ESPN's Tribute To Barry Melrose

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 ESPN's Tribute To Barry Melrose
I passed the story along to you back at the end of May , but it's now official (and you doubted me...tsk tsk). Barry Melrose is leaving ESPN to coach the Tampa Bay Lightning and ESPN is giving him a heroes departure. Every Sports Center anchor is praising his work as they talk about the story and here is a little clip they put together that they've dubbed "The Best of Barry".... I know ... [link]

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Mini Pony of the Day 6-25-08
Published 6/25/2008 by tecmo (noreply@blogger.com) at Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies
... ] Hockey on ESPN will suffer without Barry Melrose, but this was a classy send-off. [ Awful Announcing ] Who will replace The Mullet at tWWL? [ ...

Goodbye (for now) Barry Melrose
Published 6/25/2008 by Brinson at Brahsome - Care To Get Nice?
... I don’t care for hockey. I do care for mullets. And Barry Melrose is close enough to the latter to make the former less reprehensible, if you get my drift. So, I’m grabbing AA’s pulled-from-ESPN-tribute and treating you to it this morning. Add 80’s music, a feisty Canadian and those hip-a ESPN producers mixing stuff around and you have a lockjob for a great highlight! A! ...

Hump Day Reading - Melrose Style
Published 6/25/2008 by Russianator (noreply@blogger.com) at Three Idiots on Sports
... Links wouldn't be complete without a tribute to Barry Melrose, who will be coaching again in the NHL. I met Barry in a bar in Saratoga last summer and honestly, he's a really good guy, even with the shorter summer mullet he was sporting. ...

Morning Constitutional: Hey, Tough Guy
Published 6/25/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | D.C. Sports Bog Clinton Portis' characters just seem dirty and unoriginal now that the NFL is involved. Still, they're quite awesome, I suppose. ESPN's Tribute To Barry Melrose | Awful Announcing Aside from Peter Gammons, Melrose was the best analyst ESPN had. And I don't even care about hockey. ...

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