Speaking of Mark Shapiro...

Ted Cox has a funny in his Friday column. Discussing the NFL moves that are coming (Monday Night Football to ESPN, Sunday Night to NBC), Cox informs:

...ESPN has already announced that Chris "Boomer" Berman will be the studio host. That gives NFL fans about 15 months to pool the money to take out a contract on his life, otherwise "MNF" is infected with the same cancer that has afflicted ESPN's NFL draft coverage.

Maybe Ted could do some research and let us know when Berman's contract is up? Maybe ESPN is stuck with him and this is the only spot they can justify his enormous weight... ah... paycheck.

I haven't watched NFL Countdown in years simply to avoid Berman. I can't be the only one who does this.