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-- Rory Markas, the Angels' radio play-by-play man who regularily makes our annual Top 10 list of the best in the business at his profession, has turned the hour-long pregame show on 710-AM into a sort of chatfest as he's done many interviews with interesting baseball people over this season. The best of those interviews will air during the final week of the season on "Angels Warm Up" and include Don Newcombe, Dave Garcia, Buck O'Neil, Johnny Pesky, Bob Sheppard, Bob Feller and Moose SkowronCount Basie and Duke Ellington after games. Maybe the most memorable is of Sheppard (pictured above), the distinct New York Yankees public address announcer, and his recollections of 9/11 and he recites the first Yankees lineup from 56 years ago that he ever did (although Markas points out that he left out Jackie Jensen). "It was a real pleasure talking to all these men," Markas says.

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-- It may seem as if ESPN was responsible for rebuilding the Louisiana Superdome considering the amount of coverage the network is giving to it as it prepares for the Monday night match up of the Saints' home game against the Atlanta Falcons. Here's some of how ESPN and its tentacles plan to wrap around this story and practically squeeze the life out of it, and hopefully FEMA will be standing by to rescue the people from ESPN as it gets in the way of itself around the Crescent City this weekend:
--There will be more than 30 ESPN on-air personalities at this game, not counting former "SportsCenter" anchor Robin Roberts, who now works for that silly ABC "Good Morning America" show.
-- "Outside The Lines" will air three live shows from the city with Bob Ley, and including reporters Jeremy Schaap, Mark Schwarz and John Barr on the Katrina impact, etc.
-- Dan Patrick's radio show is live from the Superdome this weekend, and then "Mike & Mike" and "Cold Pizza" fire up from there on Monday.
-- "Pardon the Interruption" is live from inside the 'dome (2:30 p.m. Monday)
-- "NFL PrimeTime" with Stuart Scott is live outside the 'dome (3 p.m.)
-- "Monday Night Countdown" with Chris Berman, etc., is back live inside the 'dome (4 p.m.)
--Oh, right, then there's the game at 5:30 p.m.
--And don't forget, ESPN NFL Community Outreach: In support of the New Orleans community, the return of Saints football to New Orleans, and in recognition of the re-opening of the Louisiana Superdome, Team ESPN will make a donation to benefit the NFL Youth Education Town (YET) in New Orleans, which serves as an educational and recreational center aimed at positively impacting youth in at-risk neighborhoods, and the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD).

Meanwhile, former Saints QB Archie Manning will host a benefit show on HSN, (Home Shopping Network) on Monday (4 p.m.) with some proceeds going to the Saints' Katrina Fund.

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--We're not a real fan of the reality show "The Contender," but we will note that the final live show gets off at 7 p.m. Tuesday from Staples Center for ESPN. Stephen "Two Pound" Forbes of Portland takes on Grady Brewer from Oklahoma in the match.

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