Showing 91 - 105 of 129 articles tagged "Monday Night Football"

• Posted Friday 8/17/18 at 1:55PM EDT

  ESPN won't air the National Anthem during Monday Night Football

  ESPN will avoid the National Anthem kneeling controversy this season by not showing the anthem.

• Posted Thursday 8/16/18 at 10:40PM EDT

  New Monday Night Football announcer Joe Tessitore credits Anthony Bourdain for helping revive his career

  In a profile of "the Frank Sinatra of the broadcast booth," Bryan Curtis explains how Tessitore -- who makes his...

• Posted Monday 5/07/18 at 12:30PM EDT

  ESPN adds Booger McFarland as Monday Night Football's first on-field analyst

  The former NFL player will round out the MNF cast, joining Lisa Salters on the field as Joe Tessitore and...

• Posted Friday 5/04/18 at 1:46AM EDT

  ESPN auditioned a slew of people for Monday Night Football before zeroing in on Jason Witten

  Pro Football Hall of Famers Randy Moss and Kurt Warner were among the people who auditioned to be MNF's color...

• Posted Thursday 5/03/18 at 2:24PM EDT

  ESPN anchor highlights the absurdity of ESPN declining to comment on ESPN's report that Jason Witten is joining ESPN

  “No comment from ESPN on this report, says the ESPN anchor,” joked longtime ESPN anchor Bob Ley of ESPN declining...

• Posted Thursday 5/03/18 at 10:55AM EDT

  ESPN reports Jason Witten has decided to retire and join Monday Night Football

  Although it's not official, ESPN is reporting that the Dallas Cowboys tight end has decided to join ESPN's broadcast booth...

• Posted Monday 4/30/18 at 8:42PM EDT

  ESPN is reportedly offering Jason Witten more than double his Dallas Cowboys salary to join Monday Night Football

  The beloved Cowboys tight end still hasn't confirmed that he'll replace Jon Gruden on Monday Night Football, but the Dallas...

• Posted Friday 4/27/18 at 2:50PM EDT

  Dallas Cowboys have become a "minor league" for NFL broadcasters

  If Jason Witten -- whose plan to join ESPN's Monday Night Football reportedly "blindsided" the Cowboys -- does become Jon...

• Posted Friday 4/27/18 at 1:37PM EDT

  NFL Draft ratings get a boost from the addition of Fox while wreaking havoc on network schedule

  Last year, ESPN and NFL Network combined for a 6.

• Posted Friday 4/20/18 at 10:50PM EDT

  ESPN is happy to get a stronger slate of Monday Night Football games, particularly Jon Gruden's Raiders return

  ESPN and the NFL are in the midst of a strained relationship.

• Posted Thursday 4/19/18 at 1:54PM EDT

  In turning down NFL TV work, Peyton Manning didn't want to critique brother Eli Manning

  Peyton Manning was offered a hefty salary to either join ESPN's Monday Night Football or Fox's Thursday Night Football.

• Posted Wednesday 4/18/18 at 6:42PM EDT

  NFL's primetime games will begin a few minutes earlier

  According to The Boston Globe, the NFL plans to announce that ESPN's Monday Night Football will kick off at 8:15...

• Posted Tuesday 4/17/18 at 1:41PM EDT

  NFL execs envision showing the NFL Draft live simultaneously on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC

  Next week will mark the first time that the draft will be shown on broadcast television when Fox shows Days...

• Posted Thursday 3/15/18 at 3:05PM EDT

  Ex-Monday Night Football announcer is okay with his demotion because "it wasn’t a tremendous amount of fun the last two years"

  “If you go back and look at the schedule, generally we got one of the worst NFL games each week,"...

• Posted Monday 3/12/18 at 2:09PM EDT

  ESPN and NFL have a fractured relationship

  The news last month that the NFL would allow Fox to carry the NFL Draft on network TV for the...