106.7 The Fan contributors Thom Loverro and Chris Russell got into a Twitter tussle on Tuesday that's spilled over onto the airwaves.
"How could you possibly have any type of a dustup with that gentleman?" Loverro was asked by Chad Dukes on Wednesday. "What happened between you two?"
"Well, he hit the trigger. The Ted Leonsis bootlicking trigger," Loverro said. "Where, basically, he tweeted – after the Nats owners had sent out the letter to their season-ticket holders saying that they're looking forward now to next season – Russell sent this out..."
Would be awesome if the owners of the #Nats and #Redskins allowed media to ask fair and honest questions instead of writing letters or not saying anything at all. Appreciate @TedLeonsis for being willing to do so. https://t.co/xdgdKpKKAw
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania621) August 22, 2018Dukes: "Okay. What's wrong with that? That sounds great."
Loverro: "Well, which I then tweeted back to him: 'You mean like questions about Wizards GM Ernie Grunfeld's contract?' Which, he's never answered, and nobody has answered, and they kept it under wraps, and they've actually never even acknowledged it existed, this contract extension that he got."
You mean like questions about #Wizards GM Ernie Grunfeld's contract? https://t.co/rq1vpdsvKg
— thom loverro (@thomloverro) August 22, 2018Dukes: "Okay. But... that is also your white whale. That is a hot-button topic for you."
Loverro: "But it's a direct response to saying that Ted is open and transparent, when he won't even speak to the leadership of his basketball team. So, I tweeted that to him, and then he tweeted out: 'That's between you and Ted, Thom. He's always been willing to talk more than any other owner. By far.' Which I tweeted back: 'Seriously? Talking isn't answering questions, like calling the Dwight Howard attitude stories a media-generated issue.' Which is what Ted did."
That's between you and Ted, Thom. He's always been willing to talk more than any other owner. By far.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania621) August 22, 2018Seriously? Talking isn't answering questions. Like calling the Dwight Howard attitude stories a "media-generated issue?" https://t.co/bKgQlS2pmD
— thom loverro (@thomloverro) August 22, 2018Loverro: "One last one. I tweeted back to him: 'Sounds like a Monumental Network D.C. Hot Read to me.' Which he pointed out that he hasn't been collecting a check from Ted for the last four months. So..."
Sounds like a Monumental Network D.C. Hot Read to me https://t.co/bKgQlS2pmD
— thom loverro (@thomloverro) August 22, 2018I don't do https://t.co/18Awi2oPmj anymore Thom or work for @MonSportsNet at all. Not since April. Just saying at least @TedLeonsis talks ....No owner or exec including your boy Rizzo answers everything truthfully and honestly.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania621) August 22, 2018Dukes: "Well, do you think maybe he's trying to crawl back into those coffers?"
Loverro: "I don't know. I don't know why he would feel the need to single out Ted Leonsis as this bastion of transparency when he's just the opposite. In a way, I'd prefer the Lerners and Snyder, who don't say anything, rather than being hypocritical."
Dukes: "So you would rather there be a veil of silence."
Loverro: "Rather than hypocrisy? What do you hate more?"
Dukes: "Oh, I hate hypocrisy way more."
Loverro: "Well, then, that's what I'm talking about here. ...So to sit there and say that the Nats and the Redskins owners, they should be more like Ted Leonsis, to me, that's a non-starter. Because I don't think Ted is any bastion of transparency either."
In the midst of their conversation, Dukes was engaged in his own tango with Neil Greenberg, which you'll also hear about in the segment.
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