Chris Berman and Al Michaels Next Year? What's Your Opinion?
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wrigley
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Glaken said:
Sorry Glak you get Theisman and Micheals
Updated: July 26, 2005, 5:34 PM ET
Michaels, Theismann, Kolber, Tafoya to crew MNF
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->Monday Night Football will have a new home in 2006, but the faces on the telecast team will be familar to prime-time football.
Al Michaels is staying with Monday Night Football when it moves from ABC to ESPN for the 2006 NFL season, parting with John Madden after four seasons in the booth together.
Michaels, who will also appear on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown, NFL PrimeTime and SportsCenter, will be joined by analyst Joe Theismann in the booth, with Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya reporting from the sidelines.
"Monday Night Football and ESPN are the two biggest game changers in our industry in the last 30 years, and we have assembled a talent and production team that will reflect that," ESPN President George Bodenheimer said in the statement. "This team is a true collaboration of ESPN and ABC Sports, and clearly demonstrates the strength and promise of what our company can deliver."
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Theismann, who led the Redskins to victory as quarterback in Super Bowl XVII, has been an NFL analyst for ESPN's Sunday Night Football since 1988. He had teamed with play-by-play man Mike Patrick and Paul Maguire on ABC's Sunday night games.
Kolber as been a sideline reporter for ESPN's Sunday Night Football since 2001. Tafoya, who joined ESPN in 2000, was named the sideline reporter for ABC Sports' Monday Night Football prior to last season.
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This NFL team will be unsurpassed," said Mark Shapiro, ESPN Executive Vice President, Programming and Production. "ESPN and ABC Sports NFL coverage has won the last two Sports Emmys for live event series, and this team positions us to take game coverage to an even higher level."
Shapiro said Maguire and Patrick are both expected to stay with ESPN. He said Maguire will be part of a two-hour Monday night pregame show to be hosted by Chris Berman, who has hosted the network's Sunday night "NFL Primetime."
In April, ESPN and the NFL reached an eight-year agreement to move the Monday night broadcasts to ESPN beginning with the 2006 season, concluding MNF's 36-year run on ABC after this upcoming season.
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Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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wrigley
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I do like this change, earlier start times on Sunday and Monday
Also, the NFL's hopes for a more flexible prime-time schedule will be realized with the new agreements.
NBC will start its Sunday broadcasts with a pregame show at 7 p.m. eastern; games will begin at 8:15.
In the last seven weeks, the league will be able to shift afternoon games to NBC prime time to ensure more meaningful games are shown on national TV.
There also will be a time switch on ESPN's games, with an earlier start time of 8:40 p.m. eastern.
Also, the NFL's hopes for a more flexible prime-time schedule will be realized with the new agreements.
NBC will start its Sunday broadcasts with a pregame show at 7 p.m. eastern; games will begin at 8:15.
In the last seven weeks, the league will be able to shift afternoon games to NBC prime time to ensure more meaningful games are shown on national TV.
There also will be a time switch on ESPN's games, with an earlier start time of 8:40 p.m. eastern.
chonk
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Theismann?!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY does MNF always have to have an idiot on the crew. Michaels is pretty good and at least Madden is funny playing the buffoon.
The only good news here is that Maguire won't be doing the Sunday night games. He's even more annoying than Theismann. Come to think of it, maybe he's the reason that Theismann is annoying too. Maybe Michaels will be a good influence on Joe.
Theismann?!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY does MNF always have to have an idiot on the crew. Michaels is pretty good and at least Madden is funny playing the buffoon.
The only good news here is that Maguire won't be doing the Sunday night games. He's even more annoying than Theismann. Come to think of it, maybe he's the reason that Theismann is annoying too. Maybe Michaels will be a good influence on Joe.