His son Kenny Albert also began to work as a part-time play-by-play announcer for the Knicks since 2009, whenever the older Albert's successor Mike Breen ( whom he later followed on the NBA on NBC broadcasts and now works on ESPN and ABC aside from his role at MSG ) is unavailable.

ESPN reported paying $ 2. 25 billion for broadcast rights of SEC football games beginning in the 2009 season and running through the fiscal year 2025.

On March 31, 2009, Winfield joined ESPN as an analyst on their Baseball Tonight program.

In 2009, they won the United States Championship and appeared on prime time on ESPN.

On January 15, 2009, Kenny Hilliard was named ESPN RISE Sophomore Player of the Year.

The 2009 events ran August 2-September 6, with the televised finals being taped by ESPN on September 5 – 6.

In October 2009, Scott Van Pelt makes a reference about Ryen Russillo being given directions to a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Lima, Ohio instead of Kirk Herbstreit's home on the Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN 2.

A new BottomLine was also released that day on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ESPNU, but it was quickly removed and reverted back to the old BottomLine ( which had been used since April 2003 ) due to an equipment failure ( however, this ticker was successful for the 2009 NFL Draft and the 2009 NBA Draft ).

The 2009 U. S. Open Golf Championship, which was repeatedly delayed due to weather, aired on both NBC and ESPN.

The deal with ESPN fell through, but a delayed competition took place April 21 – 25, 2009 with fewer than 20 college teams participating.

In 2009, ESPN rebranded its network-wide graphics to a metallic design.

** ESPN signed a contract to keep the X Games in Los Angeles through 2009.

Campbell was interviewed about his involvement with the Miami Hurricanes for the documentary The U, which premiered December 12, 2009 on ESPN.

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Maguire did not return to broadcasting for the 2009 college football season as his broadcast team was split up, with Nessler moving to Saturday night games on ESPN with Todd Blackledge and Griese moving to Noon games on ESPN alongside Dave Pasch and Chris Spielman.

Under the terms of a television deal signed with ESPN in 2006, the bowl will be held after Christmas Day from 2006 – 2009, and be shown on ESPN in prime time.

Mr. Wilson was officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 8, 2009 with ESPN Sports icon Chris Berman acting as his " presenter ".

The documentary Without Bias premiered on ESPN on November 3, 2009, as part of their 30 for 30 documentary series, commemorating the network's 30th anniversary.

In August 2009, she added tennis host to her ESPN duties by co-hosting the 2009 U. S. Open with Mike Tirico and Chris Fowler.

* 1947 – Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1923 – John Mortimer, English barrister and writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1924 – Clement Freud, English writer, radio personality, and politician ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – John Michell, English writer ( b. 1933 )

* 1924 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1917 – Onni Palaste, Finnish writer ( d. 2009 )

Avi Arad and Steven Paul are confirmed producers ; Jamie Moss was originally hired to adapt the manga into a screenplay but in October 2009 it was announced that Laeta Kalogridis had replaced Moss as writer.

* 1918 – Philip José Farmer, American writer ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer ( b. 1935 )

* 1916 – Harold Norse, American writer ( d. 2009 )

In June 2009, Loach, Paul Laverty ( writer ) and Rebecca O ' Brien ( producer ) pulled their film Looking For Eric from the Melbourne International Film Festival, where the Israeli Embassy is a sponsor, after the festival declined the withdraw their sponsorship.

* 1915 – Milton Meltzer, American writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1943 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Stanley Chapman, English architect, designer, translator, and writer ( b. 1925 )

* 1935 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1906 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Patricia De Martelaere, Flemish writer ( b. 1957 )

* 1912 – William Lederer, American writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1932 – Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright ( d. 2009 )

* 1921 – José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean writer and historian ( d. 2009 )

He is best known for his collaborations with writer Charlie Kaufman, which include the 1999 film Being John Malkovich ( that gave him an Academy Award for Best Director nomination ) and the 2002 film Adaptation, and as the co-writer / director of the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are.

In September 2009 it was announced he would serve as a writer for Fangoria.

* Bart Simpson / Simpsons Comics ( 2009, Bongo Comics ), He is a writer / artist since Bart Simpson # 50, and he also did a full issue in Simpsons Comics # 163.

** Philip José Farmer, American writer ( d. 2009 )

* June 27 – Willy Breinholst, Danish humorist and writer ( d. 2009 )