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Barry Werner

ESPN makes Monday Night Football announce team official

The news everyone has known for weeks was confirmed Monday, which is fitting since it is about the new “Monday Night Football” booth on ESPN.

Steve Levy will handle play-by-play with Louis Riddick and Brian Griese as analysts.

Lisa Salters and John Parry return. How Parry survived is a mystery. He brought as little to the broadcast as the team that is being replaced.

Levy is an excellent choice and has earned the position.

This team has a low bar to hurdle after the embarrassing two seasons with Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland calling games. And who can forget Jason Witten’s one season?

Let’s hope this crew decides to call football games as it sees rather than trying to make themselves personas and stars of a show.

The stars are the players on the field and the action in the games. Not the voices in the booth. That went away long ago.

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