July 14th, 2003, 10:53 AM
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Limbaugh To Join ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown
Monday, July 14
Limbaugh will be voice of fan on ESPN NFL show
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ESPN.com
National talk radio personality Rush Limbaugh will join ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown to provide the voice of the fan and to spark debate on the show, the network announced Monday.
Limbaugh will appear weekly and make his debut when Sunday NFL Countdown premieres Sept. 7.
"Football is like life and I know life," Limbaugh said in a statement. "I am a big fan of the NFL and now I get to do what every football fan would love to do. I get to take my observations from the living room couch to the ESPN studios and talk football with the best journalists and players in the business."
Limbaugh, who will appear either on the show's Bristol, Conn., set or via satellite, will provide a weekly opinion piece on an aspect of the NFL making news that week, and participate in impromptu exchanges with the analysts and challenging their opinions on various issues. Limbaugh will be allotted three challenge opportunities to use at his discretion during the show.
"Rush is a great communicator and a fan's fan," said Mark Shapiro, ESPN's executive vice president of programming and production. "His acute sense of what's on the minds of his listeners combined with his ability to entertain and serve as a lightning rod for lively discussion makes him the perfect fit for this new role.
"We want to give fans a voice, and Rush is the person who can do it."
As host of the top-rated Rush Limbaugh Show, Limbaugh has established a following of almost 20 million listeners in more than 650 markets worldwide. Limbaugh has written two national bestsellers, "The Way Things Ought to Be" and "See, I Told You So." One of his first jobs was as director of group sales for the Kansas City Royals in 1979. |
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July 14th, 2003, 10:53 AM
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vibraslap
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NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
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July 14th, 2003, 10:55 AM
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Wow, that should make NFL Countdown very interesting...
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July 14th, 2003, 10:55 AM
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Go Cardinals! Yay!!!
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Are you seriously saying that they couldn't get anybody else to provide a "fan's" voice? I would much rather have had Dennis Miller (or even Howard Stern).
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July 14th, 2003, 10:58 AM
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Cards fan in Hawk land...
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Woo Hoo!!! Rush rocks! This is great news.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:03 AM
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That ensures I will never watch that program.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:05 AM
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Too much good stuff
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Oh lord no..... this is clearly the first sign of the apacalypse.
They should get Deion to tell us what Jesus' take is on that week's football games.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:07 AM
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Killer Snail
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Originally posted by Rivercard
Oh lord no..... this is clearly the first sign of the apacalypse.
They should get Deion to tell us what Jesus' take is on that week's football games.
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Why bother with Jesus' take - they got Limbaugh, and he already thinks he is god.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:09 AM
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Glutton for Punishment
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Originally posted by Dback Jon
That ensures I will never watch that program.
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Yep. That about sums up my feelings as well.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:15 AM
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My understanding is that he will only be on panel for a very breif period of time each week.. ala Jimmy Kimmel's (sp?) comic spot's last season.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by SeattleCardsFan
Woo Hoo!!! Rush rocks! This is great news.
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You aren't serious are you?
Rush is soooo full of it. He lies constantly.
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On life after football: "I wouldn't mind being a sports commentator. Having my own segment, working for ESPN, my own talk show. Part time trainer. Part time car mechanic. Part time Sprint cell phone salesman. Part time car washman. Grocery store baggage man. Football coach. Model. Actress. Stripper. And I even have dreams of being the next crocodile hunter." - Darnell Dockett
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July 14th, 2003, 11:26 AM
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Killer Snail
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Originally posted by Krangthebrain
You aren't serious are you?
Rush is soooo full of it. He lies constantly.
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Plus, he is A Big Fat Idiot 
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July 14th, 2003, 11:26 AM
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Horrible! ESPN is the one pre-game show I can stand to watch.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:27 AM
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It'll be interesting.
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July 14th, 2003, 11:48 AM
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That ensures I will never watch that program.
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