Mike Tirico and Stephen A. Smith: The two ESPN personalities will replace Dan Patrick on ESPN Radio. Tirico, the lead play-by-play voice for Monday Night Football on ESPN and the NBA Finals on ESPN Radio, will host The Mike Tirico Show from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM starting Thursday. Smith, ESPN NBA analyst and former columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, will host the 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM hour. Smith, on the move:
New York listeners and NBA fans have gotten a taste of my no-holds-barred mentality, and hopefully the rest of the country will be ready for more of the same.
- Keith Olbermann: The co-host of Football Night in America missed last night’s telecast, and will miss the next several days of his MSNBC Countdown program, after having emergency appendectomy surgery on Friday.
- Charles Barkley: The outspoken TNT NBA analyst will join the Monday Night Football crew during the third quarter of tonight’s Washington/Eagles game.
