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Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser to Call Four-Game Slate in August

April 3, 2008 -- ESPN will kickoff its 2008 Monday Night Football preseason schedule with the New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals Thursday, August 7 at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN’s commentator team of Mike Tirico (play-by-play) and analysts Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser will call four NFL preseason games during the month of August – three on Mondays and one Thursday – in anticipation of their regular-season debut on Monday, Sept. 8. All preseason games will begin at 8 p.m.    » read more »

Monday Night Football: Wins Night In Key Male Demos

September 25, 2007 -- ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown (11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET) is averaging 2,258,000 households, an increase of 11% compared to the first three weeks of last year’s season. The show – which has seen its audience grow every year since 2001 – is averaging a 2.3 rating, up from 2.2. Among men 18-34, a key demo group, the show is averaging 859,000 impressions, up 33% from 648,000 at this point in 2006.    » read more »

September 6, 2007 -- ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Presented by IBM will preview the first weekend of the 2007 NFL season Sunday at 11 a.m. ET with Chris Berman and analysts Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson and Emmitt Smith. Chris Mortensen will also provide the day’s headlines and league news, and Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young will contribute his weekly Sunday segment – “Young is Restless” – featuring his opinion on the week's hottest topics.    » read more »

Expanded Outside the Lines First Report Moves to 2 p.m. ET

August 24 , 2007 -- ESPN First Take (10 a.m. M-F ESPN2) will expand to four completely live hours Monday, Aug. 27, starting 30 minutes before Michael Vick’s plea hearing in his federal dogfighting case, and be simulcast on ESPN and ESPNEWS. Bob Ley will join co-hosts Dana Jacobson and Jay Crawford, with Michael Kim presenting the regularly scheduled SportsCenter Updates.    » read more »

August 20, 2007 -- ESPN's Monday Night Football will feature fan-generated videos for the first time in 2007. Throughout the NFL season, fans will be invited to create personalized videos promoting their favorite teams’ upcoming MNF appearance and upload them to the “Monday Night Surround” section on ESPN.com. Two videos will be selected each week and shown on the air during MNF. Videos will highlight the teams set to play in the following week’s MNF game on ESPN, as fans voice why their team will win the game and why NFL fans should tune-in.    » read more »