Ben and Skin (who met as spies in the early 80s) came up through the DFW media ranks due in large part to their Mavs Postgame duties for KTCK starting back in 2002-03. I couldnt even come up with my favorite James Brown or De La Soul song. So I went out to school thinking I was going to be a journalism major. The #1 Dallas sports blog spoken through a fans honest point of view. Weve done a bunch of different crap together, but we always seem to figure out ways to make it work for us and really the vast majority of that is because Bens, lets just say marketing and business instincts, always figures out a way to make stuff happen. / CBS Texas. I stay busy with that. Wade: It all happened because of Ben's ability to get people to give us a chance. [Jeff] Cavanaughs great. Copyright 2023, D Magazine Partners, Inc. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. So we started doing one-hour "specialty" radio shows on what was then Fox-AM 1190. Welcome to AllAccess.com, the web's largest radio and music industry community. Throughout the season FC Dallas players, coaches and members of the front office will join popular Dallas radio hosts Ben Rogers and Jeff "Skin" Wade on at 1PM CT on the iHeartRadio . Never hit another man in anger unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it. He can also be heard on 105.3 The Fan with Ben Rogers weekdays from 2 to 6 pm. Jeff Skin Wade Has Cancer Jeff Skin Wade, who you may know by his unofficial nom de guerre of avenger, is an enigma of a sort, albeit a fun one. But I did make several Eddy Curry jokes so that was important. I like all that. I mean, I cant tell you how much I love Gavin Dawson, hes an awesome dude. Heres why he prefers it that way, Why Stars win over Coyotes came when Dallas needed it most, Are these Rangers good? We'll see if it prevents the team from making a deep playoff run or not. 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Born and raised in Richardson, TX, he sometimes attended Berkner High School in his disappointing upper teen years. We were the ones who were more creatively inclined, so to speak. Map. When the opportunity opened up at [The Fan], we took it. Its like this. Indeed, he has earned the respect of his peers in a very short amount of time, which is not bad for an aspiring astronaut. 1234 Camino de la Reina. Now I feel like it's up to me to get him acquainted with some of NWA's better tracks so that he can truly reach his full potential. Then after three years there, our original boss at the Fan, Gavin Spittle, returned to the station and in 2013 gave us a chance to get it right this time. Ive made great friends. Problems urinating, including a slow or weak urinary stream or the need to urinate more often, especially at night; Trouble getting an erection (erectile dysfunction or ED); Pain in the hips, back (spine), chest (ribs), or other areas from cancer that has spread to bones; and/or. I wanted to be Derek Harper. My original Big Steve. So it was sort of a gamble on him and the Mavericks TV production staff and the folks at Fox Sports Southwest who tried to add that element. Skin: The Cannabinoids was a project that Erykah Badu started and the idea was that it was an electronic hip-hop ensemble, sort of like an improvisational jazz band but with hip-hop folks. For information on Sidekicks season tickets or individual tickets call the Dallas Sidekicks at 469.393.0165! Wade underwent surgery for that Thursday at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. Here we are 30 years later or whatever and I'm still known as "Skin." Then the radio show, The Ben and Skin Show, I've known Ben [Rogers] since . If, after reading this, they get on the air and talk smack about how I tried to take too many charges in a pickup game, they are probably right. Really, I have three gigs. Its a community of hardcore Mavericks fans dedicated to one thing and one thing only: Supporting the Dallas Mavericks. So everybody knew that and had that, but the first time I really experienced kids breakdancing and those sorts of things was when I went off to basketball camp and that was the first time I heard of Run DMC as well. He cohosts the hilarious Ben and Skin Show, with childhood friend Jeff Skin Wade, which airs weekdays from 2-5pm on 97.1 The Eagle. Tom Ford. A bluebird day is a skier's term for a sunny day following a big dump of snow. We invite them to call in and take part in the discussion at all times. My dad had season tickets, my dad was a basketball coach. I have not had indicators (of cancer), he said. So me and Ruben kept the company, were