data-mm-id=”_2qm8lab1w”>ESPN's much-discussed reshuffling of the Monday Night Football booth has reportedly finally come to reality. The trio of Steve Levy, Brian Griese, and Louis Riddick will finish up the football weekend and perform for you and all your rowdy friends. The media nerds interested in this type of thing seem to be in agreement that these choices will stabilize what's been a tumultuous spot for ESPN over the past few years. Mad Dog Chris Russo, however, will likely need some convincing. Unless his mood has changed from February, when he delivered an impassioned rant about the dearth of in-house play-by-play voices at the Worldwide Leader who could be paired with Tony Romo. Back when ESPN was courting him. Somehow this was not 14 years ago. Mad Dog Russo can&#0…

data-mm-id=”_ebbjpb540″>Russell Westbrook was traded to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday. Westbrook has worn zero on his jersey for his entire career. First for 11 seasons in Oklahoma City and then last year with the Houston Rockets. Since no one currently wears #0 on the Wizards roster, you would assume that would be his number, but maybe not. And it has nothing to do with Westbrook's preference. The number hasn't been used by Washington since Gilbert Arenas last wore it on January 5, 2010. It's not super weird that no one has worn number zero, but what is strange is this tweet from Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington that makes it sound like the Wizards unofficially retired the jersey because it was Arenas' number. Regarding Russell Westbrook and the No. 0. O…

data-mm-id=”_aur26uk15″>We've discussed this at length before, but C.B. Bucknor is one of the worst umpires in Major League Baseball. He was up to his old tricks again Tuesday night, making a horrible call that led to chaos in a game. Bucknor's terrible miss on a check swing call got two people ejected during the Seattle Mariners-New York Yankees game. Mariners catcher Tom Murphy stepped into the box to face Yankees righty Michael King to open the bottom of the sixth inning. King uncorked a 1-1 sweeper that was off the plate, and Murphy slightly offered at it. The Yankees appealed to Bucknor at first base to see if Murphy had swung, and Bucknor said he did. On replay, it was clear Murphy held up. In fact it wasn't close. Murphy couldn't believe it and immediately ex…