Emmitt need say bye-bye to Sunday NFL Countdown and hello to less work. He'll follow the path trailblazed by Steve Young for crappy on-air analysts banished from Sundays to Monday night coverage. Perhaps Smith will weasel his own stupid segment for Sundays a la Steve's "Young is Restless". In fact, that's a good idea. We'll call it, "Emmitt is Blowed Up".

In place of the one with the odd looking beard, Cris Carter will succeed him taking the Sunday NFL Countdown lineup to  Chris Berman (love that guy), Mike Ditka, Carter, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, and Chris Mortensen.  That will be followed by MNF coverage hosted by the same six guys, plus Stu Scott, Steve Young and Emmitt Smith at the game sites.

That means Emmitt's analysis will continue to be BANANAS! (And to answer your question Barack Obama, yes, there are things Emmitt Smith can't do well.)



In addition to those changes, Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya might see reduced sideline work in favor of pre-game updates throughout the day on Mondays.  That means Sal Paolantonio, Ed Werder and Rachel Nichols will probably be out of MNF work.  It's too bad, because I really got accustomed to Rachel Nichols signing off on all of her reports with a "funny" anecdote followed by her name and the name of her network ... ESPYawn.

Peter King demands work at the Olympics

If you're in the mood for some doughnuts during the three weeks of Olympics, you might be disappointed. 

All those NBC folks have to eat, so 250,000 meals will be served. 38,000 pounds of pasta and rice have been ordered, along with 78,000 energy bars, 326,000 bottles of water and 15,100 pounds of coffee. For good measure, NBC estimates its staff will consume 44,600 donuts or pastries.

That's a lot of pastries.