still very active in it and we have, for lack of a better term, a team of writers that work with us and we create music and still have these business relationships. The duo joined KEGL in February 2020. He oversees SportsDay's digital content and The News' college sports contributor program. Be the first to contribute! Its not clear what causes prostate cancer, and Wade didnt have any symptoms in fact, prostate cancers victims are usually in their 50s. He was restricted when it came to any lifting motion but was happy to be back in time for Pumpkin Patch. By Jeff "Skin" Wade | @SkinWade These are the most important things I've learned after seeing two Cowboys practices out here in Oxnard. Thats not an exaggeration. Everybody heard "Rappers Delight" when it first came out, right? Check out this poignant piece about Chadwick and @bastardsofsoul. Description. Still sounds good. Wade:My first favorite was the syndicated Dr. Demento Show. Smart, great people like George Dunham and Craig Miller and Mark Followill and just on and on and on. (from mayoclinic.org). Each game is a new chance to humiliate my entire family. Right around the time you talk about what your plans are and life changes, so right around that time, 2007 or so, me and Ruben are getting that company up off the ground and thats what Im thinking is going to be my full-time job. Skin: I wish it was a lot more interesting than what the story is, but I'm a very thin person. Jeff Skin Wade is known as half of the Ben and Skin Show, which he co-hosts with Ben Rogers from 2-5 weekdays on 97.1 KEGL. in Radio/TV/Film from the University of North Texas. I got that nickname as a junior in high school, short for skinny. - Jeff "Skin" Wade 105.3 The Fan's Skin Wade has one of the most creative sports radio shows in the country. ESPN is like, "Heres a morning show with Mike and Mike coming out of Bristol. Lucky for me Mark Followill and Bob Ortegel are great broadcasters so they made it work. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alex S. 469-393-0165alex@dallassidekicks.org. That seems real obvious, yeah. He believes men should get a basic PSA test and a colonoscopy at 40 years old. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas, Jeff Skin Wade dishes on his hip-hop background, why he left ESPN Radio and how he got his nickname, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy addresses philosophical differences between him, Kellen Moore, Ray Davis optimistic, anxious about Rangers season amidst tumultuous TV situation, Cowboys Mike McCarthy has more power, fewer excuses. Comments on America, at the Meyerson and the Dallas Contemporary, Slideshow: Decolonize Dallas Catalogue Launch. I mean, theres really only one guy that was making decisions about us and I had never had more than a five-minute conversation with him. We caught up with Wade recently to talk about his time in a hip-hop group, why he and Ben decided to leave ESPN and more. This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. That has been huge for our career. I was a fourth grader and my sister brought back 12-inch singles home. Then, of course, they went on to win the championship. Michael Young is an amazing dude. Dallas Mavericks | #MFFL | By Bally Sports Southwest | Facebook Log In Forgot Account? This is one in an occasional series of conversations with Dallas-Fort Worth radio sports talkpersonalities: Jeff Wade, also known as"Skin," co-hosts the afternoon drive sports talk show on 105.3 The Fan with compadre Ben Rogers. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Check out Fanatics View's Exclusive Sit-Down With Dallas Mavericks TV Analyst (Bally Sports Southwest) & DFW Radio Legend Jeff "Skin" Wade. Google it. Wade: She mostly calls me Jeffrey. August 5, 2015 / 11:45 AM Ben Rogers & Jeff 'Skin' Wade, who had been in the 2-5pm timeslot on The Eagle, will move to middays from 11am to 3pm. But The Fan has worked out fantastic, we love the people there. I cant even really articulate the emotions. Good call, Bruce. Favorite Movie: Depending on the day - Goodfellas or City of God or Rushmore or Being John Malkovich 2. One is Travis Frederick. The kind of irony of this is we played The Roots for her for the first time and she immediately loved it, obviously. Prostate cancer doesnt care who its victims are: Black or White, young or old, athlete or weakling. We didnt want to get screwed over, so we simply said Were not going to sign this contract, so they took us off the air. So theres these gaps, right? Aside from his medical credentials, he has had a long list of