[Lån-Penge]

I'm thoroughly unimpressed.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2323121

Monday Night Football will have a new broadcast team when it debuts on ESPN in 2006.
Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser will be part of a three-man booth calling the games on Monday nights next season and Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya will be sideline reporters. Kolber and Tafoya both reported from the sidelines for ABC during Super Bowl XL.
"I'm just thrilled to be the next person to take the greatest franchise in television sports history forward," Tirico said on ESPN Radio Wednesday morning.
Also, ESPN announced that Mike Breen will be its new lead NBA play-by-play announcer, teaming with analyst Hubie Brown for ABC telecasts beginning Feb. 12 and including the NBA Finals.
"This Monday Night Football team enthusiastically embraces our vision for sports television's signature series. We will propel MNF into a 21st century, all-day, exclusive, multi-media event that will engage fans in entirely new ways. This team will develop great chemistry," ESPN Executive Vice President John Skipper said.
"Mike Breen is widely respected for his depth of NBA knowledge and his consummate play-by-play skill. We are very excited to provide such a spectacular forum as the NBA Finals to showcase his talents."
In addition, Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon will take Pardon The Interruption on the road on Mondays during the football season. The shows will air from the site of ESPN's Monday Night Football games.
"We look to the future with great enthusiasm and a strong commitment to enhance the presentation of the NFL and the NBA, two of our most important sports properties," ESPN and ABC Sports President George Bodenheimer said.
Al Michaels, the play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football on ABC from 1986 through Sunday's Super Bowl in Detroit, will not return to either broadcast.

[replicajoy]

Kornheiser is an interesting choice.

[Flankrene]

Kornheiser is an interesting choice.

Kornheiser is a tool. So is Joey T.

[pongeystrhjst]

I feel sorry for Trico. The job of a lifetime and he has to work with those two assclowns.

[hubua990]

Not that I care, but what is Madden and Micheals going to be doing?

[Alkassyinhisk]

Not that I care, but what is Madden and Micheals going to be doing?

Madden is going to NBC, i heard Micheals is trying to get out of his ABC contract to join Madden over there

[ceagsoosy]

Madden is going to NBC, i heard Micheals is trying to get out of his ABC contract to join Madden over there

Does NBC have Sunday night games now?

[CatLuvkaLover]

In case anyone is wondering, Suzy Kolber won the Super Bowl sideline reporting battle 8-5.

[Zebrabitch]

Does NBC have Sunday night games now?

yeah a Sunday night game and they are in the rotation for the Super Bowl.

[scewLacysmazy]

In case anyone is wondering, Suzy Kolber won the Super Bowl sideline reporting battle 8-5.

I noticed she stayed away from Joe Namath as well.

[ggdfgtdfffhfyj]

yeah a Sunday night game and they are in the rotation for the Super Bowl.

Is ESPN now in the rotation?

[CIAFreeAgent]

Is ESPN now in the rotation?

thats i do not know.

[Evsltkzl]

i hate joe theisman

[Blolover11]

I like Tirico

I also like Kornheiser.

Joe Theisman is a dumbass.

the question I have is can Tirico get in a word between diatribes of Tony K. and Joey T?

[Rinkeliacasse]

I just realized that Kornheiser and Theisman are both Redskin guys.

I think they should recuse themselves for Redskin gamnes.

[addisonnicogel]

I just realized that Kornheiser and Theisman are both Redskin guys.

I think they should recuse themselves for Redskin gamnes.

It won't be bad if the skins don't get more then 1 MNF game.

[praboobolbode]

Tirico should stick to golf, he's much, much stroger there. Theismann needs to be taken out with a dull knife.

[68AttendGem]

C'Mon guys. Theismann's not that bad. When, he keeps his fucking mouth shut that is.

I'm curious about this line up. I suspect we will have to deal with allot of fighting between Joe and Tony.

This will effect me very little, I suspect that my team (Packers) will have zero MNF games.

[Caunnysup]

C'Mon guys. Theismann's not that bad. When, he keeps his fucking mouth shut that is.

I'm curious about this line up. I suspect we will have to deal with allot of fighting between Joe and Tony.

This will effect me very little, I suspect that my team (Packers) will have zero MNF games.

I'd bet on you being wrong. Packers/Bears seems to be something they'll do even if one team isn't doing well.

[nebrarlepleme]

God, the perfect chance to can Theismann, and ESPN drops the ball. ESPN employs the worst announcers out there. I wish they had found a way to pry Dan Dierdorf away from CBS so that there'd be one less station I'd have to watch on mute.