Itchygomba69 0 Posted February 8, 2006 BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) -- Former quarterback Joe Theismann, Washington Post columnist Tony Kornheiser and Mike Tirico will be the broadcast crew for "Monday Night Football" next season as the long-running show shifts to ESPN from ABC. The moves leave Al Michaels free to switch to NBC, which takes over Sunday night games next season from ESPN. John Madden, Michaels' broadcast partner for the last four seasons, agreed in June to a six-year contract with NBC. At a news conference in July, Michaels said he would remain with "Monday Night Football" when it switched to ESPN. He was to be paired with Theismann, who had broadcast Sunday night games on ESPN with Mike Patrick and Paul Maguire. Mike Breen will replace Michaels as the lead NBA play-by-play announcer on ABC/ESPN. He will be joined by former NBA coach Hubie Brown, hired in December 2004 as the analyst. Theismann was an NFL quarterback for 12 seasons and had worked on ESPN's Sunday night games since 1988. In addition to working for the Post, Kornheiser has co-hosted "Pardon the Interruption" on ESPN since September 2001 with Michael Wilbon, another Post writer. Tirico has been a "SportsCenter" host for ESPN and handled play-by-play of the last Orange Bowl. He has worked for ESPN and ABC since 1991. Michele Tafoya returns for her third season as a "Monday Night Football" sideline reporter, and Suzy Kolber was added as a second sideline reporter. I am not sure of the Mood I like Kornheiser on PTI but as an announcer I'm not sure if he will be that good, I would love to see Micheals go to NBC with Madden, because I can't Stand Bob Costas who NBC is planning on teaming Madden with, and I like Micheal and Madden together, sure they weren't Flashy or anything, but as a football fan I liked that, they made the game more important then them, unlike the old Sunday night football on ESPN, and I feel Like the New MNF on ESPN will put more focus on themselves then the game what do you think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itchygomba69 0 Posted February 10, 2006 I just heard its offical that Al Micheals will join Madden on NBC for Sunday night Football, which Like I said is really good, I like those 2 together, also I just heard that James Brown will be leaving FOX NFL Sunday to do the Pregame on the CBS side since Greg Gumbel will now be doing play by play, this leaves you to wonder who will take JB's Place on Fox NFL Sunday who has been a staple on that show since Fox got the NFL in 1994 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
