Most of NFL Week 1 took place before Monday but, from the perspective of ESPN, the kick-off to the NFL season happened with a marquee match-up between the Houston Texans and the New Orleans Saints.

ESPN debuted new on-screen graphics for this season of Monday Night Football, and a problem was immediately apparent: The down-and-distance graphic was yellow. That, of course, is the color of penalty ...

ESPN debuted a horrible new yellow down-and-distance graphic Monday night during the first game of its “Monday Night Football” double-header, making fans think there was a penalty flag thrown on every ...

How many times in the first quarter of “Monday Night Football” were you fooled by the yellow down-and-distance graphic in the bottom right of ESPN’s screen? Someone at ESPN didn’t think this through.

ESPN deserves some plaudits for quickly responding to fan complaints about their new “Monday Night Football” graphics and changing them. During the first half of the Houston Texans-New Orleans Saints ...

Through two quarters of the Saints-Texans game, fans became increasingly enraged on ESPN’s new Down-And-Distance graphic. The complaints were coming by the thousands. The complianing worked. ESPN ...

"We categorically reject false reports insinuating doubts within this committee or suggestions that we have asked our Executive Director to step down." ...

Last season's "Monday Night Football" broadcasts were plagued with criticism for ESPN's announcing crew of Joe Tessitore, Booger McFarland and Jason Witten. Witten – who struggled at times his first ...

It took a full season of viewer complaints last year to hound analyst-wannabe Jason Witten out of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” booth and back into a Cowboys uniform. But a terrible new ...

ESPN's "Monday Night Football" returned this week, and the network caved to viewer's frustrations about a new neon yellow down scoreboard graphic that appeared during the first half of the telecast.