This Day in History September 21, 1970

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Are there any football fans out there? This date in 1970, Monday Night football officially began. It was aired on ABC with sportscaster Howard Cosell. In 2005, it ended on ABC as one of the longest-running prime time television programs ever. The contract for Monday Night football is now owned by ESPN until 2021. I apologize to all the football fans out there--I don't like Monday night fooball, although I grew up with it. My mom is the big football fan in the family.

For more information, please check out:
http://famousdaily.com/history/monday-night-footbal-begins.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Night_Football http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1009/nfl.rare.photos.1970/content.9.html