WHEN I SAID LAST YEAR THEY COULD DO BETTER THAN CHRIS CONNELLY, THIS IS NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND: Anchoring tonight's ABC primetime coverage of the Bee will be ESPN radio hosts Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg, who are apparently there "to provide a regular guy perspective." These are extraordinary kids, and it's unworthy of their skills to have people out there commenting who may not be bright enough to appreciate it beyond a "wow, that's a hard word!" response. And Stuart Scott won't help.
Since they're not using ABC's dramatis personae as I once suggested, would it be so hard for them to take a different pair of ESPN hosts, a pair of actually intelligent guys who just happen to be in Washington D.C. already, and let Tony Kornsheiser and Michael Wilbon anchor the coverage next year? Alternately, this is the sort of thing for which ABC should persuade Ted Koppel out of his retirement, if only for one night. Thoughts?
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