Farewell, MNF

Monday Night Football drew to a close this week. The brainchild of Roone Arledge and Pete Rozell lasted 36 years -- an eternity in television. Sadly, it is ending with the best set of commentators since the days of Howard Cozell and Frank Gifford. (Unfortunately, we had to suffer through a few of the later years with Dennis Miller.)

Next season, Monday night games move to Disney-owned ESPN and John Madden goes to NBC to provide color for the Sunday night games. Sort of ironic that MNF's demise comes the same year that Ted Koppel leaves Nightline and Peter Jennings dies -- all legacies of Arledge's rein as president of ABC Sports and ABC News.