Kornheiser Out, Gruden In at Monday Night Football

ESPN host resigns over fear of flying

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 18, 2009 11:34 AM CDT

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Kornheiser Out, Gruden In at Monday Night Football — ESPN's "Monday Night Football" team will lose Tony Kornheiser, right. Former coach Jon Gruden will join Mike Tirico, left, and Ron Jaworski for the franchise's 40th season. (AP Photo)

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden will replace Tony Kornheiser in the Monday Night Football booth, USA Today reports. Kornheiser, after 3 seasons, says the upcoming schedule would force him to give up the bus as his preferred travel method, and “my fear of planes is legendary.”

The 45-year-old Gruden, fired by the Buccaneers in January, is the perfect replacement, Kornheiser added: “He is the two things you most want—smart and funny—and has the two things I don’t—good hair and a tan.”
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