Talking in Circles
Last week ESPN announced that Chris Fowler will take over as the lead play-by-play man for Saturday Night Football on ABC this fall and Brent Musburger will move to the SEC Network. It's the latest in what's been a fluid year for sports broadcasting. Forget the bouncing ball—see if you can follow the talking heads.
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Chris Fowler
ESPN to ABC/ESPN
Michelle Beadle
NBC Sports to ESPN
Dan Marino
CBS Sports to unemployed
Brent Musburger
ABC to SEC Network
John Smoltz
TBS to Fox Sports
Nate Silver
to ESPN
Tim Tebow
to SEC Network
Colleen Dominguez
ESPN to Fox Sports
Dan Dierdorf
CBS Sports to retirement
SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE
A Kentucky fan got a tattoo celebrating the team's ninth NCAA tournament title—a week before the Wildcats even play their first game.
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ERICK W. RASCO/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (FOWLER)
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JEREMY SUTTON-HIBBERT/GETTY IMAGES (SILVER)
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BRYAN BEDDER/GETTY IMAGES FOR THE WEBBY AWARDS (BEADLE)
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DAVID BERGMAN FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (TEBOW)
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BILL GREENBLATT/UPI (MUSBURGER)
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KIRBY LEE/USA TODAY SPORTS (DOMINGUEZ)
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ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES/MJCI (SMOLTZ)
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DONALD BOWERS/GETTY IMAGES FOR AARP (MARINO)
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MARC ANDREW DELEY/FILMMAGIC (DIERDORF)
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TYLER AUSTIN BLACK (TATTOO)
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