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Kirk Herbstreit has reportedly agreed to join Amazon's Thursday Night Football, potentially joined by Al Michaels
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Herbstreit will continue on ESPN's College Gameday, where's he's been a fixture since 1996 and ESPN's Saturday Night Football college football slate, while adding NFL analyst duties for Amazon, reports the New York Post's Andrew Marchand. "Amazon is still waiting for Al Michaels to sign his three-year deal in the $30 million range," Marchand adds. "Michaels and Amazon have been deep into talks, but Michaels was waiting to see what would happen with Joe Buck and Monday Night Football." According to Marchand, Buck is close to signing a deal to become ESPN's Monday Night Football play-by-play announcer.
TOPICS: Kirk Herbstreit, Amazon Prime Video, Thursday Night Football
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