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Detroit Station Has Fun With Matt Millen
Detroit Station Has Fun With Matt Millen
I thought Matt Millen did a fine job during NBC's broadcast, but that's not to say that some people are happy that he's employed anywhere. Take for example NBC affiliate, WDIV in Detroit, which decided that every time Millen appeared on the screen, a disclaimer was needed. From the Detroit ...
Warning! Matt Millen's on | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
freep.com — It was like one of those dire pharmaceutical warnings: Caution! This guy can cause upset stomach, loss... of appetite, hair loss (due to pulling it out), depression and in certain cases (home game) blackouts. Every time a certain familiar face showed up ... (more) Warning! Matt Millen's on | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Matt Millen's NBC commentary comes with a warning label
Matt Millen's NBC commentary comes with a warning label
sports.yahoo.com — NBC might want to trot Millen out in front of the cameras like nothing everhappened, but WDIV,... NBC's affiliate in Detroit, isn't about to forgive or forgetwhat he did to the Lions. Fromthe Detroit Free Press : Every time a certain familiar face ... (more) Matt Millen's NBC commentary comes with a warning label
Warning! Matt Millen's on | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
freep.com — It was like one of those dire pharmaceutical warnings: Caution! This guy can cause upset stomach, loss... of appetite, hair loss (due to pulling it out), depression and in certain cases (home game) blackouts. Every time a certain familiar face showed up ... (more) Warning! Matt Millen's on | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
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Lions fans' depth of anger at Matt Millen is bottomless
Sports stories from Newsday — As GMs-turned-TV-analysts go, Mike Milbury is wildly popular on Long Island compared to Matt Millen in Detroit. Check out this amusing stunt by a Detroit TV station, from the Detroit Free Press via Shutdown Corner via Awful Announcing. That's a wrap for today's post-Super Bowl postings. Enjoy tonight's NBA Finals preview at the Garden.

DETROIT STATION RIPS MILLEN DURING SUPER BOWL PREGAME SHOW
ProFootballTalk.com — ... Bowl. The Detroit Free Press reports that WDIV expressed their disappointment via a ticker on the bottom of the screen while Millen was talking during Sunday’s pregame show.“Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the history of the NFL. Knowing his history with the team, is there a credibility issue as he now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports? …” No word on a response from the big boys at NBC Sports at this point. Here’s the video, courtesy of Awful Announcing :

Just In Case They Forgot, Detroit’s WDIV Reminds Viewers Of Matt Millen’s Recent History
Can't Stop The Bleeding — (video link swiped from Awful Announcing) The participation of former Lions GM Matt Millen in NBC’s Super Bowl coverage has been criticized in some quarters, while praised in others. Who’d have predicted, however, that a Detroit NBC affiliate would knowingly question the parent network’s decision during Sunday’s broadcast?  The Detroit Free Press’ Steven Schrager explains. Every time a certain familiar face showed up on camera Sunday during ...

A Snowy Tuesday Links
Fang's Bites — ... of him taking hits from the bong surfaced (another Cypress Hill reference ... two in one week!). The Big Lead wonders if Bob Knight was the best choice to call last night's Tennessee-Oklahoma women's basketball game. One of the funnier stories to surface from Super Bowl Sunday. Steve Schrader of the Detroit Free Press writes that NBC affiliate WDIV ran a crawl whenever Matt Millen came on the screen during the Super Bowl pregame show. And Awful Announcing has the video of that crawl. Another funny story. ESPN is being sued by the City ...

The Shootaround [2/3/09]
SimonOnSports — ... but can't get to. Also, it'll come whenever I feel like it. Hockey Jerseys can really suck [FanIQ] Would you rather lift weights or humans? [Sports Rubbish] I Give Thanks to LSUFreek for continued Genious [KSK] The Lions should not draft Matthew Stafford. No shit. [FreeP] Selig rolls in cash. [Sporting Blog] The Worst Announcers [Yahoo Blog] Detroit kind of doesn't like Matt Millen [AA] Of Course Billy D rocks the Snuggie [Busted Coverage] Really sucks to ...

