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Mike Francesa thought a TSA agent got a little too friendly at LaGuardia

WFAN long-time radio host Mike Francesa. (June 19,

Photo credit: Craig Ruttle

WFAN's Mike Francesa flew from LaGuardia to New Orleans on Sunday along with a number of other local sports media scribes, including Newsday's own Tom Rock.

But soon after he boarded, word began to filter onto Twitter and blogs - including one of the biggest, Deadspin.com - and finally onto WFAN's own morning show that Big Mike had received an escort to the gate from uniformed police officers.

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