


98.5 The Sports Hub is making changes to its betting show amid reports of widespread cuts at Beasley Media Group.
98.5’s Dan Lifshatz has been let go from The Over/Under Show, as the Saturday morning show is cut from two hours down to one.
Lifshatz and Kendra Middleton had been paired up on the betting show for a couple years.
“Things are going to be changing,” Middleton said at the start of Saturday’s show.
“I want to be clear that Dan is not in trouble. He did not do anything. He will still be around filling in,” Middleton added. “Unfortunately in this business, sometimes things happen. Budget cuts happen. People have to be cut, hours have to be cut, and unfortunately, Dan and this show are a victim of that.”
The betting show will now air from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturdays.
Fox Sports will be airing on Saturdays from 7 to 8 a.m.
Lifshatz said the betting show’s podcast will also be cut, and will likely not return.
“Obviously, while I’m sad, it was a pleasure to get to talk betting you guys for the past 5 years on air and 7 years via podcast,” he posted on social media. “I appreciate you all, even the haters, for listening. Hell of a run for radio tbh
“I will be staying with 98.5 and will be talking sports with you all on the weekends and holidays, but just not pure betting content,” Lifshatz added.
Middleton noted that Lifshatz is why she’s at 98.5.
They met when The Sportsbook at Encore opened, and she joked that 98.5 should “get a girl” at the station.
“Dan took me under his wing, and for the last two years, Dan has been my partner in crime on this show, and I am forever ever grateful for Dan,” Middleton said.
While the show has been cut down to one hour and is now without Lifshatz, that could always change down the road.
“In the fall, this might be a two-hour show again, me and Dan might be back together, who knows,” Middleton said. “But for now, this is where we’re at… We’re hoping to be back together at some point.”
Meanwhile, there are reports of other cuts at Beasley Media Group due to “economic uncertainty,” including in Philadelphia, Detroit and Tampa Bay.