Posted on Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 01:03:58 PM EST in NFL
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If you love language-butchering and verbal buffoonery then this is going to be tough for you to take. Emmitt Smith has been released by ESPN, kinda.

It's official. Emmitt Smith will not be part of ESPN's two-hour pregame show, NFL Countdown, in 2008.

ESPN is expected to make the formal announcement soon.

Emmitt will be replaced by Cris Carter, whose enhanced visibility could help his chances of getting into the Hall of Fame on the second try. (Then again, if Carter does a bad job or comes off as a blowhard, it could hurt him.)

Emmitt will remain on Monday Night Countdown, and he'll have a role on the Sunday morning pre-Countdown version of SportsCenter.

We know, we know; it's difficult to confront. We loved listening to Emmitt slaughter the simplest of sentences just like everyone else. Don't forget though, he's not gone; he's just on two hours less each week. Anyways, utterances like these will live on forever.

In other news...

[FanHouse.com]: Guess which golfer got rid of his man boobs?

[The Undrafted Free Agent]: Mountaineer basketball players love their alcohol

[Bugs & Cranks]: Yup, William Hung is still a horrible singer

[By the Numbers]: Vote no on a tournament in college football. Wait, what???

[YardBarker.com]: Ocho Cinco, Too Tall, Crazy Legs, Bad Moon, Gravedigger and many, many more of your favorite NFL nicknames

[SportsAgentBlog.com]: Finally, a reason besides Erin Andrews to love the University of Florida

[Rush the Court]: NBA draft picks by school (1949-2008)

[CollegeHumor.com]: "Oh, monsieur!! The boys took a beating on that one."

[Redskins.com]: Colt Brennan is a system quarterback and a blogger

[The Big Picture]: "Booze + Ambien + bad judgment + flight attendants = one year of jail time and a $4,000 fine"

[The Love of Sports]: Yogi Berra gets robbed, winds up with only one of the Top 20 Baseball Quotes of All Time

[SidelineHotties.com]: Finally, a site devoted entirely to sideline hotties

[TampaBay.com]: If the Rays win the World Series, we want a large with pepperoni and jalapenos

[Hollyscoop]: Freddie Prinze Jr. joins the WWE and becomes The Masked Blogger

[Tirico Suave]: Can it get any better than babes telling us about fantasy football? Uh, no

[Kissing Suzy Kolber]: `Just make it look like an accident'

[The World of Isaac]: Hallelujah, we can finally forget about Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

And finally, hey, where'd you find that guy? We've been looking for a little person friend who's willing to kick himself in the head with steel toe boots too!!

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