Hank
Williams Jr.’s opening segment for ESPN’s Monday Night Football
telecast will be initially filled by former Detroit Lions running back
Barry Sanders and Detroit-based soul singer Jimmy Scott and the Selected
of God gospel choir. Williams and ESPN parted ways last week after he
made derogatory comments about President Obama during an interview on
Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.” To open tonight’s game between the
Chicago Bears and the Lions at Detroit’s Ford Field, Sanders will
provide narration and Scott and the choir will perform “Ain’t No Love in
the Heart of the City,” a song popularized by Bobby “Blue” Bland in the
‘70s. An ESPN spokesperson said the video is not intended to be a
replacement for Williams’ famous “Are you ready for some football?”
featured on “Monday Night Football” since 1989; he said the “spot will
look different every week.”
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