accomplishments, including being the only astronaut in space, as well as having a stint as a Texas Air Force base medic, to name but a few. 2. The MASL features teams across North America, with teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. He is the franchise. Colon cancer is what he physically passed away from, Wade said. Everybodys got their own sensibilities. The organization was established in 1983, is headquartered in Allen, Texas, and plays all home games at the Allen Event Center. Skin: My primary interest, even way before I got into film, my primary interests were music and basketball. I have tendency to try and rediscover a lot of older stuff. So the nice people at the station let us out of our contracts after 10 months on the job. Soon after, Rogers would put on a bunch of weight, sell shoes in a mall, and lie to people at parties about being good at Madden. To find out more about Skinand his awesome radio personality, check out him on Twitter and find him on his radio show at 105.3 FM The Fan weekdways from 2:00-6:00 pm. Its worked out great for The Fan because the listeners we built up at ESPN -- I think we were there four years or three years, whatever it was -- a lot of them came over with us. He then worked for nearly a decade selling TV advertising for CBS, where he won DFWs prestigious AWRT Award of Excellence for being the very best at his craft in his industry. I started to get serious about it around when I was 19 or 20. Humor is a plus with this. Former Mavericks great Derek Harper is back for his 11th full season on the telecast as the team's TV analyst, while Jeff "Skin" Wade enters his 13th season as an analyst. Some seem to think that he served as Music Supervisor for the IFC Films feature movie Shithouse and even fewer still acknowledge that he is a partner in the DFW-based Record Label EastwoodMusicGroup. Makes you feel like they care about it as much as you do and its a pretty indescribable feeling. Hes gotten further involved with his charity and hes just a great dude. I grew up going to basketball games with my dad. Its so surreal and amazingly cool. "Ben and. Sardello and Skin now run a record label called Eastwood Music Group, and on June 12, for Record Store Day, they are dropping a triple LP set whose tracks will be filled by an impressive list of artists from North Texas and beyond. Quite frankly, when we came from The Fan, those guys were apprehensive about us. _________________________________________________________________, What doctors know about prostate cancer: (from cancer.org). Well The Ticket is an anomaly and all those things that happened over there were genuine and real, thats why listeners connected with it. My dad had several cancers skin, prostate and colon cancer. So, he said, at the end of August 2021, They rushed me to the hospital; they did emergency surgery to put a pacemaker in, so my prostate surgery was delayed so they could take care of my heart first., Wade still has a cheery disposition: The timing of things worked out pretty well. You cant just go "Oh, were going to do this." ESPN was operated by Cumulus. I was in a bad state with my heart for a good almost six months, I wasnt able to do the physical work.. We used to do a weekly -- I think it was a Wednesday, maybe a Thursday night -- freestyle gig with her where we had a DJ and her and Ben hosted it. 1234 E Mystic Grove Cv. For example, trouble urinating is much more often caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous growth of the prostate. Donate to our company directly at CashApp $FanaticsViewVisit us at http://fanaticsview.com/ for daily sports videos \u0026 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter \u0026 IGhttps://www.facebook.com/fanaticsview https://www.twitter.com/fanaticsview https://www.instagram.com/fanaticsview In no way am I saying Im on their level, Im saying thats what the thinking is. ), First published on August 5, 2015 / 11:45 AM. Luckily for him, the aforementioned has a nice sized wine cellar to boot. I think if youre an NBA fan and youre not listening to our show, I think youre probably missing out because I think our NBA stuff is as good as anybodys anywhere. Aside from all that, hes funny as hell, hes interesting to talk to, hes likable, hes a global citizen, hes a good person, he does things for the right reasons. Jeff "skin" Wade; Recommended for you Load comments. Quite frankly, theres not that many people in D-FW media that know [basketball] as well as I know it and have the access that I have. 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