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• Hiestand on TV

  - 2008-08-20

  Inside the industry CBS re-signed a veteran quarterback Tuesday and picked up some help on defense. Dan Fouts, a CBS analyst from 1988 to 1993 after a Hall of Fame NFL quarterbacking career, will be an analyst on some CBS NFL games...

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• Carter replacing Salisbury as ESPN football analyst

  - 2008-02-27

  ESPN said late Tuesday that it was parting ways with longtime football analyst Sean Salisbury. The surprise announcement came hours after the network announced its hiring of Cris Carter from HBO's Inside the NFL. "Sean Salisbury has made many contributions to our efforts for the past...

  Tags: analyst, Carter, ESPN, football, network, NETWORKING, NFL, Sean, TVs

• Wild cards, BCS open audition season for jocks

  - 2008-01-07

  This is tryout week in TV sports. The NFL's wild-card weekend and college football's Bowl Championship Series give networks a chance to test new on-air talent. For players nearing the ends of their careers, it's an opportunity to audition for coveted analyst jobs. For coaches, it's a chance to get...

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• Seeing nothing of the mighty Quinn dominated draft-day drama

  - 2007-04-30

  There will always be "durability issues" and "statement-makers" and "amazing skill sets" discussed on NFL draft-day TV. Even "heavy-legged waist-benders," as NFL Network lead analyst Mike Mayock dubs slow linemen who rely heavily on bending at the waist. But for coverage by ESPN, ESPNews and the...

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• Jaworski excited to join 'MNF' huddle

  - 2007-03-27

  Joe Theismann says he had a "great relationship" with Tony Kornheiser. But Theismann on Monday was formally replaced on ESPN's Monday Night Football after working as an NFL game analyst on prime-time NFL games for 19 seasons. Theismann will be replaced by Ron Jaworski, who has...

  Tags: analyst, ESPN, Games, NFL, Tony

• Jaworski to replace Theismann on 'MNF'

  - 2007-03-27

  During the NFL season, few faces are splashed on the tube more than Ron Jaworski's.This coming season, that will change. Jaworski probably won't be seen as much on ESPN as he had been, as an in-studio analyst. Instead, he will move to the bigger stage as an in-booth analyst for...

  Tags: analyst, ESPN, Joe, NFL, team

• sports in brief

  - 2007-03-13

  Local & state: Heights' Wellsto play volleyball at Benedictine Shawnee Heights senior Amber Wells will sign a volleyball letter of intent at 2:45 p.m. today with Benedictine College. The signing will take place in the Shawnee Heights band room. Wells helped Heights to a second-place state finish in...

  Tags: analyst, Backups, ESPN, NFL, team

• sports in brief

  - 2007-03-13

  Local & state: Heights' Wellsto play volleyball at Benedictine Shawnee Heights senior Amber Wells will sign a volleyball letter of intent at 2:45 p.m. today with Benedictine College. The signing will take place in the Shawnee Heights band room. Wells helped Heights to a second-place state finish in...

  Tags: analyst, Backups, ESPN, NFL, team

• Fox raids NFL booths for BCS crews

  - 2006-11-15

  Fox will formally announce today the complete on-air lineup it has cobbled together to cover the biggest games in a sport the network otherwise doesn't cover. Fox this season inherits four of college football's Bowl Championship Series games -- ABC retains the Rose Bowl -- including the Jan.8 national title...

  Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, ESPN, Games, NFL

• Kornheiser passes first test

  - 2006-08-15

  If the point of NFL exhibition games is to get through them without injury, ESPN's Tony Kornheiser did OK in his Monday Night Football debut. The longtime sportswriter and ESPN talk show host wasn't funny on the Oakland Raiders-Minnesota Vikings telecast. But he wasn't annoying. The third MNF...

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