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

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

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

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

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

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...