On Friday's edition of Boomer and Carton on WFAN, CBS broadcaster Boomer Esiason talked about calling his first Monday Night Football game – and getting a contact high in the process.
Here's the meat of the story from CBS New York.
“The radio booth is like a lean-to in the middle of the stands. And it’s a (December) game. It’s the Chiefs at the Patriots, both teams have major losing records, it’s raining outside, it’s cold, there might be about 40,000 people in the stadium, it is awful. And there’s this grim reaper outside of our booth, and he’s got a hoodie on and he’s got a big ol’ puffy jacket on, and he’s smoking weed. And he’s blowing it into the lean-to.
“I mean, we’re 3 minutes into the game and Matt Millen’s already looking for something to eat. And Howard David is trying to keep us focused on the game, and Matt Millen and I are talking about everything but the game.
“We have the second-hand smoke going on. Now, we obviously know what’s happening, but we don’t necessarily know that we’re reacting to what’s happening. … I was laughing my a– off for the entire first half!”
Boomer Esiason and Matt Millen calling a December Chiefs-Patriots game while high sounds simply amazing. Neither team was very good – both finished under .500 for the season – and the game itself looks pretty awful. At the very least, hopefully you were able to bet on the winner at 888sport to make some money! And yeah, look at that box score – Tony Richardson and Kevin Faulk were the starting tailbacks! Elvis Grbac had the last great game of his career! Maybe Boomer's contact high was for the best…
