BREAKING NEWS: WEEI Dumps Mustard & Johnson and Hazel Mae to the MLB Network

To prove to you that breaking news never rests for the weekend, David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch reports that the long-time weekend duo of Craig Mustard and Larry Johnson are no longer doing shows together on WEEI. The pair have doing the Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. shift for many years and have done various Sunday afternoon shows as well. It’s not known if they’ll remain at the station. Johnson has done work on WEEI during the Big Show with the Big O (Glenn Ordway). Mustard & Johnson made the announcement during their show today. It’s not known who will replace them.

And David also reports that former NESN hottie Hazel Mae has been hired by the MLB Network as a studio host when the channel launches on many cable systems on New Year’s Day. Jessica Heslam of the Boston Herald has more on Hazel’s hiring.

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