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ESPN's Michael Wilbon Explains His Feelings Toward Blogs: 'I'm Old'

By Michael David SmithDec 18th 2007 – 5:45PM

A look inside Monday Night Football. In the bowels of the Metrodome before the Bears-Vikings Monday Night Football game, I was introduced to Michael Wilbon of ESPN and the Washington Post. Knowing that Wilbon isn't a fan of blogs, I asked him to explain why. I was surprised that his response was more about his own personal...

ESPN Monday Night Football Production Truck: Better Than Any Sports Bar

By Michael David SmithDec 18th 2007 – 12:23AM

A look inside Monday Night Football. During a Monday Night Football game, the ESPN production truck is a frantic place with 10 people monitoring 110 TV screens, which show not only the live feeds of all 31 cameras ESPN uses (with the name of the cameraman under each screen) but also dozens of replays that the producer...

Elias Sports Bureau Does More Than Crunch Numbers for Monday Night Football

By Michael David SmithDec 17th 2007 – 11:58PM

A look inside Monday Night Football. In one corner of the ESPN Monday Night Football production truck sits Steve Hirdt, executive vice-president of the Elias Sports Bureau. He is, on Monday nights, a very busy man. If there's a number spoken by one of the announcers or flashed on the screen during a game, Hirdt, more...

Tirico, Jaworski, Kornheiser Like 1950s College Students in a Phone Booth

By Michael David SmithDec 17th 2007 – 8:34PM

A look inside Monday Night Football. I noted earlier that the physical size of the operation ESPN brings to town for Monday Night Football goes far beyond what you see on TV.But the guys you do see on TV -- announcers Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser -- are, at least at the Metrodome, crammed into a tiny...

Vikings Punter Looks to Avoid Devin Hester

By Michael David SmithDec 17th 2007 – 7:50PM

A look inside Monday Night Football. Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is on the field at the Metrodome in pregame warmups, and if what he's practicing before the game is what he's planning to do during the game, Bears return man Devin Hester shouldn't expect to touch the ball much today. Kluwe is standing in the middle of the...

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Inside MNF News From the Web

  • 10/14/11 Jets insider: Marshall plans MNF ejection Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Dolphins wideout Brandon Marshall plans on leaving his mark on Monday night's game against the Jets by not playing past halftime.
  • 09/19/11 Inside the storyline of tonight's Rams MNF game Source: NBC - KSDK 5 - St Louis MO Both teams lost their openers -- after losing out on playoff spots in 2010 thanks to tiebreakers -- and neither obviously wants to be 0-2 in 2011, though the Rams might be set up to better weather such a beginning in the still-suspect NFC West. 2.
  • 04/14/11 ESPN's 2011 NFL Draft Telecast: Berman, Gruden and... Source: TheFutonCritic.com Berman, Gruden and Kiper Lead Primetime Coverage from Radio City Music Hall Released by ESPN [NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]
  • 01/01/11 Arabinda Rajkhowa freed, what next? Source: IBN Live News Just a year after he was arrested and handed over by Bangladesh - ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa walked free on Saturday on a new path.

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