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ESPN is set to unveil a second Monday Night Football announcing team today: play-by-play Mike Greenberg, analysts Mike Golic and Mike Ditka and sideline reporter Bonnie Bernstein.

The new team will make its MNF debut during the Arizona Cardinals vs. San Francisco 49ers game Sept.10, says ESPN's Norby Williamson, executive vice president for remote and studio production. The game will be the nightcap in a national NFL doubleheader on ESPN and will kick off at 10:15 ET.

ESPN's main MNF team of play-by-play Mike Tirico, analysts Tony Kornheiser and Ron Jaworski and sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michele Tafoya will do the first game, the Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals, at 7 ET. ESPN says the second team will only work the one regular-season game and the main team will work all 16 regular-season and four preseason games.

Mike and Mike in the Morning is a sports talk radio show hosted by Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg (aka "Greeny") and broadcast on ESPN Radio from 6:00 am ET to 10:00 am ET, Monday through Friday. Since 2006, the show is also simulcast on ESPN2 - with cameras inside the show's studio - following two years of simulcasts on ESPNEWS. On May 7, 2007, the show moved from its longtime radio booth home to the TV studio used for Sunday NFL Countdown and Baseball Tonight, and began broadcasting in high-definition.

A daily "best-of" show airs daily on ESPN, and a weekly radio recap airs Saturday mornings from 6:00 to 7:00 AM ET.

Contents
1 Design
2 Segments
2.1 Daily
2.2 Weekly
2.3 Yearly
3 Off Mikes
4 Sheet of Integrity
4.1 Bracket Wager
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Design
The show centers on an Odd Couple relationship between its hosts, and how it relates to their views on sports. The show's motto for all commercials on radio and television is: "What makes them different makes them great."

Mike Greenberg is portrayed as a stereotypical nerd and metrosexual with a man-crush on New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington (any mention of Pennington's name is usually punctuated by the "And Iiii.." from the final chorus of Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You.") Meanwhile, former Notre Dame and NFL lineman Mike Golic is set up in the role of the tough and boisterous "man's man," a former pro athlete who likes nothing more than to eat and "tell it like it is." Although similarly to Greenberg's man-crush on Chad Pennington, Golic is portrayed to have a similar affection for Cleveland Browns Quarterback Brady Quinn (formerly of Notre Dame). Any mention of Quinn on the show is usually followed by a small sampling from Enrique Iglesias's song "Hero."

The former logo of Mike and Mike in the Morning until May 4, 2007.Current regular guest hosts include Erik Kuselias and regular contributors Buster Olney, Mark Schlereth (aka "Stink", aka "Roc Hoover"), and Trey Wingo. Other regular contributors include Joe Theismann, Sean Salisbury, Peter Gammons, Bill Curry, Tim Kurkjian, Dana Jacobson, Dick Vitale, Steve Phillips, Tim Legler, and Jeremy Schaap. The show's producers, Liam Chapman and Curt "Joaquin" Kaplan, often contribute musical parodies and host the Saturday morning "Best-of" show. The ESPN Radio SportsCenter update anchors for the show are Bob Picozzi and Christine Lisi. When the TV simulcast began broadcasting in HD, the radio SportsCenters were no longer aired on ESPN2, replaced by live SportsCenter updates from new anchor Sage Steele.

The team of Greeny and Golic has also worked in other ESPN ventures, including a game show (ESPN Bowling Night), and coverage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Beginning in 2007, they were the lead broadcast team for ESPN's coverage of the Arena Football League. It was announced in June 2007 that Greenberg and Golic would also call a National Football League game together for ESPN, broadcasting the second game of ESPN's Week 1 Monday Night Football doubleheader.

Prior to Greenberg's arrival, the show was co-hosted by Golic and Tony Bruno; this pairing (which broadcast from 1995 to 1998) was entitled the Bruno-Golic Morning Show.

[edit] Segments

Greenberg and Golic on new HD set.
[edit] Daily
Grill Golic: Listeners call in to ask questions directed at Mike Golic. The questions usually revolve around football. This is the only time (generally) that listeners' calls are heard on the air.
Mike Golic's News of the Weird: A look at one of the more outrageous and disturbing stories found in recent news, usually outside sports.

[edit] Weekly
Just Shut Up: Tuesdays on the show have been deemed "Just Shut Up Tuesday," a reference to the McDonald's Just Shut Up Award, an honor bestowed on the sports-related figure of the past week voted by listeners as the person who most needs to just shut up. Past winners (and examples of the types of actions that could induce a nomination) include Bode Miller bragging about partying in Torino, Terrell Owens fighting with his teammates, and Latrell Sprewell turning down a multi-million-dollar contract extension and asking for more money, claiming "I've got a family to feed."
Monday Morning Quarterback: Every Monday morning during the NFL season, Greenberg and Golic discuss all of the games of the day before.
Stone Cold Lead Pipe Locks: On Fridays during the NFL season, Mike and Mike each pick 3 NFL game-winners (two of their own and then one head-to-head) based on point spreads. These picks have comical undertones with soundbites (sport stars, celebrities, TV/Movie quotes) in between analysis of the matchups.
Man Up Question of the Day: A question asked of Greeny (and sometimes the listeners) meant to inform male listeners (and Greenberg) of how to be more manly.

