ESPN hires ex-Lions boss Millen as football analyst
Source: USA Today Posted By: postg0 5497 days ago
Talk about a turnaround: ESPN plans on casting Matt Millen, who presided over the Detroit Lions' winless season last year, as a lead NFL analyst and college game analyst this season.
The formal announcement, says ESPN's Mike Soltys, is expected to come this week.
ESPN is guaranteed a buzz. When NBC added Millen to its Super Bowl pregame show in February, it drew unprecedented onscreen commentary from its own Detroit affiliate station: It ran a graphic noting Millen "was president of the Lions....