Greetings, Deadspinners. I am Christmas Ape, the latest in a glorious succession of Kissing Suzy Kolber writers to serve as your Weekend Editor. Those of you who are regular readers over there probably know me for chronicling the imaginary exploits of Philip Rivers and posting the occasional picture of my cat. When I'm not slinging dick jokes on the innerwebs, I'm writing (boring) local ...

Suzy, no one would blame you if you had a crummy Valentine's Day. You have to be feeling down in the dumps right now. Here you are with a shortie on the way and ESPN is kicking you unceremoniously to the curb. We think that is a total load of bull flop. You should hire that guy Boston Legal and sue their asses good. He'll show them that you can't push Suzy around and get away with it. But ...

Hat tips to Michael David Smith at the AOL FANHOUSE for finding this USA TODAY piece by its sports media columnist, Michael Heistrand , in which NBC’s Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Andrea Kremer and producer Fred Gaudelli take shots at ESPN for cutting back the roles of sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michele Tafoya on Monday Night Football next year. It’s ...

Photo from The Retriever Weekly; go there and support them. Andrea Kremer, talking to USA Today about the changing roles for Michele Tafoya and Suzy Kolber on MNF: "Don't you think some people would be more interested in hearing what they have to say than some other people on that telecast?" Emphasis added. Tirico's doing the play-by-play and is thus sort of central to the operation. By my ...

Former ESPN reporter Andrea Kremer, who now works the sidelines for NBC’s Sunday night package, has some choice words for her former employer in the wake of the decision to relieve Michele Tafoya and Suzy Kolber of their sideline-reporting duties. Said Kremer to Michael Hiestand of USA Today: “They were doing the role that ESPN asked [...]

Raise your hand if you think Monday Night Football on ESPN needs fixing. (Good.) And raise your hand if you think the best and most efficient way to remedy the broadcast is by axing sideline reporters Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber. (You’re not raising your hand any more – and good thing, you have massive pit stains, slob.) Apparently the folks at the WorldWide Leader don’t have a real ...

This is taking the whole Kissing Suzy Kolber thing to another level. Poor girl. Thanks to More Credible for the find.

A few odds and ends… ESPN plans to reduce the roles of their Monday Night Football sideline reporters, Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber, during next season’s broadcasts. Personally, I was hoping The Worldwide Leader would take it a step further and replace the two with Erin Andrews , so I can’t help but be slightly disappointed that Kolber and Tafoya aren’t being ...

Here is the latest essay from ESPN's resident Voice of Reason, ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber. This time she takes on the always emotional issue of "Monday Night Football," including the matter of whether MNF telecasts are a tad, um, busy. Schreiber mentions in the piece that ESPN confirms the in-game roles of sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michele Tayofa will be reduced. (Greatly ...

Michele Tafoya and Suzy Kolber: After two seasons roaming the sidelines for Monday Night Football, Tafoya and Kolber have been demoted. Their exact role has not been determined, and they may still appear on the air at some points. However, neither will be a major presence during MNF broadcasts.Chris Berman: With several videos popping up on YouTube of Berman making profanity-laced comments while

I could live without sideline reporters all together, so I'm not terribly upset by Pro Football Talk's report that Monday Night Football is dropping Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya. It does baffle me, though, that ESPN looked at their MNF broadcast, wanted to change things, and the first thought they had was not , "Let's get rid of Tony Kornheiser." I don't know what ...

As the sports media continues to privately discuss and debate the surprise decision by ESPN that sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michele Tafoya will be relieved of those specific duties in 2008, rumors are rampant that the move was the result of at least a management desire to create more talky time for Tony Kornheiser [...]

ESPN has issued a statement in response to our report that Michele Tafoya and Suzy Kolber have been dumped from the Monday Night Football broadcast. “Michele and Suzy will still be assigned to our multiplatform Monday Night Football presentation, including the game, pre-game and post-game,” the statement says. “Their precise roles are currently being determined.” Also, ...

The big buzz on the first Sunday after the end of the football season (the Pro Bowl doesn’t count) is the decision of ESPN to drop sideline reporters Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber from the Monday Night Football team. Several rumors are flying. These are not hard news items, but only rumors. First, we’re hearing a rumor [...]

Following today's report that sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya are out at Monday Night Football in 2008 , I received the following statement from an ESPN spokesman: "Michele and Suzy will still be assigned to our multiplatform Monday Night Football presentation, including the game, pre-game and post-game. Their precise roles are currently being determined." I have also ...

Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber are out as sideline reporters on ESPN's "Monday Night Football," sources tell ProFootballTalk.com. Tafoya had previously been a reporter with ABC when it had the "MNF" franchise, while Kolber has worked the sidelines for ESPN dating back to its Sunday night package. As PFT notes in its report, the sideline reports at times were heavy on preplanned ...

PFT is on the case again and it looks like ESPN is dropping both of it's sideline reporters for Monday Night Football next season.... A media source tells us that ESPN are relieving Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber of their duties on Monday Night Football..... It remains to be seen whether this is a first step in an effort to reduce costs by shrinking the cast of characters who cover the ...

As the saying goes, too many cooks in the kitchen can ruin the meal - or something to that effect. Apparently in the quest to reduce costs by reducing the number of personnel who cover Monday Night Football games, according to Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com, a media source is saying that Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber are being fired relieved of their duties as sideline reporters on ...

Courtesy of the firestarting Florio at Pro Football Talk : A media source tells us that ESPN are relieving Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber of their duties on Monday Night Football. Both served as sideline reporters. Tafoya worked in the same role with ABC when the ESPN sister company last aired MNF. Kolber likewise reported from the field with ESPN's former Sunday night package. When ...

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk is reporting that ESPN Monday Night Football sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya will not return to MNF in 2008. Kolber has been ESPN's NFL sideline reporter for several years, dating back to before ESPN had Monday Night Football. Tafoya was the Monday Night Football sideline reporter when the franchise was on ABC. It's not yet known whether ...