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Matt Millen and NBC: Like a moose's ass in your face during the Super Bowl
wcbias.com 2/3/2009 — So, I guess we all figured out tonight why NBC doesn’t broadcast many major sporting events any more. Having Matt Millen as one of your main analysts for the Super Bowl kind of implodes your credibility. Not that leading the Detroit Lions to the worst eight-year run in NFL history ...
City Of Detroit Still Not Over Matt Millen [Nfl]
deadspin.com 2/3/2009 — The scars that former Lion GM Matt Millen left on the psyche of Detroit are slowly starting to heal, but the local NBC affiliate just couldn't resist ripping those scabs right off. It didn't help that their parent company snatched up the unemployed ...
I Now Have A Favorite NBC Affiliate Station
tiricosuave.com 2/3/2009 — And it’s NBC Channel 4 in Detroit, who ran this scroll on the bottom of the screen every time Matt Millen appeared on screen yesterday: In case you missed it: Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the history of ...
WDIV Issues Public Warning to Fear Watching Matt Millen
blacksportsonline.com 2/2/2009 — Read any label on over-the-counter medicine or listen to commercials for drugs for depression or cholesterol and you will hear the so-called side effects (you know, loss of appetite, hair loss, loss of libido, kleptomania, penile disfigurement, etc.). If you watch someone on TV, the station ...
Warning: Matt Millen About To Appear On Your TV
sportsbybrooks.com 2/3/2009 — I didn’t watch that much of NBC’s pre-game coverage of the Super Bowl yesterday because frankly, the two weeks of build up to the game was enough for me. I didn’t need another five hours of hearing about how nobody expected the ...
Detroit NBC Affilliate Gets Scolded For Millen "Scroll"
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 2/6/2009 — If you remember, the network put up a scroll during the Super Bowl pregame show asking, among other things, that there was possibly a "credibility issue" with the former Lions GM. Well, for the past few days, I've been looking for a follow-up to the ...
Matt Millen Warning Given During Super Bowl Coverage
FanIQ.com 2/2/2009 — This last season for the Detroit Lions was pretty rough, to say the least. And while comically inept GM Matt Millen technically got fired early on in the season, many fans - wait, make that all fans - know that Millen was the true architect of the ...
Super Boner?
detroit4lyfe.blogspot.com 2/3/2009 — Matt Millen wasn't the only dickhead jinxing things for Cardinals fans in Arizona. Apparently, in Tucson, Arizona a short porn clip was spliced into the mix after Fitzgerald's touchdown late in the fourth.....yikes.
If You Thought the Football Night in America Set Was Crowded, Wait Until Sunday’s Pregame Show
thebiglead.com 1/28/2009 — Are there really going to be 11 different talking heads on NBC’s Super Bowl pregame show? Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, Jerome Bettis, Tiki Barber, Keith Olbermann, Dan Patrick, Peter King, Matt Millen, Mike Holmgren, Tony Dungy and Rodney ...
WDIV News in Detroit is Still Bitter About MillenInGameNow
Since Matt Millen’s departure from the Lions’ front office, he picked up a side gig as an analyst for NBC. As a fan of football, I’m in favor of this move–he ruins fewer teams in that role. Viewers watching the NBC affiliate in Detroit were treated to some extra ...
Detroit Station has Fun with Matt MillenTHESPORTINGMUSE.COM
As we all know, Matt Millen appeared on the NBC Super Bowl XLIII broadcast this past Sunday as an analyst for the network. Apparently, not everyone was happy about it. Especially Detroit NBC affiliate,WDIV Channel 4. From the Detroit Free-Press via Shutdown Corner.... Every time a certain ...
Detroit: still not over that whole Matt Millen dealieKissing Suzy Kolber
A justifiably bitter Lions fan working at Detroit NBC affiliate WDIV extracted a small measure of revenge against Matt Millen yesterday. Whenever the Lions’ former CEO spoke during NBC’s Super Bowl pregame yesterday, the following disclaimer would crawl across the screen:  ...
Detroit NBC Affiliate Runs Disclaimer Under Matt Millen’s Face During SuperbowlEveryJoe » Sports Rumors
You know, when I was watching the Superbowl I was very surprised to see Matt Millen sitting at the desk along with the other commentators. As a Packer fan, it was delightful to have Millen as the General Manager for the Detroit Lions for the past few years. After all, the Packers were ...
Detroit's NBC Affiliate Channel 4 - The Number 1 Move of by a Local Affilate of All Time!I Dislike Your Favorite Team
