Ok, waaaaay back when (July 15, if you're interested), we trotted out Number 6 in our series of Lame Moments in Sports. This, you will recall, was ESPN's hiring of Mr. Rush Limbaugh to babble about football on its NFL broadcasts. The View From Over Here was not in favour of this, and if you need to ask why, you haven't been paying attention. In that posting, however, I predicted that ESPN would would enjoy a brief ratings boost (it was, in fact, about 10% over last year), and that "after about week 3" Rush's true colours would be revealed for all to see. You know what? It's fun being right.

Thursday, October 2
Limbaugh resigns from ESPN's NFL pregame show
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ESPN.com news services


PHILADELPHIA -- Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh said Thursday he resigned from ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" pregame show to protect network employees from the uproar over critical comments he made about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.

Limbaugh quit late Wednesday, three days after saying on the show that McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.