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Mixed emotions as WFAN moves from basement to big time

Neil Best

Newsday columnist Neil Best

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned

What with the bustle of the baseball playoffs and packing still to be done, there won't be time Fridayfor a proper farewell bash to send off the most infamous subbasement in sports media history.

But no one at WFAN would be surprised if the place went out on its own, familiar terms - perhaps with a gusher from a leaky restroom above, an air conditioner that won't condition or a fallen ceiling...

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