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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...

  Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, CAREER, CBS Corp., ESPN, Games, NBC Universal Inc., NFL, TVs

• McShay gelling into his own

  - 2008-04-25

  ESPN's Mel Kiper went from being a teen obsessed with the NFL draft, sending his unsolicited previews to NFL teams, to being a brand. Now, he's a job description. Once a novelty, Kiper is a year-round draftnik who created a TV sports...

  Tags: CAREER, ESPN, NFL, TVs

• Family issues beset kicker

  - 2008-04-14

  Surfing the Web Recommended reading: Tynes' trying times On the morning of Masters Sunday, one of the top Google hits was a story about an NFL kicker and his brother. An ESPN story on New York Giants kicker...

  Tags: Benefits, CAREER, ESPN, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Investment, NFL, SOFTWARE

• Olbermann counts on NFL

  - 2007-08-24

  Keith Olbermann kept going after his ophthalmologist Renee Richards, tennis' best-known transsexual, who said he shouldn't drive again after banging his head on a New York subway in 1980. He persevered when a man promised to cut out his tongue for saying the Dodgers "stunk" on Los Angeles radio in...

  Tags: CAREER, ESPN, MSNBC, NFL

• Keyshawn Johnson retires from NFL; begins new TV career

  - 2007-06-11

  Keyshawn Johnson recently ended his 11-year NFL career and will begin a new one as an ESPN analyst. "I wavered time and time again," Johnson told the Associated Press. "I've lived my dream. Now, I'm going to live another dream." Johnson made his retirement official and agreed to...

  Tags: CAREER, ESPN, NFL, TV

• Keyshawn retires, joins ESPN

  - 2007-05-24

  LOS ANGELES -- Keyshawn Johnson gave up football for a microphone Wednesday, retiring from the NFL and taking his opinionated voice to ESPN. Johnson, one of the NFL's top receivers during an 11-year career, agreed to a multiyear contract and will appear on several ESPN telecasts, including pre-game...

  Tags: CAREER, ESPN, football, Johnson, NFL

• Sources: Keyshawn Johnson to retire

  - 2007-05-23

  Keyshawn Johnson will announce his retirement Wednesday, ending an NFL career in which the outspoken receiver was once one of the game's biggest threats. He will join ESPN as a sportscaster and disclose his plans at a news conference in Los Angeles at USC, where he starred in...

  Tags: Associated Press, CAREER, ESPN, NFL

• NFL trash talker says I can take the mikey

  - 2007-05-23

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Keyshawn Johnson, who won a Super Bowl title in 2003 with Tampa Bay, announced his retirement here on Wednesday to take a television commentary position with ESPN. Ten years after the receiver wrote a book whose title summed up his gridiron desires - "Just Give...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, ESPN, Johnson, NFL, TVs

• NFL Draft

  - 2007-04-25

  Likely picks ERIC WEDDLE DB, Utah 5-11, 200 Of note: Rated as top-five safety and projected as second-round pick by ESPN.com What they're saying: "A versatile athlete, Weddle's collegiate success and underrated overall athleticism imply a long, successful NFL career...

  Tags: CAREER, ESPN, Games, NFL, Utah

• Sports in Brief | ESPN decides to drop Irvin from NFL show

  - 2007-02-18

  ESPN has dropped Michael Irvin from its NFL studio show. The former Dallas Cowboy - recently elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame - spent four years as an analyst for the network. ESPN made the decision not to exercise an option in Irvin's contract "as part...

  Tags: CAREER, ESPN, NETWORKING, NFL