Why Do You Think They Call Him “Rush”?

Limbaugh to join ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown:

Hired to “provide the voice of the fan and to spark debate on the show,” according to an ESPN news release, Limbaugh makes his debut Sept. 4, the night of the NFL opener.

….”Football is like life and I know life,” Limbaugh said. “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.”

Chris Berman hosts Sunday NFL Countdown, along with former NFL players Steve Young, Tom Jackson and Michael Irvin. This also will be Irvin’s first season with the show. [AP]

Football is like life? Oh yes – large, fast, ridiculously athletic mutants chase me down the street every day in a effort to crush my spleen.

There is no truth to the rumor that John Madden will be brought in to do color commentary on the 2004 presidential elections.