<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>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 this 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.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2323121
I hate all of them, except Joey T, but I still don't like him that much. MNF is gonna suck... I'll miss Madden and Michaels
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hypnotic™ @ Feb 8 2006, 02:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Does Tony Kornheiser even know how to call a game? Tirico is a friggin tool.</div>Exactly my opinion on those 2, what were they THINKING?
Yeah really, since when does Kornheiser know anything about football, nevermind being a broadcaster.Horrible choices by ESPN IMO.
Who cares, I mean, do you want to see football? I mean it's not really a big deal, I don't even pay attention to the broadcaster what they have to say.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (xpostxscript @ Feb 8 2006, 03:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who cares, I mean, do you want to see football? I mean it's not really a big deal, I don't even pay attention to the broadcaster what they have to say.</div>Michaels is a beast with Play by Play and listening to Madden is just something I'm sure all of us are used to. I was just a little taken back when I heard this news... I mean I knew there would be replacements but THESE GUYS?You can't tell me you never listen to the commentary of a football game...
Lol that just isn't me, I just want to watch the football game, If i want to listen then i will, A lot of broadcasters always mess up the player names which is pretty gay. You guys probably hear this or whatever but Im like what the hell, it this player name, not that.. etc
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (xpostxscript @ Feb 8 2006, 05:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A lot of broadcasters always mess up the player names which is pretty gay.</div>Madden and Michaels have their shit down, they never screw that kinda stuff up. So what's REALLY gay is that they are no longer broadcasting... be prepared for these 3 amigos that they hired to screw all sorts of stuff up.
<span style="color:#993399">I love Tony K on PTI, but that's where he should stay.Tirico is very underrated IMO. I like him on Thursday's with Herbstreit, and he and Shannon Sharpe made a good team when they announced the Raiders/Giants game. </span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FSUViking @ Feb 8 2006, 06:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="color:#993399">he and Shannon Sharpe made a good team when they announced the Raiders/Giants game. </span></div>Good call
Wait, are you kidding me? They're moving MNF to ESPN? That's junk. Not to mention you have Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser calling it. MEH.
I've known that MNF was moving to ESPN next year for a while now but yeah that announcer change stuff really pisses me off.
Tony K...interesting. I loved the SNF announcers, but now it'll be weird people. I love PTI so Tony K is fine, Joe T is pretty cool, and I don't remember who Mike T is.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sunday Warrior @ Feb 8 2006, 07:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wait, are you kidding me? They're moving MNF to ESPN? That's junk. Not to mention you have Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser calling it. MEH.</div><span style="color:#993399">Hi...welcome to last summer. Did you also hear that the Berlin Wall came down?</span><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sunday Warrior @ Feb 8 2006, 07:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's news to me. Seeing how I don't have cable, or a dish, or anything like that, I'm pretty mad . .</div><span style="color:#993399">Well, you have the internet.....and I'm sure you have a newspaper where you live.</span>
Tony K....I love him on PTI, but calling a game is totally different...I dont think it will be any good.
