Victor Cruz announces his retirement and his move to ESPN as a NFL analyst…on Uninterrupted?
Cruz co-hosts a show on Uninterrupted, so this makes some sense, but it's still a bit of an unusual way to announce a move to ESPN.
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ESPN will kick off Monday Night Football with Beth Mowins, Brian Griese and Laura Rutledge calling the early Week 1 game
Mowins, Griese and Rutledge will call Jets-Lions, with the new top team of Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten, Booger McFarland and Lisa Salters calling the late Rams-Raiders game.
Heading into football season, ESPN is reportedly adding Dan Orlovsky, and they’re interested in Kay Adams
It sounds like Orlovsky will be focused mostly on college football, but maybe with some NFL work too. And ESPN is reportedly in talks with Adams.
ESPN hires Jeff Triplette to replace Gerry Austin as MNF rules analyst, reportedly at NFL’s instigation, and gets bashed
This hire isn't going over so well on Twitter.
Subpar TV analyst Rex Ryan calls out good TV analyst Tony Romo…because his teams picked Romo off a few times?
"If Romo always knows what's coming, how is it that I used to trap him into throwing picks all the time? Show him one coverage, play another, and he'd throw right into the damn thing!"
New ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro tells employees “I do not believe that we are a political organization.”
"I do not believe that we are a political organization. ...Of course, there is going to continue to be an intersection of between sports and politics and we’re going to continue to cover that. We’re going to cover it fairly and honestly. But we are focused on serving the sports fan."
After Joe Thomas’ retirement from the NFL, he looks headed to the media world, with both ESPN and Fox showing interest
Thomas has reportedly auditioned for potential studio and analyst roles with Fox and ESPN, and Fox was "left very impressed."
ABC shelving “black-ish” episode addressing player protests may reignite debate about Disney/ESPN NFL coverage
A pulled black-ish episode addressed NFL players' protests amongst other political and social issues. That may raise more questions about ABC, ESPN, Disney and the NFL.
Herm Edwards’ last day at ESPN got Suzy Kolber and Trey Wingo emotional
Maybe Trey Wingo can be Herm's headset cord guy?
Chris Berman hints that his ESPN role will change, but he’ll stay at the network
There’s still a lot of uncertainty about what’s ahead for ESPN’s Chris Berman, as his contract is reportedly...
