Shortly after Tony Kornheiser announced he was stepping down from the Monday Night Football booth due to his fear of flying, ESPN announced former Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl winning head coach Jon Gruden would take his place.

“This is a tremendous opportunity and I am very excited to be associated with ESPN and Monday Night Football,” Gruden released in a statement. Read the rest of this entry »

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden has finally talked to the media after his surprise firing.

“It was rough the way it ended, losing three or four games,” Gruden said. Read the rest of this entry »

Warren Sapp thinks the Kansas City Chiefs should fire Herm Edwards and hire his former head coach Jon Gruden.

“He would do a fine job in Kansas City,” Sapp said. Read the rest of this entry »

In a surprising move Friday evening, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have fired head coach Jon Gruden.

“These decisions are never easy. This is the toughest decision you can make for an NFL franchise. … Jon and Bruce are consummate professionals. They’ve poured their heart and soul into this franchise,” Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer said. Read the rest of this entry »

Apparently questions about Brett Favre turn Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden into a moody bitch.

“You can talk to Brett, yourself. If we have permission, I”m sure you do, too,” Gruden said. “I don’t have any reports on Brett, okay. There’ll be some more opportunities to write stories on this situation. It’s a great story to cover. I wish I had time to cover all the things that are going on. His situation is going to handle itself.”

And that isn’t all Gruden had to say on the subject. Read the rest of this entry »