beta.profootballtalk.com - 2/11/2008
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Though the official word out of Bristol is vague as to whether or not ESPN’s Michele Tafoya or Suzy Kolber will serve in their same capacities on Monday Night Football, we have learned that, indeed, both have been dropped from the position of “sideline reporter” in 2008.
In fact, there will be no sideline reporters at [...]
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ESPN Dropping Sideline Reporters on Monday Night Football? Hopefully
Larry Brown Sports —
... ) is saying that ESPN will be dropping sideline reports on Monday Night Football, a trend I would like to see proliferate. Sure, the job market narrows somewhat for someone like me, but honestly, what role do sideline reporters actually play? As in most assessments, the first question you must ask is what does the item/person in question bring to the table? Well, for sideline reporters, it’s the occasional injury update and interview of moderate significance. Outside of that, like 90% of sideline reports are absolutely useless. ...
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NO SIDELINE REPORTERS ON MNF ...
ESPN to whack two from MNF games; Kornheiser's not one of them
Shutdown Corner —
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. ...
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TAFOYA, KOLBER OUT AT MNF
beta.profootballtalk.com 2/10/2008 — 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 ...
Tafoya, Kolber Out At MNF —
NFL Gridiron Gab
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 ...
Report: Suzy Kolber, Michelle Tafoya Out at Monday Night Football —
FanHouse
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 ...
Andrea Kremer Blasts ESPN For MNF Demotions —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
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 ...
ESPN rethinking the sideline reporter thing —
Sports stories from Newsday
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 ...
MEDIA TYPES UP IN ARMS OVER MNF MINI-MASSACRE —
ProFootballTalk.com
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 [...]
ESPN Says Suzy Kolber, Michelle Tafoya's 'Roles Are Being Determined' for MNF in 2008 —
FanHouse
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 ...
Report: ESPN sidelines two —
SPORTS COUCH POTATO
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 ...
Kolber, Tafoya Put Out To Pasture? [The Erin Andrews Blowback] —
Deadspin
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 ...
