Expecting Stark staying off Monday night sidelines

cbs sportsline ^ | May 13, 2003 | SportsLine.com wire reports

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Expecting Stark staying off Monday night sidelines

May 13, 2003 SportsLine.com wire reports

Melissa Stark will not return to ABC's Monday Night Football for a fourth season as a sideline reporter because she is pregnant.

Stark is expecting her first child in September. She has worked Monday night games since 2000, when she and Eric Dickerson replaced Lesley Visser on the sidelines. Dickerson left after two seasons.

ABC Sports vice president Mark Mandel said Tuesday the show is seeking a new reporter for the 2003 season.

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[putupon]

She told me she would wait for me, my heart is broken.

[ntnychik]

Do you suppose they could get someone who knows about football and doesn't wear an unbuttoned sweater? Or did I just miss the point?

[putupon]

I watched Melissa from the stands all the way through her college career; never heard a word she said. I found out then that the audio was not necessary to appreciate her work.

[ken5050]

Who's the father?

[mewzilla]

Hallelujah!

[Jay D. Dyson]

This looks like a job for (drumroll) Dennis Miller!

(Yeah, I know...lots of folks hated him on Monday Night Football, but I liked his wise-ass commentary. Besides, I'd love to hear him spank the Left from the sidelines.)

"Whoaaaa...now that was a hit! I'll bet even Tommy Daschle was 'deeply saddened' by that one!"

-Jay

[LouD]

Here's a consensus candidate - Of course, consensus is like blended scotch - Yes, you could drink it, but what's the point?

[LouD]

OK - Here's the real deal... And let the above be a lesson to you not to post news about beautiful women without the obligatory photo...

[Timesink]

Do you suppose they could get someone who knows about football and doesn't wear an unbuttoned sweater? Or did I just miss the point?

Remember, Rush Limbaugh had a lock on the MNF gig until Michael Eisner personally ordered ABC Sports not to hire him; that tells you all you need to know about the show's hiring process. Melissa Stark is not there because she knows football. And I'm thus very glad she's going to be gone.

Ten bucks says the next sideline reporter is another blonde with big breasts, though.

[Timesink]

OK - Here's the real deal... And let the above be a lesson to you not to post news about beautiful women without the obligatory photo...

That's the really sad thing: Stark isn't even all that sexy. I could just go to the mall and find ten girls that could match her on my lunch break.

Hell, I do that every day anyway. (just kidding)

[Wright is right!]

"Ten bucks says the next sideline reporter is another blonde with big breasts, though."

Melissa was very cute - but she had a nice modest bustline. Maybe a B-cup. Just right. They may replace her with a busty bimbo, but that's not what Melissa is.

Michael

[ntnychik]

ROFLMAO! Point, er, points well made.

[Wright is right!]

"That's the really sad thing: Stark isn't even all that sexy."

Skip th' mall and try an optometrist. She is drop-dead cute and yum.

Michael

[ContemptofCourt]

Do you suppose they could get someone who knows about football and doesn't wear an unbuttoned sweater?

Gosh, I hope not.....

[hobbes1]

that nasty little skank could'nt carry Leslie Visser or Suzy Kolber's Jill Strap.

[putupon]

What do you call a sports babe, Billy Jean King or Martina Navratlola?

[hobbes1]

Leslie was. Suzy is cute. Jillian Barberie, is a babe. Kournikova is a Babe, Melissa Stark is far from babedom.

[hobbes1]

or, Jill Arrington.

[putupon]

I disagree, you impune one of the finest flowers of feminity to ever decorate the sideline.

[hobbes1]

Mr Stark ?!?!?!?!?....