Portions of ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown pregame show will be live from Times Square in New York City tonight (6-8:15 ET) before the Miami Dolphins-New York Jets Monday Night Football game at MetLife Stadium.
Host Suzy Kolber and analysts Trent Dilfer, Steve Young and Ray Lewis will be on-set (in Duffy Square, just east of the TKTS bleachers) in Times Square as part of the “A (RED) Thank You – live World Aids Day performance presented by Bank of America.” The event features U2, Chris Martin, Carrie Underwood, Kanye West and Bruce Springsteen. ESPN will air a few songs within Countdown in addition to its football coverage. ESPN3, ESPN’s live multi-screen digital network, will carry the entire concert performance.
-Bill Hofheimer
Some of what you might have missed from ESPN over the holiday weekend:
1. ESPN’s Iron Bowl coverage and SEC Network’s Iron Bowl Finebaum Film Room format earned rave reviews – and you can watch a Film Room replay on Tuesday.
Enjoying the #ironbowl @espn + @SECNetwork @finebaum film room experience while on the road. pic.twitter.com/Gl3BcXSXFr
— Ben Goss (@drbengoss) November 30, 2014
No surprise … ‘Film Room’ w/@finebaum provides glimpse of future for TV sports. http://t.co/ip2qXe0gPe
— Steve Sampsell (@stevesampsell) November 30, 2014
This Finebaum Film Room thing is the second best production ESPN has ever done, behind only its World Cup coverage.
— Trey Mongrue (@TreyMongrue) November 30, 2014
DVR ALERT » @Finebaum Film Room: Iron Bowl Live will replay Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Noon ET / 11am CT. pic.twitter.com/wXpJSodMz6
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) November 30, 2014
2.
Off the plane and on the @ESPNMondayNight Football Bus with Jon Gruden. #MIAvsNYJ #MNF pic.twitter.com/vv3eu5SVWj
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) November 30, 2014
I got my Ring of Honor ring tonight. All set for MNF vs Miami. Hope to see everybody there. pic.twitter.com/i0GiPokz5H
— Wayne Chrebet (@waynechrebet) December 1, 2014
3.
What a great finish for Tex MBB! 55-54. U CONN has a fantastic atmosphere for Basketball! Very Loud. Fun day! pic.twitter.com/k3ud3LZ9HI
— Mack Brown (@ESPN_CoachMack) November 30, 2014
4.
I just saw that @MasonMBB was Number 1 on tonight’s #SCTop10, with my man @BillRohland on the call – Go #Patriots http://t.co/Xw3H6lHycD
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) November 30, 2014
5.
@ShelleyESPN my dad is fighting Cancer right now too. Your attitude is an inspiration to him & my entire family. We all pray for you #Fight
— Jason (Cuse/Colts) (@JasonSpears_301) November 29, 2014
6.
.@Buccigross and his son could not have been nicer. Thanks for listening to a fan babble on about BC hockey all night pic.twitter.com/5mzodKifwq
— Chris Dello Russo (@DelloSmello) November 29, 2014
7.
Happy Thanksgiving from the Bahamas! Wisconsin-G’town and OU-Butler on tap today on ESPN. And, damn, I look good! pic.twitter.com/Mq0GXl9ZLm
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) November 27, 2014
8.
Nice Story to show your kids. Danny from BR. http://t.co/WS41FgmwfQ
— Kirk A Fredericks (@KirkFreddy24) November 30, 2014
Gracie Blackburn and Sheldon Spencer contributed to this post