SPORTS RADIO ESPN 1420 » hank williams http://espn1420.com Wed, 22 May 2013 06:10:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 'Monday Night Football' Drops Hank Williams Jr. Theme for Good http://espn1420.com/hank-williams-jr-monday-night-football-jingle-never-coming-back/ http://espn1420.com/hank-williams-jr-monday-night-football-jingle-never-coming-back/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:10:22 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=52329 On Monday, after Hank Williams Jr. appeared on Fox News and compared President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner’s recent golf outing to “Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu,” ESPN pulled Williams’ classic opening theme from that night’s airing of ‘Monday Night Football.’

‘All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night,’ which includes the catchphrase, “Are you ready for some football?,” had opened the show for nearly 20 years. At the time, the network declined to say whether the benching would be permanent or not, but now it seems it is.

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But whose idea it was to part ways depends on who you believe.

ESPN issued a statement today saying that they would no longer be using Williams, whose "Rowdy Friends" opening h

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