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Sporting News, The, March 11, 2002 by Fritz Quindt

* Can this marriage work? Pat Summerall made John Madden a star by giving him a wide berth. Al Michaels likes to talk and lapses into analysis. Forgive us skeptics for asking if this instant Monday Night Football duo will save Western Civilization. Snorts Madden: "This thing about who's talking, and when, is high schoolish and overrated." He notes he has adapted to no-huddles, mondo replays and screen clutter.

* The buzz: ESPN is airing A Season on the Brink complete with 36 F-bombs (ESPN2 will simulcast an edited version) to maximize ratings in the time slot against CBS' 9/11.

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* Vital stat: With 11 million (of 31 million residents) watching in Canada, the men's gold medal hockey game attracted the country's biggest TV audience ever, beating CBC's 1993 World Series.

* FYI: CBS' replacing Randy Cross-Jerry Glanville with Boomer Esiason-Dan Marino ensures a fifth different cast in five years for NFL Today.

* Sound bitten: "Any two-man booth is easier to work than in any three-man booth." -- Al Michaels on covering football.

* Do not adjust your set: Within 24 hours of Michael Jordan's injury, NBC pre-empted Wizards games the next two weekends.

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Sporting News, The, March 11, 2002 by Fritz Quindt

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