Lupica first started writing sports for the Daily News in the early to mid 80’s. It was never a great fit, as he grew up in New Hampshire and makes no secret of the fact that he hates the Yankees. He has never wanted to be there, and has tried unsuccessfully to leave any number of times. He first left to become a parter in The Nation (I think it was called), a sports-only newspaper in the late 80’s. When the paper failed, the Daily News took him back. He then left to host a talk radio show on WFAN NY. This, too, failed and they took him back. At some point after this he got a recurring gig on ESPN’s “Sports Reporters.” He parlayed this into a TV talk show on ESPN. Rather than taking another risk, he restructured his comittment to the Daily News while keeping his same contract. This turned out to be a good idea, because (of course) the TV program failed. It also freed him up to write more political pieces for the Daily News, which is all he seems to do these days: Attack the Yankees, attack Steinbrenner, attack Sarah Palin, attack George W. Bush, attack Dick Cheney, attack the Dolans (ok, maybe they deserve it), attack Roger Clemens, and attack Mark McGuire.