Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! (Okay I admit it, I like Erin Andrews.)
In the same week that Ann Curry gave her tearful goodbye to the Today Show on NBC comes word that the popular and ridiculously-hot sideline 
reporter Erin Andrews has parted ways with ESPN.
Erin was one of several sportscasting free agents out there this year and the word is that she is headed elsewhere, likely to FOX which is stepping up coverage of many of the college sports that Erin is so famous for.
I suppose we should not be surprised given that ESPN is infamous for being cheap to its talent — also, we've seen so many top ESPN people leave for greener pastures over the years that it is a joke (Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann, Rich Eisen etc.).
Plus, I think maybe Erin might have had an unhappy time generally at ESPN for all kinds of reasons (ie. the stalker situation), so I guess we shouldn't be surprised she's left for a new start elsewhere given what she's gone through personally.
As I said, there has been a lot of free-agent movement in the sportscasting world this year. Michelle Beadle had earlier departed ESPN for NBC Sports, where she'll cover the Olympic Games and also get some entertainment assignments with NBC on the side.
Also, word is that famed Twitterer Darren Rovell has left his prominent business-sports gig at CNBC to go back to ESPN.
I dunno about you, but this sounds like a terrible deal to me. ESPN acquiring Darren Rovell for Michelle Beadle and Erin Andrews?
If this were sports talk radio, there would be angry calls to fire the GM. This really is a scandal.
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IN OTHER NEWS from the world of TV, the rumors continue to fly about the Today Show and what will happen to it. Reports are that Savannah Guthrie has already taken over.
Also, according to the New York Post, word is that Natalie Morales is unhappy after being passed over again for a top job on the Today Show and may quit NBC. She might be interested in a certain sideline reporting job open at ESPN right now.
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