As many of you know the folks in Michigan are less than fond of Matt Millen. Since Millen has been fired he has rejoined various retired coaches to commentate for NBC and for Super Bowl XLIII. So, when Millen's talking head came on the screen Channel 4 did this: In case you were laughing as ...
Detroit TV Station Rips Matt Millen in Bottom Line Scroll During Super BowlLarry Brown Sports
The first second I saw that NBC had hired Matt Millen to provide in-studio analysis for the NFL playoffs, I was outraged. I questioned NBC’s sanity in placing a man who failed so miserably at his job of player analysis — GM of the Detroit Lions — into an “expert” ...
Detroit zaps Matt MillenSmackCaster SmackBlog
If using a person who built an 0-16 team as an expert analyst wasn’t bad enough, Detroit’s NBC affiliated didn’t let anyone forget during the Super Bowl running the following crawl on the screen every time Matt  Millen appeared : Matt Millen was president of the Lions for ...
Matt Millen's NBC commentary comes with a warning labelShutdown Corner
NBC might want to trot Millen out in front of the cameras like nothing everhappened, but WDIV, NBC's affiliate in Detroit, isn't about to forgive or forgetwhat he did to the Lions. Fromthe Detroit Free Press : Every time a certain familiar face showed up on camera Sunday during NBC's Super ...
Millen Seeking Money From LionsThe National Football Post » Hot News and Rumors
From Tom Kowalski of Mlive.com: It’s not surprising that former Lions president Matt Millen isn’t talking these days. Millen will have plenty to say as part of NBC’s Super Bowl coverage on Sunday, but Millen has not been available for questions during Super Bowl week. ...
MILLEN SEEKS MONEY FROM LIONSProFootballTalk.com
Matt Millen believes the Lions owe him $12 million for the remaining two-plus years on his contract, according to Tom Kowalski of Mlive.com. Millen will be a part of NBC’s Super Bowl coverage on Sunday, but he’s been absent in meetings with the media this week. Per Leonard Shapiro of ...
Matt Millen no-shows Media DaySmackCaster SmackBlog
Matt Millen of NBC Sports didn’t appear at Media Day . Maybe that is because Matt Millen of the Detroit Lions’ front office didn’t ever get a sniff of football in January — unless the regular season trickled over — let alone a game in February.
NBC Stands Up To … NBCThe Love of Sports
Just like that, he appeared again. Sitting there with his smug face made me think about the poor new victim of this man’s chicanery this time around. Detroit Lions fans have suffered for eight agonizing years as Matt Millen single-handedly destroyed a once-prideful organization. It’s ...
Lions fans REALLY hate Matt Millen, serious hateslowbreaker.com
It is no shock that Lions fans hate Matt Millen. The man basically destroyed the once proud franchise. Throughout his tenure as GM, fans would show their rage with "Fire Millen" signs, masks over their faces to hide their identity as Lions fans, but it hit its final critical mass while he was ...
They Don’t Like Matt Millen Too Much In DetroitHail Mary Jane
Here is some hilarious footage from the Super Bowl. As NFL analyst and former Detroit Lions GM, MAtt Millen shares his thoughts on the game, so do the people of Detroit about him. Check out the bottom of the video as the comments scroll along. Via No Related Post
WDIV pokes fun at Matt Millen while he is on TV. (via SuperCollidedotCom)Pride Of Detroit
WDIV pokes fun at Matt Millen while he is on TV. (via SuperCollidedotCom )
Detroit's Channel 4 Hasn't Forgiven Matt Millen for What He Did to LionsFanHouse
by Ryan Wilson I have to say, Matt Millen , television analyst, is much more likable than Matt Millen, president and general manager of an NFL franchise, and infinitely more competent. Maybe that's because there are no real consequences to sitting in front of a camera and making stuff up ...
Warning: Matt Millen About To Appear On Your TVFoul Balls
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Millen Seeking Money from the LionsLions Gab
Looks like former Lions GM Matt Millen is looking for some cash from his former team. Today’s MLive.com has the story about Millen looking to get money from the Lions. It’s not surprising that former Lions president Matt Millen isn’t talking these days. Millen will have ...
Seriously? Matt Millen: Super Bowl Analyst?Bleacher Report - NFL
Of all the former players, coaches, and GMs NBC could have picked for an analyst, they decided to choose Matt Millen.  What were they thinking? Seriously, this is a guy who knows absolutely nothing about winning football ...
Detroit Lions Fans: Can We Move On from Matt Millen?Bleacher Report - NFL
I chose this photo of Matt Millen leaving...If there was one bright spot to the Lions dismal season in 2008, it was that William Clay Ford Sr. had one moment of lucid clarity and fired Millen. But that momentous occasion was nearly five months ago. ...