suffer three hours of John Smoltz as the nation’s lead MLB analyst? Phil Mushnick Roger Goodell has some explaining to do after divisive NFL draft decision April 27, 2024 | 2:38pm In 2024, I very much want to do what’s right by society and humanity. If only I had a copy of the plan, the instructions manual.? Phil Mushnick YES production crew got it right with timely Yankees throwback April 25, 2024 | 9:20pm We hold some truths to remain self-evident. Just as stats don’t make games, games make stats; good games don’t make good TV, good TV makes good TV. Phil Mushnick Fundamentals becoming relics of the past in MLB ? and it may only get worse April 20, 2024 | 3:51pm Not a day passes without reading the woeful tales of MLB games from devotees throughout the continent and beyond of games risked or lost to the inability or unwillingness to... Phil Mushnick The NBA got exactly what it asked for in Jontay Porter gambling scandal April 18, 2024 | 7:47pm That didn't take long, did it? So now what? Anyone have a copy of the plan? See More Stories