[edit] Yearly
ESPY V Fondation: Every year Mike and Mike go to the ESPY Awards and then conduct an auction to raise money for the Jimmy V foundation. They take the whole show to auction off items such as a day with Mike and Mike, meeting them and having breakfast after the show. Every year they replay the Jim Valvano speech made at the ESPY Awards on March 4, 1993.

[edit] Off Mikes
In 2005, ESPN and Animax Entertainment began producing two to three minute cartoons of Greeny and Golic, called Off Mikes. The cartoons are built around conversations and arguments of the two from the show. Off Mikes can be found on ESPN.com. The cartoons have won an Emmy award.

[edit] Sheet of Integrity
"Sheet of Integrity" is a phrase coined by Mike Greenberg[1] describing a single bracket entry created for wagering on the NCAA basketball tournament. Greenberg holds the belief that if a person wishes to enter multiple pools, they should do so using the same picks for each entry. Golic has no problem with choosing different winners for each entry he submits, because, as he says, "I want to win the pool and win the caaash!" The two have good-naturedly debated this difference of opinion each year since 2000. In 2007, Lowe's sponsored the Brackets of Integrity Sweepstakes, an online tournament pool which allowed listeners of Mike and Mike in the Morning to play against Greenberg and Golic using bracket sheets of their own. Amusingly, the rules allowed each participant to create up to five different "Sheets of Integrity." The hosts' differences were summed up in 2005 in two separate parodies of Billy Joel's song "Honesty" (renamed "Integrity"), as sung by each host in support of
their wagering philosophies.

[edit] Bracket Wager
During the week prior to the 2004 tournament, the two decided to take their differences one step further, which resulted in a one-on-one office pool referred to as the Sheet of Integrity Challenge. Mike Greenberg ultimately won that first wager, which concluded with Mike Golic getting his eyebrows waxed on-air. Mike Golic turned the tables in 2005, for which Mike Greenberg had to dress up as a leprechaun (the mascot of Mike Golic's alma mater, the University of Notre Dame) for the entirety of the show. Golic won again in 2006, for which Mike Greenberg once again had to dress in the leprechaun outfit, but this time at a remote held near campus of Notre Dame.[2] The 2007 bracket wager originally had Mike Golic getting TASERed if he lost and Mike Greenberg having to milk a cow if he lost.[3] Prior to the semi-finals, however, "the Suits" at ESPN (meaning upper management) determined that the tasering could not occur. (Apparently there was more risk of injury than ESPN was willin
g to take.) As it turned out, Golic's half of the wager was never fully determined: in the end, he won the bet anyway (thanks to Ohio State beating Georgetown in the Final Four semifinal)[4], and Greenberg not only milked a cow in-studio on the June 21 broadcast, but also wore a "bedazled" Mike Vrabel jersey for the entire September 3 broadcast, which is being auctioned off in support of Vrabel's charity, The Second and Seven Foundation".

Monday Morning QB- A recap of all the Week 3 games. Ken Whisenhunt plays musical chairs with his QBs. Brett Favre ties Dan Marino and shocks the Chargers. Colts stay undefeated against the Texans. Chiefs win ugly against Minn. Patriots dominate Buffalo. J-E-T-S get first win. McNabb was McNasty against Detroit. The Steel Curtain is back and much more. The Giants come up with a huge defensive stand on 4th and goal in the last minute to beat the Redskins. Monday AM QB

Ron Jaworski, NFL- The Cowboys and Patriots have been dominant. Jaws ranks Favre as his 7th best QB ever. Rex Grossman was abysmal against Dallas. Jaws thinks Rex has lost his gunslinger mentality. Donovan McNabb should drop the race issue. And the Saints will not be one-dimensional offensively tonight vs. Tennessee. Can the defense right the ship? Jaws

Mike Ditka, NFL- Favre is a gun slinger and Ditka loves him for it. If Iron Mike was stuck in a fox hole, he would love to have Brett with him. Tony Romo picked apart the Bears' defense. People want the Bears to make a QB change but Lovie will do what he thinks is right. Can Rex Grossman handle this pressure? Ditka

Buster Olney, MLB- The Good: Cubs 3.5 game lead in NL Central. The Bad: Dodgers fall out of postseason contention. Derek Lowe sees a division in the clubhouse because of age disparity. The Ugly: Milton Bradley explodes at umpire Mike Winters and hurts his knee. Plus, the Giants will part ways with Barry Bonds. Where's he going next? KC or Tampa. Not Boston, New York or LA. Olney

Dick Vitale, ESPN- Vitale is excited to see his Yankees play at Tropicana Field in Tampa and thinks New York will win the AL East again. He pleads with Brian Cashman to get the check book out to keep A-Rod. If Boston doesn't win the division, Vitale thinks it'll effect their postseason. Notre Dame will take its lumps now but Charlie Weis will get it turned around. Vitale