NBC gets Al Michaels; ABC gets Ryder Cup + Lucky Rabbit
This may be the wackiest sports trade of the century. ABC traded Monday Night Football (which was ending) commentator Al Michaels to NBC. In exchange, NBC gave ESPN (owned by Disney, which owns ABC) the rights to air the Friday coverage of the Ryder Cup through 2014 (as well as Olympic highlights).
Here’s the capper: Disney also got back the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a precursor to Mickey Mouse. Yeah, rabbits and mice are apparently related in cartoon world. Oswald doesn’t really earn any money, so is of not much value. But Disney brought its rabbit back into the fold. (More here)
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